SHOWstudio: Kanye West / Ruth Hogben - Lost in the World
Filmmaker Ruth Hogben collaborates with award-winning musician Kanye West to create a film for his single Lost in the World. The song, which features Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, is taken from West’s fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Hogben’s piece breaks the mould of popular rap aesthetics while still celebrating the extraordinary talent that has made West a modern icon.
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SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary film about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film’s director and interviewer Ice-T. Ice-T takes us on a deeply personal journey to uncover how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets some of the remarkable superstars of Rap, from Eminem to Dr Dre, to Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting most of it’s most famous protagonists studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal The Art Of Rap. This film features unique performances from it’s entire cast and does not use any archive material.
If you admire someone you should go ahead and tell ‘em. People never get the flowers while they can still smell ‘em.
Art is Life :: “Holy Hip Hop” by Alex Melamid
Alex Melamid is a Russian painter and performance artist who’s interest in the Hip-Hop world helped inspire his latest exhibit, “HOLY HIP-HOP!”
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Mos Def, Kanye West & Lupe Fiasco - Cypher
The Portland Cello Project’s orchestral, double-drummer, instrumental cover of Kanye West’s “All of the Lights” from a show at Portland, Oregon’s Crystal Ballroom.
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Good Fridays | The Collection
Good Fridays | The Collection
Kanye West G.O.O.D Friday Collection
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Kanye West Makes A Beat. In this video, Kanye West explains his creative process and it’s pretty interesting to get into his mind. (via @rahsheen)
