ATCQ Documentary Debuts @ Sundance, 3/4 of Group a No-Show
“The reality of the situation is individually they all have different perspectives. Phife chose to come here and the other guys are not here. And they missed out”
Michael Rappaport’s long delayed, sometimes controversial documentary on A Tribe Called Quest debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend, but with the exception of Phife, the group was a no-show. In the clip above, Rappaport explains his dissapointment to MTV.
On the night of the premier, Tribe sent out the following statement:
Thanks to our fans for their support through the years and for the enthusiasm around the documentary. We hope that the film’s perspective conveys our love of hip-hop culture. We could not attend Sundance, but we want to express our love and appreciation for the support that we have received in advance of the film’s premiere tonight. We hope that it is well received. Thank you.
I don’t know man, I just want to see the shit.
You can check out a couple of reviews of the film and Phife’s comments (he broke out in tears) here and here.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
but with the exception of Phife, the group was a no-show.
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But to be honest, it ain’t like Phife had shit else to do anyway.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
freestyle – Stack Bundles
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sn: you can’t tell me dude wasn’t the next up. . .
NY needed this
rip
January 24th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
AmpGeez a.k.a. Amphernee Hardaway Says:
January 24th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
but with the exception of Phife, the group was a no-show.
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But to be honest, it ain’t like Phife had shit else to do anyway
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LOL
January 24th, 2011 at 12:51 pm
My prediction…Phife comes out looking like a saint….Tip, not so much.
Ali Shaheed jut doesn’t wanna see those horrible Consequence-esque choppers on the big screen.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Choke no Joke > Michael Rappaport
January 24th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
Berlusconi >
He no doubt has links to the Mafia, he’s a billionaire and he’s been fucking models.
I’d say overall that’s a win.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:52 pm
I just happened to be bending corners on plymouth and seen the comotion.
I frequent the bar accross from the precinct
cops was driving on the wrong side of the street to get therer and help out
its hot as a firecracker on plymouth right now
January 24th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Right now, given Khalifa’s fanbase and all the activity that his music coincides with, YES. Khalifa has a bigger/ MORE RECOGNIZABLE buzz that stretches past just hip-hop and music in general.
^
Aite then..no sarcasm
Shout out DBillz..the original Wiz Khalifa stan
#Teamwinniggawin
January 24th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I don’t know man, I just want to see the shit.
> word.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
Berlusconi >
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yep.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
He no doubt has links to the Mafia, he’s a billionaire and he’s been fucking models.
^^Yo u seen the model chick he been fucking since she was 16?
goodness graceus
January 24th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Right now, given Khalifa’s fanbase and all the activity that his music coincides with, YES. Khalifa has a bigger/ MORE RECOGNIZABLE buzz that stretches past just hip-hop and music in general.
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There’s no guarantee that translates to record sales.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Damn you go into a police station to make some 21 gun salute music and you fail? Son needs to re-evaluate his life
January 24th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
lol, by boy was at the bar on Friday trying to convince me that Cutler is the new Farve. hahahaahha!!!! Farve would NEVER leave the NFC championship game for a bloody elbow or a sore knee. Cutler’s a straight bitch. and fuck the Jets. a team full of professional and personal losers from top to bottom.
January 24th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Shout out DBillz..the original Wiz Khalifa stan
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word.
shoutout DBillz forreal..
Wiz Khadija was one of the only few things we disagreed on…
Khadija, Charles Hamilton and which NFL team represented the Color Purple the best…
January 24th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
my>by
January 24th, 2011 at 1:00 pm
rip J-Hood.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
The new Charles Hamilton tape?
His best work in a long while. Better then Normalcy. Takes me back to The Hamiltonization Process Chuck.
I think lil’ dude read my blog lol.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
say word oprah got a long lost sister.
gayles slot is in trouble.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Son needs to re-evaluate his life
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too late
January 24th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Yea Billz was right..Klalifah had more lucky skills than we thought..A&R Billz saw what we couldnt.
Currensy need more tattoos and ex girlfriends of illuminati rap stars
January 24th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
Link to said tape, amp
January 24th, 2011 at 1:02 pm
even if Favre couldnt finish the game… he would never be seen pouting and sulking by himself on the sidelines… he’d have a headset on, or looking at pictures from the booth with the backup QB… or staying on the sidelines cheering on and/or motivating his teammates…
even when his career was over in Minnesota, and he was in streetclothes watching… he was still acting like a positive influence and a part of the team..
Cutler has the worst body language i ever seen from a QB… walking around with his hands in his pockets and his head down in his chest, like he’d rather be anywhere else but on the football field… thats what got him ran out of Denver… seems like he got a Ryan Leaf type personality…
January 24th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
lol @ mike rap dry snitchin on q tip & em tho
January 24th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
AmpGeez a.k.a. Amphernee Hardaway Says:
January 24th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
The new Charles Hamilton tape?
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say word?
link please…
January 24th, 2011 at 1:05 pm
2dopeboyz.com/2011/01/14/…ocess-mixtape/
What Happened To The CH Process? mixtape.
I’m telling you, this shit is a return to form for lil’ dude.
Son seems to be getting his mind right.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
2dopeboyz.com/2011/01/14/charles-hamilton-the-where-is-ch-process-mixtape/
January 24th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Seriously tho..was ATCQ that interesting a group to warrant a documentary? Apart from music them niggaz was drying paint.
*watches Shaheed Muhammad get braces*
*watches Phife take his insulin*
*watches Q -Tip date skinny white women*
*bores to death*
January 24th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA — Witnesses say they saw a woman throw herself from the 23rd story of a Buenos Aires hotel Monday and survive.
The woman landed in a sitting position on the roof of a taxi whose driver got out just before the impact deeply dented his roof and shattered the windshield.
The woman, a 30-year-old Argentine, has injuries throughout her body and is being treated in the emergency room of the Hotel Argerich, said Alberto Crescenti, director of Argentina’s Emergency Medical System.
The taxi driver, who gave his name as Miguel, reportedly said he saw a policeman looking up and that prompted him to get out just before the driver’s side of the car was smashed by the woman’s body.
Another taxi driver, Juan Carlos Candame, told Associated Press Television News that he saw the woman climb over a barrier and jump into the void.
The woman fell from the top of the Hotel Crown Plaza Panamericano, where a restaurant overlooks the landmark Obelisk in downtown Buenos Aires.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
thanks
January 24th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
AmpGeez a.k.a. Amphernee Hardaway Says:
January 24th, 2011 at 1:01 pm
The new Charles Hamilton tape?
His best work in a long while. Better then Normalcy. Takes me back to The Hamiltonization Process Chuck.
I think lil’ dude read my blog lol.
^who doesnt?
January 24th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
as far as the QB position is concerned, body language/attitude is >>>>>
through victory and defeat Farve mastered this aspect of the game like damn near other in football.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:09 pm
He either has cancer, is sharing a padded room with G. Dep, or both. Regardless, here’s a bunch of random-ass Chuck songs. Tracklist and list down bottom.
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GATTTT
January 24th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Seriously tho..was ATCQ that interesting a group to warrant a documentary? Apart from music them niggaz was drying paint.
>The rivalry between Phife and Tribe frontman Q-Tip that forms the central narrative of the film is dramatic and compelling if not quite completely fleshed-out.
It’s a story of young men bonding over something, fighting over nothing, finding a calling, getting married, changing careers, struggling with their impulses, actually questioning their attitudes and their egos—not just boasting, not just bragging.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
@Troy:
Jesus!!
January 24th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
I think lil’ dude read my blog lol.
^who doesnt?
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Being that it’s hard to detect sarcasm on the interweb, I’ll just shrug that one off & say thank you…?
January 24th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
thas damn near the story of every hip hop group from NY.
smh @ feces.
ain you a new yorker?
no wonder hip hop is failing out there.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
LoL….. @ el feces loco – good discussion nonetheless. At least you aint insult a nigga’s reasoning – that much I can respect homey.
I’m not necessarily “rooting” for the kid, I’m just stating what I see as a trend that predicts GREAT 1st week #’s.
If he comes up shorter than 500K 1st week – then you’re the better analyst Loco, lol. I might not post on here for a week lol.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
The rivalry between Phife and Tribe frontman Q-Tip that forms the central narrative of the film is dramatic and compelling if not quite completely fleshed-out.
In essence, Tip is kind of a hoe ass nigga, but then again, most of the creative types have that shit in em.
I mean, Phife was barely on the first album & Tip has even went as far to say that he & not Ali Shaheed produced most of their records.
Tip is a kind of an egomaniac & that soft spoken, charming schoolboy shtick is for the media.
And I know all this without having seen a second of movie footage.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:14 pm
*falcon slaps*
January 24th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
smh @ feces.
ain you a new yorker?
no wonder hip hop is failing out there.
^^c’MON SON..phife and Tip? I can watch my lil sisters fight over who left the porch light on and get better drama than them two..them niggaz aint got no personalities..that shit aint riveting must watch TV.
Them niggaz is whisperers
January 24th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
@ Amp, yeah it doesn’t guarantee sales but it’s a great indicator…. we’ll see.
January 24th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
LoL….. @ el feces loco – good discussion nonetheless. At least you aint insult a nigga’s reasoning – that much I can respect homey.
^nah you cool, respect .
I’m not necessarily “rooting” for the kid, I’m just stating what I see as a trend that predicts GREAT 1st week #’s.
^have you seen, or is there an artist you saw that’s comparable that makes you form the opinions you have about Wiz?
January 24th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
Cosigns Feces on that ATCQ shit.Can we please let the Wiz discussion die?Nigga is Trash.Point blank.Black and Yellow is assjuice.Kush and OJ got some spins from me.Most of the tracks have not been retained.I wish dude well,but this stannery is unwarranted.Bad enough the jets lost.FUCK!!!
January 24th, 2011 at 1:22 pm
No More to Say – Jay-Z (Red Album)
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February 17th, 2011 at 10:34 am
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