Now here’s a treat. Philadelphia photographer, Dominic DiGiorgio has shared these classic black and white photographs with us featuring The Roots at the Do You Want More?!!!??! album release party at Tower Records on South Street in Philly, 1995. If you’re interested in using or reproducing the photos, please contact Dominic for high-res, non-watermarked versions.
Aesop Rock Photos from 1999
Found some high-res photos of Aesop Rock that we used on the old AesopRock.Com website back in 1999. Thought I’d throw them up on the blog since they have been long out of commission: These pictures are mostly of Aes recording in the studio, including a pic of Aesop and Percee P. In that picture, I can’t quite call it,…
Bandcamp Featured Artist
My Bandcamp page was featured in the Bandcamp Gallery: Behold! A few of our favorite examples of bands who treat the eyes as well as they do the ears. Big ups to the Bancamp crew for the props! We appreciate it! And be sure to checkout my Bandcamp page for music!
Light of Love Video Director, Jamie Vickers on Catsuka
French anime website, Catsuka recently featured the Light of Love anime video and its director, Jamie Vickers on its pages, giving a bit more insight into the origins of the video (which was in fact a pilot for a television show). From Google Translate: Jamie Vickers is one of those rare leaders foreigners working in Japan in the background. I…
Big Brother Resistance – Newspeak Video & MP3
I’ve talked a little about the political hiphop group, Big Brother Resistance (BBR) I was in during the late 90’s before on the blog. But I wanted to do a proper post, influenced as I have been by the Occupy Wall Street movement going on nationwide at the moment. This song, Newspeak, was one of three on our first studio…
Jedi Mind Tricks & Louis Logic Live – 1999
Going through more DV tapes, came up on this jawn. Jedi Mind Tricks (Jus Allah, Vinnie Paz) and Louis Logic live in a warehouse in North Philly, 1999. Vinnie freestyles & Louis performs “Punchline”. Check for the high-res Vimeo joint after the Youtube video below: » Higher resolution version hosted at Vimeo
Hiero & Dilated Peoples in the Studio (Video), 2001
I’ve been going through my MiniDV tapes (remember those?) and found the recording session for what would become “Center of Attention” (off of DJ Babu’s, Duck Season Vol. 1) featuring Souls of Mischief, Pep Love and Dilated Peoples. The video and recording session took place at Evidence’s Los Angeles-based home studio in March of 2001. Higher resolution video link after…
Rahsheed & Ill Advised – 1.9.8.6. Video
I was at the video shoot for this way back in 1998 with Mic Meech of the legendary Fightins Phillies blog. For years I wanted to see the final video but I just never caught it on any late night hiphop video shows. But that changed last week when I randomly searched for it on Youtube and BOOM — There…
Interview with Domino, Hieroglyphics – June 1997 (Presented in Stink-E-Scope)
I dug up a pretty amazing audio conversation I had with Domino of Hieroglyphics from way back in June 1997, right as Hiero was knee-deep preparing their debut “family album”, 3rd Eye Vision for mass consumption. Presented in our all-new Stink-E-Scope theater technology, this is more than just a simple audio interview: Sit back and be amazed by the moving…
Yameen, Souls of Mischief on TechTV – 2000
Here’s a blast from the past: Me and Souls of Mischief on TechTV talking bouts TEH INTERNETZ way back in 2000: I make my debut around the 2:07 minute mark.