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From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop

From Scratch: The Birth of Hip Hop (2017)

January. 01,2017

5.5

| Documentary Music

A deep exploration into the historical, cultural, political and musical elements that created the genre, featuring present-day conversations with music legends.

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Cast

DJ Kool Herc as Self

[2013] Sample This [2004] 5 Sides of a Coin

Melle Mel as Self

[2013] Sample This [2011] Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation [2008] Russell Peters: Red, White and Brown

Rah Digga as Self

[2001] Thir13en Ghosts [2001] Carmen: A Hip Hopera [2000] Da Hip Hop Witch

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Reviews

Dynamixor

2017/01/01

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Sameer Callahan

2017/01/02

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Zlatica

2017/01/03

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Billy Ollie

2017/01/04

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable