Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ Tells Sean Combs’s Bad Boy Story Full Documentary
Just try to ride the wave of imagery in Daniel Kaufman's "Can't Stop Won't Stop," a whirlwind through the story of Sean Combs and Bad Boy, the entertainment company he founded that often dominated hip-hop and R&B. in the 1990s and 2000s. Combs, who topped the 2017 Forbes list of highest-paid celebrities, is a television, clothing, fragrance and liquor mogul. "Can't Stop" stays true to the music, focusing on preparations for two Bad Boy reunion concerts in May 2016 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
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After glimpses of visitors and artists backstage - including Jay-Z, Faith Evans and Lil 'Kim - we learn about Combs' early days at Uptown Records, before his rise with a string of platinum Bad Boy albums. Much time is devoted to Biggie Smalls and his 1997 murder in a drive-by shooting amid the coastal rap rivalry that also claimed Tupac Shakur. ("Puff was Big's big brother," Jay-Z says, invoking one of Mr. Combs' nicknames.) On camera, Clive Davis, Jimmy Iovine, Mary J. Blige and others testify to Mr. Combs' gifts. (Mr. Combs, of course, produced the film, along with Heather Parry.)
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’ Tells Sean Combs’s Bad Boy Story Full Documentary
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After rehearsals in Lititz, Pennsylvania, the players hit Barclays, where an audio glitch dampens Mr. Combs' entrance on a riser. On the film's soundtrack, Nina Simone's "I Feel Good" accompanies a brilliant montage of stage footage, but the artists performing at the concert are heard only during the closing credits, and only briefly. What "Can't Stop" leaves you with most often is a sense of Mr. Combs' success.
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