The film has a geographical narrative. It begins in New York City, then moves to France, Germany, Middle East, and ends in Africa. I really liked that structure because you get to compare different types of hip-hop, all influenced by their own musical traditions. I found that comparison to be very rich, not only at a musical level, but also at a cultural level. It's impressive the way hip-hop can be, depending on the lyrics, nothing but a sack of negative expressions or the bright light at the end of the tunnel. The same situations and problems, as corny as it may sound, are looked at in a half-empty glass, or in a half-full glass way, which is only human, since facts are not good or bad, but only facts (which every creature but humans understand) and the way we are able to cope, or not, with them, is what makes us think of them as good or bad.
I also liked that you get to see musicians in their daily life, talking about their lives and their worries, thinking they are common people. Then, you get to watch them perform, singing at the studio or in a videoclip. So you connect to them, not only on a musical level, but also on a more human level. You start caring and believing their messages should be heard, no matter what the content is.
The way it ends, with all the musicians linked by the same hip-hop bit, all contributing to the same song... I found it slightly corny, but also very moving. It's like they say during the documentary, in the end, it doesn't matter in what language you're singing, hip-hop music has the strength to unite, because in the end it's all about the music.
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