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Beat Street: Best Hip Hop Movie in Hollywood

By Q Ball | December 27, 2009

We got another Hip Hop classic for you today! If you have never seen Beat Street you are a duck. I mean who has never seen this movie classic? Well, many people have not seen it as of yet which is why we are posting it today! It is as authentic as Hollywood could get in capturing the essence of Hip Hop culture. Click here now!

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Bombin’: Old School UK Graff and Hip Hop Documentary

By Q Ball | December 20, 2009

We have another old school Hip Hop in the UK documentary for you. This time we get to see the growing influence of Hip Hop with the British youth as well as the legendary Goldie bonding with Brim and Afrika Bambaataa. This is an enjoyable piece to watch. Check it out now!

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Scratch: Watch The Full Length Feature Documentary Free!

By Q Ball | November 5, 2009

Scratch, the turntablism documentary about the culture and creativity of the Hip Hop DJ is featured here for your full viewing pleasure. Pull the new jacks to the side and get them to watch the power of the DJ on the set!

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Beat This!: A BBC Hip Hop Culture Documentary From 1984

By Q Ball | November 4, 2009

I got another gem of a documentary for you! Thank you BBC for filming Beat This! when the Old School of the Hip Hop culture was growing. What is beautiful about this piece is its coverage of the entire culture for what it was in 1983 – 1984 just a few years shy of the [...]

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The Hip Hop Years: Feature Length Documentary On The Music

By Q Ball | October 27, 2009

Check out today’s special documentary covering the origins and history of Hip Hop music. It is over two hours and twenties minutes long, but I am sure you do not mind! Kick back and enjoy this solid film!

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Old School Scholar Mega Mix One Audio Track Outline

By Q Ball | October 9, 2009

Thanks to the tons of email requests and comments we have been receiving, I called up the megamix creator, GrandSinister Ice, to send us a track outline. In a few days he obliged with a list of 13 segments consisting of 47 tracks layered in Old School Scholar Mega Mix One. This is one hell of a menu!

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Weeds in Hip Hop

By Da Emazing One | May 11, 2008

Now now, slow your roll, Y’all! This ain’t a chronic parable that you’re about read. What you are about read is Old School Scholar’s meaning of the term weeds in Hip Hop.
You see, in my opinion, this is the number one problem in Hip Hop today. We all understand if someone who has never [...]

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Q Ball, The 800lb Gorilla

When Q Ball, The 800lb Gorilla, fell in love with Hip Hop, it was during a period after He finally came to grips that Bruce Lee is not coming back, Richard Pryor was everywhere, The Star Wars Saga was revolutionizing cinema, Reaganomics was in the works, and a steady stream of New York City transplants [...]