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‘City Of God’s Son’ Re-Imagines NYC Hip-Hop
Complex Blog — ... When you hear the words “hip-hop opera,” you probably think about that wack-ass MTV movie with Beyoncé from 2001. But considering the fact that hip-hop has such strong a tradition in storytelling, the two art forms should really find a less corny way to get along. Enter City Of God’s Son, a unique new project that fuses sampling culture with the type of gangster storytelling that would make Scorsese proud. ...

Kenzo Hakuta presents City of God’s Son
Hypebeast — ... Samuel Jackson, and Laurence Fishburne. The project is a spectacular soundscape into the world of the iconic gangster. Utilizing multiple mediums including 3D audio, original music production, sound design, and dialogue samples Hakuta draws the listener into a mythical world exploring the relationship between a father and son and the struggle to define themselves in this world. More information about this extraordinary release can be found at the official City of God’s Son website complete with a full download and trailer. ...

City Of God’s Son Trailer
Nah Right — ... ridden mythical city in a jungle. This project explores the icon of the gangster in modern media, and weaves musical history and gangster film history into an operatic music based story of brotherhood and survival. An homage to 90’s New York hip-hop, “City of God’s Son” is the redefinition of the remix. Featuring legendary soul singer Joe Bataan. A sound film/hip hop opera by Kenzo Digital. To download the entire project for FREE and for more info please visit: City of God’s Son I haven’t had a chance to peep the whole thing yet, but I ...

City of God’s Son (Trailer)
THE 4TH QUARTER — ... growing up in a crime ridden mythical city in a jungle. This project explores the icon of the gangster in modern media, and weaves musical history and gangster film history into an operatic music based story of brotherhood and survival. An homage to 90’s New York hip-hop, “City of God’s Son” is the redefinition of the remix. Featuring legendary soul singer Joe Bataan. A sound film/hip hop opera by Kenzo Digital. To download the entire project for FREE and for more info please visit: City of God’s Son Spotted at ...

Rappers' Desire To Be 'Scarface' Realized With 'City of God's Son'
SOULBOUNCE.COM — ... on the soundtrack as well. Beat junkies and all other interested parties get ready. Check the trailer below, and the official website for a free download as well.  ...

Jay-Z, Nas, Notorious BIG, Raekwon: Trailer for City Of God's Son, a movie constructed with vocal and video samples (Video)
Prefix — ... Kenzo Digital have made a 60-minute narrative they're calling City Of God's Son, that is comprised entirely of video samples from crime movies starring Laurence Fishburne, Delroy Lindo and Samuel L. Jackson, and vocal samples from Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Notorious B.I.G., and Raekwon. The trailer is above, and judging by that, the thing is pulled off pretty well. You can download the whole thing here. [via ...

City Of God's Son (Trailer + Audio)
Blog Entries — ... I gotta post this ish. After epic fails like Carmen and this atrocity right here I gave up on the idea of a Hip-Hop Opera, but how about one using the words of Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Biggie Smalls, Raekwon, Samuel L. Jackson and more? "A homage to '90's New York Hip-Hop "City Of God's Son" is the redefinition of the remix" does it get any better than that? Courtesy of board member SunDevil you can download the full audio from the project . The City Of God's Son art instillation will hopefully be coming to NYC's Chelsea art district this ...

City of God's Son
Straight Bangin' — ... Above is the trailer for City of God's Son, a re-imagining of New York City hip-hop from the 1990s. It's a soundscape, I suppose. But describing it on my blog is a waste of effort and wholly insufficient. Just go to the site and download the audio. Then sit in a dark room and listen for an hour. It is just beyond dope. ...

SOHH Exclusive: Artist Behind "City of God's Son" Reveals Project Secrets
SOHH.com Dailies — News: SOHH Exclusive: Artist Behind "City of God's Son" Reveals Project Secrets Written by Cyrus Langhorne Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:40:00 Jay-z-Nas-300x300.JPG Gaining steam with a unique "audio film," which includes clips from bold names like Biggie Smalls, Jay-Z, Nas and Samuel L. Jackson , SOHH spoke with producer Kenzo Digital to find out how he crafted City of God's Son . Kenzo told SOHH the stale state of hip-hop inspired him to be innovative. "This concept is to explore the practice of sampling as an artist's medium, recontextualizing things to make them new outside of their intended use. It's also my ...

Kenzo Digital - City Of God’s Son
illRoots — I’m pretty much at a loss of words for this project, but i’ll do my best. I’ve never seen, heard or witnessed a thing like this before and i’m pretty sure you haven’t either. It’s a movie. And a mixtape. A musical maybe? It’s not just one of those mixtapes where they take soundbites from a film and scatter them throughout the tape. Kenzo Digital and his team of geniuses actually built a story around the characters and vocals of Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostface, Biggie, Raekwon, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence ...

60 Minutes
Newborn Rodeo — ... up in a crime ridden mythical city in a jungle. This project explores the icon of the gangster in modern media, and weaves musical history and gangster film history into an operatic music based story of brotherhood and survival. An homage to 90’s New York hip-hop, “City of God’s Son” is the redefinition of the remix. Featuring legendary soul singer Joe Bataan. A sound film/hip hop opera by Kenzo Digital. This looks awesome. Download the entire project for free here.        ...

EVR DJ Alert: Never Not Working, Friday, January 23, midnight to 2 a.m.
East Village Radio News — ... on Friday night, January 23 from midnight to 2 a.m., when Radio Rios and Oskar Mann welcome cross-media artist Kenzo Digital. Digital's latest project, City of God's Son, is a hallucinatory experiment in a brand-new form the artist has dubbed "Beat Cinematic." Drawing images and sounds from multiple sources (including performances by rappers and actors including Nas, Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, Delroy Lindo, Ghostface, Raekwon, Samuel L. Jackson, and Laurence Fishburne) and recontextualizing them into a dreamlike whole, City of God's Son is a witty, pointed ...

EVR DJ Alert: Never Not Working, Friday, January 23, midnight to 2 a.m.
East Village Radio News — ... on Friday night, January 23 from midnight to 2 a.m., when Radio Rios and Oskar Mann welcome cross-media artist Kenzo Digital. Digital's latest project, City of God's Son, is a hallucinatory experiment in a brand-new form the artist has dubbed "Beat Cinematic." Drawing images and sounds from multiple sources (including performances by rappers and actors including Nas, Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, Delroy Lindo, Ghostface, Raekwon, Samuel L. Jackson, and Laurence Fishburne) and recontextualizing them into a dreamlike whole, City of God's Son is a witty, pointed ...

EVR DJ Alert: Never Not Working, Friday, January 23, midnight to 2 a.m.
East Village Radio News — ... on Friday night, January 23 from midnight to 2 a.m., when Radio Rios and Oskar Mann welcome cross-media artist Kenzo Digital. Digital's latest project, City of God's Son, is a hallucinatory experiment in a brand-new form the artist has dubbed "Beat Cinematic." Drawing images and sounds from multiple sources (including performances by rappers and actors including Nas, Jay Z, Biggie Smalls, Delroy Lindo, Ghostface, Raekwon, Samuel L. Jackson, and Laurence Fishburne) and recontextualizing them into a dreamlike whole, City of God's Son is a witty, pointed ...

AROUND THE WEB: 01/27/09
RCRD LBL — ... points us to the online "beat cinematic" City Of God's Son. (City Of God's Son) ...

Month In Review - January 2009
Boo Goo Doo Boom — ... In the words of Kenzo Digital, this project is properly called a "beat cinematic." When I first saw the trailer, I knew it was going to be something special and I was not disappointed. If you haven't heard this, you need to do yourself a favor and go get it right now. Hit up his website and read up on this ill concept. I can't wait for part 2. ...

Kenzo Digital Interview
The Message Blog — ... A while back, I got the chance talk with "City God's Son" creator/producer Kenzo Digital. For those of you who don't already know, "City of God's Son" is an hour long music-inspired story featuring Nas, Jay-Z, Ghostfcae Killah, Raekwon, Biggie, Laurence Fishbourne, Samuel L. Jackson and Delroy Lindo. The story follows three friends - Nas, Jay and Ghost - as they grow up in the hood. It's a seriously dope project, so it's a definite you check it out (here's the here .) Anyway, here's the interview. Remember to click the link above for the full post. Wally Sean: What inspired ...

Video: City of God’s Son: Cinema for the Blind
Nah Right — ... On July 29th in New York, Kenzo Digital will be hosting an exhibit/listening/screening of his truly amazing “Beat Cinematic” City of God’s Son. In the above clip, a group of blind musicians speak about the one-of-a-kind audio project and why it appeals so uniquely to them. ...

Wake N’ Watch: Blind Musicians React To “City of God’s Son”
Complex Blog — If you haven’t actually sat down and listened to Kenzo Digital’s hour-long audio movie City Of God’s Son, we suggest you attend one of the back-to-back screenings/listening sessions that’s happening next week (July 29/30) in New York City. In the meantime, watch this new video promo “City of God’s Son: Cinema for the Blind,” which features a group of various blind musicians talking about their unique experience ...

City of God’s Son Deleted Scene: Verbal Intercourse 2
Nah Right — Don’t mean to burst your bubble, but no, this is not an actual sequel to “Verbal Intercourse”. This is a “deleted scene” from Kenzo Digital’’s “Beat Cinematic” audio film, City of God’s Son, which you really should check out if you haven’t already. Says him: This is the first “Deleted Scene” from the beat cinematic “City of Gods Son”. As an homage to Raekwons “Only Built For Cuban Linx”, this track ...

Raekwon feat. Nas & Ghostface – Verbal Intercourse Part II
Hypebeast — What could have been the crowning jewel for Raekwon’s latest OB4CL2 album, never actually took place as many expected. Luckily, the album still turned out as a classic for years to come. But bringing forth this creative effort via Kenzo Digital, we have this interesting blend created as an homage to fill the void of a Nas collaboration that never happened on the album as fans expected. This is not exactly an official record from Nas and Rae, but it’s very well put together as a blend. Alongside the track, you can also get a sneak peak of Kenzo Digital’s trailer for his ...

Raekwon feat. Nas & Ghostface – Verbal Intercourse Part II
STREET KNOWLEDGE MEDIA — ... as a classic for years to come. But bringing forth this creative effort via Kenzo Digital, we have this interesting blend created as an homage to fill the void of a Nas collaboration that never happened on the album as fans expected. This is not exactly an official record from Nas and Rae, but it’s very well put together as a blend. Alongside the track, you can also get a sneak peak of Kenzo Digital’s trailer for his upcoming experimental Hip-Hop opera, City of God’s Son on their website . Check it out. ...

Boo Goo Doo Boom's Best of 2009
Boo Goo Doo Boom — ... If you didn't check this project out when it dropped earlier this year, I highly suggest you go to Kenzo's website right now and download this. I hope he drops another beat cinematic in 2010. ...