Hip Hop: New York(2006)
HIP HOP is a music which humorously expresses negative energy, it is popular yet it is belongs more to the public; Hip Hop comes from the street, from the lower class, it is marked by proletarian. HIP HOP is a kind of accusation, is a means to express one' s depression and refers to social reality. HIP HOP Project, endeavors to combine HIP-HOP with different cultures and to give HIP-HOP realistic meaning, to let HIP-HOP that comes from the common go back to ordinary people, go back to doubting and questioning reality. Hip is butt, Hop is a move. Hip Hop is the dance of moving one' s butt. HIP HOP Project makes everyone (not only the young ones) interpret Hip Hop through their bodies, feel and relieve in Hip Hop and outline the true contour of a city.
Movie: Hip Hop: New York
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HIP HOP is a music which humorously expresses negative energy, it is popular yet it is belongs more to the public; Hip Hop comes from the street, from the lower class, it is marked by proletarian. HIP HOP is a kind of accusation, is a means to express one' s depression and refers to social reality. HIP HOP Project, endeavors to combine HIP-HOP with different cultures and to give HIP-HOP realistic meaning, to let HIP-HOP that comes from the common go back to ordinary people, go back to doubting and questioning reality. Hip is butt, Hop is a move. Hip Hop is the dance of moving one' s butt. HIP HOP Project makes everyone (not only the young ones) interpret Hip Hop through their bodies, feel and relieve in Hip Hop and outline the true contour of a city.
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