You are not ready for my narration prowess!
But nah, in all seriousness…this documentary is super dope. Be on the lookout for it on March 9th…shout to the fellas, Chris London, DRG Films, and everyone involved for letting me be a part of it.
Warning: too much truth.
If you have the time, I highly recommend you check out this documentary. As a music lover and a former media studies major, this really does a great job of summing up all our fears about media consolidation. Shout to Marcus for passing this through in the comments.
I’ll be honest, I’m swamped with work these days so I haven’t watched this entire bio, but I still felt the need to toss it up here on TAOD. Y’all should be up on Ali Vegas, but if not, peep the video to see what he’s all about. I still remember the first time I heard “The Specialist” on the In Too Deep Soundtrack in ‘99 and being blown away. I’m not sure if he’ll ever realize his full potential and reach the lofty goals we all seemed to set for him (“y’all critics got a lot of nerve, I’m [Nas] to the third”), but one thing’s for sure: dude can rhyme.
I don’t know the back story behind it, but this is crazy. “Comprised using chords, bass notes, and vocal samples” from one of the best films of ‘09, Up.
Sidenote, just saw Up In The Air, which was fantastic as well. Next up is Avatar, but I need to wait until the furor around the 3D IMAX shows dies down a bit…
Yessir! It’s getting closer and closer to the release of DRG Films’ documentary on U-N-I & Ro Blvd.’s A Love Supreme project.
*cough* narrated by yours truly *cough*
Also, Y-O and Thurzday leaked a new track off the upcoming re-release of the album, due out February 23rd.
Enjoy!
This is crazy.
I don’t think anyone is on the same level as Kanye these days – musically, artistically, personally, etc.. There are a lot of different interpretations that you could pull from this short film, but I’d be interested in hearing your take. Keep in mind, this was filmed before the MTV VMA incident and his decision to step out of the spotlight a bit. What do you think?
Sidenote: peep the Mayer Hawthorne track playing during the “love” scene. A-Side FTW!
Brand new visuals for one of the best records of the past year. Sai-giddy’s Warning Shots 2 drops on the 29th on Amalgam Digital and while we still don’t know when that Atlantic project will ever be released, at least we’ll continue to get some good music in the meantime.
Oh, and if you don’t know, Red 5ive is Just Blaze’s alter ego when he decides to sing hooks. The name is derived from Luke Skywalker’s X-Wing jet in Star Wars:
“It’s a trap!”
It’s too hot outside to blog anything worthwhile. So, as T.I. said in that track with Bobby Ray, “I must…take a chuckle.”
Um…this is crazy.
Swiped from FWMJ.
I was following along on Twitter as the news broke this afternoon, and I’ve had a lot of thoughts the rest of the day about Mike’s passing. Ultimately, it’s a sad, sad story, but I hope people will remember him by separating the music from the person. It’s clear that MJ was severely troubled and was probably mentally ill his entire life. Even with all the craziness, he managed to release timeless music that will always evoke special feelings for all of us.
For this post, I decide to toss up the short film, Captain Eo, that Mike did for Disneyland in 1986. I remember going to see it with my dad and between the movie, the music, and the 3-D glasses, there was nothing cooler at the time. I rocked that Eo shirt for so long hahaha. If you’ve never seen it, there’s no way it will mean as much to you now, but if you do remember seeing it in your youth, you know.
R.I.P. to the most famous person in the entire world. It’s not often that you say that. His music will live forever.
