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As part of Chapter 51: Leaders, Wax Poetics Editor-In-Chief Andre Torres spoke to John King about shaping the big sound of hip-hop with acts like Beastie Boys, Run-DMC, and LL Cool J that paved the way for its early commercial success.

Not sure I agree with his definition of rap vs. hip-hop but this is still interesting viewing nonetheless…

Between the mid 1960s and the late 1970s, the long-playing record and the albums that graced its grooves changed popular music for ever. For the first time, musicians could escape the confines of the three-minute pop single and express themselves as never before across the expanded artistic canvas of the album. The LP allowed popular music become an art form - from the glorious artwork adorning gatefold sleeves, to the ideas and concepts that bound the songs together, to the unforgettable music itself.

Built on stratospheric sales of albums, these were the years when the music industry exploded to become bigger than Hollywood. From pop to rock, from country to soul, from jazz to punk, all of music embraced what ‘the album’ could offer. But with the collapse of vinyl sales at the end of the 70s and the arrival of new technologies and formats, the golden era of the album couldn’t last forever.

With contributions from Roger Taylor, Ray Manzarek, Noel Gallagher, Guy Garvey, Nile Rodgers, Grace Slick, Mike Oldfield, Slash and a host of others, this is the story of When Albums Ruled the World.

This Creators Project short doc on Daft Punk Random Access Memories album is a MUST-view. Daft Punk x Giorgio Moroder??! Amazing! Can’t wait…

Going to see an advance screening of this next week. Based on the trailer it looks somewhat predictable but really well-done still. The one sheet above looks amazing though!

Brooklyn we go hard….

LMAO!!!

Apparently the Nina Simone project is not the only Black musician biopic that’s a debacle!

Screening at The Caribbean Film Festival at UofT next week (March 7 at 6:45pm): Facebook  |  Website

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