A Poet’s Guide to the Stage (In the Park)
Posted on June 24, 2010
Workshop in Brief:
Recently commissioned for the Crime Jazz Festival in Amsterdam, Rivers of Honey co-founder Hanifah Walidah’s introduces A Poet’s Guide to the Stage. This is an engaging theatrical workshop that re-examines current performance practices. It focuses on character development, stage presence and ensemble performance.
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Adidi (T3): The Legionof Core
Posted on June 23, 2010
Adidi T3 Legion of Core by Hanifah Walidah
Click here for previous episodic tracks to Adidi: The Unrocked Story
Tomorrow stay tuned for Adidi (t4): Flare
This section includes two tracks, the Legion prologue and theme song. The prologue was performed by myself and Saul. We basically went into comedic actor mode and played the various voices of Widack, Daha, Warp, 2 Step and Kid Toy, the arch nemesis of our soon to be heard heroes THE FIVE: Camile, Dome, Flare, Uprock and Graff. I remember recording it and we all bugging out for the sake of theater. Again, this record would not be if those involved took themselves so seriously that they could crack a joke or be seen as silly. But make no mistake, it still involved a level of commitment to the characters in order to bring them to light.
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Adidi: The Unrocked Story (The Lost Tapes)
Posted on June 23, 2010
Adidi (TI): We have your children
Adidi T1 We Have Your Children by Hanifah Walidah
Adidi (T2): The Prophecy
Adidi T2 The Prophecy by Hanifah Walidah
Yesterday I released the first track off of a hiphop album first recorded in 1995. It was an operatic continuation of the title track of my 1993 debut album “A Headnadda’s journey to Adidi-Skizm”. I know, a somewhat longwinded and unpronounceable title, but I was a long-winded young poet in 1993. It was a song about being taken away to an imaginary planet immersed in hip hop culture; at least what we understood it to be at the time. While writing the sequel to this track on tour I called up Earl Blaize, long time friend and producer of my first album, and told him about the idea. There was no question who would produce it. The question that remained is who would embody these characters I was developing in my head.
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