http://oldschoolscholar.com The voice for real Hip Hop culture purists, activists, artists, musicians, producers, beat junkies, fans, DJs, B Boys, Graff Writers, and MCs. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:28:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/graffiti-nyc-hugo-martinez-video-close-up/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/graffiti-nyc-hugo-martinez-video-close-up/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:25:23 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1715
The original school of New York City graff writing is here in this video close up with the great gallery pioneer, Hugo Martinez. This is good piece for all of you graff historians, especially if you have not read the book Graffiti NYC. Stop, look, and listen right now!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/graffiti-nyc-hugo-martinez-video-close-up/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-documentary-forbidden-art-2/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-documentary-forbidden-art-2/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:03:11 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1707
For your graff fix, check out this grungy old video showcasing writers in action from the NYC. You don't want to miss out on this documentary because there are some legends in the house. Check it out now!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-documentary-forbidden-art-2/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-writing-innovation-inspiration-and-digital-technology/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-writing-innovation-inspiration-and-digital-technology/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:09:55 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1685
Graff writers and street artists know no limits. They thrive off of practicality and MacGyver-like spontaneity with their resources. If there is anyone who's voice will not be denied it will definitely be the Graff writer. Be inspired and click right here!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-writing-innovation-inspiration-and-digital-technology/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/style-wars-the-original-hip-hop-documentary/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/style-wars-the-original-hip-hop-documentary/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:53:27 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1671
Have you ever watched Hip Hop's first documentary, Style Wars? Are you a true school head? Well what is stopping you from watching it now? Click here right now, and take a peek when Hip Hop was growing and improving at a rapid pace by battling style for style!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/style-wars-the-original-hip-hop-documentary/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/graffiti-documentary-cope2-kings-destroy/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/graffiti-documentary-cope2-kings-destroy/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:57:59 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1660
When a Hip Hop legend talks you got to be quick to hear and slow to speak or you will miss out. So shut up and click right here right now so you can get some real graff history from back in the day! Cope 2 has something to say!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/graffiti-documentary-cope2-kings-destroy/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/superfly-graffiti-writer-action-video-denmark/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/superfly-graffiti-writer-action-video-denmark/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:31:46 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1650
Would you like to watch an hour and a half of pure graff writing action with outlaw appeal? Well you came to the right place because we are serving this one raw straight from Copenhagen! Enjoy!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/superfly-graffiti-writer-action-video-denmark/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/infamy-watch-this-popular-graff-writing-documentary-now/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/infamy-watch-this-popular-graff-writing-documentary-now/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:47:07 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1634
Infamy is a raw and gritty documentary following the lives of some Graff writing legends today in the United States. From New York to Philly all the way to Los Angeles and San Francisco we get a close up of these passionate artists. Watch it now and Enjoy!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/infamy-watch-this-popular-graff-writing-documentary-now/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/attention-graff-writers-watch-bomb-it-the-movie-live-right-now/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/attention-graff-writers-watch-bomb-it-the-movie-live-right-now/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:01:00 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1554
I know some of you have already have seen Bomb It: The Movie as well as own the DVD, but most graff writers, street artists, aficionados, and Hip Hop culture heads have not got a chance for one reason or another. Well, we get to watch it for free whenever you want right here!whenever you want right here!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/attention-graff-writers-watch-bomb-it-the-movie-live-right-now/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/iz-the-wiz-legendary-all-city-bomber-passes-at-50/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/iz-the-wiz-legendary-all-city-bomber-passes-at-50/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:11:47 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1293
Michael "Iz the Wiz" Martin, recently passed Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from heart failure. He passed in the state of Florida at age 50. The original Master Blaster and All-City Throw Up King.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/iz-the-wiz-legendary-all-city-bomber-passes-at-50/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/spraycan-avenue/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/spraycan-avenue/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 04:01:47 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=1103
I wonder if most Graff writers believe that a wall or a train is the number one surface for their creations. I must admit that I do at times get the impression that it's the only medium writers can think of. ]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/spraycan-avenue/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/getting-up-a-graffiti-documentary/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/getting-up-a-graffiti-documentary/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:29:55 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=698
I found these three YouTube videos an hour ago from a short documentary called Getting Up: A Graffiti Documentary. This film is narrated by several famous writers on the culture, drama, and lessons of being a Graff outlaw.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/getting-up-a-graffiti-documentary/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/the-graffiti-bible-subway-art-is-online-right-here/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/the-graffiti-bible-subway-art-is-online-right-here/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:01:59 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=539
Thanks to the blog at Write4Gold for this info, we got great but old news for all of Graff-dom! The infamous book that inspired and gave birth to Graff Writers around the world, Subway Art, can be read online! As a matter of fact you can read it right here at the bottom of this article! Subway Art has been available on Issuu.com by member CedricB since February 2008, but you can never stop sharing the love!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/the-graffiti-bible-subway-art-is-online-right-here/feed/ 1 http://oldschoolscholar.com/write-4-gold-the-worlds-largest-graff-battle/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/write-4-gold-the-worlds-largest-graff-battle/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:01:25 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=538
We have quite a few prestigious competitions, battles and tournaments worldwide for Hip Hop. For B-Boys we have the grandest tournament, Battle of the Year. For DJ turntablism there is the hard earned DMC World DJ Championships, and for MCs there were many that have come and gone like the historic New Music Seminar. Today, we now have the million dollar prize up for grabs at the brand new World Series of Hip Hop in Atlanta, Georgia, September 27, 2008.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/write-4-gold-the-worlds-largest-graff-battle/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/how-to-make-a-taggers-mop/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/how-to-make-a-taggers-mop/#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:01:52 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=535
I am not a big advocate of tagging unless you got a mural and skills to back it up. I believe a tag should be a writer's signature to his works, but that is just my view point. I guess it is because I see too many taggers hating on another man's piece when it is dope.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/how-to-make-a-taggers-mop/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/tds-crew-of-belfast-pure-aerosol-excellence/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/tds-crew-of-belfast-pure-aerosol-excellence/#comments Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:01:48 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=534
A few days ago, I wrote about Graff Crews, and how they function and execute. I also expressed how a solid crew is born after time when members find their roles by their strengths eliminating weaknesses. What you are about to view is a 7 minute, jungle track laden, video slideshow that is friggin' lovely!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/tds-crew-of-belfast-pure-aerosol-excellence/feed/ 2 http://oldschoolscholar.com/toys-crew-denmarks-call-of-the-wild-style/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/toys-crew-denmarks-call-of-the-wild-style/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:14:16 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=533
It is the call of the wild style, and traditionally Graff Writers will hook up in crews like a pack of wolves roaming the night. A crew is exactly like any other team or company focusing on a common goal to get the job done. They choose their pieces, pick their target, establish the plan, agree to the tasks, enter, execute, bomb, and finally exit like vapor.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/toys-crew-denmarks-call-of-the-wild-style/feed/ 0 http://oldschoolscholar.com/dope-wild-style-graff-from-our-euro-brothers/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/dope-wild-style-graff-from-our-euro-brothers/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:36:02 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=531
You got to love the social expose YouTube provides as a medium for people to open up themselves to the world. Especially for Hip Hop culture. I lurk on it every couple of days to find who is posting the latest dopeness in the world of Graff Writing!]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/dope-wild-style-graff-from-our-euro-brothers/feed/ 2 http://oldschoolscholar.com/how-to-make-a-graff-denim-jacket/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/how-to-make-a-graff-denim-jacket/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 03:30:05 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=504
If you want to represent the real Hip Hop, you got to rock a Graffed-Out Denim Jacket. There ain't nothing like a jacket with def colors and wild style funk! As a matter of fact you can burn your jeans, your hats, and your kicks, too, if you fiend for the over-kill! But let's talk about the jacket. If you have some painting skills, or the patience to get some, let's see if we can lead you in the right direction.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/how-to-make-a-graff-denim-jacket/feed/ 10 http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-writers-artists-nonetheless/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-writers-artists-nonetheless/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 01:44:03 +0000 Q Ball http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=500
A true Graff Writer is an artist masked by the alter ego of a character-empowered pseudonym. They live and run for the thrill seeking life of blazing their identity to the world with the same prime-time energy as a sign in Times Square. They deliver their craft as harbingers, poets, messengers, apostles, activists, visionaries, prophets, shock jocks, romantics, and editorialists. No matter what they create, where they bomb, or how they burn their hieroglyphics, Graff Writers ultimately prize the game in the name of fame.]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/graff-writers-artists-nonetheless/feed/ 3 http://oldschoolscholar.com/i-wish-upon-a-spray-can/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://oldschoolscholar.com/i-wish-upon-a-spray-can/#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:27:54 +0000 Da Emazing One http://oldschoolscholar.com/?p=484
When Hip Hop thrived in the late 80's, everything at that time seemed to be good. The art form was loved, appreciated and most importantly getting respected. I'm not so sure about you, but in my opinion, something always seems to be left out or left behind or even left alone. The DJs were bringing it, the Emcees were flowing it, the B-Boys were rocking it and the Graffiti Artists were...]]> http://oldschoolscholar.com/i-wish-upon-a-spray-can/feed/ 1