While mainstream rap devolves into a corporate behemoth dominated by bling-bling and faux-gangsterism, underground MCs aim at keeping it real with no-frills hip-hop that hearkens back to the musical artform's roots. BASEMENT T.V. celebrates the underground hip-hop scene with two hours of MC battles and in-store performances (no interviews, skits, behind-the-scenes footage, or other filler) recorded with multiple camera angles and straight-from-the-mixing-board audio for an authentic you-are-there experience. Featured artists include Atmosphere, J-Live, Living Legends, El-P, Aesop Rock, Eyedea & Abilities, Blueprint, Brother Ali, Mr. Lif, MF Doom, Fat Lip, 3MGs, Casual, Sage Francis, C-Rayz-Walz, 2Mex, Busdriver, Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, Visionaries, Dotted Line, Roc, and Intrinsic.