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May 15
“Wildcat” – Scored By Flying Lotus
“Wildcat” is a short film by Kahlil Joseph exploring (in a very meditative way) the little known African-American cowboy and rodeo culture in Grayson, Oklahoma. It was shot during the annual rodeo in the town, which attracts contestants from all over the Midwest and southern USA. Joseph (who is part of the What Matters Most collective) has worked in the past with Shabazz Palaces, Seu Jorge and Flying Lotus – and FlyLo also happens to provide the sparse musical score for “Wildcat” (the pair worked together on this short film that accompanied the release of “When The Quiet Comes”, FlyLo’s stellar 2012 album). Watch the entire film below.
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May 10
“12 Years of DFA Records”
The latest film from Red Bull Music Academy is an amazingly awesome thirteen minute film detailing the twelve year history of the DFA record label. It is a quick but through history through a label that has released 141 12″ singles, 34 albums and 6 compilations while still remaining small and relatively underground. There are too many great things about this video to rattle off here, so just watch it below.
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May 9
Beastie Boys & Juxtapoz – “A Visual History”
The June issue of Juxtapoz features a visual history of the Beastie Boys, with interviews of every artist that contributed to the album covers, inner-sleeves and photographs that make up how we see the B-Boys through their musical releases. Many of these images are not only iconic in the hip-hop world, but in popular culture as well (see a few samples from the issue – and a nice Beasties mix that Chris Read put together last year – below). The magazine also features a tribute to MCA, as well as the usual art and aesthetic that Juxtapoz is known for. See more at Juxtapoz’s website here.
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May 6
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Apr 30
iLLvibe – “Better Things To Do (feat. Nukky Grissom and Tragic of Philly Moves)”
Canada’s own iLLvibe has released a video for Better Things To Do off his upcoming “Don’t Look Down” album that he made with producer Abstrack (available as a free download May 11th). The track is an upbeat classic sounding hip-hop tune with an excellent horn sample over some tight drums and a killer vocal snippet for the chorus. Fellow Canadian hip-hoppers Nukky Grissom and Tragic also contribute some lyrical flow to a track that should definitely be added to any summer playlists you might have in the works.
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Apr 11
Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge – “I Declare War” Live on Jimmy Fallon
Now this is some full on bad-ass sh*t. As if we aren’t already super excited for the release of Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge’s collaboration album “Twelve Reasons To Die” now they’ve gone and taken it up a notch with a stellar performance on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”. Joined by Killah Priest, Masta Killa, The Roots and some woman Brooke DeRosa with her amazing operatic voice, Ghostface and Younge (on the organ) blow through I Declare War with a performance that has us lining up to buy tickets for their upcoming tour. Amazing.
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Mar 26
The Lions – “Roll It Round”
The Lions recently put out a video for Roll It Round off their kick-ass new album “This Generation” (grab it here). Any fan of hardcore Roots Reggae should pick it up immediately – this is the real deal.
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Mar 13
DJ Nu-Mark on “Crate Diggers”
Fuse continues their ridiculously good web series “Crate Diggers” with a new episode featuring DJ Nu-Mark. Anyone with even a passing interest in the Turntablism, Vinyl or classic hip-hop culture needs to be watching these. And if you haven’t already, make sure you check out Uncle Nu’s newest project “Broken Sunlight” which he dropped late last year and which features a slew of great guests accompanying the turntable master.
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