This sociological musical centers on Love 1, a revered Chicago on-air personality who is about to begin his final broadcast. In the midst of his farewell show, HipHop arrives to tell her story the way it really is. Through the dialogue that follows, Love 1 and his listeners are told the story of Hip-Hop through her own words. Social issues such as feminism, parenting, racism, capitalist media domination and violence in the HipHop community are examined throughout the show, with relevant HipHop classics as the backdrop. By the end of his broadcast Love 1 reconciles his love affair with his culture and realizes that he must "always take time to listen to the soundtrack of his life".
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| Chicago Reader - Highly Recommended
"...There are no shallows in this unguided tour of hip-hop music and dance. It's all deep water, and in my ignorance I mostly sank. Still, I had a good time drowning thanks to the balls-out dancing. Writer-director-star Wendell Tucker seems to genuinely love hip-hop while questioning its influence on African-American life--family, community, religion, male-female relations."
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