Here is the trailer for the eye-opening, jaw-dropping true story behind the first group in rap history, The Sugar Hill Gang and the disgraceful treatment that the group received at the hands of their label in the defiant documentary, I Want My Name Back.
From Film Threat’s review:
“There’s a sense of rage to I Want My Name Back, Roger Paradiso’s documentary about hip hop pioneers The Sugarhill Gang, but it’s ultimately as impotent as it is dignified. A look at the numbers presented early on—the group’s breakthrough single “Rapper’s Delight” generated some $100 million in revenues between 1979-2009, of which roughly 5% went to the actual artists who wrote and recorded it—is enough for us to share in that outrage all the while, but the question of effecting a positive change remains an elusive one.
The Sugarhill Gang have been royally (and repeatedly) screwed by their record label over the years, to be sure, and so they have the dubious distinction of being not only groundbreakers but a cautionary tale as well. The trio went from sold-out worldwide tours to dire financial straits within a year, and the subsequent three decades have brought much in the way of litigious goings on, but still the question remains: what to do with all this?”
I Want My Name Back comes out on DVD and Digital Download on June 11.
Check out the trailer below:
Read more: http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/45279/#ixzz2U9NNAO5H