Off the soundtrack from the new game upgrade Midnight Club: Los Angeles (South Central).
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In 1989, a health food center in South Central Los Angeles known as The Good Life Cafe opened its doors to what would become a world renowned open mic workshop that developed some of today’s brightest and most talented artists. During the same time west coast hip hop was synonymous with gang activity; The Good Life set a standard for spiritual enlightenment, positivity, and true expression that generated an unprecedented energy of appreciation for the music around the world. This is the Life documents the moments that became historical within an artist community and the events that led to the career paths and worldwide journeys. The Good Life has built an unstoppable legacy of staying true to your art form and embracing independence. Today this movement has spawned several open mic workshops around the world and …
In 1989 a health food center in South Central Los Angeles known as The Good Life Cafe opened its doors to what would become a world renowned open mic workshop that developed some of today’s brightest and most talented artists. During the same time west coast hip hop was synonymous with gang activity; The Good Life set a standard for spiritual enlightenment, positivity, and true expression that generated an unprecedented energy of appreciation for the music around the world. This is the Life documents the moments that became historical within an artist community and the events that led to the career paths and worldwide journeys. The Good Life has built an unstoppable legacy of staying true to your art form and embracing independence. Today this movement has spawned several open mic workshops around the world and …
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of joining some of west coast hip hop’s legendary emcee’s in the village of Leimert Park in South Central Los Angeles. Myka 9, Chali2na, Pigeon John, Ava DuVernay and Ellay Khule gathered to take some photos for URB’s feature on This is the Life; a film that documents the cultural mecca we know of as, The Good Life Cafe. To sit back and watch these incredibly talented, influental emcees interact and exchange stories years after writting on the first pages of west coasts rhymebook was simply amazing. After taking some photos at the park we continued on to Earlez Hot Dogs on Crenshaw and Exposition; literally kitty-corner to the famous Good Life Cafe, where I interviewed the director of the film, Ava DuVernay.
Here is a piece of the interview.
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South Central ropes indie and electro together as it should be. They aren't annoying (and I won't name the names of certain other UK electro-rock outfits that are). They wear hoods during performances, preferring to let their music do the showing-off. Plus, any band that names Bootsie Collins as an influence pretty much can do no wrong. And even though they're sound is more Daft Punk than Funkadelic, they campion a mad decent house groove throughout their most recent release, Owl of Minerva. Each track builds off a hard ...
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