Last year, actor Michael Rapaport struck it big at the Sundance Film Festival with his acclaimed documentary about A Tribe Called Quest titled Beat, Rhymes and Life. Now, another one of Hip Hop’s great, Ice-T, is poised to take over Sundance with his own documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap.
The California O.G. recently spoke to Billboard about the film and how he approached making his debut project. He explained that he focused solely on the the art of rap as opposed to the outside aspect that have become synonymous with Hip Hop culture. He also added that he wanted to make sure that the film wouldn’t only resonate with Hip Hop heads.
“I was looking at the terrain of hip-hop and where it’s going, it’s kinda gotten pop – a lot of the kids don’t even know where it started, and I said, ‘I wanna go and document the craft – not the money, not the cars, not the girls, the craft,'” he explained. “I’ve been doing interview abouts for 20 years and no one’s asked how we do it. They talk about the music, but they don’t go, ‘How do you write a rhyme?’…I came up with about 15 questions and interviewed 54 rappers…it’s not a movie just for rap fans; it’s a movie for anyone that’s curious about the art. It’s not for rap haters, though. If you don’t like it and you go to the movie, you’ll hate it even worse.”
Check out the full interview below.
Looks sick!
About time someone refocuses on what it’s all about, ie. real rhymes, technique, musical skills.
Too long flashy cars and phoney personalities has clouded the rap game. Makes me sick seeing Rick FLoss and all these other new skool fags doing their thing.
ice t equals fakest rapper alive
better kill yourself i burrow you the gun and give you the for free…
fuck yo ! ice t keep it real g ever ! real rapper !
GUCCI MANE WOULD KILL DIS FAKE ASS FUCK NIGGA IN A RAP BATTLE!!!! LESSSSSS DO ITTTTTT!!!! WHAT A FAG!!! HAHAHAHA!!! LAUGH AND AGREE WIT ME HIPHOPDX FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!!!!!!!
Forget a rap battle Ice T will kill Gucci with a baretta. He’s a real G
hey isnt this the tv cop who once made a song copkiller. you played yourself ice t
It’s weird seeing people diss Ice-T he’s come so far and now lives a life most of the young rappers aspire too. Most of the haters don’t know about the history of rap/hip hop music, if they did they wouldn’t be talkin trash about one of hip hops pioneers.
As for all the shit talk about a TV Cop, dudes over 50? Can’t he get another job? Acting is good money for the dude, shit you’d complain if he dropped an album and you complain that he’s acting…lives to short.
All hail Ice mother fuckin T, true to his game, since day one!
mcl
Agreed. Haters going to hate regardless
these young niggaz still mad at Ice T for telling soulja boy to eat a dick….LOL!!!
fuck this tv cop. back in the days he used to be real but now he is goin for a quick buck. go play a cop or something you bitch
T plays a cop in the movie cause theyre offering millions to do so. when youre an orphan in the streets and someones offering you millions you do it. T aint no fuckin cop. guy did 3 years in jail. all bullshit aside he started this anti cop shit with schoolly d and n.w.a. EAT A DICK
glad to see someone who knows what they are talking about for once
I liked that promo, can’t wait to chick this out.
The game is missing that element of creativity scratching mic skills word play djing.
I COULD KILL ICE-T ON A TRACK, AND IN REAL LIFE!!! IT”s TRUE HIPHOPDX!!!! BUT EVEN I AM NOT AS GREAT AS THE GOD OF RAP, GUCCI MANE!!
go eat a elephant dick
I haven’t seen a documentary like this since Rhyme and Reason
i miss the 90s