The Filtered Real: Essays From The #InvisibleRenaissance

By Sunez Skillastratorlo

A collection of #ArtOnArt &#ScienceOnMusic essays from a pioneer of the Hip Hop Writer element, Sunez aka #SkillastratorLO. Noted for dubbing this 2010's decade's best Hip Hop, the #InvisibleRenaissance, Sunez details the major artists, works, trends and insights of the era. Using the massive amount of works released in 2018 to springboard through the histories of countless greats and legends of the era, this collection will be an important historical document of this era's music as well as a prime example of exemplifying the mantra of bringing #ScienceOnMusic and displaying #ArtOnArt. Artists featured include DJ Muggs and Cypress Hill, Napoleon Da Legend, Black Thought Dom Pachino, Ka, Planet Asia, Dom Pachino, Sean Price, Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest, Roc Marciano, Nas, Westside Gunn, Conway, Benny the Butcher, August Greene and more...About the AuthorSunez, God of the 5% Nation of Gods and Earths of Boricua (Afro-Arawak) roots, via Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York and a Lo Life, the street fashion crew that has become a fully fledged Hip Hop organization directed toward all the Hip Hop elements' arts. Sunez' work presents, preserves and promotes Hip Hop's cultural and artistic diversity. In a 20+ year career, Sunez is a major pioneer of his own Hip Hop element, the Hip Hop Writer (A creative author/principled journalist/honoring historian) creating and displaying the concepts of #ArtOnArt &#ScienceOnMusic in his writings. Sunez also known as #SkillastratorLO, is Executive Editor of PremiereHipHop.COM, publishing over 300 articles works, since 1996, spanning Vibe, XXL, The Source, HipHopDX.com, Stress and countless others as a writer and/or editor. Sunez is the host of The Power Write Show on S Street Media, the first and only show about the Hip Hop Writer element as well as the host of DJ Toshi's Classic Storm Radio podcast. Sunez authored the ebook, The Sunez Crates, a collection of essays from 2013. Sunez has also served as an author and editor of major works on the 5% Nation of Gods and Earths including editing The Righteous Way & The Righteous Way: The Golden Jubilee Edition by Starmel Allah and co-editing the Knowledge of Self: A Collection of Wisdom on the Science of Everything in Life, Since 2000, Sunez has been an educator of his own designed P.E.A.C.E. Course, taught weekly, at Allah school in Mecca, the first school of the 5% NGE in Harlem, NYC. Sunez is also a martial arts disciple of Bian Xing Shaolin Kung Fu.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1086143701
• ISBN13: 9781086143706
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"