“This Thing Called Hip Hop” was released on Prime Video on Friday, March 20, 2020 – Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Click Here for More Info
This Thing Called Hip Hop
Taking place during the Black Lives Movement, This Thing Called Hip Hop is an indie 4K film that pays tribute to Purple Rain, Krush Groove and Mo’ Better Blues. Told through a series of podcasts covering a major hip hop competition, the film explores the internal battles of a rising femcee who is struggle between doing what’s best for her career or doing what’s best for her love life.
The Mixtape
Intro – DJ Q-Nice
This Thing Called… – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman, JGraie, Marc Solomon & DJ Velo)
989 – Quest MCODY
When I Call – Zachariah
Tooootsie Roll – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman & JGraie)
As a Man Thinks – Jack Burton
Meridian – Edotkom
Stay Lit – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman & JGraie)
I’m So CLEVELAND – DRASTIC
This Ones For You – Paulie Rhyme & King Rem
Dangerous Love – Gary Thomas
Outro – DJ Q-Nice
Bonus: Heart Stop – JGraie Ft Mookie Montonio
The Soundtrack
Stay Lit – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman & JGraie)
Friend Zone – Fleek and Finesse (Jalysa Harris & Dot McDonald)
Real Ones – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman & JGraie)
Tooootsie Roll – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman & JGraie)
Gangster – Finesse (Dot McDonald)
This Thing Called… – Flow Motion (Franceli Chapman, JGraie, Marc Solomon & DJ Velo)
Character & Music Videos
The Origins Story
David Velo Stewart sits down with Michelle Marotta (from the Studio City Now podcast) to discuss how and why Velocity Productions produced the film, This Thing Called Hip Hop. Their discussion also explores the origins and vision of Neo Hip Hop.
Learn About the cast & crew
Neo-Hip-Hop is a blend of new and old rap music with a positive and inspirational spin. Neo-Hip-Hop is a rising subculture of Hip-Hop that seeks to shine light in dark places and challenge many popular and highly successful rappers over reliance on homophobia, misogyny, the “N-word”, materialism and gangsta violence in their lyrics.
Logline: Taking place during the Black Lives Movement, This Thing Called Hip Hop is an indie 4K film that pays tribute to Purple Rain, Krush Groove and Mo’ Better Blues. Told through a series of podcasts covering a major hip hop competition, the film explores the internal battles of a rising femcee who is struggle between doing what’s best for her career or doing what’s best for her love life.
Target Audience: This Thing Called Hip Hop will appeal to a wide range of people worldwide because it has entertaining characters, well written dialog and compelling narrative of many recent successful indie dramas, BlacKkKlansman, Searching, White Boy Rick, Breaking In and Blindspotting. The film also can attract millions of multi-racial Millennials who regularly watch highly popular Urban dramas and dramedies, “Atlanta”, “Empire”, “Star”, “Insecure” and “Power” and Hip-Hop reality shows,“Love & Hip-Hop”, “Growing Up Hip-Hop”, “Black Ink” and “Wild n’ Out”.
Music: This artistic experience in not complete without hearing the free Mixtape and Soundtrack.
Velocity Productions would like to extend a special thanks to the following for their support with This Thing Called Hip Hop:
Corkskroo
William Anderson
DJ Q-Nice
Clarence Gaines IV
David L. “Money Train” Watts
Jeannine Warren
Tiffany Saxon
Aviana Easter
Kim Pinkard
Carmen M. Wilson
Steve Wilson
John Moody
Charita B.
Gwen M.
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