Red Bull Music Academy Radio’s Fireside Chat gets open. In an hour long discussion, rapper-producer Ka talks about his history in the game, stopping, starting, getting frustrated thinking that he wasn’t nice enough with the pen. It’s super fascinating to hear about what inspired him to rap, working with Natural Elements, hooking up with GZA and his version of Brownsville growing up verses the gentrified version that it is today. Definitely a big fan of this brother. If you haven’t …
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Red Bull has become a savior for unknown creatives around the world. They’ve helped a lot of artists develop their craft and get their work exposed to a much wider audience. Unlike their music events, their switching things up with The Red Bull House of Art, a three month intensive program. The first one was established in Brazil in ’10 and the second was in ’12 in Detroit. It’s pretty dope. It doesn’t exclude any medium. The three month cycles …
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, …
Red Bull Music Academy’s ever reaching wing span into dope music has yet to show it’s limits. To start the year off right, their releasing, What Difference Does It Make? a music documentary featuring nothing but ill contemporary artists. The documentary was shot using predominantly hand held cameras. Directed by Ralf Schmerberg, the film seeks to explore music and the parallels of life. After the trailer, watch the extensive interviews of El-P and Doom below. Trailer El-P interview Doom interview …
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