18/S: Someone approached me once and asked if this film was about a transvestite… I couldn’t argue with that.
What you’re about to see is unlike anything you’ve seen in a long time. It truly is what you make it, but you will make it something. Eighteen Slash Stainless (18/S) A film by Seb Som. The thoughts and impulses narrated in 18/S are very dark. I mean that in the sense of privacy and nature,...
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House Painting… A Hilariously Awkward Spiritual Awakening
After a late night of Twitter advertising and sifting through our vimeo video suggestions; I found a hilarious short film that’s absolutely worth the 11 minutes called House Painting. It’s about Larry, a young boy who finds spiritual awakening and guidance in the most odd of places. That place is none other than the chain-smoking,...
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Beats, Rhymes, and Life
I know… I’m a little late to be posting about this just now, especially since I saw this last year. But who cares, it’s classic- and classic is timeless. It’s bigger than rap, it’s hip hop, it’s culture. Culture is the platform that A Tribe Called Quest made into their playground, that’s why to this day...
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“…I was truly envious of… but he was too fragile for this world” -Madonna
Madonna said of him, “He was one of the people I was truly envious of… but he was too fragile for this world.” Jean Michel Basquiat to me was the equivalent of Tupac to the world of art. Someone before their time that yet somehow managed to be born and spark change through their rare talent. Someone...
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Exit Through The Gift Shop… Enter into Street Art
Banksy was already high up on my list of flat out dope artists. Notice I didn’t say “street artist.” Just artist, period. But after watching Exit Through The Gift Shop I have a whole new respect for him to coincide with that affinity. Exit Through The Gift Shop is a documentary centered around the world...
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Brilliant Derrick… Just brilliant, Derrick
We all have that friend. The friend that’s not acting, they’re really like that. The friend that always has the potential to make the situation awkward. The friend that, once you’ve gotten comfortable with the awkwardness, you realize they can make the night one for the books- just by being themselves. Brilliant. Derrick Sloan is everything that...
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TV vs. The Wire hmmn… THE WIRE
I recently finished the last episode of the fifth and final season of what I’ll go on record as saying is the best American television show ever to air; HBO’s The Wire. You may have seen one episode here or there, but this isn’t the kind of show that you can take a snapshot of...
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Louis Armstrong v. Billie Holiday
It’s tough to find many videos of Lady Day, but recently we found a movie starring these two giants of Jazz. Satchmo and Billie do their acting thing as well as give some great performances in New Orleans. Check out a clip below… Times have definitely changed.
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CAB K*POPT NYC
I just got this in an email from Abby Laurel who is one member of CAB K*POPT NYC; that’s Chelly and Abby Bring K*Pop to NYC. 1) Who are Chelly and Abby? – NYU students heading this globalization project 2) What is K*Pop? – Korean Pop Music 3) What the hell? We’re students at NYU...
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Miss J. Blunts: I Get Splifted (Review)
Who says the recreational use of Marijuana can only lead to laziness. Miss J. did more 3 minutes than most coffee sippers do all day. I must admit I admire her commitment not only to exercising but her commitment to Hip Hop. Notice the graffiti on the wall? Dope. The Good: Her dancing,...
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Iggy Azalea – My World (Music Video Review)
Iggy Azalea is a Female Hip Hop artist who’s new to the scene repping Australia.   Iggy has been pursuing a rap career since ’06 when she came to the states. She’s lived in Miami, Houston, Atlanta and now LA where she’s found a home with her crew D.R.U.G.S. Her buzz started with the music video for...
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Carlos Lascano: Never underestimate the creative force of a bad patch
Carlos Lascano has worked his way not only through law school but through every step of the creative side of the film industry in an effort to be where he is now… Atop his own throne, DreamLife Studio, and chatting it up with IVYBetty. Check it out. There is such a difference between live...
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