Beef | 
| Director: Peter Spirer
Actors: Ving Rhames, 50 Cent, Kevin Anderson, Busy Bee, The Notorious B.i.g.
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 48918
Format: Color, Compilation, Dvd, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D1967D
UPC: 014381196726
EAN: 0014381196726
ASIN: B0000AKY62
Theatrical Release Date: August 2003
Release Date: September 30, 2003
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 A Solid and Ultimately Entertaining Look At Hip-Hop's Most Notorious Beefs May 7, 2009
Southside Ace (West Palm Beach, FL (561))
'Beef' is a documentary (with a running time just shy of two hours) that showcases some of the most notorious beefs being battled since the early days of hip-hop. From old school legends such as Kool Moe Dee quarreling with Busy Bee to newer face offs like 50 Cent versus Ja Rule, this DVD is throughly entertaining and historically accurate to boot.
The interviews showcasing the different points of views from the artists (such as Ice Cube telling his side of the story and then Common explaining his viewpoints during the Westside Connection versus Common beef) make the information being displayed even more intriguing to take in.
Despite some prominent "beefs" being largely skipped over (as in mentioned but not devolved into) such as the Cypress Hill and Ice Cube controversy, this DVD is still worth purchasing for anyone whose interested in viewing a documentary that provides a chronologically accurate display of the most significant beefs in the history of hip-hop.
 A true must have March 31, 2008
Black Ceezar (Kansas City,MO US)
First off I thought this dvd was longer because I saw the mid to end of beef 2. In the intro they talk about the beefs that show up on beef 2, could be why the first 2 came off so strong? Loved all the old school stuff, I still have a copy of the Busy B Kool Mo Dee battle. This was a great look into a lot of good battles and beefs. Common killing Cube with one of the sickest tracks ever. Speaking of Common, if anyone should have taken offense to his now classic "I Used to Love HER" it should have been Das EFX and Onyx. Hope they get back on track with 5.
 Everyone has beef August 20, 2007
April Almanza
For those not up to date with who is mad at who, or who was fighting and isn't anymore, this is for you...
Great documentary on the history of MC battles May 4, 2006
Trevor Cotton (Penzance, Cornwall, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Beef is a documentary which chronicles the hiphop battle from it's earliest days to the industry driven beef that you generally see these days. Several significant battles in the history of hiphop are included starting from the very earliest, Kool Moe Dee v Busy Bee, the most serious, Pac v Biggie up until recent battles such as 50 Cent v Ja Rule. What is great about this dvd is that it clearly shows how battles have changed over time becoming increasingly violent, obviously culminating in the deaths of Pac & Biggie. It is also very informative for anyone not up on their hiphop history, instead of going with what is popular now it sets out in great detail key battles between KRS-One and MC Shan, various LL Cool J Battles and also the break up of NWA and everything that followed. You also get to hear several of the greatest diss tracks ever including my personal favourite Cube's No Vaseline.
Basically Beef covers the most significant battles ever in hiphop, if you even have a slight interest in hiphop you should pick this up. Most of the battles have interviews from both sides, giving a balanced account of the beef, and several other industry heavyweights are interviewed on the documentary. It doesn't spend the whole documentary on Pac & Big or the supposed West/East Coast beef, which is probably a good thing as this is well documented already. What beef does well is show in time how the battle has changed and for thst purpose it is an excellent dvd. There are also some decent extras, best of all being the golf club incident with Nate Dogg & Dresta out of Eazy's crew. The only criticism I had was it spent too much time on the Tru-Life v Mobb Deep beef, as most people won't have heard of Tru-Life I just didn't see how it was that relevant to the rest of the dvd. It was interesting to see that Tru-Life did regret the situation a couple of years later though, so he definetley changed from what he was saying earlier. Anyway as I said before this is essential for anyone with any interest in hiphop, pick it up now if you haven't already.
Great reference March 5, 2006
Shamontiel L. Vaughn (Chicago)
I'm doing a term paper on the history of hip-hop founders and I was ecstatic when I saw the advertisement for "Freshest Kids" and bought it immediately. But anyway, THIS "Beef" movie was so interesting. Some of the beefs I already knew about, but this movie takes a collection of artists that I was too young to really get into at the time: MC Shan, KRS One, and Busy Bee. I got to see a different side of artists that I wasn't familiar with and learn about their rhyme skills and what made them tick. I knew quite a bit about Kool Moe Dee though and I will be using his book "50 Greatest Emcees: There's a God on the Mic" in my paper. This movie is a great reference for understanding how hip-hop music has changed throughout the years, in addition to the beef between artists. From the party hip-hop-and-you-don't-stop anthems to intellectual arguments to gangsta nonsense (yeah, I said it: nonsense!) to Eastcoast rhymes, etc. I love to follow the history of such a beautiful music...and I think the beef I enjoyed the most was about Common and Ice Cube 'cause I had no idea Common could spit so much MORE intelligently (even getting gutter) than he already does.
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