hyperadmin | Events,Music | Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
This looks like it’s going to be crazy.
UltimateMC is a ground breaking 12-part documentary series currently focusing on Hip Hop with AUX TV.
Each one-hour episode showcases Hip Hop culture and its extensions across Canada. The series has followed 32 competitors in the 2011 National MC Battle tournament shining light the influential artists, styles, and history that has impacted all of the competitors. The UltimateMCFinale is taking place Thursday September 15 at The Opera House (735 Queen St. W) in Toronto. Where eight of the top MCs will Battle to be crowned ‘UltimateMC,’ with a $5000 Grand Prize and a record deal with CP Records. Legendary Hip Hop MC Pharoahe Monch will be appearing for a full concert performance and will be a special guest judge for the battle. Other guest judges will be Canadian MC’s D-Sisive and JD-Era. MC’s battling are Charron (Toronto), Q (Toronto), Rome Angel (Edmonton), L-Rev (Lethbridge), Scynikal (Montreal), Fresco (Chicago), Aspire (Vancouver), and Spyte (Vancouver). WEBSITE:http://ultimatemc.tv/ TWITTER: TheUltimateMC
hyperadmin | Audio,Music | Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Monica makes a good decision and re-records Aion Clarke’s“You Chose Me” (off “The Leaks”) for a possible feature on her upcoming “Still Standing Era” project.
hyperadmin | Music,Video | Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Directed by Ian Kamau.
Fresh off a highly interactive and inspiring listening party last week, Ian Kamau drops short visuals for “Cocoon” – a prelude to the release of his upcoming album,
Valino’s Log:
On April 1st Manifesto and CBC partnered to bring Toronto the 2011 Hip Hop Summit held in the CBC Atrium. One of my favorite things to shoot is dancers. It’s simply put “the human form in motion to a rhythm” and to me the most honest expression of love for music. I always felt that these B-Boys/B-Girls were unsung heroes of the Hip Hop Culture. With B-Boys/B-Girls especially I feel that people can’t fully appreciate the full scope of what these artists do because it happens so fast. With this particular shoot I wanted to capture the small details that people probably wouldn’t pick up. I didn’t just want to capture the sheer athleticism but also the drama good and bad the takes place in a battle. Toronto is also blessed with such a diverse B-Boy/B-Girl community in terms of style from crew to crew dancer to dancer. I really wanted to make a B-Boy/B-Girl piece with a different feel while playing with various genres of music to evoke different emotions in these moments. This shoot was one of my first with my new Panasonic AF-100 camera. I was really just learning to use the camera and it’s features. This time I was focusing on shooting some dynamic variable frame rate footage. All this footage was shot at 60fps which I played with in post. A huge thank you to all TO crews thanks for all the inspiration over the years…
Directed, Filmed & Edited by: Mark Valino
Produced by: Giles Monette
MUSIC CREDITS:
Miles Davis – Concierto De Aranjuez (Adagio)
Vern Blair Debate – Ooh Ah Ee
Mathematik – Step Lightly
Times Neue Roman – Hands no Hands
Eoin McManus AHA South P Intro (Tre Leji)
If you enjoyed the visuals hit the jump for another event you might want to check!
