About the Film
JUST TO GET A REP is the first film to tell the true story of the origins of graffiti and hip-hop features exclusive interviews with New York’s legendary spray-paint pioneers and today’s leading artists from Europe and the US.
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Exclusive interview with BIGG JUS of COMPANY FLOW filmed at Ground Zero a couple days after 9/11, very close to where he recorded the album Funcrusher Plus.
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Kosmic Four ft. Cousin Cole - Writers’ Bench 2
Video shot by Peter Gerard and edited by Vera Janisch.
Featuring footage from “Just to Get a Rep.”
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For 5 years, any visitor to http://justtogetarep.com could “bomb” the website with a virtual spraycan. This video chronicles every stroke people painted on the wall over the years. This was an experiment in interactivity from the good ‘ol days of Flash websites. When you’d come to the site, you’d just see spraycans falling in the background. They had random colors, and you’d have to grab them in flight or pick them up once they stopped bouncing on the ground. You’d then have a random amount of paint in the can before it would run out. You could throw a can in the trash to get another random color. There were no instructions though, so people just played around and figured it out. It’s fascinating to see what developed over the years.
The music is by ONE SP: http://www.mc1sp.com
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STAY HIGH 149 (RIP) was one of the greatest taggers of all time, known for his smoking stick figures that covered New York City for decades.
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TRACY 168 is famous for WILD STYLE lettering and being one of the most prolific early writers in New York.
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