http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com Capturing life's precious moments one image at a time. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:05:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en test http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/test When I met DJ DJS-1 for the first time, I liked him immediately.  He's opinionated, funny, talkative, and intelligent.  Over the years since we met, he has helped me out whenever he could, always on the look out.  He's got a new album out, and so I asked him if ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/dj-js-1id-rather-eat-a-ham-sandwich As I mentioned before, times have changed for the emcee.  Where Rakim used to write his rhymes while he cooled in his mansion, it seems that may no longer be the case for today's emcee.  Take Del the Funky Homosapien for example. Del carried his lap top with him writing and ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/a-computer-and-a-finger-a-stereo-a-tape-a-me-and-del-and-a-nice-big-plate-of-fish A few years ago my man got to interview one of my favorite emcees, the incredible clever lyricist Rhymefest.  The interview is a good read, and a quick look back into the not so distant past. REWIND THAT BACK - Rhymefest SK: I guess the big question everybody wants to know why ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/rewind-that-back-rhymefest LL couldn't live without his radio. Huge giant boom boxes lifted up onto the shoulders of B Boys used to pump out the latest rap jams. Radio in New York was amazing, one of the best things about going to the city was getting to hear rap on the radio. ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/whats-on-your-radio-intro “It’s the Yay baby brothah and I thought you knew.” – Zion I. I’d been trying to shoot Zion I for a couple of years. Every time I thought it was going to happen, something came up. Usually it was on my end, it seemed like every time they were in ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/whats-on-your-radio-pt-i-i-had-this-show-i-did-in-denver "Born and raised in Philly We go jam and jam and jam actin' silly" - Fresh Prince Imagine this. You meet up with an emcee to do a photoshoot at a Community Center in the city. The Community Center has been chosen because of the graffiti on the walls, the ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/whats-on-your-radio-pt-ii-go-jam-and-jam-and-jam “Uncle La got knocked the feds hit him with seven, and left me with the fifty cal and a mac eleven” ~ Havoc I’d like to tell you the story about how it all began…..it began hella early one morning heading out to Havoc’s crib. This was where I made mistake ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/whats-on-your-radio-pt-iii-they-used-to-do-it-out-in-the-park My last day on the East Coast started in Jersey. We met up with Mr. Len at his high school. Dude is a really funny guy! We had a lot of fun talking, and joking about everything. I particularly loved the story about an ex co-host of his from his ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/whats-on-your-radio-pt-iv-b-the-r-the-o-the-o-k-l-y-n I have been trying to do a photo shoot with the Quannum guys for years!!! ESPECIALLY Blackalicious and the guys from Latyrx.  I was so excited to get to shoot Lateef, Gab and Headnodic when they came through town as The Mighty Underdogs.   Gab, XCel, Lateef, Lyrics Born.... They are ... http://www.rachelcrickphotography.com/oooooooo-we-love-you-lateef