Ice-T’s Hip Hop Documentary Picked Up for Theatrical Release
Post by Alex Stone, Feb 9, 2012 at ten:52 am
Ice-T’s take on the history of hip hop will hit theaters sometime this summer after The Indomina Group acquired theatrical rights to the rapper’s first try at directing. ‘Something From Practically nothing: The Art Of Rap’ looks at the folks who have contributed to the advancement of the genre above the final 35 a long time such as artists such as Chuck D, Grandmaster Caz, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Melle Mel, Q-Tip, Redman, Mos Def, Afrika Bambaataa, B True, Ice Cube, Nas, Dr. Dre, KRS One particular, Frequent and Kanye West
Ice-T says that he managed to attain his aim with the film when it debuted at Sundace on January 21st, and never expected that it would obtain an enthusiastic response let alone make it to theaters. “My aim when I created the movie was just to make it to Sundance. It was a big deal to get here. Then it sunk in, ‘What if the men and women really don’t like it?’ We finally screened it, and at the finish individuals had been cheering and clapping and bopping their heads. At the finish, I received a standing ovation…now I’m on top of the globe,” says Ice-T. The rapper pulled in Andy Baybutt, who has developed a quantity of documentaries for British tv including ‘Eminem- The Actual Slim Shady,’ to aid with the direction of the documentary.
Some of the footage that Ice-T and Baybutt recorded will generating ‘Something from Nothing’ that didn’t manage to make it into the film could be utilized for a television spin-off, even though there is no particular date however connected to the little screen edition of the rapper’s film.
Above the course of the film, Ice-T snags some memorable quotes from the many pioneers of the industry he interviews. Several artists go above what motivates them to carry on generating music such as Immortal Method who says, “You gotta fight with your words,” even though other musicians provide guidance for people searching to turn out to be artists this kind of as Snoop Dogg who delivers a pearl of wisdom when he says, “Find your heart, discover your art.”
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