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"I mean love is love. Recognize the Hip Hop culture, cause that's what we are doing. We're having fun with it. We spread love. There's no animosity. There's no prejudice in our culture. None of that. It's red black green orange. We all in it. We come from Japan. You ever hear them rapping in Japanese? You ever hear them rapping in Swahili? I want you to know Charlie Ahearn has done his thing. The cast of the movie, I love you all. We all did our thing. We are history. Wild Style is all over the world."
-The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, 2006
In 1982, a small, independent movie written, produced, and directed by Charlie Ahearn was released, first in Germany, Japan, and Cannes, then finally in Times Square. Wild Style, the first film to unite the underground urban art forms of nascent Hip Hop culture-DJing, MCing, b-boying, and graff writing-was filmed on location in the South Bronx without permits or pretensions. Some 25 years after its release, Wild Style is truly a classic, having inspired countless artists, musicians, and writers with unforgettable scenes starring the era's most memorable personalities.
To celebrate the film's silver anniversary, Wild Style The Sampler provides an inside look at the making of the film, its release, and the reverberations it caused around the world. Narrated by Ahearn, the book introduces us to a cast of characters and outrageous adventures through a carefully curated collection of never-before-published photographs, original artwork, production stills, archival materials, and personal stories from stars Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quinones, LADY PINK, ZEPHYR, Patti Astor, Busy Bee, Grandmaster Caz, and Glenn O'Brien, as well as insights into the film's influence by artists and writers including Sacha Jenkins, Melle Mel, Biz Markie, Cut Chemist, and DJ Krush. Recounting the film's influence over the past quarter century, Wild Style The Sampler offers incomparable insight into Hip Hop's most indelible film.
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Wild Style: The Sampler
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powerHouse Cultural Entertainment Inc, 2007
ISBN 10: 1576873641
ISBN 13: 9781576873649
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WILD STYLE THE SAMPLER
Published by
PowerHouse Books, Brooklyn, 2007
ISBN 10: 1576873641
ISBN 13: 9781576873649
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Condition: Very good plus. First printing. Uncommon first edition art book, containing previously unpublished material from the making of the foundational graffiti film, WILD STYLE - assembled by the director for its 25th anniversary. In 1982, a small, independent movie written, produced, and directed by Charlie Ahearn was released, first in Germany, Japan, and Cannes, then finally in Times Square. Wild Style, the first film to unite the underground urban art forms of nascent Hip Hop culture-DJing, MCing, b-boying, and graff writing-was filmed on location in the South Bronx without permits or pretensions. Published to mark the 25th anniversary of Wild Style the movie, featuring previously unpublished production stills and selected historic images from Henry Chalfant, Martha Cooper and director Charlie Ahearn himself, Wild Style: The Sampler is a riot for the eye, and an access-all-areas style insight into the stories behind the greatest film in the history of hip-hop bar none. Ahearn's highly informative text incorporates interviews with cast members including Fab 5 Freddy, Lee Quinones, The Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Grandmaster Caz, Grand Wizzard Theodore and Frosty Freeze of The Rock Steady Crew. In celebration of the film's silver anniversary. 10.5" x 10.5" Original color pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Black-and-white pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout. 212 pages. Minor edgewear, foot of spine bumped with minor chipping. Sharp and bright. Seller Inventory # 53633