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Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

As a native New Yorker and a devout hip-hop head, Michael Rapaport could’ve easily set his Big Apple Rap Masturba-Tron™ to auto-jerk and let it run for the duration of his documentary on A Tribe Called Quest. But it turns out the actor and first-time director’s admiration for the influential ’90s act doesn’t cloud his sometimes-klutzy but altogether sincere and captivating examination of Tribe’s innovation and eventual implosion.

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Posted: Thu, Apr. 5, 2012, 2:51 PM

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest

City Paper Grade: B+

Drew Lazor

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