Product Details

• Actors: Aesop Rock, Iz-Real, Kool Keith, Pee Wee Kirkland, Kutmasta Kurt
• Directors: Tony Samuel, Israel Vasquetelle
• Producers: Israel Vasquetelle, Thomas Jenkins
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Insomniac Inc
• DVD Release Date: April 25, 2006
• Run Time: 53 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EQ5U96
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,404 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hip Hop Street Credentials" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Street Credentials pulls no punches while delivering hard insight into the industry culture and the careers of some of the most interesting people within the progressive Hip Hop genre. Featuring Hip Hop icon Kool Keith (Black Elvis Dr. Octagon) spoken word poet and actor Saul Williams (SLAM K-PAX) underground superstar Aesop Rock controversial rapper Immortal Technique street basketball legend Pee Wee Kirkland producer/publisher Iz-Real and others. This DVD is loaded with over 3 hours of footage including the Street Credentials documentary feature-length artist interview featurettes a visit to youth detention center a Kool Keith mini-movie trailer and more.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 829281100694 Manufacturer No: INS1006

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Street Credentials Hits the Hip Hop Spot, May 2, 2006

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Maxie569 (Portland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hip Hop Street Credentials (DVD)

Hip Hop Street Credentials covers hip hop from the perspective of innovative within the subversive and progressive world of the genre. It gives their take on what's wrong with hip hop music today, and what they are doing to take it back to what it's supposed to be.

What makes this so interesting is how different all of these artists are. Today, rap is shown mainly from the BLING angle, here we see an acclaimed poet (Saul Williams), a underground star (Aesop Rock), an eccentric icon (Kool Keith), an ex-hustler-turned role model (Pee Wee Kirkland), a battle rapper (Poison Pen), a street mix-tape DJ (Silva Sirfa) and a revolutionary (Immortal Technique). All of these subjects have different attitudes about their roles within the artform, yet all seem to find similar problems in the genre.

Besides the documentary, the DVD also contains over 2 hours of unedited interviews and a few other intriguing features such as the director's (Israel " IZ-REAL " Vasquetelle) visit to a juvenile detention center. In this gritty segment, he speaks to youths about, ironically, the dangers and perils in buying into the hip hop depicted in video games, videos and on mainstream radio.

A worthy choice for anyone wanting to learn more about this fascinating culture, or for anyone who's fed up with the misogynistic, excessive, and misguiding turn hip hop has take since it's golden era. Give it an A+

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Documentary About Hip Hop Culture and Industry, April 29, 2006

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Tess (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hip Hop Street Credentials (DVD)

Great look into hip hop today. It's smart, but still very provacative and still has a true street edge. A lot of material to digest, but worth the time because it peers so deeply into both the culture and business aspect of hip hop.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Street Credentials is real Hip Hop, April 28, 2006

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Seth Weinstein "Seth Weinstein" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hip Hop Street Credentials (DVD)

I love this movie and all of the bonus features...A Hip Hop Masterpiece for sure...Tony Samuel and Israel Vasquetelle did a great job. I loved the camera work and the editing. If you want to learn about the business of Hip Hop, Street Credentials will take you up close and personal. Two thumbs up...way up...