Beats, Rhymes & Life on the big screen
Soundcrash and The Doctor’s Orders are proud to present the UK premiere of ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’, Michael Rapaport’s award winning film documenting the highs and lows of Hip Hop’s Golden Era’s most celebrated group A Tribe Called Quest. Featuring an original soundtrack by Madlib and including humorous and insightful interviews with the likes of ?uestlove, De La Soul, Ghostface Killah, Pharrell Williams, Adam Horowitz and Mary J Blige as well as extensive accounts from Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Jarobi White and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, never has the story of A Tribe Called Quest been better told. The screening will be followed by an exclusive live show by original Tribesman Phife Dawg featuring ATCQ classics from ‘Peoples Instinctive Travels’, ‘Midnight Marauders’, ‘Low End Theory’, ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life’ as well as new material. An essential night for A Tribe Called Quest enthusiasts and music lovers in general DMC reckons after a sneaky preview… As ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life’ begins, the rappers who anchored pioneering group A Tribe Called Quest are already going their separate ways. As youths in the mid-’80s, the Queens-born foursome of Tribe – Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White found success with their exhuberant exploration and combination of hip hop, pop and jazz. But in recent years, Q-Tip, the band’s visionary and reluctant pop star, has tired of the street-bred capriciousness of his lyrical partner Phife, who is equally frustrated with Q-Tip. How these two friends and musical partners got to this state forms the guts of actor-turned-filmmaker Michael Rapaport’s candid and combustible documentary.
Film trailer: http://www.sonyclassics.com
‘The UK Premiere of ‘Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest’ followed by an exclusive live performance from Phife Dawg live Monday 21 Nov 2011 at KOKO, London 7pm-11pm (screening commences 8pm, live show 9:30pm).
