Planet Rock and Other Tales of the 808 / You Know
I was going to save this for this week’s PCR but it can stand on its own. UK production company You Know and Arthur Baker bring you, Planet Rock and Other Tales of the 808, a documentary on how the Roland TR-808 changed the musical world starting from its most seminal record Planet Rock. This hip hop, dance […]
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Soundsystem: Bonnaroo 2012 Performance / D’Angelo x Questlove
D’Angelo performed a surprise show at Bonnaroo Festival (Manchester, Tennessee) this past weekend. This was his first U.S. show in over twelve years. Alongside Questlove, as well as James Poyser and a nine-piece band, they played for more than an hour playing covering tracks from Jimi Hendrix (Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)), The Beatles […]
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J Dilla Documentaries
Happy Birthday to the greatest hip hop producer that we have ever seen. That’s the truth. Tragically, J Dilla battled thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare blood disease, while also fighting lupus and passed away on February 10, 2006, three days after his 32nd birthday. Check out these documentaries. The first (above) is the J.Dilla: Still Shining documentary from last year. […]
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