DOWNLOAD ICE THE VILLAIN'S 3RD SOLO PROJECT, "L.@.Me 2"HIP HOP CINEMA CAFE
SATURDAY March 27, 2010
2PM-5PM
@ Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
801 K Street, NW at Mount Vernon Square
Washington, DC 20001
Copyright Criminals
70 minutes 2009 Benjamin Frazen / Kembrew Mcleod
After film you are invited to participate in an audience discussion around the film with some of the best voices in the DC’s Hip Hop Community!
with: Brandon Dozier, ESQ - Entertainment Attorney, Starrworks Consulting
Kendell Kelly, ESQ - IP Attorney, Georgetown University
Paul Porter - Industry Ears
Moderator Dru Ryan
"The monthly Hip-Hop Cinema Café is a great way to enjoy hip-hop and film at the same time in D.C., but if you want to participate fully in these screenings, you should first familiarize yourself with a few canonical movies. Sure, you can show up, watch, and bounce, but often the best part of this event is the talk afterward, which typically includes a roundtable of D.C.-based arts luminaries."
- Washington CityPaper Best Of D.C. '09
The Washington Post on HHCC:
"Film Series Spotlights D.C. Style Of Hip-Hop"
The Washington CityPaper on HHCC:
"Best of D.C. 2009-Staff Pick: Best Way to Enjoy the Intersection of Film and Hip-Hop
AB+L explores several themes in Hip Hop and highlights urban art forms expressed through photography, graffiti and paintings fused with DJ’ing, break dancing and live music.
COMPLIMENTARY ADMISSION + JACK DANIELS!
D.C. MUSIC ARTIST LINEUP SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Do We Really Care About Leaks?
It's 2010 and people are still bitching about music leaks. I won't point fingers at particular artists, record labels or DJs but what I will point a big, red, over-sized finger at is how stupidly flawed the argument is against songs and albums being leaked in the first place. What I'm going to do here is break down biggest reasons we've heard for anti-leaking and spin a case where it has worked to an artist's advantage in some aspect. Because the last thing I want to see when I log on to my favorite hip hop blog is a tearful account from someone who's angry about their music being in the hands of their fans. And you call yourself a hustler.
It takes lots of money to record quality music
The budgets for recording albums have been so inflated in the last 20 years that I could totally see why marketing execs get mad over the possible loss of lavishness that they're accustomed to. It's not a secret that the industry is based on the high/lo system: round up costs so you can sell a 12-16 song CD for $20 at the premium outlets. Not only is that not worth the money (as only 3-4 of those songs actually bump) but it goes to show how much time and effort is put into sustaining greed--this isn't a humanitarian effort with flies landing on random kid's eyeball--this is a business and a very profitable one at that. Instead of recording at the high end studios with millions of dollars worth of pricey equipment and paying exorbitant production fees, why not keep it low tech and encourage more independent recording means? I find it ridiculous that the average album budget ranges from $300,000-$1m. I'm pretty damn sure you can get comparable sound from smaller but still professional setups. And it might help end the decibel war.
It depreciates the connection between artist and fan
No it doesn't. If anything, it strengthens it. The only way I wouldn't be a fan of an artist that I liked just fine 20 minutes before I heard the leak is if the album was terrible. Not the quality of the leak, mind you, but the quality of the music is the only thing that will keep me from buying your record. If the music is good, you will more than likely see some money come from me even if I don't buy the album. I'll buy a T-shirt from the merch stand at your show that I also paid to get into. Look at Wayne's Carter III if you need to see a positive outcome from a leak. He turned that into a situation where he was able to sell a gang of more records than he probably would've otherwise. Not to mention his fan base grew because of it.
Speaking from my own opinion, music leaking is something that has always happened (to a certain extent) and will always happen (to a certain extent). What you do when it happens is what separates you from the cats on the curb. I would like to see it come to the point where artists are giving albums away for free and just charging for the shows. If your record company is taking too big a bite with your 360 deal, go indie and do it yourself. Divorce your restrictive contracts and kick the big guys out on their asses. Y'all just aren't being creative enough.
I had this track for a min now. It's an original Kanye West produced
http://usershare.net/
The Rotten Grapes Tape a collection of views beings displayed via hip-hop with a large amount of lyrical content. The theme for the title came from the fact that
