The fact that Have You Heard is still not available to the public is a disservice to ears everywhere. Honestly what is Miguel waiting for I’m tired of waiting.
Shaolin Fantastic by Elicia Donze. Drawn in PS. Please do not remove caption.
[Caption: A realistic digital painting of Shaolin Fantastic from The Get Down. Portrait is from the chest up. Shaolin is wearing a 70s red and black striped velour shirt, a red flat cap, and a large pair of headphones with polished white plastic and chrome ear pads. He has a goatee and a thin gold chain around his neck. The background is deep red-brown.]
Zeke by Elicia Donze. Drawn in PS. Please do not remove caption.
[Caption: A realistic digital painting of Zeke from The Get Down. Portrait is in profile from the waist up. Zeke is wearing a blue polo shirt. He has a large afro and thick sideburns. He’s gazing to the right with a melancholy expression. The background is a series of concentric frames from purple to gold that form a retro rainbow pattern.]
I ain’t no hard rock like you, but when it comes to my girl, I’m all heart. I’m do or die. So, kill me all you want to. Stab your hate into my love. You might kill me, but you’ll never beat me. ‘Cause I got love, and you’ll probably never even know what that is.
Ezekiel “Books” Figuero • The Get Down Pt. 1 (via getdowndizzee)
is there any better feeling than watching the scene where the get down bros are rehearsing for their battle and ra ra just can’t the hang of it but than diz is like “yo shao, give him a beat he can double time to” and ra freaking HITS IT OUT OF THE PARK
The way I see it, all of us is here on this planet. And we’re on a journey. And it is a mystery. Who knows who’s gonna end up where with who? Right? It’s just hard to lose a friend. ‘Cuze like…that’s the hardest thing to come by.