As mentioned in a TMG post last month, A Tribe Called Quest rapper Phife Dawg made a tribute single to the late producer and rapper J Dilla. Here we have Phife Dawg’s recently released music video for “Dear Dilla.” The music video was directed by Konee Rok, and the beat was done by DJ Rasta Root. The music video for “Dear Dilla” premiered on February sixth in Atlanta, and February seventh (Dilla Day) in Detroit. Enjoy, J Dilla forever! Phife …
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This is an ill time lapse of street artist INTI painting a gynormous mural in Puerto Rico. Peep the bullets in the corner laying in front of a blood red heart. The nun’s bottom hand near the gun’s handle is tattooed with currency symbols: Japanese yen, American dollar and Euro. Shorty’s international, an intelligent hoodlum. Her prayer beads are jalapeno. She gotta a hot hand, gambling her life for c.r.e.a.m. So fresh. Tost films, a small production company in Puerto …
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. …
As part of the Pow! Wow! Hawai’i week long event, in conjunction with Thinkspace Gallery, they had a show at Honolulu Museum of Art School on February 8th. Dubbed “Pow! Wow!: Exploring The New Contemporary Movement” the show featured 2×2′ pieces from nearly 50 artists. Some of the featured artists included Fernando Chamarelli, Curiot and Low Bros. Curated by Andrew Hosner from Thinkspace, the exhibit will stay up for the duration of Pow! Images of said artists’ work and flicks from the gallery space are below. Images …
50 years ago today February 9th, four guys from Liverpool crossed the Atlantic and landed in the U.S. to play on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles’ performance on The Ed Sullivan Show ignited a new musical revolution, influencing future generations of musicians and song writers. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was a watershed moment for many in the baby boom generation. It was a cultural moment you had to tune in on your TV sets, no DVR, no internet stream, it …
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