Biggie & Tupac: The Story Behind the Murder of Rap's Biggest Superstar

Starring:Frank Alexander (IV), The Notorious B.I.G., Marshall Bigtower, Lil' Cease, Joe Clair, Sonia Flores, Billy Garland, Kevin Hackie, David Hicken, Mark Hyland, Kidada Jones, Marion 'Suge' Knight, Mopreme, Russell Poole, Don Seabold, Tupac Shakur, Mike Tyson, Voletta Wallace, Reggie Wright Sr.
Studio: Razor & Tie
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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It would be an exaggeration to say that Nick Broomfield solved the murders of Biggie and Tupac. Nonetheless, he makes a convincing case as to who the perpetrators were and why they weren't brought to justice. Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney), who narrates and appears on camera, comes across like a scruffy Robin Leach, but he's done his homework and sniffs out the clues with the tenacity of a bloodhound. Time and again, he refuses to be intimidated--even when his life appears to be at stake. Fortunately, he was able to convince Voletta Wallace, beloved mother of Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.), to cooperate, and that opened many doors. Unfortunately, Afeni Shakur, Tupac's mother, refused to participate or to allow access to his music. She had nothing to fear. Broomfield is fair to both rappers, although the soundtrack is all-Biggie. Easily one of the most fascinating documentaries of 2002. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Thugline Presents Bone Thugs: Behind the Harmony Vol.1
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Thugline Presents Bone Thugs: Behind the Harmony Vol.1
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They sold more than 25 million records. They recorded with The Notorious B.I.G., 2pac,Phill Collins,Mariah Carey, Big Pun, Eazy-E. They won a Grammy and numerous awards and redirected hip hop's sonic direction. They are Bone Thugs N Harmony! Bone Thugs N Harmony burst out of the Midwest in the mid-'90s with a pair of massive hits, Thuggish Ruggish Bone and Tha Crossroads, along with a classic hip hop album E.1999 Eternal. They were one of the most important groups in hip-hop history; breaking down doors for other Midwestern rappers; launching their successful Thugline Record company and introducing mind-splitting, rapid-fire rapping and angelic harmonies with melodic production to the genre. The Bone Thugs N Harmony :Behind The Harmony DVD sees the band perform ALL their chart topping hits from Cleveland to Florida to California with over a hour worth of footage. You really see how these thugs get down behind the scenes with Ice Cube and West Side Connection plus you get a sit down with Krayzie and Mc Ren discussing the NWA days and never before seen footage of the making of the Change The World video. This DVD features HOT exclusive footage your gauranteed not to see on ANY other Bone Thugs DVD! Bone Thugs N Harmony : Behind The Harmony DVD is a must have for ANY true hip hop fan. It includes 11 UNRELEASED tracks from them thugs from Cleveland that you can't get anywhere else!Plus with this LIMITED EDITION DVD you recieve BONUS Thugline Concert footage! This is a LIMITED EDITION DVD so order your copy NOW!

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THIS DVD IS A MUST HAVE!!.......2006-01-23

Yo this is a super hot dvd if your hesitant to buy it just go check out the trailer at www.behindtheharmony.com and the trailer is hot just like the dvd! Order your copy you wont be dissapointed this DVD has all the hits performed live and alot of behind the scenes footage which is tight. Order this DVD i think it is one of the BEST Bone DVD's ever put out!

WOW THIS DVD IS REAL GOOD!.......2005-12-09

I just recieved my copy today and i already watched this DVD 4 times. Its for anyone that loves REAL hip hop music. This a definate must have for any true Bone fan it has exclusive music and performances with ALL of Bone (Bizzy included) You get to see them in the studio recording and performing live and just hanging out this really puts you behind the harmony. thanks Thugline for this GREAT DVD!

Biggie & Tupac: The Story Behind the Murder of Rap's Biggest Superstar

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Did Suge Do It?
Ignore martee and his vice.god accounts
The real scoop
A Fascinating Murder Mystery.

Biggie & Tupac: The Story Behind the Murder of Rap's Biggest Superstar
Starring: Frank Alexander (IV) , The Notorious B.I.G. , Marshall Bigtower , Lil' Cease , and Joe Clair
Manufacturer: Razor & Tie Theatric
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ASIN: B000087F6O
Release Date: 2003-02-18

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It would be an exaggeration to say that Nick Broomfield solved the murders of Biggie and Tupac. Nonetheless, he makes a convincing case as to who the perpetrators were and why they weren't brought to justice. Broomfield (Kurt and Courtney), who narrates and appears on camera, comes across like a scruffy Robin Leach, but he's done his homework and sniffs out the clues with the tenacity of a bloodhound. Time and again, he refuses to be intimidated--even when his life appears to be at stake. Fortunately, he was able to convince Voletta Wallace, beloved mother of Biggie Smalls (a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G.), to cooperate, and that opened many doors. Unfortunately, Afeni Shakur, Tupac's mother, refused to participate or to allow access to his music. She had nothing to fear. Broomfield is fair to both rappers, although the soundtrack is all-Biggie. Easily one of the most fascinating documentaries of 2002. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Customer Reviews:

I liked this.......2006-04-12

It has an honest in your face tone to it and the style of the interviews lends a high degree of credibility.

The obvious reluctance of the people being interviewed makes it known that these murders were seriously planned by persons who can make ones life very uncomfortable..even cease.

This is a highly believable documentary.

That Suge has something to do with Tupac's 'disappearance' is wthout a doubt ...but I doubt the truth will ever be known.

Did Suge Do It?.......2005-11-01

I've always been interested in the theories of Tupac's death, so decided to buy this documentary. This obviously deals entirely with the theory that Suge Knight arranged the hit, and then also Biggie's death, to make it look like retaliation. The problem with this theory is that i wasn't buying it before and after watching this im still not. It goes something like this, Suge suspected that Pac was possibly trying to get out of Death Row, he realised that if he killed him, he would have access to all his music, which amounted to hundreds of tracks. Also he would probably make more money from him if dead, as he would have become sort of a martyr. Up to this point it is believable, what isn't are the circumstances of his death. If Suge wanted Pac dead, why would he have a car pull up alongside and fire across the car right where he was also sitting (he also received a minor flesh wound), there would have been better ways to arrange this. Nick Broomfield fails to answer this, and i still can't really beleive Suge Knight planned it. It is much more likely that Orlando Anderson (the guy beaten up at the MGM beforehand) was behind the killing, or even that Biggie himself arranged the hit with the Crips that carried it out (though im not really buying that one either). Overall this documentary was interesting and worth watching, but it failed to provide anything more than speculation, and no answers.

Ignore martee and his vice.god accounts.......2005-08-18

Hes upset of successful people because they can use their subconscious for success but unlike martee/druggie tell amazon.com to delete him.Buy this dvd if you like 2 pac, i don`t like this dvd much but i respect the fact he used his spiritual subconscious for real success.

The real scoop .......2004-12-29

I think two or three men (mainly one) Go out out to find out about as much information they can get about 2pac and Notorious B.I.G. They go to some of their old friends, relatives people like that. They even went to Suge Knight that was in prison when they interviewed him. And Biggie's mother and even more 2pac's father in the flesh. All were on this movie. Telling their sides of how they felt and what happened with them since the death of 2pac and Biggie.

A Fascinating Murder Mystery........2004-07-05

Perhaps no murders in the music culture from the last decade have caused so much fascination and debate as those of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. The killings of these two rap stars remain important footnotes in the debate about the influence of rap music and the relevance of rap in today's popular culture. Nick Broomfield's latest film, "Biggie And Tupac," is both an exploration of the gangsta rap underworld and a fascinating search for answers and testimony involving the murders. As was the case with Broomfield's previous icon murder mystery, "Kurt & Courtney" which tried to find a link between Courtney Love and the suicide between her rock star husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, "Biggie And Tupac" doesn't solve the case or even come to a solid conclusion. Instead it presents us with a gallery of both corrupt and truth searching characters and lots of questions, many valid. Fans of Broomfield know he will stop at nothing to at least get a few comments, the man will try everything from sneaking mikes to chasing down reluctant sources to get some form of information. The stakes here are higher because the people Broomfield is investigating are not angry Punk rockers or disgruntled former friends but people linked to dangerous California gang circles, corrupt policemen and a record label boss who fashions himself as a modern day Al Capone. What we get out of the film is that Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls started off as good friends and as soon as they found real success with their craft other forces such as Suge Knight began to influence events with a negative air due to money and rivalries with figures such as Sean "Puffy" Combs. The main theory here is that Knight had connections with corrupt L.A. P.D. officers who worked for Death Row records on the side and planned BOTH executions and then blame them on the East Coast vs. West Coast "rap wars." It may sound like a wild idea, but look at the evidence and people Broomfield uncovers and it becomes more valid. And here Broomfield has more material to use. "Kurt & Courtney" was plagued by Courtney Love's restriction of Broomfield using footage and music, and eventhough Shakur's mother doesn't let him use songs, Broomfield uses interviews, early performance footage and photographs to describe the rise of Biggie and Tupac and point out those who were present and witnessed important events. It's a suspenseful ride at times, playing like a real life murder mystery. We learn a great deal about the gang world of California where being a "snitch" is a death sentence and Broomfield gives a tour of the excessive, edgy world of rap music. Bodygaurds and ex-cops are interviewed, all telling what they saw and we realize that indeed these are two murders surrounded by such strange stories, eyewitness accounts and corruption that there is no way these were random killings. And Broomfield does it with gusto and style, never relenting and even going for the big fish when he gets access into a prison facility to face Suge Knight in person. "Biggie & Tupac" is the kind of documentary those who don't even care for rap can enjoy because it is more about the mysteries surrounding the two stars' murders, it plays like a dark detective story that still hasn't found an answer. Broomfield scores again.

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How not to make a documentary

Biggie & Tupac: The Story Behind the Murder of Rap's Biggest Superstar
Starring: Tupac Shakur , Nick Broomfield , Suge Knight , and Biggie Smalls
Director: Nick Broomfield
Manufacturer: Razor & Tie Theatric
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Release Date: 2005-03-22

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How not to make a documentary.......2005-10-20

I found his attitude and treatment of his subjects to be insufferable, from his attempts at pidgin English (akin to reading Dick and Jane novels aloud) to his unprepared, incompetent interviews (showing up and ambushing people, losing sound files, etc.) Broomfield has a unique talent for getting in the way of the story he is purporting to tell. He was more interested in hearing himself talk, and following his own blundering.

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THIS DVD SUCKS
If you are looking for a Biggie DVD, this is not the one.

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Starring: Eric Vidal , Nick Vidal , Biggie Smalls , and The Notorious B.I.G.
Director: Dale Dreher
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ASIN: B000B5KSK6
Release Date: 2005-11-15

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BIGGA THAN LIFE (NOTORIOUS B.I.G.)

Customer Reviews:

THIS DVD SUCKS.......2007-04-23

THIS DVD REALLY SUCKS. I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE INTERVIEWS FROM BIGGIE HIMSELF. I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING SIMILAR 2 "TUPAC RESSURECTION". BUT IT'S BASICALLY JUST INTERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE WHO KNEW BIGGIE AND NONFAMOUS DUMB ANNOYING RAPPERS TRYIN 2 FREESTYLE. THIS DVD IS A WASTE OF MONEY. BUT I DO GOTTA SAY R.I.P. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. THE GREATEST EVER!!!

If you are looking for a Biggie DVD, this is not the one........2006-08-11

If you are looking for a documentary style video about the Notorious B.I.G., with video of music and interviews with biggie in them, keep looking. This video is just full of not famous people or people who knew biggie, but random people basically talking about missing biggie since he died, nothing interesting said and nothing from anyone interesting. There is rap in it, but its just random people rapping badly. There is one audio clip of a biggie interview, but other than that you don't hear the mans voice, or see any video of him. But other than the fact that there is no biggie in it, it was really really badly made. I could have made a better biggie DVD myself. Total waste of money, I am a huge Notorious B.I.G. fan and the DVD went right in the garbage the second it came out of the DVD player. You would be much better off watching VH1 behind the music or something. If I could give this DVD less than 1 star, I would. If you are concidering buying it, please don't, it is just awful.

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2Pac vs Biggie: Legacy Continues
Starring: Tupac Vs. Biggie
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ASIN: B000BGH0NS
Release Date: 2006-10-10

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This two DVD documentary set contains rare footage, and interviews with their closest friends and associates. It puts forward fresh evidence regarding their untimely deaths, and explains why they continue to inspire new generations of fans across the world. The ongoing influence of Tupac and Notorious BIG is astonishing; with both still achieving chart topping singles years after their deaths, this year marking the 10 year anniversary of Tupacs passing. It contains rare footage of both Tupac and Biggie throughout the program, including interviews that were never previously aired.

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Dead Homiez
Starring: Tupac Shakur , and Biggie Smalls
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Dead Homiez - An up-close, gritty examination of the perils of life in South Central Los Angeles, this action-drama follows the live of a 17-year-old member of the "Bloods," and his, his family's and his friends' constant struggles to survive the violence-riddled streets. Includes documentary interview footage of actual Crip and Blood gang members.

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Starring: The Hero; Big Kahuna; Captain Dunbar; J Lowe; Biggie; Jonesy; Hatcher
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