Pete Rock

Pete Rock

Movies for Pete Rock...

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Title: Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives
Released: October 1, 2015
Type: Movie
Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who became unlikely legends by engaging their listeners and breaking the biggest rap artists ever.
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Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Title: Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Character: Self
Released: April 4, 2014
Type: Movie
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
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Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Title: Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
Character: Self
Released: July 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.
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Big Pun: The Legacy
Title: Big Pun: The Legacy
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2009
Type: Movie
His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant. "Big Pun: The Legacy" chronicles the life of the Grammy Nominated artist "Big Pun" aka Christopher Rios, a Puerto Rican from the Bronx who made history by becoming the first Latino rapper to sell over a million records.
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Copyright Criminals
Title: Copyright Criminals
Character: Himself
Released: May 21, 2009
Type: Movie
Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright infringement.” The film showcases many of hip-hop music’s founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more.
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Deep Crates 2
Title: Deep Crates 2
Character: Himself
Released: January 20, 2007
Type: Movie
Deep Crates 2 documents the history behind diggin for samples and creating beats. The 2nd Deep Crates DVD installment takes you back to the origins of sampling records with some of the culture's founding pioneers. Worldwide diggin spots are exposed from the USA to Canada to Japan. From first impressions, Deep Crates 2 appears to be a step up from the crude shooting and editing of the original Deep Crates. With a shorter list of featured producers, one can expect longer interviews with more potency. Features in studio footage and exclusive anecdotes from some of the most famous crate diggers on earth.
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Beat Kings
Title: Beat Kings
Character: Self
Released: June 4, 2006
Type: Movie
The "Beat Kings" is the first documentary exploring the original architects of hip hop; "The Producers". For over three decades, beat makers have built hip hop's foundation, constructing the beats behind the rhymes. For the first time, 20 influential producers tell the history of creating hip hop's most definitive records.
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Brown Sugar
Title: Brown Sugar
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2002
Type: Movie
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Title: Pete Rock: Soul Survivor
Character: Pete Rock
Released: November 10, 1998
Type: Movie
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Who's the Man?
Title: Who's the Man?
Character: Robber #1
Released: April 23, 1993
Type: Movie
Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as far as their duty sergeant, Sgt Cooper is concerned, who proceeds to harass them at every turn. Despite this, they discover a major crime, and proceed to solve it in their own unusual fashion.