"This event was really doing things for improving
commmunity awareness and understanding of hip hop culture. It was
totally big in that respect. If you look at the cultural diversity
it drew out (young, old, white, black, hispanic, oriental, red, purple,
green...) it really took steps for community improvement. People notice
things like this - making those who didn't take the culture seriously
recognise it's validity as true art forms. It's amazing that the City
agreed to legalizing the bridge for graf writing cuz it's more than
just vandalism, it's beautifying the urban landscape.
I personally found that there was almost a surreal feeling with the
location of the event, since it obviously rang out urban street culture,
but was in more of a park-like setting taking a step back. Saul Williams
once said once "you ain't never heard hip hop till you've listened
to Rakim on a rocky mountain top/ remove it from the urban element
that created it/ and let open countryside illustrate it..." -
house of paint exemplified this.
So big big big respects go out to all involved in the organization
of this event - you really helped promote positive commmunity improvement
for both the city, the region and hip hop culture."
- J. Eikenberry
