Articles by Noel Dix

Kid Koala Speaks With His Hands

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Computer software available to modern producers now seems unlimited, making once painstaking and time-consuming tasks as simple as a click...

Boyz N The Hood

John Singleton

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Remarkably Boyz N The Hood was the first project for 23-year-old writer/director, John Singleton, the first substantial role for Cuba Goodi...

Family Guy: Volume Two, Season Three

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

After getting away with politically incorrect murder for two abbreviated scattered seasons, Seth MacFarlane and his Family Guy project saw...

Fargo

Joel Coen

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

This is the Coen brothers’ greatest achievement, and given their body of work, that’s a bold statement. Fargo is a masterpiece...

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

One of the most memorable cinematic love stories in recent history is also one of the more unconventional, and yet it is far more believabl...

Bend It Like Beckham

Gurinder Chadha

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

While the teenage girls of North America are being force-fed the likes of Crossroads and whatever film Mandy Moore is in, the British are l...

Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma Bring Back the Golden Age

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

The combination of lyricist Charizma and producer Peanut Butter Wolf was a match made in hip-hop heaven. The pair was opening up for the li...

From Gear to Eternity

BOOK

PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

Attention all hip-hop gear nerds. Have you ever wondered about the environment Premier makes his disgusting beats in? Or what Madlib's bong...