Piece by Piece is an unparalleled motion picture experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's most innovative minds.
Twenty years after its release Illmatic has become a hip-hop benchmark that encapsulates the socio-political outlook enduring spirit and collective angst of a generation of young black men searching for their voice in America. Time is Illmatic tracks the musical legacy of the Jones family handed down to Nas from his jazz musician father Olu Dara. It also examines the social conditions and environmental influences that contributed to Nas' worldview. Along the way Time Is Illmatic shows how Nas - with the support of his Queensbridge neighbourhood crew the loyalty of his younger brother Jabari 'Jungle' Jones and sacrifices of his mother Ann Jones - overcame insurmountable odds to create the greatest work of music from hip-hop's second golden era.
A fascinating chronicle of hip-hop, urban fashion and the hustle that brought oversized pants and graffiti-drenched jackets from the New York discount markets to high fashion’s catwalks and shopping malls all around the world. Reaching deep to Southern plantation culture, the black church and Little Richard with a rich mix of archival materials and in-depth interviews with rappers, designers and other industry insiders, the result is a passionate telling of how the reach for freedom of expression and a better life by a culture that refused to be squashed, would, through sheer originality and swagger, take over the mainstream.
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of one of the most influential rap albums ever released Dogwoof is pleased to present Nas: Time is Illmatic to DVD in a special edition dual format Steelbook™ on 15 December. Released in 1994 rapper Nas released his début album Illmatic to universal acclaim and huge commercial success this remarkable film traces how this seminal record came into being; 75 minutes of exclusive DVD extras include unseen interviews and a song by song breakdown from artists such as Alicia Keys Pharrell Williams Q-Tip and many more. Bonus Features: Unseen Interviews Breakdown of Nas' 1994 Debut album NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC featuring Alicia Keys Pharrell Williams Q-Tip and many more.
This full feature documentary examines everything Pharrell. In the '90s he and Chad Hugo formed the group The Neptunes and were discovered by Teddy Riley at a high school talent show. In 2001 Pharrell and partner Chad Hugo were named Producers of the Year at both The Source Awards and the Billboard Music Awards. 2004 had him walking away with two Grammy Awards; the first for Producer of the Year and the other for Best Pop Vocal Album for his and Chad's work on Justin Timberlake's hit Justified which stayed at #1 in the UK charts for seven weeks. And by 2005 he was driving an Enzo Ferrari and a Mercedes SLR McLaren. Pharrell has exploited his skills to reinvent the hip hop world.
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