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BBC News footage of the £200,000 Hip-H'opera that crossed international, generational and artistic boundaries. Hiphop multipreneur, Paradise The Prolific One stars in School 4 Lovers, which opened to rave reviews in the international press. In the UK, The Times, The Independent and the Financial Times all awarded 4/5 stars to the production on it's opening night at Glyndebourne. In Finland the media frenzy generated national news headlines and even an international press conference.
‘He was clearly capable of anything — and his real name was, aptly enough, Paradise. And, as MC, he controlled a Cosí fan tutte such as Glyndebourne has never seen before.’ Hilary Finch, The Times.
THE TIMES: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.u...
THE INDEPENDENT: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-ent...
THE GUARDIAN: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/aug...
FOR MORE ON SCHOOL 4 LOVERS SEE:
http://www.whoisparadise.com/mr.international/hip_hopera.html
The ‘Teacher’ himself, hiphop legend KRS-ONE trades verses alongside UK luminaries Skinnyman [mudfam] MCD [silent eclipse] & Paradise [57th Dynasty | TGSMP].
U MUST LEARN celebrates the x4 world class MCs uniting to herald the call of bringing hip-hop back to it’s golden era of socio/political charged correspondence. A precedent is set with this collaborating effort to Edutain the masses.
The head nod factor peaks at 10 with this Charlie ‘the baptist’ Parker produced 12” complete with live horns, piano driven loop, and a scratch chorus which makes for a classic reminiscent throw back to the days of TRUE SCHOOL HIPHOP.
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Break Free is the 2nd music video from the UK's number one hiphop group, The 57th Dynasty. Independently released on their Brixton based label at a time when other artists were still submitting demo tapes, Brixton's finest were pioneers pushing the boundaries and challenging the majors for urban music recognition on a level never done before, or since.
Here, Thunda trades verses of upliftment with his brother Dark Troopa (yasim) and 50/50 (carl fearon) over the moving Charlie Parker produced soundscape.
Check for the remix which features a stellar performance by Estelle and etched them another unique place in British music history as vanguard collaborators with the creme de la creme of UK talent, in addition to producing and promoting the 1st ever independent music video "love of hiphop", 1st independent album "Spoken Word" self manufactured and produced quickly snatched up for national/ international distribution, 1st full page feature in the Source Mag, etc etc etc
RIP: 50/50 [see tribute page: www.myspace.com/rip5050]
FOR MORE ON 57TH DYNASTY SEE:
http://www.whoisparadise.com/mr.international/57th_dynasty.html
NB: Sorry for keeping low for so long. A lot of legal issues, youtube rights, etc, but court's nearly out, so here we are, to rewrite the history they tried to write us out of.
To Buy 57th Dynasty on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-57th-dynasty/id167028908
who is paradise
The We Are Africans concept is the brainchild of JJC aka Skillz formely of the platinum selling group Big Brovaz and his own 419 Squad.
I’ve known Skillz for years, even before they got their record deal, so when he played the beat to me at newBRAN barbers, I told him straight “that’s a hit! and I want a part of it.” And after they produced the single and invited me the video shoot... he made good on his initial word, and invited me on the remix.
The result, the remix that helped solidify the We Are Africans chant as the 2010 anthem for The United States of Africa. The song was even championed during the 2010 World Cup tv slots! “Africans... Awooo!”
From here JJC went on to stylize another spin-off hit by remixing We Are Africans in Nigeria feat. the legendary Kemi Kuti alongside Dagrin, Eldee, DJ Zeez, Kel, Ay.com, Moe Money & Ragga Remi.
We Are Africans - Naija Remix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNAp6Y2xTUo
The reward, no less than x2 nomination nods at the 2010 Nigerian Entertainment Awards held in NYC.
best international artist & best international producer of the year! And what a year it’s been thus far.
VH1 journeys with Paradise The Prolific One through the heart of Brixton, South London, exploring culture, politics, music and the state of things to come during this 4-part advert. The British born/NYC raised poet/lyricist gives viewers a raw uncompromising spirited analyst of the state of UK affairs.
The self professed 'ambassador for the youts' chalked up a triumphant feat as this ad series became a favourite across the Viacom -- International Network and earned the 57th Dynasty a nod to present an award at the upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards, but not before hosting an entire weekend devoted to Dr Dre and Eminem and incorporating an IDENT for the "Free Your Mind Award" into their own Byte Size series, The World According to 57th Dynasty.
This commercial ad is part of VH1's Music First series and features cameo appearances by band members 50/50 [RIP], Thunda and Dark Troopa.
Shot on location.
REVOLUTION [CHANGE IS GONNA COME] features MTV Base Lounge winner, vo-soul-calyst Black-Butterfly joining the ranks of TGSMP.
“...the London-born, New York-raised emcee eloquently highlight[s] the shortcomings of today's mainstream Hip-Hop over a surprisingly mellow blend of shimmering keys and gentle guitars. Targeting one-dimensional thugged-out emcees and the corporate entities that continue to promote their empty messages, Paradise's mission to stop listeners from being blinded by bling, bitches and bullets is given further credibility by his been-there-done-that-now-learn-from-my-mistakes approach." -- Blues & Soul Mag
Black Butterfly [Aminata Koya] appears courtesy of TGSMP and lends to this "beautifully spectral and inspirational hip hop..." -- DJ Mag
13 Years On started out as a freestyle by Rob Swift-It-Major, but swiftly grew into a bonafide hit over Bonecrusher’s anthem ‘I Aint Never Scared.’
Momentum dictated that we release this immediately as a dub plate special... and that we did. We even managed to tie in the concept with actual footage and audio from an episode of Trisha Goddard’s Talk Show where she was dealing with trouble teens and parenting. This was another TGSMP project blazing airwaves with an edutainment theme.
Swift-It-Major explores adolescence, teen pregnancy, kidnappings, gun crime, incarceration and abortion with a spicy peppering of life-on-road-true-talk.
Directed by Loraine Ffrench
Radio 1 DJ, Annie Mac makes a special appearance as The Culture Show comes to Brixton to interview hiphop producer, Charlie the Baptist Parker on his role in adapting Mozart and creating music for the £200,000 Hip-H'opera that crossed international, generational and artistic boundaries., School 4 Lovers.
Funded in part by the prestigious Glyndebourne Opera House, School for Lovers opened to rave reviews in the international press. In the UK, The Times, The Independent and the Financial Times all awarded 4/5 stars to the production on it's opening night at Glyndebourne. In Finland the media frenzy generated national news headlines and even an international press conference.
Charlie Parker and Paradise both graced the cover of The Sunday Times' Culture Section for their instrumental involvement in bridging hiphop with opera.
THE VIDEO THAT STARTED IT ALL!
Love of Hiphop is the 1st ever independent urban UK music video. This video inspired not just a nation, but an entire generation! LoHH's release catapulted the 57th Dynasty to the forefront of the UK music scene and made them the premier British Rap Group.
The name 57th Dynasty would become synonymous with UK Hiphop and eventually crowned Best Hiphop Act and Best UK Act Mobo Nominees up against Jay-Z.
RIP: 50/50 [see tribute page: www.myspace.com/rip5050]
FOR MORE ON 57TH DYNASTY SEE:
http://www.whoisparadise.com/mr.international/57th_dynasty.html
NB: Sorry for keeping low for so long. A lot of legal issues, youtube rights, etc, but court's nearly out, so here we are, to rewrite the history they tried to write us out of.
To Buy 57th Dynasty on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-57th-dynasty/id167028908
Simples... MOBO Nomination... We Are Africans... JJC... and the winner is...
This is what you decide...
Vote Now!
If you loved the track(s), support the act... simples.
To vote for JJC please go to http://www.mobo.com/voting , then scroll down to BEST AFRICAN ACT [you need to be registered to the MOBO site to vote; registering takes just few seconds].
THANK YOU!
Awooo!
Paradise joins The newBRAN Team at our 1st annual Community Fun Day & Football Tournament @Kennington Park. [2009]
It was a great turn-out, lots of fun, sun, music and good vibes.
newBRAN Entertainments is headed by Marlon “Brando” Brown. His local hair salon - barbershop is a community hub that bridges gaps and brings a multitude of ages, races, sexes, and ethnicities together. The Fun Day is just one of the ways newBRAN gives back to our local Lambeth.
For more on newBRAN visit the site.