Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest | |
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Directed by | Michael Rapaport |
Produced by |
A Tribe Called Quest Robert Benavides Debra Koffler Eric Matthies Frank Mele Edward Parks |
Starring | A Tribe Called Quest |
Music by | Madlib |
Cinematography | Robert Benavides |
Edited by | Lenny Mesina |
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Rival Pictures
Om Films |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Running time
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97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,200,326 |
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, is a 2011 documentary film about the music group A Tribe Called Quest, directed by Michael Rapaport. The film was released on July 8, 2011, by Sony Pictures Classics.
An official soundtrack album was not released, but the existing 1999 compilation album The Anthology was promoted as the accompanying album in the trailer, despite only half of the songs featuring in the soundtrack.
The full songs featured (in order) are as follows. All songs are performed by A Tribe Called Quest unless stated otherwise:
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest has received largely positive reviews from critics with a current 90% "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 59 reviews.