"THE TOWN" An Oakland Leaf Promo made by Youth Roots
DiGiTAL POEM SNEAK PREViEWZ:
"The Murder Dubbz"
"The Durty 30z"
"From High to the 70z"
Influences
2007-2008 Youth Roots Projects:
"Real talk on da Block" Digital Poems
"Flip da script on Hip Hop" Critical Consciousness workshop - CSULA Colonialism Conference
"Pimp the System" Critical Sociology n Hip Hop
"Pimp the System" Indie Hip Hop Podcast Series
Rites of Passage Adventure Education
2006-2007 Youth Roots Highlights:
-"Humanity Vs Insanity" music CD
-"Power To The PeopLE" Black Panther mural
-"Hip Hop Beyond Beats" critical consciousness youth workshops
-The All Oakland Talent Show (event production, promotion, and performace)...
We are YOUTHROOTS -- high school critical media producerz and leaders of the 21st century. We rep the Town, but we love the world. We trying to get ourz in this society by rooting ourselves in our community as leaderz, producerz, & changerz. We're strapped with weapons of the 21st century to act and interact as street scholars, artists, organizers, and multi-media producers.
Plus we noe whazzup....Real talk...We noe wassup wit da forces that try to bring down our fam in our inner city communities, but we also are building the skills and knowledge to infiltrate, study, disrupt, dismantle, and produce this revolutionary culture that Dead Prez be talkin about.
We use urban sociology, music production, digital journalism (podcast), hip hop theatre, spoken word, graphic design, paint brushes, spray cans, and cyber space to reprezent ourselves in four roles:
Word Warriors
Paint Pacifists
Cyber Souljas
Image Infiltrators
Breakin that down, here's what that means...
WORD WARRORS use the critical ideas and language we learn to communicate in the written and spoken word through informational materials, verbal discourse, and Hip Hop Theatre.
PAINT PACIFISTS use brush and spray paint as the weapon of visual expression to communicate our critical voice to the public
CYBER SOULJAS use internet weapons like podcasting, myspace & youtube to reach our peers
IMAGE INFILTRATORS use digital photography and graphic design to influence thought and change in things we make like flyers, posters, and silk screened t-shirts.
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Thanks for having us at the fundraiser. We had a great time and your stage crew was the best! Very smoooooth. Let us know if you ever need us. Abrazos, Las Manas Tres
What up fam? This is a new show that all folks in Oakland should see! Written by youth to address the issues and stresses of living life in the modern world. powerful work, not to be slept on. Running for 2 weekends @ Laney so get tickets now! Much love & respect!
what's up powerful young people? thanks for the add! really into your profile... we are def on the same track. come check out Destiny's new production premiering the last two weekends of March, right in downtown oakland! this dynamic and diverse group of youth generated a hip-hop theater show that combines martial arts, spoken word, dance and song to address issues of racism, isolation, violence, climate change and media control. to put it simply, it go hella hard. come out and represent! check the website for details!
