Posts tagged hip hop

Hip Hop Family Tree - “The lore of the early days of hip hop has become the stuff of myth, so what better way to document this fascinating, epic true story than in another great American mythological medium — the comic book? From exciting young talent and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, acclaimed for his hacker graphic novel Wizzywig, comes this explosively entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture. Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, Hip Hop Family Tree is now collected in a single volume cleverly presented and packaged in a style mimicking the Marvel comics of the same era.”

Hip Hop Family Tree - “The lore of the early days of hip hop has become the stuff of myth, so what better way to document this fascinating, epic true story than in another great American mythological medium — the comic book? From exciting young talent and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, acclaimed for his hacker graphic novel Wizzywig, comes this explosively entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture. Originally serialized on the hugely popular website Boing Boing, Hip Hop Family Tree is now collected in a single volume cleverly presented and packaged in a style mimicking the Marvel comics of the same era.”

Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping (Live on TOTP Jan’80) - Gonna shake it, gonna bake it,Explain gonna make it good Gonna rock shock clock it through your neighbourhood

Mouse on Mars “Polaroyced”

The Otis Maybach - Otis is the 2012 Grammy Award winning track from the collaborative album Watch the Throne, a raucous and unapologetic celebration of the “good life” from two music legends: JAY Z and Kanye West.

The Spike Jonze-directed video for Otis, has the two MCs deconstructing a glistening Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH, transforming the penultimate luxury car into a play-thing, a Frankenstein muscle car – not for the faint of heart and most certainly not street-legal. On 8 March 2012, Phillips de Pury & Company will offer the Otis Maybach as Lot 1 of their Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York, with all proceeds going to Save the Children. Proceeds will be donated towards the East African drought disaster. See Lot Details.

Git (Featuring Big Brooklyn Red) - Higher

SoundCloud / Rouq

Download: Various [community skratch music Volume 1] - Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0, rap, hip hop, oddities other sorts of free goodness.

Download: Various [community skratch music Volume 1] - Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0, rap, hip hop, oddities other sorts of free goodness.

Edan is so underrated.

Found this in the toy store, so tempted…

Found this in the toy store, so tempted…

Rick Ross’s Simple Lessons for Bosses, Dons, and Bitches - “In the age of hipster rap, the dude on top is a 300-pound former corrections officer who stole the name of a drug dealer. Devin Friedman spends one day and one wild night learning from the reigning godfather of hip-hop.”

Rick Ross’s Simple Lessons for Bosses, Dons, and Bitches - “In the age of hipster rap, the dude on top is a 300-pound former corrections officer who stole the name of a drug dealer. Devin Friedman spends one day and one wild night learning from the reigning godfather of hip-hop.”

University of Houston Acquires DJ Screw Collection - The University of Houston Libraries has acquired (via a donation) the late Houston hip hop legend DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis Jr., 1971-2000) collection of over 1,000 vinyl records. Screw was the originator of the chopped and screwed genre that helped define the Houston hip-hop sound.

University of Houston Acquires DJ Screw Collection - The University of Houston Libraries has acquired (via a donation) the late Houston hip hop legend DJ Screw (Robert Earl Davis Jr., 1971-2000) collection of over 1,000 vinyl records. Screw was the originator of the chopped and screwed genre that helped define the Houston hip-hop sound.

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Peanut Butter Wolf - Tale of Five Cities

An Animated Gif Mashup and Explosion

“Unofficial Watch The Throne Video (Jay-Z & Kanye West). The result of spending one afternoon in a loft in St. Petersburg with a group of people listening to rap music and surfing Russian websites for animated gifs. The event was hosted by International Art-Forum St. Petersburg and created using Animated Gif Mashup (source code available here). Documentation of the screening is here (worth it for the vodka chug if nothing else)” via Evan Roth on the fffff.at site.