Beats Rhymes and Life (Tribe Doc) Review in Variety

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:34 pm

Can someone pm a bork as well?

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:17 pm

thanks 4 the interview dan!

Radio Raheem · Post by **Radio Raheem** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:45 pm

ackbar wrote:thanks 4 the interview dan!

strategy786 · Post by **strategy786** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:29 pm

PM please....

(and I will be seeing it in the theater and buying the DVD)

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:23 pm

The Afronaut wrote:
Philaflava wrote:
Busta Ry wrote:Huh, I didn't find anything gay about Tip or Ali. Maybe my gaydar is all broke of sumfin.
The scene where Ali is being interviewed on his front stoop and the little kid rides by on his scooter and then Ali just straight Dids him for a good 10 seconds...

this doc was excellent.

e: peace to Gyangsta 4 Life for the up

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:30 pm

http://diaryofahollywoodstreetking.com/ ... spike-lee/

rapaport wrote:Iגm not reaching out to him anymore about this, Spike Lee would have told A Tribe Called Quest to kiss his f-ing ass and take a f-ing walk. I appeased them, worked with them, tried to hear their point of view on things. Youגre not Jay-Z, youגre not Kanye West.

Apparently Q Tip is still whining about his portrayal in the doc. *shrugs*

strategy786 · Post by **strategy786** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:59 pm

Yeah, Tip needs to move on. But Rapaport isn't exactly diffusing the situation with his expletive laced statements. The dude seems to have very little class or tact.

To me he has come out of all of this looking like the biggest jerk. But Tip should just get over it now (lesson learned, etc.).

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:27 pm

Verge wrote:http://diaryofahollywoodstreetking.com/ ... spike-lee/

rapaport wrote:Iגm not reaching out to him anymore about this, Spike Lee would have told A Tribe Called Quest to kiss his f-ing ass and take a f-ing walk. I appeased them, worked with them, tried to hear their point of view on things. Youגre not Jay-Z, youגre not Kanye West.

Geez, calm the fuck down Mike.

battlecatmeowstab212 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:28 pm

ATTENTION NYC HEADS...

Beats, Rhymes Life opens JULY 8th at Sunshine Cinema

AND

at midnight on the 8th and 9th, MORTAL KOMBAT is playing there as well!

Just wanted to alert you that you have the potential for the greatest double-feature of all time. That is all.

myself · Post by **myself** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:02 pm

Unless I read something wrong, Rappaport is a privileged white guy who has no business making a film with a hip-hop subject ( he's white), and subjects of a documentary should always have final say over how they are portrayed and control the music selection and music:story ratio.

At least that's what that one guy seems to be saying on twitter.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:13 pm

As much as I think Rapaport is a fucking clown, if he didn't do this film NOBODY would have. I think we all owe him some debt of gratitude for investing his time and plenty of money into this film, that goes for ATCQ as well.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:45 pm

myself wrote: At least that's what that one guy seems to be saying on twitter.

thank him for that valuable (idiotic) insight.

foobar · Post by **foobar** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:05 pm

can't belive that I missed this!

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 2:53 pm

I watched it, and honestly Phife comes off as the worst to me. Now I don't know if that is the after the fact when they changed things or not, but that is what I took from it.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:11 pm

^100%

myself wrote:..subjects of a documentary should always have final say over how they are portrayed and control the music selection and music:story ratio.

jesus christ

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:46 pm

What was so bad about Phife in yall opinion?

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:01 pm

The Afronaut wrote:What was so bad about Phife in yall opinion?

Like how tip was supposed to know that he was so sick he couldn't do the routine. Then the next show when tip says what's up to Phife and they get into the altercation. Just some baby bullshit. How does Tip supposed to know how he is feeling when Phife is giving him the silent treatment. Then the whole rant afterwards that Phife had about the situation. I think he tried to paint this scenario that he was a victim, but really it was his own doing.

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:26 pm

Random Sample wrote:Like how tip was supposed to know that he was so sick he couldn't do the routine. Then the next show when tip says what's up to Phife and they get into the altercation. Just some baby bullshit. How does Tip supposed to know how he is feeling when Phife is giving him the silent treatment. Then the whole rant afterwards that Phife had about the situation. I think he tried to paint this scenario that he was a victim, but really it was his own doing.

I felt like the misunderstanding about the routine was definitely blown out of proportion by Phife. However Phife's reaction the whole Tip speaking "ill" about Phife during his interviews and stuff seemed justified to me.

There really was no reason for Tip to be framing Tribes issues as "I dont have a problem with Phife, Phife has a problem with me."

Choosing the silent treatment as a way to deal with either was childish though, I'll agree there.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:10 pm

Phife has always been envious of Tip. That incident about Tip not knowing how sick Phife was, really was just an excuse for Phife to go off on him with 2 decades of resentment to fuel the fire.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:25 pm

I saw the doc while drunk and fell asleep during the last half hour and I'll rewatch it soon again. But what I got out of what I seen was this:

1. Phife seems to be a crybaby poor me type dude. Kind of priveleged in a way. Don't get me wrong cause I do completely understand how terrible diabetes can be, I work in a nursing home and see it every day. Shits scary, b.

2. Q Tip seems to be an egomaniacal nutjob type cat. Really, he seems to be oblivious to anyone but himself. Its all about him and everyone else is just a witness to his greatness.

That said, imo, Tip has the right to be a pretentious whiny little bitch, not Phife. Not to rehash arguments, but really, NO TIP = NO QUEST. Phife could have easily been replaced and as long as Tip was running things, they still would be a legendary status type crew.

Just my quick non thought out two cents.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:29 pm

Radio Raheem · Post by **Radio Raheem** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 12:08 am

Jesse Thorn Interviews Rapaport about the film

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:21 am

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:22 pm

^^^
Good looks, gotta peep this after work. I sat one night with a bottle of wine while my wife was away and watched everyone of those videos.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:22 pm

^Just dropped by here again to post that video too, pretty cool. I don't see the hate Rapaport gets around here. I mean, if you just don't like him thats understandable. Certain people rub others the wrong way. pause? Rapaport's teh gawd, imo.

myself wrote:Unless I read something wrong, Rappaport is a privileged white guy who has no business making a film with a hip-hop subject ( he's white),
At least that's what that one guy seems to be saying on twitter.

Can't believe everything you read on twitter, tell that dude he's an idiot. He should be happy that anybody at all is finally giving crews like Tribe their well deserved documentary.

duhbreez · Post by **duhbreez** » Sat Jul 09, 2011 12:24 am

couldnt embed
interview of qtip on hot97

http://launch.vidaroo.com/8899

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:40 pm

This did very well imo at the box office. I don't know how much it cost but hopefully it brings more fans to peep ATCQ back catalouge.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bea ... ndlife.htm

PopsUK · Post by **PopsUK** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:06 pm

Saw this last night in NYC and thought it was fantastic. Made me want to play the first three tribe albums on loop, and definitely brought back plenty of nostalgic feelings of when I first heard them all...

Totally don't understand Q-Tip's problem with how he came across. I thought he came across fine, albeit slightly cocky and self-centered, but nowhere near as much of a dick as I assumed he would do given all the fuss and his rep. Phife definitely came across worse, and Ali just seemed like a nice guy.

Regardless of what you think of Rappaport, he did a fucking great job with this movie.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:23 pm

did we have armond white's review here yet?

http://www.nypress.com/article-22620-th ... ivide.html

The Afronaut · Post by **The Afronaut** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:14 pm

^^^Dude comes off mad jerkish. Going as far to correct "malapropisms" while calling Q-Tip Jonathan Davis (dudes been Kamaal Fareed for 15+ yrs) and listing LONS and Busta Rhymes. He should hardly be nitpicking.