Synopsis
If you ever wanted to know what really goes on backstage, this is the definitive inside look - uncut and uncensored. Complete with on-stage performances you'll see an intimate view of what life is like at one of the biggest Rap Concert tours of all time. It shows life on the road, in hotels and off stage in a way you've never seen before.
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Cast
- Jay-ZHimself
- DMXHimself
- Method ManHimself
- RedmanHimself
- Beanie SigelHimself
- Ja RuleHimself
- Memphis BleekHimself
- DJ ClueHimself
- AmilHerself
Recommendations
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New York Post
There are times when the urban dialect is so thick, you wish the film came with subtitles. - 50
New York Daily News
While their often-unclothed bodies are visible, their faces are replaced with digital "buttons" saying things like "Your ad here." - 50
L.A. Weekly
An entertaining trip, one for which fandom in the genre isn't necessarily a prerequisite, though it doubtlessly helps. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Bleak. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Fiore captures various artists horsing around with groupies, smoking dope and hanging out backstage, and cuts the material together in the kinetic but meaningless manner of MTV promos. - 30
Chicago Reader
People frequently cover the camera lens with their hands or refer to the "documentary" being filmed, as if to assure us that what we're seeing is real. - 20
Variety
Lacks sufficient appeal beyond niche aficionados of its featured performers. - 20
The New York Times
Backstage isn't as good as the rap documentaries "Rhyme and Reason" and "The Show," but it still casts a keen, observant eye...on this world.