Hip-Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes (Film Screenings and Discussion)
There will be four different screenings of this film:
Mon. 1/9/12 7-9:30pm @ Busboys and Poets Hyattsville (MD)
Sun. 1/15/12 8-10:30pm @ Busboys and Poets 5th & K (DC)
Sun. 1/22/12 7-9:30pm @ Busboys and Poets 14th & V (DC)
Sun. 1/29/12 7-9:30pm @ Busboys and Poets Shirlington (VA)
Traveling through four continents and six countries, The Furious Force of Rhymes is a fascinating look at Hip-Hop as trans-national protest music. Over the course of the eighty-four-minute voyage, the viewer encounters characters as diverse as Israeli Jews, marginalized French Arabs, East German skinhead punks and West African feminists, all of whom share a common musical language. Originating from the ghettos of New York, Rap has found adherents in every country in the world. Recognizing themselves in the oppression of U.S. Blacks, people everywhere have adapted the American street music to their own causes. From the Bronx to Africa, this is their story.
These screenings will also serve as release events for the Latest issue of the Words Beats & Life Global Journal of hip-Hop, the Themeless issue.
Brout to you by Sol Source, Words Beats & Life, Busboys & Poets and the Smithsonian Channel
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Heart Break Mixtape
(Mixed by DJ Mordecai)
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(DJ FLEG)
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Planet Rock Mixtape
(Mixed by DJ Eskimo)
This is the Winter 2011 Mixtape for the DC Urban Arts Academy, a program of Words Beats & Life. This Mixtape is called Planet Rock because our winter theme is global hip-hop.
Clans, Posses, Crews & Cliques
(Mixed by DJ RBI)
This is the Fall mixtape from the DC Urban Arts Academy, the after school program of Words Beats & Life. The theme for the Fall was "Clans, Posses, Crews and Cliques". The idea of the session was to explore how community takes form in hip-hop and beyond. Special thanks to DJ RBI, the teacher that goes all the way back to the first WBL hip-hop conference at the University of Maryland. Enjoy the music, this mix features some of hip-hops most important Clans, Posses, Crews & Cliques.
New Skool Mixtape (Mixed by DJ 2-Tone Jones)
This mixtape is for the third theme of the year for the DC Urban Arts Academy, the after school program of Words Beats & Life. It's called "New Skool" in large part because as an organization and as a program we think it is important to not just talk about what hip-hop culture was, or rap music was, but what they are today, and how a new generation of artists is also creating work worth knowing about and loving.
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