DJ Kool Herc is a living legend!
Back in the 70’s-80’s - the Hip Hop Dance was a big part of the culture, today it is just about the Benjamins.
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The freestyle hip-hop scene from the early 1980s through the present day - Warning: Adult LanguageDirected by rising filmmaker Kevin Fitzgerald (a.k.a. DJ Organic), FREESTYLE: THE ART OF RHYME documents the freestyle scene from the early 1980s through the present day, featuring a who’s who list of seminal hip-hop figures including MC Supernatural, Mos Def, Roots members Black Thought & Questlove, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Freestyle Fellowship, Lord Finesse, Cut Chemist, Craig G, DJ Kool Herc, Juice, Boots of the Coup, Medusa, Planet Asia, MTV’s Sway, Crazy Legs, Jurassic 5 members Cut Chemist, DJ Numark & Chali Tuna, Wordsworth, Bobbito Garcia, and The Last Poets, providing a rarely seen portrait of hip hop that is at once entertaining, historical, and educational.  Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme
Release Year: 2000 Duration: 75 min Availability:
Related: Campus, Life & Culture, Music & Arts, Palm Pictures Directed by rising filmmaker Kevin Fitzgerald (a.k.a. DJ Organic), FREESTYLE: THE ART OF RHYME documents the freestyle scene from the early 1980s through the present day, featuring a who’s who list of seminal hip-hop figures including MC Supernatural, Mos Def, Roots members Black Thought & Questlove, Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Freestyle Fellowship, Lord Finesse, Cut Chemist, Craig G, DJ Kool Herc, Juice, Boots of the Coup, Medusa, Planet Asia, MTV’s Sway, Crazy Legs, Jurassic 5 members Cut Chemist, DJ Numark & Chali Tuna, Wordsworth, Bobbito Garcia, and The Last Poets, providing a rarely seen portrait of hip hop that is at once entertaining, historical, and educational. Directed Kevin Fitzgerald Produced Brad Abramson Ann Berger Michel Costes Paul Devlin Peter Giblin Youree Henley Michael Hirschorn Wesley Jones The Lyricist Lounge Charles Raggio Henry Alex Rubin Shelly Tatro Tiare White Original Music Darkleaf Freestyle Fellowship DJ Organic Omid Walizadeh Cinematography Todd Hickey Daniel Kozman Film Editing Paul Devlin Rachel Ramist Isaac Solotaroff Production Management Alex Jablonski Sound Department Ty Bertrand class="label">Music Department Charles Raggio Andrea von Foerster Brooke Wentz class="label">Other Crew Paul Devlin Report a Technical Issue If you're having any difficulties viewing the film or have any playback-related technical questions, contact us using our general feedback page.
Comments Posted 04/04/09 by MiroHem
Posted 09/13/08 by Ros
The Classic Freestyle was when SuperNat & Mad Skillz battled in the early 90’s in a Clinton Hill brownstone. That party was SIC! However, you had to be there to really appreciate it like that. Skillz went on to do a few albums and SuperNat still does Freestyle.
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