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Beats, Rhymes & Life: Film Review

11:48 AM PST 1/29/2011 by John DeFore

Director Michael Rapaport grabs hold of the interpersonal turmoil between members that ultimately destroyed the group.

PARK CITY — Sundance Film Festival, U.S. Documentary Competition — Celebrating one of hip-hop's seminal groups, Beats, Rhymes & Life offers bio and bass, recalling a period when the art form was just coming into its own. 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 Native Tongues clique and should have life on home-vid.

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