Hip hop has been the subject of numerous films, both fiction and nonfiction, but there’s never been a documentary series quite like FX’s Hip Hop Uncovered. It takes an innovative approach to telling how the art form emerged and went on to become the dominant genre of music.
“It was important to…hit it from an angle that felt fresh and like something that no one had really seen before or taken the time to really think about,” director and executive producer Rashidi Natara Harper explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “The biggest thing we wanted to communicate was, ‘You guys think you know this music but you literally have no idea.’ ”
The six-part series doesn’t ignore the famous names behind hip hop’s success, like Dr. Dre, Suge Knight and Russell Simmons, but its primary focus is on lesser-known but critically important figures who helped develop artists,...
“It was important to…hit it from an angle that felt fresh and like something that no one had really seen before or taken the time to really think about,” director and executive producer Rashidi Natara Harper explained during Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted awards-season event. “The biggest thing we wanted to communicate was, ‘You guys think you know this music but you literally have no idea.’ ”
The six-part series doesn’t ignore the famous names behind hip hop’s success, like Dr. Dre, Suge Knight and Russell Simmons, but its primary focus is on lesser-known but critically important figures who helped develop artists,...
- 5/1/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
[[tmz:video id="0_ffiiyy9i"]] Big Sean had a concert Friday night in Detroit, and the crowd went insane when Eminem came out and gave a rare, surprise performance. The crazy thing ... Em wasn't the only thing in Sean's bag of tricks. He also brought out Lil Wayne, Jhene Aiko, Mike Posner, Dej Loaf, Danny Brown, Trick Trick, Royce da 5'9. Check out the video ... it's Beatles insane. Read more...
- 11/7/2015
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Slim Shady takes lyrical shots at Adrian Peterson — among others — in new single off “Shady Xv”
Eminem continues to prove that hip-hop is colorblind, which perhaps explains why the rapper released his newest music video in black-and-white.
For “Detroit Vs. Everybody” — which dropped via Vevo on Friday — Slim Shady welcomes Royce da 5’9″, Big Sean, Danny Brown, Def Loaf and Trick Trick to help lyrically strike the fear in anyone outside of the Michigan city’s borders.
Also Read: The Top 40 Best and Worst Actors Playing Musicians Before ‘Get On Up’ (Photos)
In usual Marshall Mathers fashion, the emcee has some...
Eminem continues to prove that hip-hop is colorblind, which perhaps explains why the rapper released his newest music video in black-and-white.
For “Detroit Vs. Everybody” — which dropped via Vevo on Friday — Slim Shady welcomes Royce da 5’9″, Big Sean, Danny Brown, Def Loaf and Trick Trick to help lyrically strike the fear in anyone outside of the Michigan city’s borders.
Also Read: The Top 40 Best and Worst Actors Playing Musicians Before ‘Get On Up’ (Photos)
In usual Marshall Mathers fashion, the emcee has some...
- 1/24/2015
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Off of Eminem's Shady Xv compilation, we get "Detroit vs. Everybody," featuring not only Em himself, but Detroit natives Big Sean, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf, Royce da 5'9", and Trick Trick. Everyone's stepping up to the plate here – from Dej's catchy hook to the part when Big Sean puts on wire-rimmed glasses mid-verse. Even Em goes in on his own Detroit beginnings: "'Cause it's so cold in the D, it is as days begin to tick away / But ain't this what really made me into the angry bitter blond." And you thought you had seen it all after watching 8 Mile.
- 1/23/2015
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
The "Shady Xv" 15th anniversary compilation album isn't officially billed as a new Eminem album, but new music from Slim Shady is all over it. The comp has one side that's 15 previously released Shady Records tunes, plus a bonus track that's the original demo of Eminem's great "Lose Yourself." The other side is all-new tracks, with Eminem leading or featuring on at least 10 out of 12 of the songs. Em fronts the songs "Shady Xv," "Die Alone" featuring Kobe, previously released "Guts Over Fear" featuring Sia, "Right for Me" and "Fine Line." He's also part of the D12 crew, rhymes with Royce da 5'9" in Bad Meets Evil and is part of a group track "Detroit Vs. Everybody" that co-leads with Royce, Big Sean, Danny Brown, DeJ Loaf and Trick Trick. The full tracklist to both discs are below. Eminem executive produced the set. "Shady Xv" is out on Nov.
- 10/30/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
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