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The producers of Style Wars are trying to raise $28,000 to obtain the over 30 hours of outtakes that lie in storage, outtakes that they used to make the 69 minute documentary that's one of the cornerstones of Hip-Hop history. " There are more scenes from the B boy battle at United Skates of America between the Rock Steady Crew and the Dynamic Rockers, and more interviews with Skeme and his mom, Dez, Kase 2, Shy, Seen, Dondi and all the other kings and characters that people have grown to love. But this history is threatened. [...]

Style Wars is the original Hip Hop documentary. STYLE WARS is regarded as the indispensable document of New York Street culture and subway graffiti art of the early '80s, the filmic record of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis... Help SAVE STYLE WARS and get a FREE Style Wars DVD, your name in the new credits, and the Blu-ray when it ships! Public Art Films is embarking on a project to restore Style Wars. The original negative was damaged during [...]

Watch 10 more scary/frightful music videos from last year's edition. HEALTH - "We Are Water" Directed by Eric Wareheim. Rob Zombie - "Living Dead Girl" Directed by Rob Zombie. Misfits - "American Psycho" Directed by John Cafiero. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - "Sweet'N'Sour" Directed by StyleWar. Masia One Feat. Death From Above 1979 - "The Hazing" Directed by Matt Burke. Bookmark [...]

Directed by Tony Silver and produced by Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant, Style Wars is regarded as the indispensable document of New York Street culture of the early '80s, the filmic record of a golden age of youthful creativity that exploded into the world from a city in crisis. The film captured the look and feel of New York's ramshackle subway system as graffiti writers' public playground, battleground and spectacular artistic canvas. Opposing them by every means possible were Mayor Edward Koch, the police, and the New York Transit Authority. Meanwhile MCs, DJs and B-boys rocked the city with [...]

by BBG In the early 1980s, Mayor Koch, enraged about graffiti, began buffing the city's colorful, painted trains. In the end, he may have succeeded, but not before Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant captured the magnificent tidal wave of graffiti in their pioneering documentary, Style Wars . The film is seen around the world as an important footnote in hip hop culture and New York City history. Today, that history, too, is threatened. The original footage is damaged and fading. A new kind of buffing is taking place - [...]

One of the pioneers of hip hop and graffiti, Jeffery "King Kase 2" passed away Aug. 14. He was also known as "The King of Style" in the world of graffiti art and was featured in the hip hop documentary "Style Wars". His protege, Edwin "King Phade" Sacasa, wrote this about his friend and mentor: As one of Kase 2's first born when it comes to what the kids call today 'Swag,' I respectfully send out my condolences out to the Jeffrey Brown family. Me and Kase met in 1978; We quickly became friends [...]

YO back again bringing you the frshest in hip hop knowledge today is a scorcher. Graffiti artist Lee Quinones a long time standing icon in the game for me ever since I watched the Film 'Wild Style'. From there I discovered more of his work through various books which i begged my parents to buy for me, luckily the nagging payed off. So let us get down to business, so yall can see why this man is such an icon and deserves such respect for his contributions to the culture. Lee Quiñones is one of [...]

"When I was sleeping on the train Sleeping on Meserole Ave out in the rain Without even a single slice of pizza to my name Too proud to beg for change mastering the pain When NY niggas was calling southern rappers lame But then jackin our slang" If you've been keeping up with that grey area between the underground and the mainstream realms of rap music, there's no doubt the name Jay Electronica has come up more than once or twice. Whether it be in the producer's chair cranking [...]

• Jay Electronica - Exhibit C

The Circlekingz date is here it will be the 1st of November 2009 in Lausanne city Switzerland. Informations : www.circlekingz.com by KEEPREAL Creative Label - Visual & Musical www.keepreal.org

Ageing B-Boys Unite blog have taken the time to collate the soundtrack to the seminal Graf / B-Boy culture film ' Style Wars ' - there was never a commercially available soundtrack released so this is a real gem. Style Wars - The Original Movie Soundtrack (Unofficial) 1. Siegfried's Rhine Journey and Funeral Music 2. 8th Wonder - The Sugarhill Gang 3. The Wanderer - Dion 4. Jam Hot - Johnny Dynell 5. Pump Me Up - Trouble Funk 6. The [...]

Nah Right and others are reporting that NYC graffiti original Iz "The Wiz" passed yesterday from kidney failure. Iz was one of the principals in the landmark Style Wars—the gruff handlebar-mustached twenty-something kid who took us down into the rail yards. His iconic two-color bomb IZ and train and canvas pieces are known and loved [...]

The documentary Style Wars on 1980's Graffiti in NYC and how rad it was/is...KRINK!