SALEM - STARFALL

The return of the kings.

NAEEM - SIMULATION

Taken from the album Startisha, out today.

1UP CREW

More here.

DAVID HAMMONS

"In this 1993 piece titled In the Hood, from his show at Mnuchin Gallery in New York, all Hammons has done is nail the hood from a sweatshirt up on the wall, and let it stand for what it’s like to be young and black and male. It’s just a scrap of industrial cloth, but hanging it on high evokes lynchings and maybe even Christ. The crude severing of hood from hoodie evokes a body torn limb from limb.

The hood itself becomes a metonym for all the black bodies in this country – or maybe it stands for how we, as a society, are willing to condense all those very different bodies and souls into a single image of them. That’s what’s called racism." 

(Via artnet)

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE - A BLOOMING BLOODFRUIT IN A HOODIE

THE COLOR OF FEAR

 

Excerpt from The Color of Fear, a 1994 documentary directed by Lee Mun Wah. Watch in full here. 

(Via Hassan Rahim)

RIP GEORGE FLOYD

The Rap Report: To George Floyd a.k.a. Big Floyd of the legendary Screwed Up Click. (The FADER)

DIJON - ROCK N ROLL

 

Taken from Dijon's new EP How Do You Feel About Getting Married? Available here.

STOP FOR BUD

Stop for Bud is an experimental portrait of the American jazz pianist Bud Powell, filmed in Copenhagen in 1963.

THELONIOUS MONK: STRAIGHT, NO CHASER

Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser is a 1988 documentary about the life of the bebop pianist and composer. Directed by Charlotte Zwerin, it features live performances by Monk and his group, and posthumous interviews with friends and family. The film was created when a large amount of archived footage of Monk was found in the 1980s.

Watch here.

HOOD MID-CENTURY MODERN

A small selection of images from my new favourite Instagram account @hoodmidcenturymodern. The account explores Mid-Century Modern design in neighbourhoods across America, as well as MCM-adjacent art and inspiration.

I GET COPIERS COPYIN'

'I Hate My Job' era Killa Cam by Chris Shonting.

MARTHA COOPER

Martha Cooper is one of the most respected names in photojournalism. A legend in New York City, Martha was one of the earliest photographers to document the graffiti scene of the 1970s and 80s. Her first book, Subway Art (with Henry Chalfant), has sold over half a million copies and is affectionately known as the “bible” of street art and graffiti.

See more of her work here.

THE BANGY BOOK

While attending Art School in New York in 1984, Alan W. Vincent documented the city's gay Black and Puerto Rican street subculture. The photographs exhibit the sexual style of dress, body language, haircuts, gold chains and sneakers which are characteristic of the Bangy Boy look.

(Via Janus Books)

THOMAS HOEPKER

A selection of images by German photographer Thomas Hoepker. More here.

LONDON GRIME

Before he shot Houston Rap, Peter Beste spent a week photographing grime crews, MCs, and pirate radio stations in East London in 2005. Check out the who’s who of UK grime here.