If any of you are in LA, check out the documentary "this is the life" at the magic johnson theatre in Leimert park. I went to the movie premier last night and it was sold out, got a standing ovation and all.
i like how they PROVED that people stole styles from them like ice cube stole from volume ten, and bizzy stole from myka 9..
its a really important part of west coast history that you all need to be up on.
check it out tomorrow....theres only two showings. its worth the drive if youre in sd.
This is the Life
Director: Ava DuVernay
Language: English
Producer: Ellene V. Miles
Genre: Documentary
Dir. of Photography: Issac Klotz
Editor: Spencer Averick & Krishna Devine
Sound: Jesse Stubblefield & Ian Thompson
Duration: 104min.
Year: 2007
Screening Times: 02/09/2008 - 8:20pm , 02/11/2008 - 8:00pm
Description:
In 1989, a collective of young artists gathered weekly at a small health food store in LA called "The Good Life.” Their mandate? To explore and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. The little known story of a group of teenagers, who revolutionized hip hop by innovating the very rhyme patterns, melodic concepts and lyrical styles used by many of today's biggest rap stars. While their innovations have yielded billions of dollars for the recording industry, the Good Life emcees have toiled in relative obscurity in the United States. But much like their jazz heroes of a bygone era, these street poets have garnered a rabid and musically sophisticated fan base abroad, with a cult-like following in Germany, Australia, France, England and Japan. A feature-length documentary, directed by former Good Life emcee Ava DuVernay, chronicles the rise and fall of an unusual family of artists, while examining their obstacles to commercial success. They all took different paths, but remain connected by the music they made, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the art form. Q&A
i like how they PROVED that people stole styles from them like ice cube stole from volume ten, and bizzy stole from myka 9..
its a really important part of west coast history that you all need to be up on.
check it out tomorrow....theres only two showings. its worth the drive if youre in sd.
This is the Life
Director: Ava DuVernay
Language: English
Producer: Ellene V. Miles
Genre: Documentary
Dir. of Photography: Issac Klotz
Editor: Spencer Averick & Krishna Devine
Sound: Jesse Stubblefield & Ian Thompson
Duration: 104min.
Year: 2007
Screening Times: 02/09/2008 - 8:20pm , 02/11/2008 - 8:00pm
Description:
In 1989, a collective of young artists gathered weekly at a small health food store in LA called "The Good Life.” Their mandate? To explore and expand the musical boundaries of hip hop. The little known story of a group of teenagers, who revolutionized hip hop by innovating the very rhyme patterns, melodic concepts and lyrical styles used by many of today's biggest rap stars. While their innovations have yielded billions of dollars for the recording industry, the Good Life emcees have toiled in relative obscurity in the United States. But much like their jazz heroes of a bygone era, these street poets have garnered a rabid and musically sophisticated fan base abroad, with a cult-like following in Germany, Australia, France, England and Japan. A feature-length documentary, directed by former Good Life emcee Ava DuVernay, chronicles the rise and fall of an unusual family of artists, while examining their obstacles to commercial success. They all took different paths, but remain connected by the music they made, the alternative hip hop movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the art form. Q&A
