Episode 148: Idris Goodwin Show/Hide Search
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Idris Goodwin is an award-winning playwright, poet, rapper, essayist, and spoken word artist. His plays have been put on all over the country, and he has performed on HBO, Discovery Channel, and even Sesame Street. His book of poems and essays, These Are The Breaks, was published in 2011.
Idris’ most recent project has been a series of “breakbeat plays” - works of theater that are influenced by and reflect both the content and the form of hip-hop music and culture. His latest breakbeat play The Realness is at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, Massachusetts through April 10th.
Tracks featured in this episode:
- Jay-Z 9/11 Freestyle from DJ Clue Stadium Series pt 3
- Jay Z, “Takeover”
- Jay Z, “Jigga That Nigga”
- Jay-Z - Takeover (Live At Summer Jam 2001) [FULL] HOVNATION.COM
- Jay Z, “Where I’m From”
- Mos Def, “Beef”
- Jay Z, “Heart Of The City (Ain’t No Love) – Live”
- Kanye West, Jay Z, Big Sean, “Clique”
- Kendrick Lamar (Y.N.I.C) Track 1 FIRST MIXTAPE EVER!
- Break Beat Theater: Excerpts of Idris Goodwin’s play, “How We Got On”
- Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, “It Takes Two”
- Break Beat Theater: Excerpts of Idris Goodwin’s play, “How We Got On”
- Break Beat Theater: Excerpts of Idris Goodwin’s play, “How We Got On”
- Bronx - Jails, Hospitals and Hip Hop
- Fabolous Friday Night Freestyles Full Mixtape
- Company Flow, “End to End Burners”
- Jean Grae, “CaseBasket”
- 2Pac, “Violent”
- Kansas, “Carry On Wayward Son”
- Video | And in this Corner … Cassius Clay
- Brad Paisley, “Accidental Racist”
- Esham, “Mental Stress”
- Boogie Down Productions, “I’m Still #1”
- A Preface by HBO Def Poet Idris Goodwin
- Showbiz & A.G., “Party Groove”
- Idris Goodwin f/Layla Goodwin, “Get Over It”
- Idris Goodwin - “Say My Name”
- P.M. Dawn, “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss”