Trailer for the docu-movie The Art of Rap, by Ice T. Starting in the Bronx, Ice travels through the rough, rugged, and raw beginnings of hip hop. His last stop? The here and now current state of hip hop. Due out in the Fall of 2011, the movie builds with MC’s and Rappers like Treach, Grandmaster Caz, Immortal Technique, Kool Keith and more. Looking forward to it.
David Carson vs. 2011
For readers of the new school, old school surfer David Carson is to typography + graphic design, What Grandmaster Flash is to deejaying and hip hop. During the early 90′s he changed the face of the layout, most noticeably as the art director for the contemporary alt-rock publication Ray Gun.
January 2011 cover of “Little White Lies” Magazine
“He took photography and type and manipulated and twisted them together and on some level confusing the message but in reality he was drawing the eyes of the viewer deeper within the composition itself.” ~wiki excerpt
Cover of the February 2011 issue of HUCK Magazine
Unfortunately the pages of Ray Gun shut in 2000. The Don is now returning to a new design arena in which the styles and techniques go public overnite and then go bust like methlabs. Small doses of the David Carson aesthetic have been been popping up in Europe with the first issue of C A R S O N ready to roll in February. Stay up on the development by following @carsonmag on twitter.
