Battlin' is crucial...I used to battle any and everybody back in the day, but you gotta think now. Cause you got these ill advanced motherfuckas...you know them niggas that just watch you. Just mastering you...studying you...getting one up on yo' shit. If he gets you up on that stage and embarasses you...just as quick as your career went up...it'll go down even faster.

-Lord Finesse

DJ Organic successfully documents the art of Freestyle, off the head mic-controlling with footage from the early 1980's to today.

Freestyle: The Art Of The Rhyme debuts May 24th but this DVD definitely needs to be looked out for featuring performances and interviews with Supernatural, Wordsworth, Otherwize, Living Legends, Lord Finesse, Boots Riley, Bahamadia, Darkleaf, Medusa, Akim Funk Buddha, Juice, Freestyle Fellowship, Jurassic 5, Divine Styler, Black Thought, Craig G, ?uestlove, The Last Poets, Mos Def, Tupac, Biggie and many others

Following some of the best MCs to bless the mic, the film features legendary battles including those of the film's focus; Supernatural VS Caig G....this battle provides for the films storyline as the artists improvise and create on the spot rhymes from off the head...language, politics and cultures class as freestyle artists rip shit!

Freestyling is the art...rap is poetry and poetry is expression...and the spontaneousness of Freestyle only heightens the expression. Whether political or personal...always keeping what you say in perfect rhyming verse. The modern day MC...the Master Of Ceremonies or Mic Controller...is seen as sharing the same purpose;

To communicate poetic storytelling to a society hungry for the truth, connecting more often than not through some divine or mystical powers.

The film has recieved critical praise world wide....sweeping Best Documentary Award at the Florida, Pan African, Urban-World, and Woodstock Film Festivals, Best Soundtrack LA Independent Film Festival and Best Of Festival Adelaide International Film Festival.

The film seeks to answer questions in regards to the Freestyle movement, it's origins, future and link to contemporary artfoms as poetry. Freestyle has chosen to focus not on the limelight but the everyday MC explaining the art in their own words. Footage,

performances and interviews were comprised of over 10 years of film. The film seeks to emulate the freedom and aesthetic of the Freestyle artform. The producers want it known that this film stands as a testament to the power of the word to create change.

In an internet world ruled by the inpersonal, Freestyle: The Art Of The Rhyme provides a breath of fresh air and an experimental vision by educating about the past, informing the future and creating a better today.

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