Beef (documentary)

Infobox Film
name = Beef


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director = Peter Spirer
producer = Denis Hennelly
Casey Suchan
writer = Peter Alton
Peter Spirer
narrator = Ving Rhames
starring =
music = J-Force

Quincy Jones III
Femi Ojetunde
cinematography = Sean Adair
Peter Alton
Jeff Bollman
Dean Raimondo
editing = Peter Alton
distributor = Image Entertainment
released = Start date|2003|8
runtime = 105 minutes
country =
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by = Beef II
website =
amg_id = 1:289537
imdb_id = 0361354

"Beef" is a film that documents the history of . The film's producers were Casey Suchan and Denis Henry Hennelly and the executive producer was Quincy Jones III (QD3). It was written by Peter Alton and Peter Spirer (who also directed), and was narrated by actor Ving Rhames.

In this film, it shows a chronological look of battles (some friendly, but many personal), dating back to rap music's infancy in the early 1980s. Among the notable rivalies discussed include KRS-One vs. MC Shan, Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee, 50 Cent vs. Murder Inc., Twista vs. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Common Sense vs. Ice Cube & Westside Connection, the break-up of legendary group N.W.A, which includes Ice Cube's abrupt departure, and the later animosty between Dr. Dre and Eazy-E, and the most well-known feuds, 2Pac vs. The Notorious B.I.G. and Nas vs. Jay-Z.

Many prominent hip-hop personalities such as Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Kool Moe Dee, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Mack 10, DMX, and Ice-T also participate in the film through interviews (some done for the film, as well as archived interviews from other sources, such as MTV and BET clips). "Beef" also features newly-released performances by many musical artists.

Subsequent releases in this series have been released, including "Beef II" (released 2004, also produced by Suchan and Hennelly, and narrated by actor Keith David), "Beef 3" (released in 2005, narrated by DJ Kay Slay), and a BET series titled "", which premiered in 2006. These sequels are a continuation of the original film, however these two films cover more lesser-known confrontations and developing beefs just prior to the release of each respective film, including LL Cool J vs. Canibus, Ja Rule vs. 50 Cent, 50 Cent vs. The Game, Lil' Flip vs. T.I., Nelly vs. Chingy, and Erick Sermon vs. EPMD partner Parrish Smith.]

Beef also features never-before seen performances of many of the film's participants, as well as many others, plus extended portions of interviews that did not make the final cut of the film. One portion of the extended interviews features part of an interview with Nate Dogg talking about an incident that occurred around 1995 at a Dogg Pound video shoot, in which entourage members representing Ruthless Records showed up and started a big brawl with members of then-rival Death Row Records. Although Nate Dogg did not mention them by name (he however subtlety mentioned the duo's less-than-successful 1995 album Real Brothaz), rappers B.G. Knocc Out and Gangsta Dresta (who participated in Eazy-E's hit diss recording, Real Muthaphuckkin G's) were among the alleged participants in the fight.

Production information

*Narrator: Ving Rhames
*Writers: Peter Alton, Peter Spirer
*Producers: Casey Suchan, Denis Henry Hennelly, Peter Spirer
*Executive producer: Quincy D. Jones III (QD3)
*Director: Peter Spirer
*Studio/Distribution company: Image Entertainment, QD3 Entertainment, Open Road Films, Aslan Productions
*Release date: September 30, 2003
*MPAA rating: R for pervasive language, some drug content and sexual references.
*Running time: 1 hour, 43 minutes

oundtrack

Infobox Album
Name = Beef
Type = soundtrack
Artist = Various Artists


Released = Start date|2003|10|7
Recorded =
Genre = Rap
Length =
Label = Strange Music/MSC Entertainment
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:acfyxq8ald0e link]
Misc = Singles
Name = Beef (Soundtrack)
Type = soundtrack
Single 1 = Let's Go [cite web |url=http://store.strangemusicinc.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=SMTNS&Product_Code=LETSGO12V&Category_Code=Vinyl |title=Strange Music Online Store - Let's Go Vinyl |accessdate=2008-07-01 ]
Single 1 date = 2003

#"No Vaseline" by Ice Cube
#"Beef" by Tech N9ne featuring Krizz Kaliko
#"You Don't Really Want It" by KRS-One
#"Westside Slaughterhouse" by Westside Connection
#"Murder by #'s" by Skatterman & Snug Brim featuring Ricky Scarfo
#"Drama" by Prodigy featuring Twin
#"Real Muthaphuckkin G's" by Eazy-E featuring B.G. Knocc Out and Dresta
#"Caution" by Black Child
#"When The Rain Drops" by Kutt Calhoun featuring Snug Brim
#"That's It" by KRS-One featuring Mad Lion
#"Postman" by Poverty
#"Now I See" by MC Shan
#"Snake Ya" by Tech N9ne featuring Krizz Kaliko
#"Let's Go (It's A Movement)" by Warren G featuring KRS-One and Lil' AI
#"Witness Protection" by Jayo Felony
#"Day I Die" by Tru-Life
#"Fuck Tha Police" by N.W.A

ee also

*Beef II
*Beef III
*Beef IV
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References

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361354 Beef's listing on IMDB.com]