Saturday, July 25, 2020

CAT IN THE HAT | Dr. Seuss Raps over Dr. Dre (and Dr. Octagon) Beats



This is by far one of my new favorites! Plus it provides a creative way for young rappers to practice rapping...  Just grab a book and a beat and give it shot!

CAT IN THE HAT | Dr. Seuss Raps over Dr. Dre (and Dr. Octagon) Beats


Help fill my creative sails on Patreon: http://patreon.com/westank Follow @wes_tank on Instragram & Twitter! Wes Tank raps Dr. Seuss' classic children's book "The Cat in the Hat" over the legendary hip hop instrumentals for "Blue Flowers" by Dan the Automator of Dr. Octagon and "Nothing But a G Thang" by Dr. Dre, with much due respect to the flows and styles of Kool Keith, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. All words and illustrations belong to Dr. Seuss. All instrumentals belong to Dr. Dre and Dr. Octagon. Mixing by Matthew Griffo. This cultural mashup was created for edutainment purposes with much respect given to the teacher KRS One.



Lyrics born - Before and After


Way back in the early 2000's I worked in a coffee shop and used to talk music with my co-worker Oscar (Big-Moose). We would trade music (mixed  MP3 burned on CD's) to expand each others musical awareness. He introduced me to the sounds of Eyedea, Lyric Born, Blackalicious, Black Star and many others. 


Here's one of those songs that still resonates with me... Check it out:

Lyrics born - Before and After


Lyrics Born - Later That Day

Eyedea - Even Shadows Have Shadows




Way back in the early 2000's I worked in a coffee shop and used to talk music with my co-worker Oscar (Big-Moose). We would trade music (mixed  MP3 burned on CD's) to expand each others musical awareness. He introduced me to the sounds of Eyedea, Lyric Born, Blackalicious, Black Star and many others. 


Here's one of those songs that still resonates with me... Check it out:

Eyedea - Even Shadows Have Shadows (HD Quality)




The World Has No Eyedea Official Trailer 2



Micheal Larsen was a freestyle battle rapping champion, a guitar player, a break dancer, lead singer of a punk band, a poet, a philosopher, and a supportive friend to many. He passed away on October 16th, 2010. We lost something very special and The World Has No Eyedea. The World Has No Eyedea is an entirely crowd funded and independently produced, internationally acclaimed, award winning feature length documentary and web series, chronicling the life and death of underground hip-hop legend, and multi-genre indie music artist Micheal 'Eyedea' Larsen. The World Has No Eyedea is an Official Selection of the 2016 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, the 2016 NYC Hip Hop Film Festival, and the 2016 St. Cloud Film Festival. The World Has No Eyedea also won the Platinum Award from the Spotlight Documentary Film Awards, and has sold out indie theaters coast to coast in the United States and internationally. Created by Brandon Crowson of Son Of A Crow Productions and co-produced by Eyedea's mother Kathy Averill of Crushkill Recordings, The World Has No Eyedea is available on DVD, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and Amazon Prime. The DVD includes special features such as commentary on the film from Eyedea’s mother, Kathy Averill and Director Brandon Crowson. As well as interviews that were cut from the documentary. All DVD’s of The World Has No Eyedea will be coded as ‘Region 0’, making them playable anywhere in the world. The World Has No Eyedea on DVD: https://tinyurl.com/EyedeaOnDVD The World Has No Eyedea on iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/EyedeaoniTunes The World Has No Eyedea on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/EyedeaOnAmazon