The solSource Group ...Vitalize.

Join us as we contribute to a D.C. hip hop producer's weekend with Innerloop's Beatdown producer's competition Friday at Almaz Restaurant & Lounge with performance by the Diamond District, and our own Saturday showing of Deep Crates with panelists Oddisee, J $crilla, Nick the 1da and Overok.

Saturday May 16, 2009

2:00 PM

FREE

@ Historical Society of DC
801 K Street, NW
at Mount Vernon Square
Washington, DC 20001


Deep Crates

70 minutes. 2004 Jeremy Weisfeld

Deep Crates' is the kind of film that has been overdue for so long. A seventy minute documentary on the history of crate digging for samples and beats from the late seventies to now. Interviewed artists include Diamond D, Madlib, Lord Finesse, Maseo, Peanut Butter Wolf and Egon, Buckwild and the Soulman amongst many more. Inspiring stories about how the scene started - basically the foundation blocks of the old school rap movement. The unbridled joy at finding that rare gem and the twisted politics that went along with with the oneupmanship. The stories flow deep and hard like an extended Wax Poetic feature on film - no less. Hear how these producers got heat - the rivalries, the respect and the love - crackly vinyl obsession, a trait that many are infected with. This film is the hip hop joint to see - hilarious, insightful, wise and inspiring.

Following the movie, we will preview the trailer for Rest in Beats, and host a panel discussion by DC hip-hop producers:

Oddisee
http://www.myspace.com/oddisee720

J$crilla
http://www.myspace.com/gunsnbutter

Overok
http://www.innerlooprecords.com

Nick tha 1da
http://www.myspace.com/nicktha1da