Soul Driven Group Art Show

Black Eyed Peas - "Imma be Rocking that Body"

Here is a video by the innovative and groundbreaking Artists, Black Eyed Peas that definitely inspires when it comes to CGI done well.

Straight Outta LA to premiere May 11th on ESPN - Watch it!

NEW YORK -- It was a match made in Heav -- well, let's just say an ideal match -- when the nascent gangsta rap scene discovered NFL bad boys the Los Angeles Raiders in the early 1980s. Pirate imagery, black hats, and rule-breaking athletes captured the imagination of kids on Compton's violent streets, who wore Raiders gear on MTV and turned the team into a world-famous brand.

Rapper/actor/filmmaker Ice Cube was out front in that movement with his group N.W.A., and "Straight Outta L.A." proves to be a more inspired blend of sports journalism and autobiographical content than other outings in ESPN's "30 for 30" doc series -- one in which the director's personal involvement proves integral to the subject. The good-looking, quick-paced result will be a crowd-pleaser on the network, and smart marketing could wring some DVD dollars out of the hip-hop community as well.

Beginning with his own exposure to the Raiders when the team was still based in Oakland, the filmmaker uses a range of interviews and vintage clips to suggest they were perfectly suited to the multi-ethnic, economically mixed fan base in their second home; alternating between football and rap history (sometimes using rough-hewn black-and-white animation to flesh out the narrative), he suggests that each side of that equation brought something the other needed at a critical developmental moment.

At under an hour, the film manages to paint a vivid picture of 1980s L.A. and to chart the chronology in which the Raiders lost the city's enthusiasm and then moved away. But Ice Cube barely comments on some issues that beg him to take a stand, like team owner Al Davis's petulant insistence on having the city build him a new luxury stadium (he might as well come out and say, as a later rapper famously did, "I gotta get paid") or the skybox trend's ramifications for the working-class fans who supported the Raiders in their heyday.

But what it does, "Straight Outta L.A." does well -- squeezing Q&As with former players like Marcus Allen and Howie Long alongside the perspectives of rappers like Snoop Dogg and even a film-school professor or two. Viewers who know only the sports or the music side of the story will walk away understanding how the two mesh.

And yes, this rap-savvy doc includes a glimpse of the Raiders' atrocious venture into the music world. With the era's most notorious rappers already bolstering their image, why did these athletes feel the need to take the mic themselves?

Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (ESPN Films)
Production company: ESPN Film, Hunting Lane Films and Cube Vision
Director: Ice Cube
Screenwriter: Jon Weinbach
Executive producers: Jamie Patricof, Matt Alvarez, Keith Clinkscales, John Dahl, Joan Lynch, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons, John Skipper, John Walsh
Producers: Jon Weinbach, Arunima Dhar
Director of photography: Alex Van Wagner -Analigital™
Editor: Dan Marks
No MPAA rating, 51 minutes

R.I.P. - Gangstars GURU. You will be missed.

"The world has lost one of the best MCs and hip-hop icons of all-time—my loyal best friend, partner, and brother, Guru," Solar said. "Guru has been battling cancer for well over a year and has lost his battle! This is a matter that Guru wanted private until he could beat it, but tragically, this did not happen. The cancer took him. Now the world has lost a great man and a true genius."


In 1993 Guru struck out on his own with his pioneering Jazzmatazz Vol. 1, a project that fused jazz and rap and featured some wild collaborations between hip-hop artists and jazz legends, including Donald Byrd, Branford Marsalis and Ronny Jordan.

Three more volumes followed, featuring appearances by Jamiroquai, Erykah Badu, Macy Gray, the Roots and Isaac Hayes.

Gang Starr, meanwhile, continued to lord over the underground hip-hop scene in New York and refine the genre of jazz-rap throughout the '90s until the release of the 2003 album The Ownerz, which proved to be the group's last.

Knowing his time was short, Guru penned a farewell to fans, paying tribute to Solar, his legacy in Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz, as well as his family, especially son KC, whom he called "the love of my life."

"I write this with tears in my eyes, not of sorrow but of joy for what a wonderful life I have enjoyed and how many great people I have had the pleasure of meeting.

"The work I have done with Solar represents a legacy far beyond its time and is my most creative and experimental to date. I hope that our music will receive the attention it deserves as it is some of the best work I have done and represents some of the best years of my life."


This man truly lived an Analigital™ Lifestyle.

Anchor Blue - Spring 2010 Photo Shoot BTS

Anchor Blue Spring 2010 Behind the scenes lets you have a look into the world of Photographing a seasonal line of clothing. In this sequence we show you the Billiards section of the shoot filled with new clothing by Anchor Blue and Artwork in the background by the Infamous Archer One. Music as always is by FREEVERSE Beats and overall production by ANALIGITAL™

a 3D Zoetrope by my friend Charlie Visnic

Charlie Visnic is a good friend of mine who always takes the innovative mind to the next level within the Analigital mediums. Here he blends classic anolog techniques of creating motion pictures and blends a great audio track to heighten the effect. Charlie Visnic everyone, please give his blog some love: http://theb-roll.com/

A 3D Zoetrope from Charlie Visnic on Vimeo.

32 frames of video spinning at 45 rpm filmed with a camera at 24 fps with a high shutter speed = magic. I filmed it with my 7D and the rolling shutter was a major issue for this experiment, so everything looks like its leaning over to one side. Still, it looks pretty cool in my opinion. Also the audio you hear in the video is the actual audio that goes with the video clips on the record.

Pixelated!

Banksy’s Exit Through The Gift Shop (Exclusive 5 min Extended Sneak Peek)

The Roots - Dilla Joints Mixtape

This is The Roots latest master piece. Playing the legendary J Dilla's (rest in peace) tracks. Gotta have it.
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Resurrect Effect: "Microphone" feat: Felicia Ray

Archer One of the Orakel Dynasty heads to Magic.

Music by FREEVERSE
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Graffiti Stop Motion from Israel's Broken Fingaz

Broken Fingaz -Graffiti Stop Motion from Broken Fingaz on Vimeo.

In the Cut with INFERNO: Tips n' Tricks