Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Music > R&B/Hip-hop: 62 Films to Rent on DVD
- Adele - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
- A live concert performance of Grammy–winning pop/soul sensation Adele Adkins at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
- Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
- Dir. Michael Rapaport
- Actor Michael Rapaport directs this compelling documentary on maverick the American hip hop group revered for their innovative fusion of hip hop and…
- Beyonce: I Am Yours (2009)
- Feat. Beyonce Knowles
- An intimate performace of Beyonce live at the Wynn Las Vegas filmed over four nights in July and August 2009.
Setlist: "Hello", "Halo",…
- Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009)
- Dir. Shane Meadows
Feat. Paddy Considine, Dean Palinczuk
- Rock roadie Paddy Considine and a would–be hip hop sensation seek out their musical breakthrough at an Arctic Monkeys gig in this improvised…
- Notorious (2009)
- Dir. George Tillman Jr.
Feat. Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke…
- Surprisingly credible biopic of Christopher 'Notorious B.I.G.' Wallace, whose rise to the throne of East Coast rap – and inexplicable murder via…
- Soul Men (2008)
- Dir. Malcolm D Lee
Feat. Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sean Hayes…
- Fitfully amusing musical comedy with Jackson and Mac starring as two estranged soul singers traveling cross–country together to sing at a…
- Soul Power (2008)
- Dir. Jeffrey Levy-Hinte
- This "Rumble in the Jungle" prequel joyfully relives the legendary three–day concert that preceded the Ali–Foreman bout in…
- Classic Albums - Jay-Z (Reasonable Doubt) (2007)
- Jay–Z's Reasonable Doubt deconstructed track–by–track and placed in both personal and creative context by the artist himself and…
- Awesome; I...Shot That! (Awesome; I F****** Shot That!) (2006)
- Innovative concert film in which hiphop group The Beastie Boys distributed 50 cameras to audience members at New York’s Madison Square Garden,…
- Marvin Gaye - The Real Thing (2006)
- A gratifyingly generous collection of archival US and European television performances by soul–singer supreme Marvin Gaye dating between 1964…