Narrated by Chuck D, Freestyle 101: Hip-Hop History explores the genre's early days through the lens of freestyle rap, featuring legendary artists discussing the history and intricacies of freestyle rapping with musical performances throughout.
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““8/10 ...a remarkably succinct, focused little documentary that pays tribute to some of our greatest freestyling legends...””
About Freestyle 101: Hip Hop History
Freestyle 101: Hip-Hop History explores the genre’s early days through the lens of freestyle rap, featuring artists discussing the history and intricacies of freestyle rapping and performing musical examples along the way. Narrated by Chuck D of Public Enemy and starring Ice-T with a slew of rap legends, the film follows New York battle rapper Iron Solomon and L.A. indie art rapper Open Mike Eagle as they find out firsthand what freestyle skills mean in today’s music industry.
Featuring Chuck D, Ice-T, Open Mike Eagle, Iron Solomon, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, Del the Funky Homosapien, Sean Kingston, M.O.P., The Game, Gang Starr, The LOX, FreestyleFellowship, R.A. The Rugged Man, Cold Crush Bros, Pete Rock, Masta Ace, Supernatural, Planet Asia, Blackalicous, Ras Kass, Sean Price, Tech N9ne, Jurassic 5, Mobb Deep, Crooked I and many, many more…
About the Team:
Digital Reacharound’s previous documentary Risen: The Story of Chron “Hell Razah” Smith was named Best Music Documentary at Film Threat's 2021 AwardThis!, won Best Music Documentary at New York’s People’s Film Festival, Best Documentary at Hollywood Verge Film Festival and was named an Official Selection by Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards, Los Angeles Cinefest and International Independent Film Awards. It is currently available on Amazon Prime, Tubi, Google Play and YouTube. Risen was distributed by IndieRights and produced, directed, and written by the same team behind Freestyle 101: Hip- Hop History. More on Risen is available at risendocumentary.com.
Telly, Webby, and W2 Award winning director Frank Meyer has produced and directed national TV commercials for Dyson, Sonic, BMW, Subway, Little Caesars and NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. Formerly a producer at NBC/Universal, Fender Musical Instruments, and Tonal, he is also an acclaimed writer, having authored From Dude to Dad: The Diaper Dude Guide to Pregnancy and Diaper Dude (Penguin/Pedigree) and On the Road with The Ramones (Bobcat/Omnibus), among others. His directorial debut was the documentary feature film Risen: The Story of Chron “Hell Razah” Smith, which won Film Threat’s AwardThis! in 2020 for Best Music Documentary.
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