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RIP Alfa. Led an inspiring life. And my condolences to the survivors.

He's on the next level of abstraction. You can tell he's an artist. Cases in point, the second to last train Campbell posted, and that side table.

^^ totem? Yeah I see that ghost EVERYWHERE around here. That plug is sick too.

http://www.gamershell.com/download_8078.shtml ^ promo video for 'Getting Up'. It's 26 megs so I'd only try it on broadband. And Talib Kweli does the voice for the main character...maaan..

Vote - Angry Kids I like to see people use the letter structure more than adding a lot of arrows and stuff, but Angry Kid's was better executed. I could see where he was going through all the fluff though, and that won it. Ravek was alright..but you need to do more with those letters.

In on that 'dig' battle..

bwahahahahaha

I think its great for the following reasons. 1. It could slow down the way graff is becoming so mainstream such as in commercials, ads, logos, and video games. 2. Dumb fuckin kids will go paint anything if they don't know what's up: i.e. painting cynagogues, art museums, and christian stores. Therefor thier charges will be more serious and they will probably stop toying up the town. :innocent: Quoted post [/b] Good points. That brings up interesting issues though. Society becoming accustomed to graff's presence in general has good and bad results. Many countries are starting to create "designated areas" for writers to piece and whatnot, which I don't think is necessarily a bad idea in itself. On the other hand, it's not specific to writers anymore. It becomes a marketing whore (with money to be made nonetheless). You can't really say commercialization wasn't inevitable though. It happens to many marginalized movements (e.g. punk, etc). With getting heard, comes a perversion of the message I guess. Either way both the kids and their parents are dumb.

He did also happen to mention "maybe i just live in a town full of racists.". And just because he quoted someone on saying "nigger shit" doesn't give you free reign to be weilding that all willy-nilly. I guess what ABC said is true though. It does work to your advantage. When I was living with my folks back in high school I probably only knew 1 or 2 other black writers, but that was probably more a function of where we lived. What portion of the general population do Black people make up in your town? In the less anonymous elements of hip-hop (emcees, dj's) race did, and to a lesser extent today does, play a factor whether subconsciously or, with some people, through an obvertly racist mindset. The anonymity of graff doesn't open it up to those frictions as much. But individual experiences vary. Just because someone is into hip-hop doesn't mean they have a progressive/positive outlook on culture and race. In my personal experience I've also come across more Hispanic breakers than others; perhaps having to do with the influences of Brazilian capoeria (sp?) on the styles, or major role models in the element (many of Rock Steady being Latino). Interesting topic though. I wonder if someone could gather statistics or something on the subject. It would be interesting to see the beakdown.