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I have rarely seen such a dope Hip Hop documentary as “Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation”! Last Monday VH1 broadcasted this incredible video about the rise of Crack and it’s influence on the American society and Hip Hop. Narrated by Ice-T starring Snoop, Too Short, RZA, Raekwon, B-Real, Rakim and the real Ricky Ross. A must see if you ask me! Big shout out to Supreme Cuisine for this one.
Today would’ve been Dilla‘s birthday and it’s hard to imagine it has been almost five years already since his passing? Still Dilla‘s legacy lives on in many ways. Not only did B.Kyle release his “Still Shining” documentary…there’s more. Ma Dukes and The J Dilla Foundation recently announced the winner of ‘The International J Dilla Tribute Art Contest’. NY artist Joe Buck won the contest with his winning “J Dilla the SpeciaLIST” design. This signed, limited edition print, as well as special lithograph poster and t-shirt are exclusively available for sale at www.art4dilla.com. All proceeds will be donated to The J Dilla Foundation to help fund their ongoing programs. Last, but not least all Dutch Dilla heads are welcome to join us at the “Dilla Lives” tribute event (flyer after the jump) at the Bitterzoet in Amsterdam this Sunday. DJ’s Turne, FS Green, SirOJ and Deluge (initiator) will be playing Dilla minded music all through the night and of course all proceeds go to the J Dilla Foundation as well. Raise it up!
I’m going to keep this short. The most groundbreaking hiphop group in the nineties, A Tribe Called Quest, has been the epitomy of what hiphop music is supposed to sound like for many. Tribe’s groundbreaking fusion of jazz, art and borough lifestyle was on a whole other level and equaly interesting is the story what happened to them as a collective. If Tribe is not in your top 3 of alltime hiphop, there’s probably something wrong with you and you should see a doctor. Anyways…actor Michael Rapaport has been working on a documentary entitled “Beats, Rhymes and Life: The History of A Tribe Called Quest” and I know I’m psyched as fuck to see this. Somewhere in 20110 this hits the streets, so keep your eyes open for it!
London connect baby! We met Nick from Spine TV before Theo Parrish played at Plastic People last week. Homegirl Fatima who’s “Mind Travellin’ EP just dropped gets nothing but love. Check out this dope documentary about the Eglo fam and why Fatima is missing some hair. Big ups to Alex, Steve and Sam of course.
Waxpoetics Magazine This mini-documentary on Wax Poetics. magazine, beat/vinyl digging, and the whole culture is super cool. There were some really good quotes in there. Not word for word, but they went something like this, “This magazine is for people who want to learn about music they DON’T know.” As opposed to say Rolling Stone or Source that covers the same 20 people over and over again. Another one I liked was “I want to make a magazine where when you’re done reading the whole thing, there NO WAY you would throw it away.” |
