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Dave Chappelle's Block Party

Dave Chappelle's Block Party
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michel Gondry
Produced by Dave Chappelle
Michel Gondry
Written by Dave Chappelle
Starring Dave Chappelle
Music by Corey Smyth
Cinematography Ellen Kuras
Production
company
Distributed by Rogue Pictures
Release date
  • September 12, 2005 (2005-09-12) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $3 million
Box office $12.1 million
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
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Live album by Various Artists
Released March 14, 2006 (2006-03-14)
Recorded September 18, 2004
Genre Neo-soul, alternative hip hop, East Coast hip hop
Label Geffen
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars link
HipHopDX.com 3.5/5 stars link

Dave Chappelle's Block Party, also known as Block Party, is a 2005 documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle, and directed by Michel Gondry. Its format is inspired by the documentary Wattstax.

The film and its soundtrack are dedicated to the memory of music producer J Dilla who died from lupus one month before the film's release. The film was officially released at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. The film grossed $12.1 million in the box office and debuted at #6 in its opening weekend, grossing $6 million in 1,200 theaters.

The film follows Chappelle during the summer of 2004, up until September 18, 2004, when he threw a block party on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing Street in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The film features nearby sites including the Broken Angel House in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn as well as areas in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The film was produced before Chappelle's highly publicized decision to walk away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit Chappelle's Show, and gained prominence after the announcement.

He invited several hip hop and neo-soul musical artists to perform at the party, including Kanye West, Mos Def, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, and The Roots along with The Central State University Marching Band. Lauryn Hill was also scheduled to perform at the party, but since Columbia Records refused to release her songs for use in the production, she decided instead to reunite The Fugees for the occasion. In addition, Chappelle performed comedy monologues and sketches in between the musical acts.


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