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‘Fresh Dressed’ is a fun look back at the evolution of fashion in hip-hop

With “bling-bling” in the Merriam-Webster dictionary and the television program Empire’s unprecedented ratings run, it is difficult to believe that hip-hop culture remains in its relative infancy. Director Sacha Jenkins’s film, Fresh Dressed, goes back to hip-hop’s inception and examines the evolution of hip-hop culture, its rapid growth, and style influences. The result is a cinematic boom box, pumping out a string of little known facts and celebrity interviews aimed at schooling hip-hop fans and non-fans alike.

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Once Upon a Time for Kanye West: Spike Jonze and Kanye West’s “We Were Once a Fairytale”

Full disclosure: I’m not completely well acquainted with the work of Kanye West, save for half a dozen songs and his very public persona. His egoism almost seems to speak for itself, but there a moments where even I, as someone who rarely listens to rap, understand that there’s more to him than meets the …

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Kanye West Music Video ‘All of the Lights’ Inspired by ‘Enter The Void’

The new Kanye West music video for the all-star single All of the Lights has been released. The video features Rihanna and Kid Cudi, and is directed by Kanye’s longtime collaborator Hype Williams. All the other featured guests in the song that don’t make cameos in the clip are credited instead in animated strobe-light letters …

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New Music Video “Runaway” By Kanye West is a 34 Minute Long Disaster

Give credit to Kanye West for his brilliant performance on Saturday Night Live when he performed in front of a white, back-lit sheet as ballerinas and dancers contorted around him. The performance which had many people talking was the epic precursor to Runaway, his half-hour music video/short film. Unfortunately the music video didn’t live up …

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