Here is the online stream of Finding The Funk, a documentary on funk music that aired recently on Vh1 as part of it’s Rock Doc series. The film is by Nelson George (Author, journalist, film maker, music and cultural critic) with narrations from The Root’s Questlove, featuring D’Angelo, George Clinton, Sly Stone, Bootsy Collins, Nile Rodgers, professor Michael Eric Dyson, and many more. This funk edutainment project was a 6-7 year labor of love, so enjoy and soak up the music knowledge below. …
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Street artist Swoon (aka Caledonia Curry) has recently been vocal about her childhood and dealing with her mother’s drug addiction. In the video below Swoon talks about her parents and growing up in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her talk took place in 2013 at the Feast Conference. She also wrote a compelling opinion piece for CNN. At the beginning she describes a scene where her mother tried to commit suicide with a shot gun, but was afraid of pulling the trigger. Unfortunately her mother …
Sharing the same birthday as J Dilla today February 7th, is Japanese producer/DJ Nujabes. He too has passed on, from a tragic car accident in Tokyo, Japan on February 26, 2010. Nujabes’ sound is melodic, mellow, nostalgic and atmospheric. Nujabes also collaborated with many American Hip-Hop artists such CYNE, Cise Starr, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Fat Jon, Terry Callier as well as British rapper Funky DL. He was also part of the production duo Urbanforest with Nao T. Nujabes and fellow Japanese rapper/producer Shing02 collaborated on a popluar series …
Today February 7th is J Dilla’s birthday. Every year since his passing in 2006, fans have dubbed today Dilla Day as well as dedicating the month of February to Dilla; Dilla Month in remembrance of the late Detroit producer, rapper and his contribution to music. Previously TMG reported on A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg releasing a J Dilla tribute track here. Below are some videos and a tribute mix by producer Ta-Ku, that captures J Dilla’s creativity and ongoing influence in …
Skratchpad San Francisco returns with a new venue after a short hiatus next Thursday February 13th. The event has gone on to have branches in San Jose, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Portland, Las Vegas, and Houston. Below are some details of the upcoming San Francisco kick off event. SKRATCHPAD… is an event dedicated to “carrying on tradition” for Hip Hop purists. Spawned from a similar, legendary event called “The Beat Lounge” in the mid-90’s, this event focuses on the art of scratching …
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