Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.... (Full plot summary below)
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Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.
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| New York PressArmond WhiteTribe's music takes a backseat to power struggle and personality conflict. |
| New York Magazine/VultureLogan Hillit's Rapaport's mistake to spend so much time and energy unpacking something so much more obvious, and so much less interesting, than Tribe's music. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekRespectful but not idolatrous, this is one 'Behind the Music' piece that even those who have never heard of the group can appreciate. |
| NPRMark JenkinsPerhaps because he's an actor, Rapaport prefers drama to analysis. And this story has plenty of conflict. |
| TrespassGlenn Dunks[I]t might have been nice if the documentary had worked a bit harder to find a real internal narrative. |
| Seattle TimesAndrew MatsonThere are scenes toward the end of the movie that hint at a fuzzier tomorrow for Tribe, but you leave appreciating the music as it was, not hoping for anything else. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsThe best material, however, keeps returning to the unstable power dynamic between Q-Tip and Dawg. |
| Village VoiceCamille DoderoDespite the passive-aggressive bickering, Beats, Rhymes & Life is not, thankfully, hip-hop's "Some Kind of Monster." |
| AV ClubNathan RabinPoignant and powerful, complex and melancholy, the film ends with rehearsals for yet another money-grubbing comeback tour. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchKevin C. JohnsonDespite accusations of nearly succumbing to spotlighting beefs over beats, the film comes off as an honest representation of a great group that's not to be forgotten. |
