Movie Review: Something From Nothing – The Art of Rap

 is one that will always intrigue me no matter how many time it is told. This relatively new musical genre has empowered the community it was born out of and has made itself a global culture. An aspect of hiphop that has become its most popular is the MC, and as a man who loves the artform Ice T has made it his mission to discover the many different perspective in hiphop. As you can probably tell from the image above, Ice T has many notable guests ranging from the architects, innovators, to the current torch-bearers. Now, the story of hiphop has been told many times and any fan of the genre will probably have a general idea of its origin. What makes so special is due to the plethora of guests, the film manages to show that hiphop music is filled with a wide-range of opinions and perspectives. We see how Nas considers rebellious because it goes against what is considered “proper”, how Rakim and Chuck D are very methodical in writing rhymes, or how spiritual the music seems to be for Doug E. Fresh. Other than the guests the film’s structure is what to be expected (how it began, why hiphop is important, where it is going) and Ice T makes for a gracious host.

W_Music Series Vol.05: Indra Lesmana

Son of another Indonesian great, multi-instrumentalist-Jack Lesmana, Indra Lesmana is a child prodigy who learned how to master the keys at a young age, with his first performances done at the age of ten to an audience of hundreds and thousands, and his first album released when he was 12 years old. From child to adulthood, Indra Lesmana has dedicated his life to music. With currently over 50 albums released, his musical endeavors are not restricted to jazz, Indra Lesmana has also released a multitude of critically acclaimed pop records, winning a BASF Award for his meaningful pop numbers. Currently busy promoting the first LLW record, LLW being his modern jazz trio with bassist-Barry Likumahuwa and drummer-Sandy Winarta, Indra Lesmana spared some time our of his busy schedule to talk to W_Music about some highlights from his three decade-long career, LLW, and leaves the viewers and aspiring musicians some words of wisdom. Enjoy! [featured caption="W_Music Series Vol.05: Indra Lesmana"] [/featured]

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