Mongrel Media Presents BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST A Film by Michael Rapaport (93 min., USA, 2011) Distribution Publicity Bonne Smith 1028 Queen Street West Star PR Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1H6 Tel: 416-488-4436 Tel: 416-516-9775 Fax: 416-516-0651 Fax: 416-488-8438 E-mail:
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[email protected] www.mongrelmedia.com High res stills may be downloaded from http://www.mongrelmedia.com/press.html CREDITS Cast Q-Tip Phife Dawg Ali Shaheed Muhammad Jarobi White Directed by Michael Rapaport Produced by Edward Parks Michael Rapaport Frank Mele Eric Matthies Robert Benavides Debra Koffler ATCQ Co-Producers Justin Alvarado Brown Erika Williams Associate Producers Rachel Ward Qiana Wallace Monica Talavera Director of Photography Robert Benavides Editors Lenny Mesina AJ Schnack Music Supervisor Peanut Butter Wolf Composer Madlib Animation James Blagden & Phillip Niemeyer Copyright 2011 Beats Rhymes & Fights Productions LLC All Rights Reserved 2 SYNOPSIS BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band’s sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group’s innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish. A hard-core fan himself, Rapaport sets out on tour with A Tribe Called Quest in 2008, when they reunited to perform sold-out concerts across the country, almost ten years after the release of their last album, The Love Movement.