Here’s some flicks of just some of what we missed from Pow! Wow! Hawai’i. During the week long event there was a plethora of ill pictures, articles, and on goings bouncing out of those islands. Below I compiled a collection of flicks and articles that are worth peeping. Check Hi-Fructose’s PWH recaps parts 1 and 2 along with fresh photos from different perspectives of finished murals. So far it’s looking like they went h.a.m. on Hawaii. Illustrator, puppeter and art director Wayne White made these big headed sculpture masks here. …
Month: February 2014
Patrick Denard Douthit aka 9th Wonder keeps it 100. The Grammy award winning producer co-founded the hip-hop trio Little Brother in 1998, including MC’s Phonte and Big Pooh. Although their debut album The Listening (2003) is a classic, 9th kept getting crazy placement on other important albums: Jay Z’s Black Album (2003), Destiny Child’s Destiny Fulfilled (2004), Mary J. Blige’s The Breakthrough (2005), and Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah 1 (2008) and 2 (2010), not to mention the slew of critically acclaimed (personal …
Early last month we reported about What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music, the ultimate star studded artsy fartsy music documentary Red Bull Academy was making. Remember? Directed by Ralf Schmerberg, the feature-length film was recorded on a slew of hand held cameras keeping it authentic, in the moment and shaky like life. The collection of artists featured in it were colossal, comparable to The Justice League, the 1993 Dream Team roster: Erykah Badu, Flying Lotus, Q-Tip, Nile Rodgers, Rakim, Thundercat, …
This is for the somewhat loungin’ laid back ears. The warm bass sounds and head nodding drums keep it engaging. I was surprised to hear the slowed down Monie Love’s “It’s A Shame (My Sister) throwback. This cat is from the East, where the sun rises for real. DJFYO a.k.a. Do Justly From Your Own (Music & Strength Crew) moved back to Japan in 2010 after being active as a DJ, producer, and music supervisor in Los Angeles, California. He …
Just discovered Mexican artist Kidghe, homie is nasty. Multi mediums combine to produce these super abstract, architectural, and graffiti wildstyle images. Their chaotic motion is suspended and in pieces, but they’re not collapsing just expanding like pulling a radio antenna or an exploding ship in space. They could go forever inward and out. Peep his newest murals below along with some styles on paper. via Graffuturism …
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