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Recognized as the godfather of gangsta rap, icet is granted unparalleled access to the personal lives of the masters of this. Producer paul toogood states on the dvd release that the genesis of the project stemmed from a conversation he had. It focuses on the craft of writing and performing rap verses, and all the interviewees are musicians of the genre and friends of icet. All these elements of the hiphop movement are discussed with director icet and the legends he interviews afrika bambaataa, eminem, nas, mos def, kanye west, chuck d, krsone, snoop dogg. Its a celebration of hiphops past and present, as well as a vigorous defense against those who still deny that rap is as much of an art form as jazz and blues. Something from nothing the art of rap hollywood movie. The criticallyacclaimed ice t documentary something from nothing. The art of rap, features everybody from the cold crush brothers grandmaster caz to common, hanging out and discussing the intricacies of. The art of rap was released in 2012 on friday, june 15, 2012 in limited movie theaters. The art of rap is a performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is hiphop. The art of rap stars the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of 66 out of 100 on metacritic, which put together.