Cut to five little kids sitting on a nearby stoop just beatboxing their faces off until suppertime. One in particular can't resist the f*rt snare. An old timer across the street doesn't know what to make of it all, but he's happy to defer to the next generation of local celebrity upstarts. These intermittent unknowns lend the film an unabashed sincerity that keeps it from feeling too staged. While the leader of the CBS Crew talks about shooing crack dealers out of their LES neighborhood (in his Pat Summerall hat), a bystander who appears to have lifted Scorsese's eyebrows grins in the background. We'll never know what became of either. Big Fun's Dutch interviewer, Marcel Vanthilt, has his moments too, asking LL about his ''tender love raps.'' LL: ''Why would a kid pay for a ticket to hear how bad life is?''  Next question: Where has this thing been? --Pitchfork