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May 15, 2020 · The social politics of graffiti writing and rap music are blatantly parallel, and that is reflected in the Style Wars soundtrack: It’s a trove of early hip-hop songs, including the...
- Sheldon Pearce
Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The film has an emphasis on graffiti, although bboying and rapping are covered to a lesser extent.
Style Wars is an American 1983 documentary film on hip hop culture, directed by Tony Silver and produced in collaboration with Henry Chalfant. The story explores graffiti, b-boying and rapping...
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Jun 25, 2018 · Daniel Penny writes about “Style Wars,” a documentary that explores burgeoning art forms of graffiti, break dancing, and rap just as they were on the cusp of reaching an audience outside of New...
- Daniel Penny
May 15, 2020 · Style Wars is the linchpin of the early ’80s hip-hop canon that includes narrative films like Wild Style, Breakin’, and Beat Street. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1984 and became...
New York’s legendary kings of graffiti and b-boys own a special place in the hip hop pantheon. STYLE WARS has become an emblem of the original, embracing spirit of hip hop as it reached out across the world from underground tunnels, uptown streets, clubs and playgrounds.
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Nov 22, 2013 · Still cited as a classic piece of hip-hop history, it's an unnervingly calm movie capturing a particularly delirious moment — a moment replicated so often in throwback movies and rap songs that...
