Michael Rapaport

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Michael Rapaport has an extensive list of credits as an actor, but he visits us to talk about his directorial debut. He took on the task of following the travails of his favorite hip hop group, A Tribe Called Quest. His new documentary, Beats, Rhymes, and Life illustrates the storied history of Tribe and is in theaters in NYC and LA on July 8th.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dave from Mount Pleasant Michigan. I'm Holly from Chicago. I'm Josh, which field park Arizona.
0:05.2	Sound of Young America is produced independently and supported by listeners like you and me.
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0:13.4	I'm Jesse Thorne live on tape from my house in Los Angeles. It's the Sound of Young America from
0:18.4	maximumfund.org and PRI public radio international. It's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorne.
0:26.4	My guest is Michael Rappaport. He's of course best known as an actor having worked for some 20
0:32.8	odd years with legendary directors like Woody Allen and Spike Lee and on numerous television
0:38.5	programs and numerous films in audio all over everywhere. He's here today, though, for his
0:46.1	directorial debut. A documentary called Beats Rhymes and Life, the travels of a tribe called Quest.
0:53.8	It's the story of one of hip-hop's most significant and story groups and I know one of the most
0:59.7	significant to Rappaport specifically. It opens July 8th in New York in Los Angeles. Let's take a
1:05.8	listen to a classic track from a tribe called Quest. Here's Check the Rhyme.
1:23.8	Like Mr. Clean, um, um, a kid bit, um, a surgeon. I don't get the message so you got
1:29.2	to run the pitch. Your own point five, all the time tip, your own point five, all the time tip,
1:34.8	your own point five, all the time tip, but then grab the microphone and let your words
1:39.6	rip. Now here's the phone being introduction of Hanisaham. Tell your mother, tell your
1:43.3	father, send the telegram. I'm like an energizer because you see, I last one.
1:47.2	My two is never ever wack because we stand strong. If you say my style is right,
1:50.9	it's where you're dead wrong. I say that body and I'm so gunned on them, but it's not long.
1:54.6	You'll be a fool to reply for five is not the man because you know and I know that you know who I am.
1:59.6	Especially shout out of Peace goes out to all my pouches see and a middle finger goes for all
2:03.6	you punk and feasts because I love it when your whack and seeds despise me. They get vexed. I will next
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