SummaryThe four-part series about hip-hop and its impact on America from Chuck D and Lorrie Boula features interviews and archival footage from such artists as B-Real, Chuck D, Fat Joe, John Forté, Grandmaster Caz, Ice-T, Lupe Fiasco, MC Lyte, Melle Mel, Abiodun Oyewole, Roxanne Shanté, Run DMC, and will.i.am.
Created By:Chuck D, Lorrie Boula
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Season 1 Premiere:
Jan 21, 2023
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Feb 8, 2023
80
From hip hop’s inception and its emergence and growth, Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World offers a powerful message that connects influence, innovation, and a unifying beat to how we continue to think and speak about the artform today.
Jan 23, 2023
80
Fight The Power was fascinating. Cutting though music doc cliché, it delivered a street-level portrait of rap music’s formative decades.
Jan 23, 2023
80
There’s almost no hip-hop in the first episode of BBC Two’s new four-part documentary about the genre. ... Instead, we are given an hour-long history lesson on New York City in the 60s and 70s – the decades leading up to hip-hop’s birth. This, however, is the correct approach, and it signals that Fight the Power will treat its subject with the respect and rigour it deserves.
Jan 31, 2023
60
Series directors Yemi Bamiro and Todd Williams were tasked with packing 50 years of history into roughly 4 hours. They smoothly guide us through hip-hop’s timeline, starting with a slow-burn introductory episode highlighting New Yorkers’ dire need for creative expression. This proves the series’ strongest hour. ... In 2010, Chuck D chastised Jay-Z and Kanye’s luxury opus Watch the Throne. ... Fight the Power needed more of that energy.
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