Posts Tagged Def Poetry Jam
Interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite
DJ Matt Werner’s interview with hip hop artist Dahlak Brathwaite originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on November 18, 2008.
In this 40-minute interview and feature on Dahlak Brathwaite, Dahlak discusses his Kanye West tribute album Commencement, touring with Ill-Literacy (his group with Adriel Luis, Nico Cary and Ruby Veridiano-Ching), his views on race in the United States, life after graduating from UC Davis, and Barack Obama. The interview also features 6 of Dahlak’s tracks and poems, including A Peculiar Evolution, Take It Away, Black Genius, Fight! Fight! Fight! (with George Watsky), Do It, and Never Know.
For more on this dynamic MC and spoken-word performer, musician, writer, and theater actor Dahlak Brathwaite, please see his websites: http://www.thisisdahlak.com/ and http://www.ill-literacy.com/
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Interview with spoken-word artist George Watsky
DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interview with spoken-word artist George Watsky, originally aired on Fresh Air: The Alternative on November 11, 2008.
In this interview, rising hip hop sensation, writer, and performer George Watsky addresses his beef with Michael Cera, and his experiences performing on the Def Poetry Jam, and working with Robert Redford in sustainability. This podcast also features 6 of Watsky’s tracks and poems: Lonely Hearts Club, Half Jewish, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Fight! Fight! Fight! (with Dahlak Brathwaite), Run My Mouth, and his Michael Cera diss track.
Also, check out his website http://georgewatsky.com/ for some funny blog entries, like this one: The Whitest, Least Famous person performing at the NAACP Image Awards…. Also his popular stop-motion video for “I Got This Love” is below.
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Welcome to Mattswriting.com
DJ Matt Werner’s Site is currently under construction. This is the future home of DJ Matt Werner’s artistic endeavors.
In the future, this site will host podcasts of DJ Matt Werner’s exclusive interviews on Fresh Air: The Alternative with a great array of artists, ranging from hip hop artists Ise Lyfe and Talib Kweli, to rock artist Dave Smallen, spoken-word artists George Watsky and Dahlak Brathwaite, beatboxer Kid Beyond, and modern symphony composer Fr. Bruno Clifton.
