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==Plot==
[[File:Broken Angel House.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Broken Angel House, the site of the documentary, in May, 2007]]
The film follows Chappelle during the summer of 2004, ending on September 18, 2004, when he threw a [[block party]] on the corner of Quincy Street and Downing Street in the [[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]. The film features nearby sites, including the [[Broken Angel House]] in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn as well as areas in [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn]] and [[Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn]]. The film was produced before Chappelle's highly publicized decision to walk away from a $50 million deal to continue his hit ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'', and gained prominence after the announcement.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
 
Chappelle invited several [[hip hop]] and [[neo-soul]] musical artists to perform at the party, including [[Kanye West]], [[Mos Def]], [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]], [[Erykah Badu]], and [[The Roots]] along with The [[Central State University]] Marching Band. [[Lauryn Hill]] was also scheduled to perform at the party, but since [[Columbia Records]] refused to release her songs for use in the production, she decided instead to reunite [[The Fugees]] for the occasion. In addition, Chappelle performed comedy [[monologues]] and [[Sketch comedy|sketches]] in between the musical acts. UnbeknownstA to the world, a young unsignedpre-fame [[J. Cole]] was in attendance and can be seen in the crowd watching as the legendary hip hop duo [[Black Star (rap duo)|Black Star]] performingperform.
 
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===Critical response===
[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a 92% "Certified Fresh" rating based on 128 reviews with an average score of 7.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Dave Chappelle's Block Party'' is a raucous return to the spotlight for the comic, buoyed by witty, infectious humor and outstanding musical performances."<ref>{{cite web|title=Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/block_party/|work=Rotten Tomatoes|date=3 March 2006 |publisher=Flixster, Inc|access-date=27 May 2012}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Normalization (statistics)|normalized]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film an average score of 84 based on 30 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|title=Block Party Reviews - Metacritic|work=[[Metacritic]]|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/block-party}}</ref>
 
==References==
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* {{official website|http://www.chappellesblockparty.com}}
* {{IMDb title|0425598}}
* {{AllRoviAllMovie movietitle|334726|Dave Chappelle's Block Party}}
* {{mojo title|blockparty|Dave Chappelle's Block Party}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|block_party|Dave Chappelle's Block Party}}
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[[Category:2000s hip hop films]]
[[Category:2000s American films]]
[[Category:Works by Dave Chappelle]]
[[Category:English-language documentary films]]
[[Category:English-language musical films]]
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