DMV BRIDGING THE GAP DOCUMENTARY RECAP

Saturday, April 17, 2010 the crabzinabarrel.com family  was at the Historical Society of Washington DC for the pre-viewing of the DMV documentary “Bridging The Gap” a documentary on the history of DC hip hop presented by Judah (@JUDAHontheBEAT), Sophia Nelson (@TheHistorianDMV), and Dre (@dre_abb_video).

Although the screening was just 20 or so minutes long we definitely liked what we saw.  The documentary did a great job of capturing the view points of some of the founders of the DC hip hop scene, spotlighting the achievements of artists like Black Indian, Section 8 Mob and  Stinky Dink.   They didn’t only focus on the past but incorporated the opinions of newer artists like X.O. and Luegar.  Some noticeable attendees at the event were rappers WhiteFolkz and Dana Renee.

After the film there was a 30 minute Q & A session in which Judah, Sophia, and Dre  answered questions about the film and DC hip hop in general.  This event was only a preview and not the finished product so we are looking forward to seeing the final cut.   When it is done you can expect to hear about it here first on crabzinabarrel.com. Check out more pics and video from the question and answer session when you read the rest of the entry!!!

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MARS VS. VENUS

Upcoming Model/Actress from the DMV Victoria ReN’ee makes her Acting Debut in the Monologue “Mars vs.Venus” along side R&B singer Muydeen. The video was directed by John Ledbetter for JayDexter Photography. Victoria ReN’ee, who is trying to transition her career into acting has done Runway, a few Music Videos, a Hair Magazine and Promo work with Adidas.

J. Cole Rapping His Ass Off

J. Cole performing his new single “Who Dat” at USF.   Lets hope that Jay-z handles this dude properly because he has all the potential in the world to be exactly what the game has been missing from its main stream artists.

Oh, and one more thing: Can some of you bum-ass rappers take some notes on how to perform live?  I could hear every word J. Cole said clearly.  He ain’t run out of breath after three lines like he’s been smoking too much weed and most importantly he ain’t have his brother, cousin, and mans and them screaming in the background drowning out everything he was saying.  No one is buying records these days so rappers better step their live performance game up because no one is paying to go see you mess up the words to your own song.

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