Big Daddy Kane x Scion. We just posted yesterday that Big Daddy Kane had a documentary short called BDK that was commissioned by car company Scion. Well Scion just hit us up and told us the entire documentary is actually online at their official online video site. So check out BDK at the Scion video [...]
Big Daddy Kane x Scion. Word of this documentary has been around for a minute now, but with this “unofficial” trailer to the Big Daddy Kane docu called BDK, it looks like it’s finally happening. The real news though is that BDK was actually financed by car company Scion and will be released with Scion’s [...]
Synopsis When it comes to hip hop, there are only a handful of people that truly deserve to be called legends. In BDK, we learn the story of one of hip hop's most notable legends, Big Daddy Kane. From music to fashion, Kane has always been a quintessential figure of the Golden Era of hip hop. In this documentary, directed by Anthony Marshall (co-founder of Lyricist Lounge), Kane talks about hi...
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY8YhLEYEmU 425x344] When Big Daddy Kane called us and personally requested that Okayplayer be part of his 20 year anniversary celebration in NYC, how could we say no? Besides, when we learned that Tamir and the good folks at Lyrics To Go Entertainment (LTG) were presenting, we knew the production would be tight. Sure enough, tight was an understatement!...
Gotta kick it a little old school for today's version of Hip Hop Thursday. Admittedly, I have a limited amount of BDK's solo works, but he collaborates with some of my favorite hip-hop acts including the Roots, Jurassic 5, and Little Brother (see MP3 in comments section), so I wanted to give him the respect he deserves...
After yesterday's post I remembered the last track of Prince Of Darkness. It's a nice skit with a great break from Don't Let Love Get You Down where Kane's long time DJ/producer Mister Cee grabs the mic.While I'm at it, I might as well post another tune from Kane's 1991 LP Prince Of Darkness. The Lover In You was huge back in the day. It's smooth as silk and great for educational purposes. It w...
Nobody with any signs of sanity would disagree that Kane is one of the greatest rappers of all time. For wordplay, flows, versatility, style and presence he is in a league of extraordinary rap gentlemen. Kane was responsible for some of the dopest anthems of Hip Hop's golden age. Unfortunately he never dropped an all out classic album during those years.'Long Live The Kane' was cool, but it was...