Something from nothing the art of rap 2012 torrent download

Mobile device. Xbox Cast and crew. Ice-T Director. Andy Baybutt Director. Directors Ice-T Andy Baybutt. Studio Vivendi Entertainment. Released year Let me mention a few things at the top. The documentary by Ice-T does not have every MC in it. Not every rapper could have fit into the running time obviously, but you do wonder where someone like Jay-Z is? Ice T did not react to a tweet I send him concerning that matter, but he gets so many tweets, he might have missed that one.

He also concentrates his effort on MCs and not the producers or other artists involved in the making of a track. As he said himself, his great motivation to do this, was his wife Coco. They were in the car and she bluntly told him, she doesn't care about the lyrics to a song, as long as the beat is nice. You can imagine Ice-T was pretty shocked by that statement, being an MC himself and working hard to make his own lyrics work.

The movie also does only involve American artists. If you're eager to know what French, Korean, British or other rap cultures are about, this will not satisfy you either. But again, there is only so much you can put in a movie.

Having pointed out those things, the documentary is really light and shines the spot light on quite a few talents. If you're a fan of the music, you should know most of them even if they're not active anymore.

You get a lot of freestyle and a lot of little stories thrown into the mix. Other reviewers have mentioned a book that is out there, which is supposed to be good. I haven't read it, so I have to take their words for it. I might get that too, as an addition to the movie. I've watched quite a few hip-hopumentaries now and each one is a little bit different. StevePulaski 30 September One of the many interesting things about Ice T's directorial debut, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap, is the explanation rapper Lord Jamar offers us as to how rap music came about.

He tells us that growing up in the ghetto, there were obvious budget cuts and the public schools were woefully underfunded to begin with. He tells us that since instruments such as pianos and drums were taken away, the only instruments kids found were their own mouths and a record player.

I'm positive those who idolize rap are not even aware of this. Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap explores just what its title proclaims; the art and craft of a genre so controversial and so openly slandered by critics, the media, and sometimes, its own audience. Rap is a lawless, anarchic breed of music, often objectifying women and promoting reckless behavior. Or has it let itself evolve that way? Has "swag," stupidity, and cockiness been traded for a subtle and unique panache?

Nowadays, you'd be hard-pressed to find a rap song lacking the word "hoe" in any way, shape, or form. It seems the men Ice T Tracy Marrow interviews almost are ashamed at what the genre has become and faithfully spend their time recalling when the genre was more about being misunderstood and underestimated rather than boastfulness and amoral behavior. The key to success in the rap world is originality, we're told by Big Daddy Kane.

If there's anything these men seem to have pioneered it's a unique sound and a unique outlook on life. Interviews with Afrika Bambaataa, Dr. Some of the interviews are informative and eye-opening - some have the unfortunate disadvantage of being concise and loose. The first hour of this documentary gives those who came for the insights exactly what they want.

The second hour gives those who came for the music what they want. This is where Ice T's documentary begins to slightly fall from its throne. While there is a goal in mind, some of the interviews teeter on the edge of being rambling and rather irrelevant. There comes a point where the quality and the speed of the freestyles is favored over actual information inside the whole rap movement.

But there is a wonderful devotion to the subject matter, regardless on what is chosen to be the primary focus in different scenes. Ice T doesn't seem to many as the one you'd want to direct a documentary on hip-hop and rap, but after the film was over, I couldn't really see anyone else doing it and doing it to the extent of what he has personally accomplished.

He has proved to be not only knowledgeable on the medium but completely capable to delivering all the components of a film determined to explore the broad concept of rap.

The documentary seems to run a little too long for this sort of subject matter. Perhaps if you're a die-hard fan of rap, you won't believe so. As an insightful look at the medium, it manages to wander into that sort of territory, but never does it gridlock itself to that area.

It too manages to incorporate freestyles, jokes, old memories, and extensive interviews all in its runtime. On second thought, maybe it isn't too long at all. Directed by: Ice T and Andy Baybutt. How I love ye. If only someone could make a documentary about it. Well, someone has: the kill the police rapper Ice-T in fact. Of course, many documentaries have been made about hip hop, largely focusing on more commercial names, many telling a similar dull story and aren't particularly that well made.

So, what does director Ice-T have for us? Well, 'The Art of Rap' is less a documentary and more a collection of interviews with some of the more famous and influential names to bless the mic, as well as all proving their place in the film by showing their skills minus any beats.

Ice-T's interviewing is essentially to ask three questions: why doesn't hip hop get the same respect as jazz and rhythm n blues? This essentially comes back with the answers: hip hop has a lot more attitude; and hip hop is something different to everybody — things pretty much anyone could have told you.

But this isn't a documentary designed to tell a story or come up with any great answers; it's a showcase for the purists of some of the best emcees busting rhymes. Unlike 'Scratch' which tells a story of the origins of DJing, little is mentioned about the development of rapping beyond the chronological order in which emcees are introduced, starting in the various boroughs of New York before moving across to LA.

More focus is rightly given to East Coast emcees, particularly the likes of Grandmaster Caz getting as much screen time as bigger names such as Eminem and Kanye 'why am I here, really?

Ice-T is the best person to act as host for all this, having the charisma of a Hollywood star with the added bonus of being the O. It's interesting to hear the individual motivations, though there is little to really shatter the Earth beyond the closing thoughtful message from Snoop 'always be Doggy to me' Dogg, of all people.

Few styles of music have caused as much uproar as Hip Hop. Over the years there have been controversies, fights, and even death all in the name rap music. While not all is directly responsible, the feuds and storytelling in this music has led it to garner some attention that it may not always have wanted.

Rap icon Ice-T steps into the director's chair for Art of Rap, his love letter to an industry that has defined a culture as well as numerous generations. Art of Rap ignores the feuds and controversy and instead takes on the history and influence told through the new and old generation that have brought it to prominence. This film not only gives the music the respect it deserves, it also gives voice to the young and old members of this unique world to showcase their beginnings as well as influences in the industry.

This isn't just a long documentary story of rap, but instead a series of interviews with Ice-T the pioneers of the industry that shows the intelligence and passion that these individuals truly have for this art. In a world of pop music and unoriginality, this film takes an inside look at hip hop while giving it the respect it deserves.

You don't have to be a fan of the music to recognize the talent that built it. The innovators and creators struggled to create this industry and use their pain and talent to tell their stories like no other creating an industry that doesn't always get the respect it deserves, but rest assured will never go away. Whether you love rap or not, you should sit down and experience this film to let these icons in the music industry to have their voice. Dre Chuck D.

See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Clip Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap. Photos Top cast Edit. Ice-T Self as Self. Dre Self as Self. Chuck D Self as Self. Snoop Dogg Self as Self.

Bun B Self as Self. B-Real Self as Self. Afrika Bambaataa Self as Self. Big Daddy Kane Self as Self. Kool Boy Self as Self. Joe Budden Self as Self. Busy Bee Self as Self. Cashout Chris Self as Self. Common Self as Self. Anthony 'Treach' Criss Self as Self. Dana Dane Self as Self. Feddie Demarco Self as Self.