First thing I noticed about this 2nd dvd from the constructive destruction guys, apart from having their own great theme tune!! is the inclusion of a lot more live painting footage, this makes it so much better than the first and keeps the interest level high. Some old favourites on this one again like Sento, Timber, Enter, Nace, Kerse and Apart and once again the choice of music, for me is a bit annoying, I’m an old man now and my ears cant take it like they used to but overall I do think this is a great dvd.
After some funny footage of an LA lady complaining about graffiti in her back yard and a brief intro of some rolling stock footage we hook up with the YNC crew and watch them painting, this is at night but the great thing is we go back the next day to check it out in the light, another night paint follows then its back the next day again to check it out, quite often in these types of movies you watch someone paint a car but don’t get to see the finished result cos its so dark, this makes a welcome change. After a bit more rolling footage with some better music we get a live paint in with Kreser, never heard of this guy before but he rocks it. Next there’s some night throwup action which aint that great but this is followed with 2 nice pieces painted by Ciao and Lime??. More rolling footage then a short section about “Phrite” R.I.P, bit more rolling with a great bit of music before we get to hear from the guy behind the “Southern Pacific Forever” books, this is a really interesting section , check his myspace…..
http://www.myspace.com/southernpacificforever
Next up is Sinek who paints a wall alone then a wall with Guilt, Strike and Urine, then he hits a Freight with some others whose names I can’t make out. This is followed by another section of rolling stock featuring Revok, Echoe, Kerse and Versot amongst others, but these were the ones that stood out for me.
Tucson gets a shout out from the Bronx legend Cope2, then there’s a section featuring more rolling stock, street bombing and a bikini clad model posing in front of a graffed up wall. Next up, Joins and Con paint an abandoned building, the pieces are sick but what I loved about this bit was the little effects going on in the foreground, the mixture of porn and animation on the tvs and the space invaders, nice touch. There’s some more street bombing mixed in with a bit of skating, some night time freight painting and we end with a selection of still photos of painted freights. Right at the end is a really funny bit, its an interview with Tribe on what looks like the coolest show on American TV “The Drop” I’m not gonna take the piss out of DJ Lady Tribe as I believe her brother is Tlok but the 2 guys she is with…… damn!! they just look like the baddest coolest cats around. This is what commercial hip hop looks like folks, you get down with ya bad self!!
Spacehop says 3.5 out of 5 hopstas… Would def watch this again, some great bits of live painting, this is still a Benchers DVD but with a little bit of something extra..
http://www.myspace.com/constructivexdestruction
