{"id":12229,"date":"2019-03-18T13:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T17:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/?p=12229"},"modified":"2019-03-18T13:26:49","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T17:26:49","slug":"great-photographs-of-hip-hop-by-mel-d-cole-2002-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/18\/great-photographs-of-hip-hop-by-mel-d-cole-2002-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"GREAT: Photographs of Hip Hop by Mel D. Cole 2002 &#8211; 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Amjcr.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"3000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Amjcr.jpeg 3000w, https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Amjcr-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Amjcr-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Amjcr-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.wearethegoodlife.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Amjcr-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><br \/>\nTheGoodLife! Fam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/greatthebook\/mel-d-cole-presents-great-pictures-of-hip-hop-2002\">Mel D. Cole<\/a> has just embarked on his most ambitious project yet &#8211; <em>GREAT<\/em>. The ultimate collection of his hip hop photography from 2002 &#8211; 2019, the most impressive thing about <em>GREAT<\/em> may not even be the photos themselves but the fact that it&#8217;s a print edition! Although packed with once in a lifetime photos of luminaries like Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, the Creator, and even Beyonc\u00e9 and a forward from hip hop&#8217;s elder statesman Questlove, we live in a time where appreciation for the printed format has been lost and printing itself is looked at as archaic. So we had to ask Mel what made him do it. &#8220;I want my legacy to be tangible and to not just live in the digital world and with a book I feel it&#8217;s the ultimate way to achieve that goal.&#8221; Of course nothing worth it comes easy so Mel&#8217;s set up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/greatthebook\/mel-d-cole-presents-great-pictures-of-hip-hop-2002\">Kickstarter<\/a> to crowd fund his opus. Filled with multi-tiered support options plus a super special limited edition book that comes with special case, branded disposable film camera, backstage pass, and postcard set, it&#8217;s some fly shit the likes of you won&#8217;t likely see again. 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