'Rhythm + Flow' Remixes The Rules For Reality TV
Netflix's rap-competition reality show dispenses with many tired tropes of the genre and infuses it with winning energy.
by Stuart Symington
Oct 24, 2019
4 minutes
Though released in weekly installments, the full season of Rhythm + Flow is now available for streaming on Netflix. This review discusses the season in total, but does not reveal the ultimate winner.
Setting the tone, guest judge Snoop Dogg exclaimed, "This isn't The Voice, [plural expletive]!"
is Netflix's new music-competition reality show. The name is a thinly-veiled reference to the 2005 film (different enough, we hope, to avoid a lawsuit). It's a solid association, as over the course of its season, each contestant battled for their own version of the glory that Terrence Howard's character DJay achieved
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