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Arthur Russell
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Fragments of an aborted recording session at Battery Sound NYC in 1986 which brought together fledgling rapper Mark Sinclair--today better known as the actor Vin Diesel--and avant composer/dance music maven Arthur Russell in a project midwifed by Gary Lucas, who discovered Mark Sinclair rapping and break-dancing on the streets of the West Village, and greenlighted by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Barry Feldman of Upside/Logarhythm records.
"I'm the Man of Steel" the teenage Sinclair asserts, foreshadowing his stellar ascent as a worldwide action movie hero ("Triple XXX", "Pitch Black", and most recently the #1 box office hit "Fast Five")-- but even Diesel is no match for Arthur's crafty diabolical beats, which keep dropping "the one" out from under him, breaking up Sinclair's delivery and eventually rendering the session useless.
"It's the white part of me fucking it up!"
--Mark Sinclair at the recording session
archival tape courtesy of Gary Lucas
http://garylucas.com/www/bio
http://www.lasercave.biz/2010/01/arthur-russell-hip-hop-producer/
- Eric Liljestrand
Eric Liljestrand at 2.17 on March 19, 2013 22:14
This drove me over the edge and I quit Battery Sound in this session! A rapper without rhythm...who knew it would become the style years later!
- Justinmarshall812
- SEAYOU
- Tiffany Pratt
Tiffany Pratt on November 16, 2012 06:34
@emeje i dont know whats worse you or your complaint bro
and btw wouldnt wann be ya (joking) - B O Y C O M
B O Y C O M at 1.51 on October 10, 2012 14:33
Is there ANYYYY way in hell I can get an accapella for this please? I would love to do a remix :D
- B O Y C O M
B O Y C O M on October 10, 2012 14:32
Is there ANYYYY way in hell I can get an accapella for this please? I would love to do a remix :D
- juniper-chew
juniper-chew at 0.13 on July 23, 2012 09:50
Argh - thank goodness he became an actor instead. I am not listening to the rest of this.
- Dreams West
- alexnickell
alexnickell at 2.17 on January 14, 2012 05:52
@Ms. Ing: chronicles of riddick is legendary and his performance was phenomenal.
- alexnickell
- SD/DC
- SD/DC
- Ms. Ing
Ms. Ing at 2.17 on May 13, 2011 22:57
@emeje: Well, in the least, both are far better than your comments. And at least he's entertaining; you should try that sometime.
- georgie-pilson
georgie-pilson on May 11, 2011 05:16
Maybe Russell was just trying to get a bit of that young Vin's Diesel, cuz why else would he have entertained this notion?
- cashless
- emeje
emeje at 2.41 on May 10, 2011 06:19
It's really a shame such a genius like Arthur wasted his time with Mark Sinclair.
- emeje
- songoperated
- seno
seno at 1.34 on May 06, 2011 21:12
PUMP UP THAT BASS PUMP UP THAT BASS PUMP IT UP, wait, what happened
- seno
- Scot Lush
- CjEggett
CjEggett at 0.53 on May 06, 2011 12:18
Possibly the greatest moments in music? http://counterfeitculture.co.uk
- Natalie
- john-isley
john-isley at 1.26 on May 06, 2011 09:12
@Niklahs: AS LEAST HE KINDA KNEW HE WAS " GETTING STUPI" WONDER IF HE WAS STONED!
- john-isley
- zaceno
- Tree of Heaven
- user5530350
- Niklahs
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