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Critic Reviews
Jan 31, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Series directors Yemi Bamiro and Todd Williams were tasked with packing 50 years of history into roughly 4 hours. They smoothly guide us through hip-hop’s timeline, starting with a slow-burn introductory episode highlighting New Yorkers’ dire need for creative expression. This proves the series’ strongest hour. ... In 2010, Chuck D chastised Jay-Z and Kanye’s luxury opus Watch the Throne. ... Fight the Power needed more of that energy.
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The GuardianJan 23, 2023
Season 1 Review:
There’s almost no hip-hop in the first episode of BBC Two’s new four-part documentary about the genre. ... Instead, we are given an hour-long history lesson on New York City in the 60s and 70s – the decades leading up to hip-hop’s birth. This, however, is the correct approach, and it signals that Fight the Power will treat its subject with the respect and rigour it deserves.
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