SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 18 Jul 2012
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Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap was released in 2012 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 134 reviews, giving Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap than critics were.
With a score of 69%, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like Cloud Atlas, A Late Quartet and In a Bedroom.
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