Hip Hop Violin
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Yup, what’s what I said. Hip hop violin. Check it out:
Played masterfully by the LA-based duo Paul Dateh (on violin) and inka one (on turntables). Holy crap these guys are good. They deserve all the press & attention they can get.
I once had to learn the violin in grade school. And hey, Genghis is a DJ. Dude, know what I’m thinking? We could totally do a hip hop violin video too!
(No, really, we couldn’t. Because Dateh actually knows how to play his violin well. Me, I can maybe make some dogs howl.) (Genghis though, is an awesome DJ.)
(hat tip to Ernie)
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7 Comments to “Hip Hop Violin”
George wrote:
You should check out Miri Ben-Ari if you haven’t heard of her already. She’s probably the most famous example of a violinist playing hip-hop. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tlGwKi3ISk
Posted on 03-Sep-07 at 1:13 pm | Permalink
Akrypti wrote:
Hey! I play(ed) the violin! Remember those bratty completely snotty little twerps from school who were uber-competitive and went home to practice their violin for three hours every night and who would seriously contemplate suicide every time they didn’t make concertmaster/mistress?… Yeah. I’d be one of those little twerps…
Posted on 03-Sep-07 at 7:19 pm | Permalink
jozjozjoz wrote:
Speaking of Miri Ben-Ari, who is THE Hip Hop Violinist, her management sent a cease & desist to Paul recently over that descriptor.
http://pauldateh.blogspot.com/2007/07/paul-dateh-is-not-miri-ben-ari.html
Posted on 04-Sep-07 at 7:36 am | Permalink
turkeydinner! » Blog Archive » If Jean-Luc Ponty Played Hip Hop wrote:
[...] From 8Asians. [...]
Posted on 04-Sep-07 at 10:42 am | Permalink
Mike wrote:
Oh wow, I didn’t know about Miri Ben-Ari. Cool!
And maybe these two are going to start a new trend. Since they can’t call it Hip Hop Violinist-ism, maybe it can be called Violin Hip Hop.
As in, “Hey, where can I find Dateh’s new CD?”
“Over in the Violin Hip Hop section,” says the music store clerk.
Posted on 04-Sep-07 at 12:37 pm | Permalink
Bits from the past several days « Therapy By Beauty, Cubed wrote:
[...] September 5: I stumble on Paul Dateh and inka one’s video as I peruse 8Asians.com. Now I follow Paul Dateh on Twitter and have downloaded the mp3 of their [...]
Posted on 13-Sep-07 at 4:38 pm | Permalink
8Asians.com » Win Tickets to Kollaboration 9 in Los Angeles: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog wrote:
[...] Televsion, many of this years acts have had exposure to mainstream America: Kina Grannis and Paul Dateh have viral YouTube videos, Jazmin and Kenichi Ebiwa appeared on MTV’s Top Pop Group and [...]
Posted on 19-Jan-09 at 6:32 pm | Permalink
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