November 30, 2004

Misson to be Grimey

Above image taken in the Mission by Eric Alba. I've really been enjoying alot of his pics that he posts on Flickr. He also has his own site... be sure to check him out, the kid has some serious skills and very beautiful imagery.

...dunno why, but this image kind of reminds me of a famous image of big block silver letters that say "all you see is, CRIME IN THE CITY"...extra points if you can name the work I'm talking about, the movie with the quote about it, and at least two hip hop songs that sampled the movie quote...not that hard really...any takers?

Posted by colin at November 30, 2004 09:35 AM
Comments

New Jack City? Friday? Thought I would try.....

Posted by: mab at November 30, 2004 01:38 PM

nice1 on the Eric Alba site...

reminds me of a friend in new york who does similar urban photography

www.derrickgomez.com

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Posted by: Ric at November 30, 2004 01:39 PM

black star sampled it in Respiration
the movie its from is Style Wars
can't remember the name of the artist tho', i only saw it once after many bong hits ;)

Posted by: nasdaq jones at November 30, 2004 01:41 PM

you know...when I wrote that this morning I was sure Dondi was the artist of the NYC subway car that carried the phrase, but then I doubted mylef and decided to look it up. Actually the guy who did it was Skeme...the younger black kid who has an interview in Style Wars with his mother...but you nailed the other two...the Black Star track is such a good tune.

http://omor.com/NY/archives/2003/05/graffiti_as_cul.html

P.S. MAB I watched New Jack City just the other day...hot 80-crack-ganster movie...I love it

Posted by: colin at November 30, 2004 07:49 PM