Dave Chappelle’s Block Party

Mon Mar 6 20:35:12 2006 EST (-0500 GMT)

block_party_1.JPG I saw Dave Chappelle’s Block Party this weekend, I missed it at the Toronto International Film Festival, but it’s now in wide release. It was an excellent movie and I recommend it to any of his fans and anyone who is a fan of east coast hip hop acts like The Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Kanye West (who only has a small role), Common, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Cody Chesnutt and The Fugees (yes, all three of them). If you ask me that’s a short list of the greatest hip hop acts to release an album this millennium.

block_party_3.JPG The movie is a concert movie, and not really a documentary. That said, you really get a genuine feeling for Brooklyn and a good feeling about the impact this simple event is having on the audience Dave brought together for this event. Most of all this is an amazing concert and if you don’t see the movie you should keep the soundtrack in your car for a long trip – I took both approaches.

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