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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 07 Jul 2011

Perhaps because he's an actor, Rapaport prefers drama to analysis. And this story has plenty of conflict…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 07 Jul 2011

A must for hip-hop heads. Others will either be won over or left wondering what all the fuss is about…

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By Andy Webster (339) for New York Times (5,786) on 07 Jul 2011

The actor Michael Rapaport (Brad Pitt's roommate in True Romance), in his feature directorial debut, does an admirable job recounting the group's…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 07 Jul 2011

Even those who never joined the cult of A Tribe Called Quest will find this clear-eyed chronicle of their career irresistible…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 06 Jul 2011

But unlike so many movies about the rise and fall of successful bands, this one manages to capture the thrill of discovery that A Tribe Called…

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By Logan Hill (19) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 06 Jul 2011

It'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…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for Indiewire (3,631) on 06 Jul 2011

Showing the uneasiness of a first-time documentarian, Rapaport has a difficult time exploring the drama…

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By Mark Olsen (451) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 06 Jul 2011

It is at its most vibrant when re-creating the energy of Tribe's original moment in the late '80s and early '90s, when the musicians brought…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for Ebert Presents At The Movies (89) on 04 Jul 2011

As an introduction to A Tribe Called Quest and a history of a very particular side of hip-hop, this is pretty hard to beat…

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By Camille Dodero (7) for Village Voice (8,525) on 04 Jul 2011

Despite the passive-aggressive bickering, Beats, Rhymes & Life is not, thankfully, hip-hop's Some Kind of Monster…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 28 Jun 2011

Beats is a welcome blast of '90s nostalgia, taking us back to a time - and a sound - that pulsates with optimism…

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By Barbara Goslawski (26) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 02 Jun 2011

Director Rapaport captures these intimate dynamics with startling depth, and the band members provide candid interviews that are amazing in…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Apr 2011

While indulging in plenty of back-in-the-day remembrances, the film also creates a vivid image of the hip-hop that [A Tribe Called Quest] loved…

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By Andrew Schenker (354) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Apr 2011

Even as an 18 months later epilogue ensures us that everything's hunky dory, this is one surprisingly grim celebration of a group Rapaport…

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By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 08 Feb 2011

Though it may not have much of an audience beyond the band's fan base, it offers enough context to serve as a primer on the hugely influential…

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By Andrew Barker (315) for Variety (12,700) on 25 Jan 2011

[The film] gives the seminal early '90s hip-hop group as stylish and intimate a treatment as fans could hope for, paying as much attention…

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