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Ice-T Takes us on an intimate journey into the heart and soul of Hip Hop with the Legends of Rap Music. This performance documentary goes beyond the stardom and the bling, to expolore what goes on inside the minds, and erupts from the lips, of the Grandmasters of Rap,

Recognized at the Godfather of Gansta Rap, Ice-T is granted unparralled access to the personal lives of the Masters of this artform, that he credits for saving his life. Interspersed with the performer’s insightful, touching and often funny revelations are the classic raps, freestyle rhymes, and never before heard acapellas straight from the mouths of the creators. What emerges is a better understanding of, and a tribute to, an original American Artform that brought poetry to a new generation.

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Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the original motion picture soundtrack from Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap as a digital-only album available Tuesday, June 12.

An official selection at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap, the new hip-hop documentary directed by Ice-T, is distributed by Indomina Releasing and opens in theaters Friday, June 15.

A hip-hop icon and insider, director Ice-T was granted unprecedented access to rap’s greatest artists. In his film, Ice-T takes his audience deep into the heart and soul of rap music in a revelatory documentary featuring the direct participation of a mind-blowing roster including Dr. Dre, Run-DMC, Kanye West, Chuck D (Public Enemy), Eminem, Nas, Ice Cube, Rakim (Eric B & Rakim), Snoop Dogg, B-Real (Cypress Hill), KRS-One (Boogie Down Productions), Redman, Doug E Fresh, Salt (Salt-N-Pepa), Afrika Bambaataa, Big Daddy Kane, Bun B (UKG), Chino XL, Common, DJ Premier (Gang Starr), Immortal Technique, Kool Keith (Ultramagnetic MCs), Marley Marl, Dana Dane, Joe Budden, MC Lyte, Lord Jamar (Brand Nubian), Grandmaster Caz (Cold Crush Brothers), Kool Moe Dee, Lord Finesse, Melle Mel, Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest), Raekwon (Wu-Tang Clan), Ras Kass, Royce Da 5’9″ (Bad Meets Evil), Treach (Naughty By Nature), WC (WC & The Maad Circle), Yasiin (formerly known as Mos Def) & Xzibit.

A groundbreaking musical film weaving together interviews and performances, Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap offers insightful, touching, and often funny revelations alongside classic raps, freestyle rhymes, and never before heard a cappella straight from the creators. Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap edifies and celebrates an original American artform that dances alongside rock & roll as the music of a generation and the authentic sound of the zeitgeist.

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap – digital only soundtrack album

Tracklist

1. Ice – T – Freestyle (Live Acapella)

2. N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton

3. RUN-DMC – Sucker M.C.’s (Krush-Groove 1)

4. Eric B. & Rakim – Follow The Leader

5. KRS One – Freestyle (Live Acapella)

6. Big Daddy Kane – Raw

7. Nas – The World Is Yours

8. Gang Starr – Full Clip

9. Immortal Technique – New Jack Hustler (Live Acapella)

10. Wu-Tang Clan – As High As Wu-Tang Get

11. Das EFX – Real Hip-Hop

12. Melle Mel – Freestyle (Live Acapella)

13. Schoolly D – P.S.K. ‘What Does It Mean’?

14. Ultramagnetic MC’s – Ego Trippin’

15. Ras Kass – Bentleys & Bitches (Live Acapella)

16. Mantronix – King Of The Beats

17. Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock – It Takes Two

18. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force – Don’t Stop… Planet Rock

19. Lord Jamar – The Kid Magic (Live Acapella)

20. Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing (Club Mix)

21. MC Lyte – Cold Rock A Party

22. Public Enemy – Harder Than You Think…Just Like That

23. Grandmaster Caz – The Art of Rap (Live Acapella)