Twenty two years ago today on March 9th, 1997 the Hip-Hop music world lost a legendary and iconic rapper, The Notorious B.I.G. This is the last interview he did on BET’s Rap City music video show, recored on February 24th, 1997. He was on Rap City to promote the release of his sophomore album Life after Death (1997), the follow up to his now classic debut album Ready to Die (which is turning 25 this year). In this interview he talks …
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With the upcoming Season four of HBO’s Game of Thrones airing April 6th, the cable channel decided to add a Hip-Hop mixtape to their promotional material for the show. Catch The Throne: The Mixtape (not to be confused with Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne) features artists such as Big Boi, Magazeen, Bodega Bamz, Daddy Yankee, Dominik Omega, Dee Goodz, Snow tha Product, Common, and Wale. It’s mainly a Hip-Hop based project with some Reggaeton influence courtesy of Daddy Yankee, and Dancehall courtesy of Magazeen. Each artist gives their take …
Lost interviews with famous, and iconic personalities are given the animation treatment in a PBS short film series “Blank on Blank.” Here we have animated lost interviews with legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix (audio only, there was a video, but was pull down due to some copyright issue…), singer Barry White, comedian Carol Burnett, jazz saxophonist Stan Getz, and actor Heath Ledger. Jimi Hendrix on The Experience – Blank on Blank Barry White on Making Love – Blank on Blank Carol Burnett on Finding …
South By Southwest (SXSW) festival kicks off this Friday March 7th and goes on til March 16th. Here is a short documentary profiling the the founder of SXSW Ronald Swenson and the development of the festival, from a Dailymotion series called “That Was Me”. In the sea of conservative red state Texas, the city of Austin (where SXSW is hosted) stands out as a liberal, and progressive beacon. Ronald Swenson, SXSW staff, artists, and event collaborators hosting SXSW in Austin …
“The beat drops like a cliff/over looking my heart,” said poet, actor, teacher and writer Saul Williams. Live from Kaufman Music Center’s Ecstatic Music Festival, Williams collaborated with New York City’s Mivos Quartet and German composer Thomas Kessler to spit alchemy over orchestration. Their collaboration is intense. At moments they clash and scatter, but Williams and Mivos are rhythmically in-sink. The changing pitch of the strings, from high to low summon a roller coaster of emotions. The whole performance works like …
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