Behind the scenes: 454 MOVEMENT (Work Hard Play Hard Vol. 2 Trailer)

Impak from Jug-A-Knot has just dropped a trailer featuring 454 Life Entertainment at the shooting of their music video Go Hard. Be on the lookout for Work Hard Play Hard Vol. 2 coming out soon!

1 VS 99 - Hong Kong Hip Hop documentary

The Swiss film-makers from www.cranks.ch have produced a 4-part documentary called 1 VS 99 , a documentary on the development of Hong Kong hip hop culture featuring interviews with the leading pioneers of Hong Kong hip hop.

Part 1 with MC YAN, the Godfather of Hong Kong Hip Hop movement at his house in the new territories. About how he get into touch with Hip Hop, the Hong Kong Graffiti cluture and some thoughts about Revolution.



Part 2 with 24HERBS at their Jiu Jo Music Video shooting for AIDS concern. Local Hong Kong Hip Hop group about the Music industry, Mainstream Music and the Future of local Hip Hop.



Part 3 REAL UNDERGROUND with Buddy crew, sanGfan, B-Boy Monkey and MastaMic, about whats going on behind the shining lights of Hong Kong, in the underground.



Part 4 HIP HOP ENTREPRENEURS with Internet Radio Dada and Graffiti Supply store Dirty Panda, about spreading Hip Hop in Hong Kong and the problems that they face with their projects.

Trailer for KONEKTADO DVD MAGAZINE ISSUE #3 (directed by Mike Swift & J Hon)

If you haven't heard of these two Brooklyn MCs who has been making noise with their work in Konektado, you did now.

Besides their involvement in the TO THE BILLBOARD Movement, Mike Swift and J hon has been running around as camera gangsters documenting lives across the globe with an effort to bridge the gap in hip hop through out the world. Their current projects also include Business Plan DVD which is currently being looked over by G-Unit and To The Billboard (the film). Enjoy the trailer for part 3 which is set to launch in Manila sometime in February 2010. Stay posted for more news coming soon!

Special Christmas deal from Jug-A-Knot!!

Impak from Jug-A-Knot has a special Christmas deal for all of y'all. If you order a DVD of Work Hard Play Hard Vol. 1 you will get a second copy for FREE! This deal will last till the 31st of December, 2009. Get your copy now!

Order it at: www.jug-a-knot.com

Hmost Wanted (Hmong Hip Hip Documentary)

A teaser for an upcoming documentary called Hmost Wanted directed by Mark D about Hmong rappers in the Hmong-American hip hop scene. The teaser said "coming 2009". I'm not sure if the documentary was released yet.

Filipino hip hop documentary: "Lyrical Empire: Hip Hop in Metro Manila"

(Shout outs to SoulFiesta for the link!)

Here's the trailer for an upcoming documentary of the hip hop scene in Manila, Philippines called Lyrical Empire: Hip Hop in Metro Manila, directed by Mark Redondo Villegas. Some of the notable figures in the Filipino hip hop scene such as Chrizo from Turbulence Productions, MC Dash, and the 2008 World Hip Hop Dance champions the Philippine Allstars are featured in this documentary.

Work Hard Play Hard Vol.1 [OFFICIAL TRAILER]

The FIRST EVER Asian-American street hip hop DVD Hard Play Hard Vol. 1 featuring 450 Gang, Jimmy Boi, Gumby aka Pryce, and GookstaZ will be droppin Nov. 3, 2009. Make sure you copp that!!

Order Hard Play Hard Vol. 1 from:

www.jug-a-knot.com
www.myspace.com/impak704

Work Hard Play Hard Vol. 1 Documentary Trailers

Here are 4 trailers for an upcoming documentary called Work Hard Play Hard Vol. 1 from Jug-A-Knot Entertainment. Work Hard Play Hard is a documentary series that documents the daily hustle and grind of Asian-American rappers and the hoods they that come from. The first volume in this documentary series features 450 Gang, Jimmy Boi, Gumby aka Pryce, and GookstaZ. The DVD will be released on November 3rd. Be on the lookout when it is released!


450 Gang, from Rochester, New York:



Jimmy Boi from Houston, Texas:



Gumby aka Pryce from Minnesota, Minneapolis:



GookstaZ from Bay Area, California:

Supasang: In The Making [Profile of a Lao Rapper]

Supasang, a cholo-looking Lao rapper from Fullerton, California, shows us his hood and tells his life story in this short-film called Supasang: In The Making. This film was shot on August 17, 2008.

You can check out Supasang's MySpace at: www.myspace.com/supasang

New Big L Documentary: Street Struck

Check out this new documentary trailer of one of the GREATEST rappers of all time Big L, may he rest in peace! Oh wow... and Jin is in the trailer too? I wonder what kind of role will he play in the documentary? The documentary will be called Street Struck: The Big L Story and its scheduled to drop on February 2010, to coincide with the 11th anniversary of Big L's untimely death.