Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Slingshot Hip Hop Film Screening @ Grandview Park
SLINGSHOT HIP HOP
Free Film Screening
in Grandview Park
William Street & Commercial Drive
(with special short films)
Thursday, September 3rd
At Dusk (8pm)
BYOBlanket
Presented by the
Boycott Israel Apartheid Campaign
Slingshot Hip Hop documentary braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them.
Watch the trailer: http://slingshothiphop.com/trailer
In other Grandview Park news...
Aboriginal Man Dies in Busy City Park on Hottest Day in Vancouver History and Not One Person Stopped to Help
In other Native news...
Natives, non-natives clash on Fraser River (CBC News)
On Natives and Palestinians...
Indigenous Intifada: Federal MP Compares Natives to Palestinians (2002)
EDGE- Looking For Headspace
New Video “Looking For Headspace” (directed by MykroFilm Productions)
by Vancouver MC and producer, EDGE
Check out his blog and mixtapes here.
by Vancouver MC and producer, EDGE
Check out his blog and mixtapes here.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Vancouver Hip Hop History
I'm not endorsing or saying I like all these tracks and artists, but at least it gives you all a slice of the history and present. Okay, I like EQ, Rascalz and Jaykin...
EQ - 2 Much 4 Da Mental
1980s/1990s Vancouver hip hop group consisting of Incredible Ease and Quaze(delic)
Terror T - Total Kaos (1992)
Rascalz - Soul Obligation (1997)
Jaykin - So Sincere/Writing On the Wall featuring Edge 1 & Benny Fresh (2006)
Manik - Commercial Drive (2006)
Emotionz - Skytrain (2007?)
Heatwave - Chill From '93 Till (2009?)
As a side note, the videos by Terror T and Heatwave (I'm pretty sure) both feature a foot bridge that was built as a result of mom's taking action, camping out and blockading the railway tracks so that their kids would have a safe way to cross to get to school back in 1971 in Strathcona, East Vancouver.
EQ - 2 Much 4 Da Mental
1980s/1990s Vancouver hip hop group consisting of Incredible Ease and Quaze(delic)
Terror T - Total Kaos (1992)
Rascalz - Soul Obligation (1997)
Jaykin - So Sincere/Writing On the Wall featuring Edge 1 & Benny Fresh (2006)
Manik - Commercial Drive (2006)
Emotionz - Skytrain (2007?)
Heatwave - Chill From '93 Till (2009?)
As a side note, the videos by Terror T and Heatwave (I'm pretty sure) both feature a foot bridge that was built as a result of mom's taking action, camping out and blockading the railway tracks so that their kids would have a safe way to cross to get to school back in 1971 in Strathcona, East Vancouver.
Slum Village @ Rock The Bells in Vancouver
Slum Village was the main attraction for me at the Rock The Bells hip hop festival in Vancouver's suburb of Burnaby on August 1, 2009.
And they didn't disappoint, although a longer set at an indoor venue would be nice too.
Between sets, the DJ shouted out and played J Dilla's "F___ The Police", which was nice, and funny too since the place was crawling with Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
R.I.P. Baatin and J Dilla!!!
Chronic Vibe No 2010 Olympics Hip Hop Track
Local Vancouver Hip Hop crew Chronic Vibe have released a new single: No 2010! Check it out at their myspace account.
http://www.myspace.com/chronicvibe
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