Video: Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap Official Trailer #1 - Ice Cube Movie (2012) HD

In Ice-T's 2012 documentary, Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap , he asks why rap music doesn't garner the same amount of respect afforded to jazz and blues music. About a half-hour into Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap, Ice-T, the 2012 documentary's narrator and de facto ringleader, poses the following question in so many words: Why doesn't rap music garner the same amount of respect afforded to jazz and blues music? It's a hell of an inquiry, one that you never really consider seriously until it's actually asked. Is it an issue of longevity? [...]

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you're not still nursing that hangover from last night. My first post of 2013 is actually going to be one more look back at 2012. Although music is an essential part of film, the number of films actually  about  music each year is comparatively pretty small. And the number of  good  films about music is even smaller. Film is definitely right behind music as one of my biggest passions, so I wanted to take a look back at some of the best music films of last year. It's documentary-heavy (a lot of the narrative music [...]

Freestyle rapping is a true skill, and only the best rappers (and maybe Justin Bieber ) can do it with aplomb. It's no surprise that  Eminem   can drop some seriously impressive lyrical flows off the top of his head, as seen in this clip from  Ice-T ’s upcoming documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. This quick-witted, fast-paced freestyle will hopefully get you in the mood for some good news — the MC is starting to work on new music again.  [...]

Ice-T Produced Documentary featuring Ye and Em. Dope!

We at TSS can sit back and tell you about how great rap is until we wear out our keyboards, but what better place to hear about the genre's merits [...]

Ice-T shares his thoughts on rap careers ahead of the release of his new documentary film..

Cast : Ice-T, Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, Nas, Q-Tip Director : Ice-T Release Date : June 15, 2012 Synopsis : First time documentarist Ice-T shows us how rap music has grown to dominate cultures around the world, showing how rap evolved and how it continues to be part of the mainstream culture. A whole [...]

SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it’s most famous protagonists studies [...]