See we here at Extra Butter are all about the cinema…sneakers too, but art & style overall. On November 27th Sir Bam la Roc and I went to Huntington Village’s Cinema Arts Centre (one of the ONLY places on Long Island to see the quality movies – independents, cult classics, etc.) to see a 25th anniversary screening of Wild Style, which was an event that served as an amalgamation of our various passions.

Thanks to the good folks at the Cinema Arts Centre we had the pleasure of meeting Wild Style’s writer/director Charlie Ahearn and discussing how the culture he unearthed is still being lived and is very prevalent in our culture.

Note: Both happened to be rocking Red Suedes – I went with colors from the film’s logo, Bam with the Ken Swift tribute

If you haven’t seen this movie – you’re probably lacking a key root or two – like Mr. Lif says on “Enters the Colossus” – “niggas need to go back and watch WILD STYLE – hip hop has arisen”. This couldn’t be a more necessary film to watch (again and again) and learn about hip-hop from an original standpoint, not the contemporary idea of mainstream hip-hop… and Charlie’s book – “Wild Style – The Sampler” exemplifies the film’s pure & true influence on our music, b-boying, graffiti, DJing, and hip hop culture today.

Be on the lookout this summer as we hope to work with the Cinema Arts Centre and bring more features and events like this to the surface!!