MetaFilter posts tagged with hiphop and art

East Meets West

gman — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:42:30 -0800

Japanese beatboxer Hikakin collaborates with American dancer Nonstop. [Previously]

Africa In Your Earbuds

ChuraChura — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:05:36 -0800

Immortal Technique

Trurl — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:03:16 -0800

Immortal Technique is an American rapper of Afro-Peruvian descent as well as an urban activist. Most of his lyrics focus on controversial issues in global politics. The views expressed in his lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as class struggle, poverty, religion, government and institutional racism.

hip-hop family tree comix

flex — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:10:31 -0800

The Hip-Hop Family Tree: A Look Into the Viral Propagation of a Culture (part two, part three) is a "semi-regular, ongoing feature" currently running in the comic Brain Rot by Ed Piskor. (Ed Piskor and Wizzywig Comics previously on MeFi)

Doug Wimbish! Doug Wimbish!

Trurl — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:25:42 -0800

Doug Wimbish plays bass.

Fela Soul

gman — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:55:20 -0800

Amerigo Gazaway combined the music of Fela Kuti and De La Soul to create Fela Soul. All the tracks along with liner notes and album commentary are available free for download here. For those of you who haven't seen the documentary about Fela's life, Music Is The Weapon is absolutely fantastic. (Previously with now broken links)

WHO NEEDS CRITICAL THEORY

Potomac Avenue — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:11:47 -0800

How to make an Art-- a tutorial [with Addendum] by HennesyYoungman...via the amazing Victory Light blog He also has videos about: Relational Aesthetics Beauty The Sublime Post-Structuralism (Previously) how 2 be a successful artist how 2 be a successful black artist

Why I Hate the Avant-Garde

mediareport — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:34:39 -0800

Why I Hate the Avant-Garde or, Why Laurie Anderson is less Avant-Garde than DJ Kool Herc. A rant with videos. Via The Front Section.

Pen and Pixel: A Retrospective

reenum — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:24:18 -0800

Pen and Pixel are well known for the outlandish covers they created for Southern rap labels Rap-A-Lot and No Limit. It's been about 12 years since their heyday, so people are now looking back at the artistry present under the surface of these covers. There is a comprehensive database of these covers here, so you can pick your own favorites.

"I'm like all these different people fucked into one person."

meadowlark lime — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:15:04 -0800

Die Antwoord is a "next-level rap-rave krew" from South Africa. Their incredible video, Enter the Ninja, is probably the best introduction to the group. The group consists of a white MC named Ninja, his mulleted wife Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek (aka Leon Botha), a painter who at 24 one of the oldest living sufferers of progeria syndrome. Further viewing: Zef Side. Vice magazine writes, "since debuting earlier this year they’ve wrangled up an aggressively dedicated legion of fans who generally shout along to every single track at live shows, punch random strangers in the face and then pass out in a steaming puddle of Jägermesiter vomit. Do the disgruntled Afrikaans youth of our land have a new pair of anti-heroes to worship?"

Bring in 'da statistical noise...

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:52:02 -0800

The Large Hadron Collider. The Large Hadron Countdown. The Large Hadron Rap.

10 great beat-making videos

nthdegx — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:09:10 -0800

10 greatest beat-making videos ever* "*Or, you know, today." A Music thing thing.

break it down like this

loquacious — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:48:17 -0800

Can I get an amen? An installation featuring an acetate pressing of a well worded spoken piece about copyright law, creative commons, culture and even advertising from the perspective of the history of the now ubiquitous Amen Break featuring audio samples of songs and artists from the well known to the unusual. Please feel free to use this archive.org mirror of the video indicated on the project description page with the entirety of the audio of the acetate at archive.org. (34MB MP4/Quicktime, majority of video portion consists of various views of the turntable, but the audio is quite good.)