{"id":60562,"date":"2011-06-02T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T11:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2011\/06\/02\/beats-rhymes-life-the-travels-of-a-tribe-called-quest\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:16:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T12:16:28","slug":"beats-rhymes-life-the-travels-of-a-tribe-called-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/beats-rhymes-life-the-travels-of-a-tribe-called-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Beats, Rhymes &#038; Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Beats, Rhymes &amp; Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-8311\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/2011\/06\/beats-rhymes-life-the-travels-of-a-tribe-called-quest\/beats-rhymes-life-poster\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-8311\" title=\"Beats, Rhymes &amp; Life poster\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 207 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Beats-Rhymes-Life-poster-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Release Date: July 8, 2011 (limited)<br \/>\nDistributor: Sony Pictures Classics<br \/>\nDirector: Michael Rapaport<br \/>\nGenre: Documentary<br \/>\nMPAA Rating: R (for language)<br \/>\nCast: <strong>Q-Tip <\/strong>(Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, formerly Jonathan Davis), rapper <strong>Phife Dawg<\/strong> (Malik Taylor), and DJ\/producer <strong>Ali Shaheed Muhammad<\/strong>, rapper <strong>Jarobi White<\/strong><br \/>\nInterviews from singers and rappers from <strong>De La Soul, The Roots, Kanye West, Common, Mos Def, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Pharrell, Ludacris, Beastie Boys, Mary J. 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