kosmasp Let me mention a few things at the top. The documentary by Ice-T does not have every MC in it. Not every rapper could have fit into the running time obviously, but you do wonder where someone like Jay-Z is? Maybe he'll be in the additional interviews that are on the Blu Ray/DVD as a special feature. Ice T did not react to a tweet I send him concerning that matter, but he gets so many tweets, he might have missed that one. He also concentrates his effort on MCs and not the producers or other artists involved in the making of a track.As he said himself, his great motivation to do this, was his wife Coco. They were in the car and she bluntly told him, she doesn't care about the lyrics to a song, as long as the beat is nice. You can imagine Ice-T was pretty shocked by that statement, being an MC himself and working hard to make his own lyrics work.The movie also does only involve American artists. If you're eager to know what French, Korean, British or other rap cultures are about, this will not satisfy you either. But again, there is only so much you can put in a movie. Having pointed out those things, the documentary is really light and shines the spot light on quite a few talents. If you're a fan of the music, you should know most of them (even if they're not active anymore).You get a lot of freestyle and a lot of little stories thrown into the mix. Other reviewers have mentioned a book that is out there, which is supposed to be good. I haven't read it, so I have to take their words for it. I might get that too, as an addition to the movie

dutchbeats first, a few words for the rap geeks.... Kool Keith! his rap makes me laugh so fricken' hard every time i watch it holy crap. i also had to rewind Caz's verses a bunch as well as Mos Def's (wow!).so many incredible exclusive verses and interviews from so many greats from the originators on up. the production value is also top notch and well balanced and contains candid performances by both Ice and his interviewees in a never ending buffet style from start to finish. so many flavors one after the other, which begs for more of the same. he also talks to a couple of producers you might have heard of named DJ Premier and Dr Dre (eeee!)btw, i think rev run should change his name to rev Buddha lol(just a random thought).SEQUELS PLEASE!

clarence-jones07 It's funny, when I saw this, I too immediately thought, "hey, that's like that How To Rap book!" so it's nice to see another reviewer thought the same thing as me.I agree with that reviewer that the book is more thorough and complete when looking at the craft, so that remains the go-to resource, but this movie is great for other things.The verses that the rappers recite are mostly great (though I prefer when rappers do freestyles over beats, not a big fan of the "here's... my... really... slow... acapella... rap... so you... can hear... all the... words"), and it's cool seeing Ice-T just have relaxed conversations with rappers he knows.It's actually best when it veers away from the craft and just goes into funny stories and interactions between Ice-T and the person he's talking to.If you're a rap fan, definitely go look this movie up, you'll find something to like in it!

teddunsten This was a pretty good documentary, lots of nice insights and interviews...I checked it out because I have that book which is similar, "How to Rap: The Art and Science of the Hip-Hop MC" which came out a few years ago and they interviewed many of the same rappers for that. In my opinion, that book goes into a lot more detail than this documentary, because it's wall-to-wall quotes and a lot more subjects are covered, but it was cool seeing a documentary that touched on some of the same topics.Where it lacks actual extended discussion on writing rhymes, this doc makes up for it with quite a few interesting moments on screen -- most of the rappers kick a verse or two and they often go on tangents and happen upon some interesting topics even if they aren't really about the "craft" of rap, as the title suggests.Well worth watching if you're a hip-hop fan, and a nice companion to the "How To Rap" book.