Beef (2003)

A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.

Director:

Peter Spirer

Writers:

Peter Alton, Peter Spirer

Stars:

Ving Rhames, 50 Cent, Kevin Anderson

Cast

Credited cast:
Ving Rhames	...	Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
50 Cent	...	Himself
Kevin Anderson	...	Himself - V.I.P. Records
B-Real	...	Himself (as B Real)
Busy Bee	...	Himself (as Busy Bee Starski)
Bone Thugs n Harmony	...	Themselves (archive footage) (as Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)
Jim Brown	...	Himself - NFL Hall of Famer
Grandmaster Caz	...	Himself
Black Child	...	Himself - Recording Artist
Sean Combs	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Puffy)
Common	...	Himself
Anthony 'Treach' Criss	...	Himself - Rapper / Actor (as Treach)
Ice Cube	...	Himself (archive footage)
Davey D	...	Himself - Hip Hop Historian
The D.O.C.	...	Himself (archive footage) (as D.O.C.)

Storyline

A documentary on the evolution of MC battles from verbal one-upmanship to street warfare.

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Taglines:

The Real World of MC Battles

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, some drug content and sexual references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 2003 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aslan Productions, Open Road Films, QD3 Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Rhyme & Reason (1997)

User Reviews

Interesting documentary on Hip Hop feuds

Beef is an interesting documentary on Hip Hop feuds. It covers almost all major feuds between rappers from early on in the hip hop world to recent times. While it goes into detail on some of the feuds more than others it still remains informative. I found it became a bit boring in some parts but that's really only because they were talking about rappers which I didn't know about or aren't interested in. The documentary has plenty of unseen and rare footage concerning each Beef which is good and also interesting interviews with some of the rappers and people involved.

It does go a bit overboard on some feuds and I began to loose interest in them, even if they were concerning my favourite rappers, but it makes up for it with the more interesting parts and information on beefs that I hadn't heard of.

I thought the best parts were those covering the beefs between Kool Moe Bee and Busy Bee, Boogie Down Productions and MC Shan and feuds concerning NWA because they were informative, interesting and didn't go on for too long.

Overall it is a good documentary and even though there are some dull bits, Beef is still a must see for any Hip Hop fan