Movie Info
Genre :
Documentary, MusicalRelease Date :
March 03, 2006MPAA Rating :
RDirector :
Michel GondryStarring :
Dave Chappelle, Mos Def, Kanye West, Erykah Badu, The Fugees, Tiffany Limos, Talib Kweli, John Legend, Bilal, Big Daddy Kane, Cody ChesnuTT
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"Block Party" Studded with R&B and Hip-Hop Stars
March 06, 2006 10:03:37Fans of R&B and hip-hop music should be delighted to watch "Block Party." Depicting the situation in rehearsals and backstage, this documentary about Dave Chappelle's dream concert features some of the most gifted and socially conscious hip-hop and R&B artists, among others Kanye West, Mos Def, John Legend, Talib Kweli, The Fugees, Erykah Badu, plus Big Daddy Kane. And all appear in his show held on a corner in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
"Block Party" begins with Chappelle goes around to offer some golden tickets to the party days before the show to random citizens and acquaintances which include a convenience-store owner and a couple of probation officers while also invites the Central State University marching band to join the musical lineup. Directed by Michel Gondry, the docu also shows the scenes in which he delivers a megaphone-amped party invitation to "the Huxtables" of "Cosby Show" fame and clowns with neighborhood kids as he passes through a street of Brooklyn townhouses.
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