huge respect to the originals and pioneers of graffiti ! mad props from melbourne

Man did this bring back memories. I lived in Philly during the 60's and 70's and remember seeing Cornbred, Cool Earl, Smokey, etc EVERYWHERE in the city.....from the EL stop walls and cars, billboards, phone booths, like EVERYWHERE. It's a trip to see these cats speak about their tagging all these years later. They sure had style. Philly is the birthplace of Row homes, Philly cream cheese, cheesesteaks, tasty cakes, and graffiti.....EXCELLENT documentary!

I went writin w/ "duck" in the late 80's. He was my old head

Graffiti is punk rock art. KAD pretty much tought me how to really write. All the styles. I gave him a spiral copybook in highschool & told him to just destroy it. He could write everything. From CornBread, JS & cool Earl to the present. He had mastered every style of Philly graffiti. Truly blew my mind. Front to back that book was filled with the history of Philly graffiti. He is a true historian. He was the king back then. Thanks Rob. I still write every day, just not on walls. Everybody loves the way I write. At work, at home, on letters, cards, everything.

These guy are LEGENDS. Know the history. This documentary is extremely important. Most importantly, dont go over their tags!

Watching in 2020 born in West Philly 1980 raised in the 90’s and the most memorable tag I remember seeing was CAT!

man that sound the can makes when you shaking it I love it lol...

I remember seeing CornBread EVERYWHERE in Philly.

When i was growing up in Kensington philly the people I mostly saw on walls or el roof tops ...KAIR NARK COSE KE JAM OZ BOZA CAR TRISM ZAT ZERK ZEEK NAV EH ZAM ACTONE OZO ZAN BAKA BARK EPIC RH MB EMBER .. probably way more but loved it .. loved it more not knowing who was who ...

Graffiti differs so much from city to city crowd wise, but one thing that's true for every city is all the all city writers that everyone knows are 99% lunatics.

Cornbread the legend!

One of the most OG (Philly) documentaries

I was a baby in the 80s, but if you ask me what I remember the most, I'd say it was riding the El or Subway and watching all the graffiti passing by.

Thank you very much for the upload, Robert. This is a strong doc with lots of heart, and insight. Nuff Erspect. Greatly appreciate your generosity.

Huge props to Robert Moran, this was a informative and enjoyable all the way through. From a writers perspective Cornbread's name should be as recognizable as Taki183 or Stay High, the impact that these pioneers had on the scene can't be replicated. The Philly Wicket could almost be made into a documentary by itself. Kinda surprised Esteem and Curve didn't get interviewed as new school guys with old school knowledge but that's cool. Much respect, helluva job.

Anyone remember the mural of bugs bunny smoking a joint above the El entrance when it goes underground on 46 street, around the late 70s early 80s ? I think it was done by Estro..

Love to learn about the founders of Philly graffiti. Awesome and respect from Ohio.

Growing up in Philly during the eighties,MB was the King! I had a chance to write with some really good writers back then; EZ,SJ,Car,RH,Pin. SCS CREW LAW1..RR&JAC... On the move !

A lot of people think Graffiti art started in New York but it actually started in Philadelphia.

THE REAL KING!!!! MARK BROOKS!! Isn’t philly so fuckin silly?😎✨✨✨thanks for making my childhood so colorful!!!!

Pretty amazing that many of these crews are still around in Philadelphia.

It’s amazing still seeing their tags and credits your work is amazing great documentary

i love the video bro, glad to see the original graffiti styles and the writers, this hour was well spent

So great you made this doc and this history is being recorded and shared

Philly got some of the best hands types in my opinion ... So dope to watch ... You gotta have a precise hand and good flow and rhythm there's a lot of factors that go with it they make it look simple but that shit is tough I'm not gunna lie ... Props from New England

Awesome! Shouts to Mr. Blint, Estro, Razz, Kadism XTC Crew and all the Philly artists work I used to see along the Schukyll River off Kelly Drive. Shouts at ex-mayor Wilson Goode, whatever chump; as the piece under the bridge said "Goode is NO good!" ; )

Thx vor all your work ❤🙏🏻

How did I miss this doc,..love it 👍👍👍

that Cornbread elephant story is legendary 😂

Damm kids these days don’t know shit about the origins of graffiti. Respect to philly, I want to learn that wicked handstyle! Respect from Garbage Grove, CA

thanks for the upload brother so good

This is soooo great....thank you!!

Thank you for shotting, edited and self-financing the project Robert Moran!!!

It looks so different then what’s out now, big ups to those who have paved the way for the younger generations!

Was a pleasure to be envoled with the makers of the video...... IYA crew Trykeepinup #philly

rest in Paradise razz my big bro never forgotten----wab bold art 1

Some of these men describe the motivation reason & beauty of it better than I ever heard

best graffiti documentary i've seen on youtube.

I remember seeing KAIR everywhere in the early 90's

Wow...kair used to have the el on lock back then. I like the history of the wicket style too. Great documentary.

Legendary Documentary! Thank you! #PhillyHipHop

pretty cool, thanks for upload!!

great video! I love the credit and kair interveiws along with all the others. bump kee. ICP reppin hard and I CEE PZK behind nb towards the end. very good video thro, props deserved!

In my youth i used to "Bomb"(Graffiti) by the tag "Skream". Bombing was fun especially at night or after midnight. Me and my crew would hit the Septa train yards & hit up an unmarked subway car. Shout out "Razz" he's a Philly wall legend. Graff writing is still popular. A lot of Graff writers are now cartoonist, mural creators or just we grew up. Bombing will always be in the blood. There always going to be fake wannabes or vandals but bombing isn't the same as vandalism.

sick ty for the upload bro

Razz....legendary

Masterpiece...thank you Robert!

Awesome. Loved this. Amazing to finally see faces attached to the tags that influenced me back in the day. 58:26 was great! Any info on Mr. Blint?

Thanks for posting. very good documentary

Those top n bottom fade tags are fucking quality and respect from uk cos philly got some unique styles that I think are mint,

Doesn't get more real and authentic to this doc showing the roots from where hands started word up!

KAIR IS A KING

art is art

KAIR: "I live in the suburbs of Atlanta." That's funny, because I too live in the suburbs of Atlanta.

T-Bone is the uncle we all want...

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing

RIP Chewy

Those are almost all old, yes there is bigger & better - well not better... different - shit now but all is this is from like 1980-2000. KAIR was everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE in Philly. You didn't drive thru Philly without seeing it 25 times in impossible places.....

I wonder where all these old school writers at now, 13 years later? Dope documentary 😎✨🤘

215 and 610 are my home. Moved outta Philly 3 years ago and miss it every single day !

West Philly Repping in the build!

Wha up KAIR ! it's the orig DAMER from NP. Awesome Video. Big up to ALL the original old writers.

Great times in Philly. Where's KADSTER?

I wanna fish with kool klepto Kidd.

Damn I love my city, big ups 215.

I remember Razz, shout to LAW 1..

Great doc 👌

WEST PHILLY U-CITY . 39th & Market . RIP U-CITY HIGH

"First Element" by Stape Mega and Digs Darklighter. They are Philly guys. I don't think they released that track anywhere except for this movie. Google them and maybe you'll find contact info.

fuckkkk this makes me want to write right now...

gotta give him credit Kair was all over that city.....north, center city, northeast, he was everywhere

good job, robert moran! sick vid.

So dope. Should be in theaters

THE OLD SCHOOL RULES MY SON

Da 80's were da BEST yrs of my life for sure! Bombing, tagging, pieceing, Burner's, with Total Freedom!

Cool Earl reminds me of Dave Chapple's impression of a white news reporter.

good ol philly style..dope.

WOW SHOUTS OUT TO THE LEGENDS DAMMM .. AND SEEING SOME OF THESES CATS WOW I SAW MEAN RIP. I SAW NAR MY YOUNGIN AND HAD NO IDEA RAZZ AND ME WAS BAW AND I NEVER NEW IT WAS HIM WELL BLOOD CLOT DONALD NASTY MARK B. AND TO GIVE ALL YALL THE BAD NEWS MY BOY ESTRO AKA MUSIC BEAT LEGEND KID DESTROY JUST PASSED RIP..... MUCH LOVE TO ALL THESE REAL WRITERS FROM KENT / KENTSTER........................NP.

WOOOW ! thank 4 the info !

OZ the Greatest n Philly. Shot out to CAEM & KAIR

Hey this is my first time seeing this and I wanted to know if you still had maybe any unused footage of my dad RAZZ that I could see. Thanks

great documentary! Can somebody tell me, what's call last song? Respekt from Poland to Philadelphia.

Good docu on where it all started...

How do you find these guys? I'd love to talk to some of them man.. Philly for life, philly graff for life... You've seen me around. Haha.

Born & raised in southwest philly. 1974. Been drawing/writing grafitti since '83. If "RAZZ" on this doc OR talked about bcuz he passed he may not be on here its not official.

S.O to my philly writers KOREA, WACKO, STERN, LOKE, SNUZ , SNAK , BENZ , RAME , KREV ,OBAN , GOOSE , ZEBO , KAEX, ETC.... i just came back from killing the whole north philly because of this video

1:06:01 NEKST! R-I-P!

shout out to the moon man!! havent seen you in a minute kid

00:30:40 handwriting demo! gotta love it man!

King Kair. The best from my time and a fellow Kensington dude.

Everyone thought graffiti started in New York, Philly was doing it about 3 years earlier! Amazing

I was pretty upset about him going over the piece too. But I actually liked the character.

from ch1 were we got a pretty deep history with graffitti and etc im digging this video

Great documentary ! Anyone know the name of the track playing at the end ?

31:52 I just had to a pause there just to take admire that tag shit Is dope

feeling this. big

Dope doc!!! I'm not a writer but I write...lol it's part if that hood hip hop culture everybody wrote, rapped, Dj, break dance or something ... Real Philly history . I remember many of these tags coming up riding the El, the 10, 36eyc

some art is just an event i am impressed by this documentary

this came out when i was born and now i whright