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

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    76

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
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    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    Though it may not have much of an audience beyond the band's fan base, it offers enough context to serve as a primer on the hugely influential Native Tongues clique and should have life on home-vid.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    The actor Michael Rapaport (Brad Pitt's roommate in "True Romance"), in his feature directorial debut, does an admirable job recounting the group's formation and dissecting its dissolution.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times

    It is at its most vibrant when re-creating the energy of Tribe's original moment in the late '80s and early '90s, when the musicians brought a spirited, playful artfulness to the sometimes drearily self-serious world of hip-hop.

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  • 83

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Beats is a welcome blast of '90s nostalgia, taking us back to a time - and a sound - that pulsates with optimism.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

    The best material, however, keeps returning to the unstable power dynamic between Q-Tip and Dawg.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Despite the passive-aggressive bickering, Beats, Rhymes & Life is not, thankfully, hip-hop's "Some Kind of Monster."

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5

ATCQ FAN - Queens NY Native by rmhsweet1
ATCQ...best Hip-Hop group ever...I wish they were showing it more theaters to show love to this group, introduce ATCQ to a younger generation and to support Michael Rappaport. I loved it! (Queens all day!) I will add this DVD to my collection when it's released.

5

by hzep26

5

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest review by jaimiecfoster
Great movie and the music will make you reminisce and/or long for a time when rap was RAP...

5

by volnetoi

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