"City of God's Son" by Kenzo Digital

“City of God’s Son” is a revolutionary new audio driven cinematic experience by artist Kenzo Digital. A story completely created out of samples and re-appropriated audio and visual media, “City of God’s Son” stars rappers Nas, Jay Z, Ghostface, Notorious BIG, Raekwon, and actors Samuel Jackson, Lawrence Fishburne, Delroy Lindo, and Al Pacino. Narrated by legendary soul singer Joe Bataan. It is a crime drama/coming of age tale of three fictitious characters growing up in a crime ridden mythical city in a jungle. This project explores the icon of the gangster in modern media, and weaves musical history and gangster film history into an operatic music based story of brotherhood and survival.The project has received critical acclaim from the Huffington Post, Kanye West, Complex Magazine, Fader Magazine, Nahright.com and many others. As one of the most viral and groundbreaking forms of new media art, “City of God’s Son” fuses musical and cinema mythologies into a one of a kind sound film, redefining how stories can be told and the very definition of the remix and score.

Press Quotes About "City of God's Son"

“A Quentin Tarantino-esque piece of pop art that uses 90’s hip-hop culture as its palette”
- The Huffington Post, Ben Arnon, January 13, 2009

“A new project that fuses sampling culture with gangster storytelling.”
- Kanye West, January 16, 2009

“A unique new project that fuses sampling culture with the type of gangster storytelling that would make Scorsese proud.”
- Complex Magazine, January 13, 2009

“The project is a spectacular sound scape into the world of the iconic gangster.”
- Hypebeast.com, January 13, 2009

"There is nothing on Earth at all like City Of God’s Son."
- Cinema Suicide blog, August 26, 2009

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Project Links

**WATCH BOTH VIDEOS BEFORE LISTENING TO THE MUSIC COMPONENT**

http://www.CityofGodSon.com


"City of God's Son: Cinema for the Blind" link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGMz4DVjRto

Youtube link to "City of God's Son" trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlSgUCmKPM4…



*IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU WATCH BOTH THE TRAILER AND THE "CINEMA FOR THE BLIND" VIDEO FIRST TO BEST UNDERSTAND HOW TO EXPERIENCE THIS PROJECT, AS IT IS A SOUND FILM, NOT AN ALBUM*

*PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS AT NIGHT, ON HEADPHONES, IN A DARK ROOM FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT. CLOSING YOUR EYES OR WEARING A BLIND FOLD FOR THE ENTIRE PIECE IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED*

**PLEASE HELP SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BY FORWARDING TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO LOVE MUSIC, FILM, AND ART**


PRESS LINKS


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-arnon/ci…

http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/01/13/ci…

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/15…

http://www.formatmag.com/features/the-dail…

http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2009/08/26/c…

http://www.sohh.com/2009/01/sohh_exclusive…

http://hypebeast.com/2009/01/kenzo-hakuta-…

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3…

http://www.thefader.com/articles/2009/1/14…

http://themessageblog.blogspot.com/2009/02…

http://zharris09.blogspot.com/2009/01/kenz…

http://freshnerd.com/2009/01/city-of-gods-…

http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2009/03…

http://www.urb.com/permalink/4640/VIDEO:-F…

http://nahright.com/news/2009/01/13/city-o…

http://www.okayplayer.com/news/City-Of-God…