EXPOSITION | Loading. L’art urbain à l’ère numérique ➽ https://bit.ly/Exposition-Loading Au XXe siècle, les murs des villes sont marqués par une large diffusion de l’art urbain ; l’espace public devient un terrain d’expression privilégié, un lieu de création, d’exposition et de détournement pour un art qui se définit en marge des instances officielles. Avec l’arrivée d’internet puis des réseaux sociaux, le street art connaît une révolution, entraînant un nouveau rapport des artistes à la ville
Fontaine de la place du Griffe, au centre du village d’Octon (Hérault) – gouache, 27 juin 2022.
Exposition personnelle « Gouaches d’Octon et d’ailleurs » au Village des Arts d’Octon, Hameau de Ricazouls, 34800 Octon, du 15 octobre au 13 novembre 2022.
Happy 45th Birthday to my Homie @murs316 . It’s cool when you get to make some art with people it’s even cooler when you become friends with some of those people. For those that don’t know , I shot the cover of “Fornever” Murs & @9thwonder and we @sastudiosglobal did the album layout, directed “The Problem Is” video, shot the Cover of “Have a Nice Life” and the latest cover “Take it Easy My Brother Murs” throughout the years we’ve worked on other projects as well but aside from that we are Friends . Nothing but love for you homie , thank you for the friendship, the work we did and all you did for L.A. and Hip Hop. #HappyBirthday #Murs #EstevanOriol #HipHop #losangeles #thisislosangeles #losangelesphotographer #blackandwhitephotography #lareynastacos #Fornever #HaveaNiceLife #9thwonder Shout out to the homie @richieabbott (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4HFSvOuFO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
As I recall, we recorded this at Converse Rubber Tracks in like 2013-2014 probably. I wanted to add more to it and get it mastered and crispier sounding.
But as I listen back to it now, I like the gritty unfinished Lofi element it has to it, feels like a mixtape cut off an old DJ Clue tape.
As two enlightened black men from Brooklyn public housing who made it past 25 years of age to thrive and create art, there's much to celebrate with this track. I titled it "War Elephants" because Hannibal of Carthage crossed the Alps on Elephants and stomped on many an enemy head in war and this felt like that kinda proclamation.
He might hate this story, but the first time I saw exQuire rock, was at Bowery Poetry Club. His skinny jeans ripped that night mid-performance because mans was going HARD and rapping for his life on that tiny stage. It left an indelible mark on me. He gave me a copy of his mixtape on CD. The cover was a collage of all his influences, like comics, wrestling, rap, etc. I still have it.
The next time I seent duke was in Pathmark (RIP) on the late night and bruh was acting kinda suspicious so I figured he was shoplifting lol. He later told me he was just nervous. To meet me? I really am just a project baby from Fort Greene who be rapping so when anyone tells me they were geeked to meet me or my music had ANY impact on them, it throws me for a loop.
But, I paid attention to brody because I knew what time he was on. Vibes don't lie and him (and SickSentz) were making moves around the city & country. This video is like from 2013. Crazy that's 10 years ago, right?
If you know him as an artist in the mid to post-blog era NYC rap scene, he quickly rose to rap prominence off a Mishka-assisted single that boasted one of the hardest remixes feat. the long-heralded return of indie rap OG EL-P. That rise included a record deal, a single with Gucci Mane, and a host of other things. During this time, I faded to the back to focus on myself and my event series brand. But despite where HIS lengthy accomplishments in music took him, whenever brody & I crossed paths, he always acknowledged my skill, my influence, and my accomplishments. I did a lot for the culture in my hometown to little or no recognition and definitely no pay or recompense. Especially when ppl blow up, they tend to forget all the ppl who they rocked w/ on their ascension. So when people who are doing good in this culture acknowledge ya boy, it holds weight, cuz a nigga was really outside giving many folks the blueprint before I faded to black (that's a Jiggaman reference right there lol).
Peep my tiny cameo in this video at 5:01.
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It's dope to be appreciated after dipping & returning. Shouts to BMB Spacekid who used to send me beat tape after beat tape and this one was on it. I played beats for eXquire and I skipped this one, but he asked me to run it back, and picked this one to my utter surprise. The rest is history.
Here's a flick of me, eX, MURS, and El-P
Feels right to let this one loose. Enjoy. Support if you can (it's $5) If you can't just share it. Thanks!