Beef II

Beef II

Infobox Film
name = Beef II


image_size =
caption =
director = Peter Spirer
producer = Denis Hennelly
Casey Suchan
writer = Peter Alton
Peter Spirer
narrator = Keith David
starring =
music = J-Force

Quincy Jones III
cinematography = Sean Adair
Jeff BollmanDean Raimondo
editing = Peter Alton
distributor = Image Entertainment
released = Start date|2004|8|30
runtime = 85 minutes
country =
language = English
budget =
gross =
preceded_by = Beef
followed_by = Beef III
website =
amg_id = 1:308529
imdb_id = 0412494

Beef II (released on DVD in August 2004) is a sequel to the 2003 documentary Beef, which continued to document the history of rivalries in hip-hop and rap music. Like its prequel, the film was executive produced by Quincy Jones III (QD3), written by Peter Alton and Peter Spirer (who also directed), and was this time narrated by actor Keith David.

Beef II shows a chronological look of battles (some friendly, but many personal), dating back to rap music's infancy in the early 1980s. Among the rivalries that were profiled, they include KRS-One vs. Nelly, Roxanne Shante and Marley Marl vs. U.T.F.O. (see The Roxanne Wars), LL Cool J vs. Canibus, K-Solo vs. DMX, Cypress Hill vs. Ice Cube & Westside Connection, Eminem and his group D12 vs. one-time Detroit cross-town ally Royce da 5'9", and EPMD partners Erick Sermon vs. Parrish Smith.

Once again, similar to the first film, Russell Simmons, Snoop Dogg, Kool Moe Dee, Jay-Z, KRS-One, Mack 10, DMX, Big Daddy Kane, Redman, Method Man and Ice-T participate in the film through interviews (new interviews for the film itself), as well as archived interviews from footage of other sources.

Beef II also features never-before seen performances of many of the film's participants, plus extended portions of interviews that did not make the final cut of the film. One portion of the extra interviews features Grandmaster Caz discussing his animosity towards Big Bank Hank from the rap group The Sugar Hill Gang for him using Caz's rhymes for the hit song "Rapper's Delight" and then not being properly compensated. Other portions include Violent J from the rap group Insane Clown Posse discussing the birth of the beef between his group and superstar rapper Eminem and KRS-One talking about the incident that occurred between him and rapper Prince Be from the group P.M. Dawn. A bonus disc included with the Beef II DVD contains the uncut interview of D-12 and their beef with rapper Royce da 5'9".

Production Information

*Narrator: Keith David
*Writers: Peter Alton, Peter Spirer
*Producers: Casey Suchan, Peter Spirer
*Executive Producer: Quincy D. Jones III (QD3)
*Director: Peter Spirer
*Studios/Distribution Companies: Image Entertainment, QD3 Entertainment, Open Road Films, Aslan Productions
*Release Date: August 30, 2004
*MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, some drug content and sexual references.
*Running Time: 1 hour, 46 minutes

ee also

*Beef (documentary)
*Beef III
*Beef IV
*

External links

* [http://www.qd3entertainment.com QD3 Entertainment]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412494 Beef II's listing on IMDB.com]


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