Beats, Rhymes, & Life

TitleBeats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Publication TypeAudiovisual (CD/DVD)
Year of Publication2011
AuthorRapaport, Michael
PublisherSony Productions
Place PublishedCulver City, CA
Publication Languageeng
Copies at the Archive3

A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significiant muscial groups in recent hisotry. The band's sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened scores of fans, whose appetite for the group's innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish.

This insightful film, directed by Michael Rapaport, takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes journey - chronicling the group's rise to fame and revealing the stoires behind the tensions which erupted in the years to come.

(2 DVD, 1 Blu-ray available at Archive)