Usually, the Music Monday feature is reserved for unknown artists. However, when someone pointed out this clip, I just have to feature it.
Before the present-day Lady Gaga, there was a woman named Stefani Germanotta. Unlike Lady Gaga, Stefani’s image is less extreme and… (there I say it) we know she’s a female. Before she did “Poker Face”, she wanted to do… artistic works. What lead her to change-up from Stefani to Lady Gaga? That I can’t tell you. But I did enjoy her pre-Lady Gaga clip. I just hope you find this rare look at the now famous Lady Gaga and know that maybe there’s a method to her madness. Maybe, just maybe, I could be wrong about this mainstream artist.
A few minutes ago, I sneak a peek at my Tweetdeck (an application use to access Twitter) and Necole Bitchie said something about Russell Simmons suing Def Jam via Twitter, then deleted it. Since Tweetdeck captures any tweet and I am currently following Russell Simmons (known as Uncle Rush on Twitter), I decided to search for his tweets. And I ran into this:
Looks like he’s got some explaining to do…
But, this goes to show you once again: Just because you deleted it, doesn’t means it’s gone! So, if it’s legal dealings or something that isn’t shareable with the public, it’s best you don’t tweet it. After all, you are REALLY doing this…
One of the films that is making a buzz at SXSW 09 is a documentary called “Say My Name”, a film which focuses on the female emcee. In the game where it’s male dominated, it’s nice to see female emcees bring a different POV to the game. It features interviews by Rah Digga, Jean Grae, Erykah Badu, Estelle and newcomers Chocolate Thai, Invincible Miz Korona and (sadly may I add) the locked up Remy Ma. As appearing in the documentary are pioneers like MC Lyte, Roxxanne Shante, and Monie Love. Hopefully, this documentry will answer the questions about the lack of female rappers and the lengths they have to go through to be treated fairly.
While everyone hoped to have a Def Poetry Season 7, Russell Simmons decided to put whatever hopes of another season on hold. Instead, HBO and Russell Simmons teams up to present “Brave New Voices”. This is a seven part documentary that features teenage poets and their mentors from San Francisco, Philadelphia, New York, Santa Fe, Ft. Lauderdale, Honolulu and Ann Arbor as they prepare for Youth Speaks’ 2008 Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Finals. It’s narrated by Queen Latifah, but the real stars are the young poets.
This series is of course an HBO exclusive. However, they was kind enough to showcase the first episode for free, which you can catch after the jump.
A Film About The Female Emcees – Say My Name
Check out the trailer after the jump.
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