Just like C-Sick last year, the winner of the last Red Bull Big Tune beat battle got to choose a legendary MC to get in the studio with and Frank Dukes chose Ghostface. I heard some hilarious stories about this trip to L.A. from behind the scenes, but peep the beginning of part 2 for a brief example. Ghost is crazy.
This is literally Kanye’s living room on a Thursday night. No biggie. #ITSAPROCESS
Murdoc narrates the story of Plastic Beach, the new project from the Gorillaz. Obviously, ill…everything about this band has been since day one.
Super dope, though I recommend you peep it in HD on Vimeo right here.
No idea what this is all about, but it’s awesome. Credit due to Patrick Jean for creating such an ill bit of animation.
The homey Fest just dropped his new joint, “Familiar Faces,” and while it’s dope…it also gives me an excuse to post possibly my favorite YouTube clip of all time. First, the song:
The track samples Gary Jules’ “Mad World,” which is generally known as the song used in the first Gears of War commercial, but if you’re really cool…you know it as the soundtrack for SAD PANDA!
Fin.
Warning: too much truth.
If you have the time, I highly recommend you check out this documentary. As a music lover and a former media studies major, this really does a great job of summing up all our fears about media consolidation. Shout to Marcus for passing this through in the comments.
I don’t know the back story behind it, but this is crazy. “Comprised using chords, bass notes, and vocal samples” from one of the best films of ’09, Up.
Sidenote, just saw Up In The Air, which was fantastic as well. Next up is Avatar, but I need to wait until the furor around the 3D IMAX shows dies down a bit…
The new Canon 7D camera apparently shoots incredible video. Peep this clip from aspiring filmmaker Brandon Moza walking around Vancouver, set to Radiohead’s “Go Slowly.”
It’ll cost you a pretty penny…emphasis on the pretty.
Easily one of the darkest moments in human history, but Tewz, a dope producer from Chicago, turns it into a moving piece of art. Here’s his description:
I shot this video in Japan during the Summer of 2009. All of the archival footage was shot entirely from the video monitors in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum at the exact location where the first atomic bomb was dropped. I developed the Super 8 film entirely by hand in the bathroom of my apartment on Grand in Chicago, Il. The music was created from 45’s I purchased in Japan during the same time.