The freestyle hip-hop scene from the early 1980s through the present day - Warning: Adult Language

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.

Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme

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Freestyle - The Art of Rhyme

Release Year: 2000

Duration: 75 min

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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

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Comments

Posted 09/26/09 by ron

its crazy seeing Sway talk about real hiphop, after years of watching him being forced to promote whack music on MTV

Posted 08/02/09 by R&B;Guru

Freestyle is an incredible form and it’s great to see people who are good at it. The video at times seemed like it didn’t have direction and could have used more clarity but I appreciated the frequent raps included. Overall, solid video, just could use more scripting and planning in its delivery.

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Posted 07/17/09 by Netza Rodriguez

Loved this video. I will be presenting it in one of my groups.

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