Another beautiful street art homage to Adam Yauch. Standing 12 ft. high and 64 ft. long, this epic MCA tribute mural by Brighton UK’s Aroe of the Heavy Artillery crew re-creates the iconic album cover of the Beasties’ Licensed to Ill. Even viewed via mere jpeg, the sheer scope of this is incredibly impressive and inspiring. Peep it in its entirety, after the jump…
The crew from Entree LS paid tribute to Adam Yauch this past weekend, painting a beautiful mural out in Midwood, Brooklyn – where MCA attended Edward R. Murrow high school.
Writes Team Entree:
“… the Beastie Boys were like older brothers to us. Inspiring us as rappers, stereo type crushers, instrumentalists, culture kings, videographers, editors, business men, show men and as exceptional and special human beings. Thank you for the inspiration… We payed tribute to the energy [MCA] gave us in the best way we knew how. Thank you for your contributions to music, art, and humanity. Shout outs to Mike-D, King Ad Rock, and all of the family and friends of Adam Yauch. Our condolences during these difficult times. MCA’s essence lives on.”
For more images capturing the step-by-step creation of this great mural, go HERE.
Today, the newly-relocated-from-Jersey Brooklyn Nets basketball franchise unveiled its new logo. And wow, is it incredibly… um, not particularly interesting. Team part-owner Jay-Z was apparently “instrumental” in the design of the no frills black-and-white sans-serif typefaced logo, and said via statement: “The boldness of the designs demonstrate the confidence we have in our new direction… The new colors and logos are examples of our commitment to update and refine all aspects of the team.” Yup, those colors that aren’t there are confident all right. This new logo is so slammin’ we figured the Brooklyn Nets could use some help with a new slogan that matches its fire and intensity. Peep our 10 suggestions, after the jump…
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This 1988 “educational video” courtesy of the the New York Transit Museum Archives is one of them crime doesn’t pay spots aimed at curbing vandalism through fear tactics. Well, if anyone is scared in this video it surely isn’t the Nike-clad “graffiti writer” who cheerfully whistles his way while hitting up a wall at the Borough Hall station in Brooklyn. The heavy (and awesome) synth soundtrack at the start is straight out of a straight to video B-movie action thriller and the music during the “chase” scene has got T.J. Hooker cutting room floor written all over it. “Some people think vandalizing MTA property is fun,” says the moonlighting Quiet Storm DJ of a narrator. By the looks of this PSA, why yes it is. Peep it after the fill in…
Just discovered these fun instrumentals based on popular Regan era animated series music / dialog made by the prolific and creative DJ Tee. All your favorites are here, including He-Man and Transformers, after the commercial break…
Long before The Cleveland Show there was Cleveland City Limits a proposed animated series based on Arsenio Hall’s short-lived rap parody character Chunky A. Helmed by animation vet Jerry Brice (whose credits include work on everything from the He-Man cartoon to the Paula Abdul “Opposites Attract” music video to the prime time series King of the Hill) and artist Overton Loyd (the man responsible for illustrating the Parliament Motor Booty Affair album cover), this pitched show never made it to air, reportedly running into the basic behind-the-scenes entertainment industry politics and bullshit.
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Pitchfork has an animated series called Frames in which musical artists — in animated form — kick stories about their past. The latest episode showcases a cartoon GZA from Wu-Tang talkin’ ’bout the good ol’ days when he and his cousin RZA used to take a bus, boat and train from Staten Island to the birthplace of hip-hop, the Bronx, just to catch jams (don’t blink, there’s a special cameo by Kool Herc). Find out why the Genius has a love for Cerwin-Vega speakers since the days before Sega and hear him explain how his younger cuz got into heaps of trouble for going to the BX without permission after the jump…
Here’s a little internet goodie that we missed posting, which — according to The Google — may have come out around November of last year. Still, like the song “It Takes Two” itself, this flowchart still rocks a party. #stayingpower. Check it out…
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We here at egotripland have a thing for “remixed” hip-hop album covers. That’s why we we dig the work of artist Kenny Keil, who has concocted quite a few impressive make-believe illustrations imagining various superheroes posing on the front of iconic rap LPs. These are just super, man.
For more, go to his Flickr page.
PEEP THE COMIC BOOK-INFLUENCED CLASSIC RAP ALBUM COVERS AFTER THE JUMP…
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We don’t normally dedicate a ton of room here to cover art announcements, but our friends over at Slice-Of-Spice Records are doing some very special things with their forthcoming DJ Format releases. (And besides, if you’ve been following things around here you’re already well familiar with Format’s excellent collabs with Edan, “Spaceship Earth” and Mr. Lif, “Terror.”) The above Mr. Krum design for the “Spaceship Earth” 10″ single is a beauty in the vintage Project 3 mode. It’ll be available in both regular and special edition colored vinyl versions which you can pre-order via Slice-Of-Spice. But if that weren’t enough, SOS is also producing a playable postcard (?!?) bonus disc as a promotional special for special edition customers. Single drops April 23rd. Rap vinyl nerds, rejoice!
SEE MORE MR. KRUM DESIGNS FOR DJ FORMAT… AND PEEP THE PLAYABLE POSTCARD… AFTER THE JUMP…
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#1, Spring 1994
Includes features on Nas, the Beatnuts, Jeru the Damaja, Prong, Violent Femmes, Chris Keefe & more.
