Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap(Movie, 2012)

Name: Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012
Duration: T01:46:00
Rating: 3.2

| 1h 46min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 24 votes)

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap is a 2012 American documentary film directed and executive produced by Ice-T and co-directed by Andy Baybutt. It focuses on the craft of writing and performing rap verses, and all the interviewees are musicians of the genre and friends of Ice-T. Producer Paul Toogood states on the DVD release that the genesis of the project stemmed from a conversation he had with Ice-T in which he asked him how he wrote "seminal tracks" such as "6 in the Mornin'" and "Colors". Ice-T replied that in his thirty-year hip-hop career, no one had ever asked him that. Grandmaster Caz features more than any other interviewee, and the movie returns to his home on multiple occasions throughout showing his creative process as he writes "The Art Of Rap" rap, which he then delivers. It was shot on location, but mainly in New York, Los Angeles and Detroit. The film was an... ()

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About Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Vivendi Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 12 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/15/2012

Cast: Bun B, B-Real, Afrika Bambaataa, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Busy Bee Starski, Eminem, Joe Budden, Ice-T, Melle Mel, KRS-One, MC Lyte, Xzibit, Grandmaster Caz, Common, Raekwon, Kanye West, Ice Cube, Chuck D, Redman, Nas, Mos Def, DJ Premier

Director: Ice-T

Keywords: rap music

Revenue: 288,312 USD

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