Growing up watching Yo! MTV Raps, I always wondered who this Fab 5 Freddy guy was. I had never heard of him. Come to find out he’s directed some of my favorite music videos of all time. Videos like “My Philosophy”, “Talkin’ All That Jazz”, “Ladies First”, “Just To Get A Rep” and “One Love”, as well as producing the classic “Wild Style” movie. Now I wanna BE him!

See some of his work on his site.

Very cool interactive video for The Cold War Kids. I’ve Seen Enough is getting alot of pub in the web design magazines and the execution lives up to the hype. It’s a decent song that you can enjoy re-mixing with a variety of instruments and customize the enjoyment of their song.

This is a great idea for building interest in a new artist. This interactive art piece gives those with attention-deficit disorder something to do while they are listening to the music. The full song. Which is good but noticeably long. The little animated details that pop-up throughout, keep the viewer’s attention throughout and the option to replay your hand-drawn music video and send it to your friends, is a great way to get this artist’s name out there. Which must be working, because FWA has awarded it site of the month and I found it through the Adobe newsletter.

Never one to rest on his laurels, Mr. Mos Def keeps it moving on the streets of Osaka, Japan to build anticipation for his now newly released album, “The Ecstatic”. The lyrics are so strong accapella, but I was sold when I heard the combination of Mos, Madlib, and MC Ricky D! o:{Slick Rick for the slow-pokes}

An amazing documentary about a music legend. I really got into hip-hop off of Big Daddy Kane‘s “Ain’t No Half Steppin’”.
I have memories of LL rockin’ bells and begged my father for Dana Dane’s “Nightmares” 12″ but it was really the album “It’s a Big Daddy Thing” (and later Tribe’s …Instinctive Travels…”) that cemented hip-hop as my music of choice.

This is an amazing documentary that really
(and finally) gives the man his due.

Wiki:”Ice-T refers to Kane in his song “Midnight“:
“The sound’s up loud/ To attract attention/ …/
Bumping Big Daddy/ The nigga was definitely flowing”.
It is uncommon in hip hop recordings of that time for
one rapper to display such admiration for another.”

word.