The Roots Premiere Animated Short For “When The People Cheer”

Publicado el 1/5/2014

Official lyric video for The Roots "When The People Cheer" off '...and then you shoot your cousin' in stores May 19th on Def Jam.

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CREDITS:
Creator: Joe Baughman (http://www.josephbaughman.com)

Assistant Director: Matt Erdel
Compositing: Andrew Deselm

Assistant animators: Jacob Bartlett, Kylee Stump
Miniature House Construction: David Badertscher
Special Thanks: Dave Vermillion, Tina Baughman, Amber Kreider, Kyle Heffelfinger, Roscoe Bagging.

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Nas Producing Documentary On Breakers And Rappers In Uganda

The OKP fam recently passed the popcorn on an upcoming hip-hop documentary that will shine a light on young breakers and rappers in Uganda as well as Colombia, Cambodia, Yemen. Adam Sjoberg‘s feature full length Shake The Dust sees Nas on board as executive producer, who will also offer up original material for the score. The New York rapper spoke about his involvement with the film in a recent statement:

“What these kids are doing around the world reminds me why I fell in love with hip-hop and how important it is as a creative and constructive outlet,” Nas said in a statement. “After hearing Adam’s vision for this project and hearing the stories, I was incredibly excited to help bring the film to global audiences who need to hear this surprising message of empowerment.”

Though we’re not sure about the use of subtitles and (we assume) scripted dialogue in the latest trailer, the film looks to be a nicely shot testament to a hip-hop without borders. Watch the trailer for Shake The Dust below.

Source : Okayafrica.com

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Win Tix To Studio Africa + The Boiler Room in Paris and London!

Okayafrica has 2 tickets to give-away to lucky winners for both the Paris and London events!

STUDIO AFRICA + THE BOILER ROOM

presented by DIESEL + EDUN

PARIS + LONDON

 

Win a PAIR of tickets to these exclusive invite-only events featuring Little Dragon (DJ Set), Baloji, Spoek Mathambo and more.

Diesel and Edun have come together to create Studio Africa, a virtual loudspeaker for a new generation of creative talents from across the continent. On Sunday, March 3rd in Paris and Tuesday, March 5th in London they'll launch Studio Africa with two exclusive parties. Boiler Room and Okayafrica host, with lineups feat Spoek Mathambo, Baloji, Batida, Little Dragon and many other amazing artists.

Okayafrica will also GIVE AWAY 2 tickets to each event to a lucky winner! Winners will be selected and notified by the end of the day Saturday March 2nd.

<<ENTER HERE TO WIN 2 TIX TO STUDIO AFRICA'S LAUNCH EVENTS IN EITHER PARIS OR LONDON!>>

Head here for information on the limited number of tickets available in Paris, and here for limited tickets available for London. 

PARIS - Sunday March 3rd:
Little Dragon (Live DJ)

Kutmah B2B J Rocc (Live DJ)

Baloji

Batida

LONDON - Tuesday March 5th:

Kyle Hall B2B Funkineven

Culoe De Song B2B Mosca

Theo Parrish

Omar S

Actress

Romare (Live DJ)

Spoek Mathambo

Baloji

Batida

For those who can't be there, you get to watch amazing music, free, live, online.

Paris show will be broadcast live from 9:30pm-2am (CET), 8:30pm-1am, Sunday 3rd March. London show will be broadcast live from 9:30pm - 2am (CET), 8:30om - 1am, Tuesday 5th March.
TUNE IN HERE TO WATCH LIVE!

Source : okayafrica.com