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Basquiat x Rammelzee Download

After a recent encounter with the filmÂ Radiant Child this post is well deserved. Radiant Child is more or less the bio / autobio of Jean Michel Basquiat.Â Built on the foundation of a rare Â interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, it’s pretty in depth and highly recommened.

The film touched briefly on Basquait’s often over looked contributions to music. The ever experimenting artist, he was often involved with experimental bands or music projects. None of which could ever rival his success in the art world, but at the time it didn’t matter. The image above is the cover art for one of those projects. Full download after the jump. [Read more...]

JOI : OG ATL Queen Bee

Nashville early 80′s

growing up as a lickle yout’ in Nashville tennessee i lived across the street from this kid named Keith Hamilton. Now keith was that “friend” that always was tryna show out in front of people, but tolerated it because he had an older sister named Joy. It was always a good day whenever joy would say things like “Damn if you were just a little bit older…”. Now Joy had a best friend named Joi. I remember my days at McGavok High when i see her walking down the halls just smiling and lighting up the hallways as she spoke to everybody she saw. She was captivating to say the least.

Nashville early 80′s

growing up as a lickle yout’ I lived across the street from this kid named Keith Hamilton. Now keith was that “friend” that always was tryna show out in front of people, but I tolerated it because he had an older sister named Joy. It was always a good day whenever joy would say things like “Damn if you were just a little bit older…”. Now Joy had a best friend named Joi. I remember my days at McGavok High school when I would Â see her walking down the halls just smiling and lighting up the hallways as she spoke to everybody she saw. She was captivating to say the least. Joy x Joi were a HOT duo…I spent many…nah, I’ll keep this professional. (MORE)

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