30 Years Of Video Music Box.

30 Years of Video Music Box and the Rise of Hip Hop Music & Culture
Guest Curated by Dexter Wimberly
March 10 – May 28, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 10 | 6pm – 9pm

Amy Andrieux * Malik Y. Cumbo * LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs * Delphine Fawundu * Bobbito Garcia * Tahir Hemphill * Jonathan Mannion * Tim Okamura * M. Tony Peralta * Fab 5 Freddy * Ali Santana * Jamel Shabazz * Daniel Amazu Wasser

THE BOX THAT ROCKS: 30 Years of Video Music Box and the Rise of Hip Hop Music & Culture is an exhibition of contemporary art that celebrates the global influence of Video Music Box, and the show’s historic contribution to urban music and culture. In 1983, Ralph McDaniels launched Video Music Box, a groundbreaking television program that ushered in the popularity and innovation of music videos. As the show’s creator and host, and the producer and/or director of over 400 music videos, Ralph McDaniels is a pioneer whose influence is still felt throughout the music industry. It is safe to say that hundreds of Hip Hop, R&B and Dancehall artists owe their street credibility, record sales, and a great deal of their commercial success to Video Music Box.

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As you look forward, look back.

It’s Nasty Nas circa ’93-’94, on the brink of worldwide fame, being interviewed backstage at The Fever by Tuffy from Video Music Box, the essential NY basic cable rap show that has chronicled hip-hop for decades. While Nas (who is currently the talk of the town again) does sound a little faded in the clip that doesn’t stop him from answering the question of who he would like to work with in the future with a surprising answer, giving an ill list of shout outs and poppin’ the Dom P. (P.S. This video is only partially slept on, primarily by the ego trip West Coast Divison who still had not relocated to the Rotten Apple and, thus, was missing out. Big time. Fo’ real.)

…video via egotrip.

Download Nas’ “Nasty”.

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