Just to Get a Rep - graffiti & hip-hop documentary

JUST TO GET A REP is the first film to tell the true story of the origins of graffiti and hip-hop features exclusive interviews with New York’s legendary spray-paint pioneers and today’s leading artists from Europe and the US.

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Exclusive interview with BIGG JUS of COMPANY FLOW filmed at Ground Zero a couple days after 9/11, very close to where he recorded the album Funcrusher Plus.

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Kosmic Four ft. Cousin Cole - Writers' Bench 2

Video shot by Peter Gerard and edited by Vera Janisch.  Featuring footage from "Just to Get a Rep."

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For 5 years, any visitor to http://justtogetarep.com could “bomb” the website with a virtual spraycan. This video chronicles every stroke people painted on the wall over the years. This was an experiment in interactivity from the good ‘ol days of Flash websites. When you’d come to the site, you’d just see spraycans falling in the background. They had random colors, and you’d have to grab them in flight or pick them up once they stopped bouncing on the ground. You’d then have a random amount of paint in the can before it would run out. You could throw a can in the trash to get another random color. There were no instructions though, so people just played around and figured it out. It’s fascinating to see what developed over the years.

The music is by ONE SP: http://www.mc1sp.com

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Director of Just to Get a Rep, Peter Gerard, talks about making the film and becoming obsessed with the graffiti writing community.

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STAY HIGH 149 (RIP) was one of the greatest taggers of all time, known for his smoking stick figures that covered New York City for decades.

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VYAL talks about the LA writing scene.

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TRACY 168 is famous for WILD STYLE lettering and being one of the most prolific early writers in New York.

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SHARP is a legend in the NYC graffiti scene.

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The last ever Paint Louis event, a huge graffiti festival held in 2000 at a flood wall in St. Louis, Missouri. Featuring UAA, the Shapeshifters, and many more.

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PRIZ, STAN, FUME and NIC1 talk about New York graffiti while hanging out at Old Timers' Day at the legendary 5 Pointz aka Phun Phactory.

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SLANG talks about the old school Chicago graffiti scene.

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Futura 2000 is a world-famous graffiti writer and designer from New York.

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Kosmic Four is a popular rap and graffiti group from East LA.

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One of New York's earliest writers, FLINT is known for his short messages that always accompanied his tags.

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Mr. KAVES (aka Michael McLeer) from Lordz of Brooklyn talks about writing and hip-hop in New York.

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JEST is a NYC writer who co-founded Alife and was involved in publishing Mass Appeal.

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The founders of the original MONTANA COLORS talk about the first spraypaint made for graffiti artists in Barcelona.