Grafitti

Photos From Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet 20th Anniversary Tour in Atlanta

by Kevin September 17, 2010 Grafitti

I’m happy to announce that KN.com has officially brought on a contributing photographer, Carolyn Grady of Rhythmic Images Photography. Carolyn will be providing photos to the site from certain events that she attends in Atlanta. Her first submission is from Public Enemy’s recent stop in Atlanta for their Fear of A Black Planet 20th Anniversary [...]

Wale: Attention Deficit [Album Cover]

by Kevin September 3, 2009 Coming Soon

The album cover for Wale‘s upcoming debut album has been floating around the Net this evening. I love a good cover. This one is actually pretty dope… has me anticipating the album a little more. See it in full after the cut. What do you think? And how important is an album cover to you?

Takin’ It To The Streets…

by Kevin August 29, 2009 Grafitti

Somone sent me this pic that they found in a train station in Dortmund, Germany. Proof that we are definitely global! Guess I should make it out to Germany one day…

Wu-Tang Meets Blue Note

by Kevin May 6, 2009 Around The Net

Imagine the Wu’s greatest work had it been part of the Blue Note catalog… that’s exactly what was designer Logan Walters‘ inspiration as he reimagined his Wu-Tang Clan catelog. His project is to redesign all 21 off Wu’s covers. Part one has him seven down. Head over to check them out in hi-res and if [...]

After Midnight with Hip Hop Artist Steven Lopez

by Kevin March 16, 2009 Grafitti

http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

I love looking at art just as much as I love hip hop. Props to J. Rizzle for turn me onto this artist by the name of Steven Lopez. The above video is the latest of him painting Erykah Badu, but if you check out his Vimeo site, he has some of Sade, Chaka Khan, [...]

Damu + Joe Buck: Madvillain ReVISION

by Kevin March 1, 2009 Grafitti

http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

This right here is just dope.as.fuck. Who here doesn’t like Madvillain? Album Cover ReVISIONS is a spontaneous, ongoing digital art project originally conceived by acclaimed painter/illustrator/designer Joe Buck, along with Redefinition Records. Imagined as a way to pay tribute to, and expand upon a noteworthy theme or piece of art, the Album Cover ReVISION series allows [...]

Let’s Talk with Kagan McLeod

by Sean Deez February 6, 2009 Grafitti

Canadian Interviewer, Nardwuar, was interviewing some guy named Jay-Z when a piece of art caught my attention. Nardwuar brought out a poster, an amazing poster seen above, and Jay-Z was in awe. This poster featured a head shot of every MC you could think of (including some soul pioneers and important figures) and even had [...]