Figures of Speech
Encyclopedia
Figures of Speech is a hip hop
group consisting of MCs Eve and Jyant. They performed at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s and were featured on the Project Blowed
compilation.
Eve (Ava DuVernay
) went on to direct the feature-length documentary about the Good Life open-mic nights titled This Is the Life (2008).
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Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
group consisting of MCs Eve and Jyant. They performed at the Good Life Cafe in the early 1990s and were featured on the Project Blowed
Project Blowed
Project Blowed refers to an open-mic workshop, its affiliated hip hop crew, and the two compilation albums released by that collective. The Leimert Park workshop is the longest running open-mic for Hip-Hop in the world.-The Good Life:...
compilation.
Eve (Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay is an American filmmaker, film marketer and film distributor.-Film Marketing:DuVernay formed The DuVernay Agency, later known as DVA Media + Marketing, in 1999...
) went on to direct the feature-length documentary about the Good Life open-mic nights titled This Is the Life (2008).
Discography
In 2007, Figures of Speech released their first album The Last Word exclusively on iTunesITunes
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