Posted by Emilio on March 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Today, for the month of March, we present you the 3rd chapter of Documentality which will focus on one of the best documentaries ever made on b-boying, commonly known as breakdancing, about its birth and role in the hip-hop movement. The Freshest Kids is a documentary produced by Eric Jones and Quincy Jones III that was […]
Category Articles & Interviews, Break Time, Documentality, English, Featured Posts, Hip-Hop Culture · Tags bboy, break dance, bronx, culture, hiphop, hiphop Culture, kool herc, rock steady crew
Posted by Gab Aubry on February 20, 2013 · 1 Comment
Depuis environ 2 ans, il y a quelque chose qui mijote dans la scène musicale montréalaise. Et ce n’est pas nécessairement les rappeurs qui portent le flambeau. Aujourd’hui, ce sont en grande partie les beatmakers, producteurs et pitonneurs professionnels sortant des sentiers battus qui font parler de la scène montréalaise à l’international. C’est un réseau […]
Category Articles & Interviews, Documentality, Featured Posts, Hip-Hop Culture, Montreal Hip Hop, Sample Minded · Tags artbeat, conférence, Piu Piu, piu piu documentary, piupiumentary, sev dee
Posted by Emilio on February 2, 2013 · 1 Comment
[B]omb It! is a 2007 documentary directed by filmmaker Jon Reiss that follows graffiti’s evolution into a worldwide cultural movement that goes outside the confines of traditional artistic standards. Contrary to popular belief, graffiti art as we know it didn’t begin in New York but in Philadelphia. Reiss filmed graffiti art in different countries around […]
Category Documentality, English, Featured Posts, Hip-Hop Culture · Tags bomb it, bombing, Cornbread, Documentary, filmmaker, Graffiti, Hip-Hop, interviewed, John Reiss, movement, New York, philadelphia, pieces, Street Art, tags, Taki 183, urban
Posted by Emilio on January 1, 2013 · 1 Comment
Many have scrambled to understand musical cultures more in depth through the study and analysis of the roots, meaning, dynamic and influence of such movements. The history of African Americans is interwoven with musical movements which find their meaning in resistance and unity, such as Blues, Jazz and Hip-Hop. Hip-Hop is quite different in the […]
Category Documentality, Featured Posts, Hip-Hop Culture · Tags Art Of Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Common, Documentality, Documentary, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Ice Cube, Ice-T, Immortal Technique, Kanye West, Kool Keith, KRS-One, Mos Def, Nas, Q-Tip, Raekwon, Redman, Run DMC, Snoop Dogg, Something from nothing, WC, Wu-Tang Clan, Xzibit