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Ursula Rucker is an American spoken word recording artist. Rucker is known for a diverse repertoire, and for utilizing techniques that catch her listeners' attention.
Rucker was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was a graduate of Temple University’s journalism program. She is of African-American and Italian descent. Rucker had been writing poetry since adolescence but kept her writings to herself until she read poetry in 1994, at Philadelphia’s Zanzibar Blue which is credited as her debut.
That very same year, Rucker was invited to collaborate with numerous recording artists, and producers including WAX TAILOR, King Britt, 4hero, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Josh Wink, Alix Perez and most notably The Roots.
Rucker garnered a reputation for unique poetry techniques and stage presence which were described as "strong, vulnerable, wounded and raging". King Britt gave Rucker recognition and invited her to create her first spoken word recording, the 1994 club hit, "Supernatural". Dance music fans and DJ's quickly appreciated Rucker’s vocals and rhythm, which was described as "mystical". According to Britt, while the original and remixes of Supernatural were continually used in clubs widespread throughout the United States, internationally, the most popular mix of the song remains the a cappella.
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Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry, better known as simply Def Poetry Jam or Def Poetry, was a spoken word poetry television series hosted by Mos Def and airing on HBO between 2002 and 2007. The series features performances by established and up-and-coming spoken word poets. Performances also include special appearances by well-known actors and musicians, as well as occasional performances by Mos Def himself. Co-created by Bruce George, Danny Simmons, Deborah Pointer, Stan Lathan, and Russell Simmons, the show is a spin-off of the popular Def Comedy Jam which began airing on HBO in the 90's. As with Def Comedy, Simmons appears at the end of every episode to thank the audience.
The series included historical legendary poets such as, The Last Poets, Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka and Sonya Sanchez. It also featured poets, Saul Williams, Grammy Award Winning J. Ivy, Jessica Care-Moore and Lemon. Though technically not a poetry slam, Def Poetry has become heavily associated with the poetry slam movement, and utilizes many of poetry slam's best known poets, including National Poetry Slam champions such as Beau Sia, Taylor Mali, Big Poppa E, Mayda del Valle, Mike Mcgee, Alix Olson and Rives, among others. Even poets who are critical of the poetry slam, such as John S. Hall, have acknowledged slam's influence on the show. In a 2005 interview, Hall was quoted as saying:
from Ma'at Mama album lyrics: ON THIS DAY THERE WILL BE NO TALK OF WAR OR POLITIC OR DISASTER OR DEATH LOVE IS ALIVE TODAY SO WE WILL SPEAK ONLY OF LOVE THERE WILL BE ONLY LOVE ON TONGUE AND LIP AND IN HEART AND THOUGHT AND IT WON'T BE THAT HOLLYWOOD TYPE OF LOVE NOT T.V. LOVE NOT DIMESTORE NOVEL LOVE AND CERTAINLY, NOT MAINSTREAM MUSIC LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU KNOW, LOVE LOVE THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON LIKE GARDENS AND TERM PAPERS LOVE THAT HAS BEEN NURTURED, LIKE CHILDREN AND WELL, LIKE CHILDREN LOVE THAT FALLS, CRASHES EVEN, BURNS BUT DUSTS OFF, FIXES UP...AND RISES RISES MORE BRILLIANT THAN BEFORE PHOENIX LOVE YEAH, PHOENIX LOVE SO, LET US SPEAK ONLY OF LOVE HEALING LOVE NO HERBAL OR OVER-THE-COUNTER LOVE REAL HEALING LOVE LIKE GOD LOVE LIKE MOTHER'S LOVE LO...
Wife. Mother. Activist. Friend. Discover the power of poet Ursula Rucker in this revealing new documentary portrait. Poet Ursula Rucker is best known for her diverse musical collaborations with King Britt, The Roots and 4Hero. She has appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and toured the world countless times. In this half-hour portrait, she performs several of her best-known pieces in an "unplugged" setting, revealing nuances not heard on the original recordings. Through interviews with peers and mentors--including Saul Williams, Sonia Sanchez and Gil-Scott-Heron--we come to appreciate the difference between "spoken word" and "poetry" and trace the path that led Ms. Rucker to become one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation.
Loveless feat. Ursula Rucker, taken from the Mercury Prize nominated, MOBO winning album 'Two Pages' released 1998. http://www.facebook.com/4hero http://www.myspace.com/4hero http://www.twitter.com/4hero
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4 Hero - Time (Feat. Ursula Rucker) (trip hop) album: Creating Patterns (2001)
4hero - Loveless (Live) Recorded @ Montreux Jazz Festival 1998 featuring Ursula Rucker on vocals. Original track taken from the MOBO Award winning & Mercury Prize nominated 'Two Pages' album released 1998 on Talkin' Loud/Universal.
Philly's own female mic wrecker took to the stage at Spoken Soul 215's The Harvest, World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA, Jan 2013.
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Philadelphia PA, June 26, 2012 -- RZE Productions will present the return of the Free Flow Exchange, a Philadelphia music, spoken word and cultural event that made its mark in 2003 with some of the Philadelphia region's hottest artists. In honor of Black Music Month 2012, The Free Flow Exchange returns with something new, INFUSION -- Where Music Meets the Word, All Stars of Poetry Pay Tribute to Black Music Month, hosted by Radio One's 100.3 WRNB personality Tiffany Bacon. The night will feature international poet and Philadelphia native Ursula Rucker with a special guest appearance by another Philly native, Tony award winning Def Jam Poet and recording artist Black Ice. The event will be held at The Arts Garage located at 1533 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia PA.
Ursula Rucker (28. Beogradski Jazz Festival, Dom omladine Beograda, 27.10.2012.)
Ursula Rucker, great performance live in Amsterdam 9 may 2009....The title is Clap off Static!!!
www.phrequency.com presents Ursula Rucker live at The World Cafe.
Wife. Mother. Activist. Friend. Discover the power of poet Ursula Rucker in this revealing new documentary portrait. Poet Ursula Rucker is best known for her diverse musical collaborations with King Britt, The Roots and 4Hero. She has appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and toured the world countless times. In this half-hour portrait, she performs several of her best-known pieces in an "unplugged" setting, revealing nuances not heard on the original recordings. Through interviews with peers and mentors--including Saul Williams, Sonia Sanchez and Gil-Scott-Heron--we come to appreciate the difference between "spoken word" and "poetry" and trace the path that led Ms. Rucker to become one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation.
After incredible talks discussing ideas of all kinds, TEDxPhilly was punctuated with a message that threaded through the day: Do your thing. Ursula Rucker performed a few of her pieces and left the crowd craving more TEDxPhilly. In 1994, Ursula performed at an open-mic night at Philadelphia's Zanzibar Blue and hasn't looked back. She has recorded five albums and has appeared on four Roots albums. Rucker is has also been named Creative Ambassador for the City of Philadelphia. http://myspace.com/ursularucker In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxPhilly, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDx...
The Baltimore Boom Bap Society welcomes the one and only URSULA RUCKER! Live. Improvised. Hip Hop. This session with: Tiffany DeFoe - saxophone Matt Frazao - guitar Chuck The Mad Ox - beatbox and your hosts: DJ Dubble8 - turntables and electronics Wendel Patrick - turntables, rhodes and electronics -- Shot by Tom Kessler
The Baltimore Boom Bap Society welcomes the one and only URSULA RUCKER! Live. Improvised. Hip Hop. This session with: Tiffany DeFoe - saxophone Matt Frazao - guitar Chuck The Mad Ox - beatbox and your hosts: DJ Dubble8 - turntables and electronics Wendel Patrick - turntables, rhodes and electronics -- Shot by Tom Kessler "She Will Rise Media" https://www.facebook.com/SheWillRiseMedia
Ursula Rucker performs at the Germantown Artists Roundtable event at Vernon Park, Philadelphia, PA. Event underwritten by: -- The Mayor's Office of Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Performance in Public Spaces (City of Philadelphia) Sound system: Jim Hamilton and Brian Boland Lights: Randy Dalton: Video: Jeff Smith
Artist: Incognito Album: Transatlantic RPM Label: Dome Records Genre: Acid Jazz Year: 2010 Tracks: 01 Lowdown (Feat. Mario Biondi & Chaka Khan) 00:00 02 Everything That We Are (Feat. Luckyiam) 04:29 03 1975 08:25 04 Your Sun My Sky 13:04 05 Line in the Sand (Feat. Leon Ware) 17:09 06 Gotta (Feat. Ursula Rucker) 21:33 07 Let's Fall in Love Again (Feat. Christian Urich) 25:46 08 The Song (Feat. Chaka Khan) 30:09 09 Put a Little Lovin' in Your Heart 35:19 10 All of My Life 40:44 11 Expresso Madureira 45:33 12 Life Ain't Nothing But a Good Thing 51:00 13 Make Room for Love 57:00 14 Can't Get Enough (Feat. Mario Biondi) 01:03:03 15 The Winter of My Springs 01:07:03 16 Tell Me What to Do 01:07:45
SVEN VATH @ Omen (Frankfurt):17-03-1995 Tracklist -------------- 01. [00:00] Richard Brown - Flange-O-Matic / Tippy Tappy Bollocks (TTB 002) 02. [05:45] Radial Blür - Derv / Dance Opera (DO 422) 03. [13:04] Pump Panel - Re-Mover / FFRR (FX 260) 04. [18:52] A.Paul - Juice / Yeti Records (YR 9503) 05. [23:08] Bhasmantam - Apside / Pin Up (PUP009) 06. [28:48] Laurent Garnier - Astral Dreams (Carl MMR's Mix) / F Communications (F 012 R) 07. [33:05] Olivier Le Castor - Lodge One / Step 2 House Records (560 0019 30) 08. [38:40] ID 09. [42:40] Sven Vath - Robot (Hardfloor Remix) / EYE Q (UK) (EYE UK LP 001) 10. [46:05] Con Man - Bodyshifter (Inner Mix) / Prime (PRIME 030) 11. [51:00] ID 12. [54:05] NJoi - Papillon (Pump Panel Remix) / Deconstruction (74321 25213 1) 13. [1:01:54] J Daniel...
Various Artists - Kollektion 2010 Released 2010-03-19 on Batterie 1. 00:00:00 Eden Poetry (Eden Version) 2. 00:03:23 Ensemble Du Verre Blues Bottom (E.D.V. Version) 3. 00:08:21 Energie Du Verre The Big Wobble 4. 00:13:27 Energie Du Verre Rockin‘ Habanera 5. 00:19:13 Ensemble Du Verre Annalizer (Bugge Wesseltoft Remix) 6. 00:24:10 Ensemble Du Verre feat. Ursula Rucker Just Another Thursday Morning 7. 00:28:39 Ensemble Du Verre Sing Me Something 8. 00:32:56 Energie Du Verre Ra 9. 00:39:21 Groove Galaxi Back In The U.S.S.R. 10. 00:43:44 Ensemble Du Verre Sanctuary For Animals (Rogall Remix) 11. 00:48:16 Energie Du Verre United Ancestors 12. 00:52:45 Ensemble Du Verre Annalizer (Sanctuarized Version) 13. 00:57:37 Ensemble Du Verre J-A-Z-Z (E.D.V. live @ Fabrik/Hamburg) With twelve tracks fro...
The brand new Wendel Patrick album "Forthcoming" will be here soon! In anticipation of the album there will be a series of videos released in the coming weeks with interviews of some of the guests on the album, beginning with this first clip of the incredible Ursula Rucker. While it is possible to compare anything to anything else, to call Ursula Rucker incomparable would be quite appropriate. She is truly one of a kind. I feel honored to have been able to tour and perform with her these past three years, and equally honored to be able to call her a friend. We recorded her track at Tim Motzer's 1K Studios in Philadelphia. And in typical Ursula Rucker fashion, the track is slammin'. Stay tuned for more goodness...
Wife. Mother. Activist. Friend. Discover the power of poet Ursula Rucker in this revealing new documentary portrait. Poet Ursula Rucker is best known for her diverse musical collaborations with King Britt, The Roots and 4Hero. She has appeared on HBO's Def Poetry Jam and toured the world countless times. In this half-hour portrait, she performs several of her best-known pieces in an "unplugged" setting, revealing nuances not heard on the original recordings. Through interviews with peers and mentors--including Saul Williams, Sonia Sanchez and Gil-Scott-Heron--we come to appreciate the difference between "spoken word" and "poetry" and trace the path that led Ms. Rucker to become one of the most acclaimed artists of her generation.
Intervju sa Ursulom Rucker na beogradskom džez festivalu 2012 god. razgovor vodila: Sanja Paunović snimatelj: Miloš Ivanović producent: Gregor Zupanc produkcija: www.superste.net
We spoke with legendary poet, playwright and performerJessica Care Moore after her show at the Blue Note in New York. In this interview, Jessica is joined by fellow legendary poet Ursula Rucker as she tells Happy Hip Hop how the collaboration between her and Jeezy happened for his CHURCH IN THESE STREETS album.
In this extended interview (taken from Reelblack's award-winning film POET, starring Ursula Rucker), Godfather of Rap GIL SCOTT-HERON (1949-2011) ruminates on the definition of the word POET, and what rappers he considers worthy of the term. Gil's new CD, I'M NEW HERE was released Feb 9, 2010 by XL Recordings.
Ursula Rucker performs her song SUPA SISTA accompanied on guitar by Tim Motzer. Deleted scene from the documentary URSULA RUCKER: POET. www.myspace.com/ursularucker DVD available at www.reelblack.com
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Poet Ursula Rucker visited AFS on April 23 to share her poetry with Upper School students in a performance in the student lounge, followed by a workshop with students.
THEY ALL STAND IN A BUFFALO STANCE
B-BOY POSIN’
SKIN AND STYLE PRESSED UP AGAINST CHURCH HALL
WALL
3-D GRAFFITI HIT
SOMEBODY SAY, “EXOTIC! EXOTIC!”
CHURCH PARTY SCRATCH AND SNIFF
SEND ADOLESCENT SENSES INTO A FRENZY
TOUCH, TERRY CLOTH KANGOLS IN CRAYOLA COLORS
SMELL, DOUBLEMINT AND JUICY FRUIT ON B-BOY
BREATH
SEE, GOLD FRONTS FLASHING FROM WAY ACROSS THE
ROOM AND
DISCO BALL SPINNING IN THE WINDOW PAYNE OF HIS
CAZALS
HEAR, COOL-AS-SHIT LINES LIKE: “SMALL IN THE
WAIST, PRETTY IN THE FACE”, RECITED WEEKLY OVER
THE FLYEST HIP-HOP TRACKS
FEEL, A GRAB ON THE ARM, BUT NOTHING SAID, JUST
A BOX-CUT NOD
GET B-GIRL’S GLORIA VANDERBILTS ALL WET
LIGHTS COME UP
FRESH PERM NEARLY SWEATED OUT, STILL GETTING’
CRACKED-ON
WHEN HIP -HOP WAS FUNKY
WHEN HIP-HOP WAS FRESH
WILD STYLE
YO, REDS CAN I GO WIT YOU?
WHEN HIP-HOP WAS LIFE
WHEN HIP-HOP WAS LIFE
WHEN HIP-HOP