3 years after the 1st movie, The MTN Diaries saga is back. Graffiti is still on the menu, but no halls of fame and no galleries this time... Nothing but sweat, rails, chases and raw action. One word says it all: Hardcore!
[Part 1] takes you on a journey through Paris (France), Malmö (Sweden) and Amsterdam (Holland).
[Part 2] will come at the end of the year 2012 to complete the full movie. Watch out for the final release!
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3 años después, vuelve la segunda parte de The MTN Diaries. El graffiti, como es obvio, sigue estando presente, pero no en los halls of fame o en las galerías... En esta ocasión se trata de sudor, vías, persecuciones y acción pura y dura. Una sola palabra para describirlo: ¡Hardcore!
[Part 1] Te llevará por ciudades como Paris (Francia), Malmö (Suecia) o Amsterdam (Holanda).
[Part 2] Estará disponible a finales de este año y completará la película. ¡Mantente alerta!
On our way to back Philly we would always pass a slightly scary looking tent city on the side of the highway in Camden NJ. We were fascinated by it, we wondered what goes on there, who lives there, and what the people were like.
One day we finally mustered up enough courage to go inside. We arrived in the afternoon, and after walking up the long dusty path we were immediately greeted by Country, the assistant Mayor of Tent City. We were blown away by his charisma, charm and overall positive outlook on life. He was so interesting that we spoke to him close to 30 minutes before we even knew that he was a singer. Once he sung a few notes, we knew we had to feature him in an episode.
He sang us an original song and told us some stories about his life. Next, we took the audio back to the lab and Green made a beat mixing Country's voice with some piano. After that we took the beat to Pacewon in East Orange and he spit us a verse right on the street. Finally Green got his boy Skrewtape to lay down the final verse in a recording studio.
To download the full version with both Pacewon and Skrewtape, click here:
Live from the Streets is a video series created by beatmaker Mr. Green and director Sam Lipman-Stern.
The series is based around showcasing street musicians and turning their performances into hip hop beats.
For this episode we went to Rittenhouse Square in Philly where we bumped into Kevin Brown. Kevin is a veteran street performer that has earned his stripes traveling across the country via freight train. He played us an original song and then told us a couple stories from the road. After that we went back to the lab and made a beat out of a piece of Kevin's song. Finally, we got Malik B from the Roots to spit a verse on the beat.
This is a special song because it's the first time Malik B has ever been in a solo music video.
