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Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records
2013 · Film · documentary · 90 min
Directed by Jeff Broadway
Under the direction of founder and world-renowned DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw Records has consistently released critically acclaimed, left-of-center albums since its founding in 1996. Drawing on live concert footage, never-before-seen archival material, inner-circle home video and photographs and in-depth interviews with the folks who put Stones Throw on the map, this documentary will delve deeper into the label's enigmatic artists, history, culture and global following.
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While I wasn't familiar with the label as such (I was surprised at Madlib/Otis Jackson being featured so prominently) the recent documentary "Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton: This Is Stones Throw Records" is highly recommended for those that want to get a glance at what the label is all about.
And for those that like both poetry and rap, I suggest these two artists (in every way opposite, yet similar): the legendary Gil Scott-Heron: "We Beg your Pardon":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCfEkopryo
And young Kate Tempest (here with Canibal Kids):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEsihgq8zU
I'm also partial to "the Streets", RZA and a lot more "mainstream hip-hop".