Since we here at 4080Records seem to love documentaries oh so very much, I thought I’d keep going with the trend.
Get ready to spend 49 minutes with Mos Def in Japan.

This is shaping up to be some sort of oddly riveting film about record collectors.  It really doesn’t glamorize the habit, but really gives you a good idea of the people behind this.
Not every record collector is some dope ass DJ in fly gear, digging through crates to find a decent sample.  In fact, the vast majority are amateurs.  But there’s also the forgotten class of perfectionists, bordering on OCD, who search forever for mint condition albums.  There are also those who search for the rare albums just because they’re …

Lazy weekend of videos for you people out there.  Here’s a little documentary on just how those glorious LPs get made and wind up making you so happy.
I think it would be amazing to own the master record of any of a number of my favourite albums.  There’s something special about having the very first edition of something.

Back in 2000 there was a pretty amazing hip hop documentary that came out called Freestyle – The Art of Rhyme.  This video features some of the biggest names in hip hop (amongst others).
Our man Mos Def is there, Supernatural, Craig G, the Freestyle Fellowship and tons of others.
There’s footage from Notorious, 2Pac, John Coltrane, Muhammed Ali, Kool Herc, J5 and lots of interesting interviews.
Once more, I love google video, and here is the full length documentary for your viewing pleasure.

I can’t tell you how much I love the internet.  It’s the eternal time-waster, but it also lets me get exposed to things I never would have seen otherwise.  Playing for Change is just one such example.
This movie (brought to me courtesy of Metafilter) is fascinating.  The filmmaker went to a variety of different countries all over the world, and had different musicians sing/play along to the song Stand By Me.  He then layered the tracks together and created a pretty amazing song.  Check it out below.

Check out this documentary about the Wigan Casino, one of the most important clubs of the northern soul scene.  It features some excellent clips of cats gettin’ their dance on, as well as some dope music.  Courtesy of Universoul Productions, this video is a bit long but definitely worth a peek:

In what should be the dopest documentary film released in the next little while, Video Rahim is releasing Talib Kweli: The movie.
Check out the trailer below:

Thanks for the boys over at Okayplayer for publicizing this.

Like the best horror films, “Rock The Bells” is an exercise in tension.  Although billed as a concert documentary, Bells is an edge-of-your-seat thrill ride, and is far more exciting than most Hollywood fare these days.
The film’s protagonist is an affable concert promoter named Chang.  Coming off a string of successful shows, Chang attempts the impossible: booking the entire Wu-Tang Clan for his inaugural Rock The Bells concert.  After much work Chang convinces 9 of the 10 members (including Cappadonna) to appear at the concert, albeit as separate acts.  The RZA, impressed by Chang’s determination, eventually agrees to appear as well, and, in …

This is a pretty crazy documentary done by National Geographic a few years back.
It’s definitely not bias-free (it’s got a pretty big tilt to it), so it’s worth is a bit debatable.  However, it’s a fascinating thing to watch.

Scratch is a documentary (made back in 2001) that purports to explore the birth, growth, and peak of turntablism and deejaying in general.
This video features some of the greatest DJs known to humankind, including Afrika Bambaataa, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Mix Master Mike, DJ Q-bert, and many more.  Thanks to the magic that is Google Video, you can check it out in its entirety below.