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How can a piss-ant, backwoods Alabama town host not one but two of the worlds greatest recording studios? Watch this doc (on Netflix) and get your education. So good.

Filmmaker Gus Sutherland has a new documentary about beatmaking in L.A. It's always inspiring to see cats in the lab or out crate digging. Passion is addictive.

Finally sat down to watch Reincarnated - the documentary of Snoop Dogg's journey into Rastafari in an attempt to recreate himself once again. The result? It was just as bad as I thought it would be. When I first caught wind of this whole project I called shenanigans. During Snoop's entire career he's always been about going where the money is. Shamelessly wearing whatever hat necessary to align with a certain market base. The documentary (like the album) is an embarassment. His understanding of Rastafari clearly goes no further than peace, love and weed. He's basically one step away from being Ras Trent.

This morning I just discovered that there's a new documentary in the works (Wave) about old school b-boy, Mr. Wave. It's important that we remember the roots and pioneers of this culture but I think the thing that pleases me the most is that hip-hop now has grandfathers. People who have been part of the movement since the late 70's/early 80's. I take comfort in the fact that there are now cops, judges, politicians and spiritual leaders who grew up on hip-hop. Dig this teaser and be sure to peep the doc when it drops.