Product Details

• Actors: Ving Rhames, 50 Cent, Kevin Anderson, Busy Bee, The Notorious B.I.G.
• Directors: Peter Spirer
• Writers: Peter Spirer, Peter Alton
• Producers: Peter Spirer, Casey Suchan, Denis Hennelly, Quincy Jones III
• Format: Color, Compilation, 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
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AKY62
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,266 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
The definitive look into the deep and harsh world of high profile beefs told by the artists themselves. The mc battle... Hip hop's war of words... Who's the illest on the mic... What happens when the raw energy of the inner city spills over from the studio to the streets. Today the stakes are high, and the consequences are becoming more and more real. What effect will this have on the future of hip hop? Judge for yourself! Featuring 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Nas, DMX, Snoop Dog, Tupac, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Ja Rule, Mack 10, Common, Cypress Hill, Russell Simmons, NWA, and legendary battlers KRS- One, MC Chan, Kool Moe Dee, Busy Bee and more! Narrated by Emmy Award-winner Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy, Don King: Only in America) And featuring Uncut Nate Dogg Golf Club Incident; A Night at MIC Club; MC Battles from Atlanta's Apache Café; MC Supernatural Freestyles on Beef; Damon Dash vs. the Fresh Pimps.

Customer Reviews

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The History of The Battle Rap, October 12, 2003

By	Dorrie Wheeler - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The best thing about "Beef" is that it delves deep into the history of the hip hop battle rap. The disc spends a decent amount of time discussing the legendary battle between KRS-1 and MC Shan and the battles of Kool Moe Dee and Busy B. The disc also does justice to many current battles. I was thinking that they would spend more time on the notorious battles of Biggie and Pac and I am glad that they didn't. This film featured several little known rappers and little known about battles. They failed to mention in great detail any beef between the female rappers. I would recommend this movie to others, it does have historical value.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Alright documentary but not that special, May 3, 2004

By	D3strukchun (Dusty Waters) - See all my reviews

I thought it was gonna be much better but it wasn't. It was an average documentary which I'm glad I didn't spend any money on. Most Beef's are old news but there are a few cool moments like when NATE DOGG beats down haters at a golf-course: funny as hell.

But overall: Nothing Special.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great documentary on the history of MC battles, May 4, 2006

By	Trevor Cotton (Penzance, Cornwall, England) - See all my reviews

Beef is a documentary which chronicles the hiphop battle from it's earliest days to the industry driven beef that you generally see these days. Several significant battles in the history of hiphop are included starting from the very earliest, Kool Moe Dee v Busy Bee, the most serious, Pac v Biggie up until recent battles such as 50 Cent v Ja Rule. What is great about this dvd is that it clearly shows how battles have changed over time becoming increasingly violent, obviously culminating in the deaths of Pac & Biggie. It is also very informative for anyone not up on their hiphop history, instead of going with what is popular now it sets out in great detail key battles between KRS-One and MC Shan, various LL Cool J Battles and also the break up of NWA and everything that followed. You also get to hear several of the greatest diss tracks ever including my personal favourite Cube's No Vaseline.

Basically Beef covers the most significant battles ever in hiphop, if you even have a slight interest in hiphop you should pick this up. Most of the battles have interviews from both sides, giving a balanced account of the beef, and several other industry heavyweights are interviewed on the documentary. It doesn't spend the whole documentary on Pac & Big or the supposed West/East Coast beef, which is probably a good thing as this is well documented already. What beef does well is show in time how the battle has changed and for thst purpose it is an excellent dvd. There are also some decent extras, best of all being the golf club incident with Nate Dogg & Dresta out of Eazy's crew. The only criticism I had was it spent too much time on the Tru-Life v Mobb Deep beef, as most people won't have heard of Tru-Life I just didn't see how it was that relevant to the rest of the dvd. It was interesting to see that Tru-Life did regret the situation a couple of years later though, so he definetley changed from what he was saying earlier. Anyway as I said before this is essential for anyone with any interest in hiphop, pick it up now if you haven't already.