Long-lost MP3: Vin Diesel vs. Arthur Russell
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May 04, 2011
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# Long-lost MP3: Vin Diesel vs. Arthur Russell
This was worth waiting years for! In his teenage years Hollywood-Actor
**Vin Diesel**, then known as **Mark Sinclair**, did some amazing
rapping over a beat by iconic avant-disco pioneer **Arthur Russell**.
The mp3 just appeared online. It was taped by Grammy-nominated
songwriter **Gary Lucas** for an aborted session at Battery Sound NYC
back in 1986.
The downtown composer Arthur Russell, who died of AIDS in 1992, was a
mentor to Vin Diesel during his rap and break-dancing days in Greenwich
Village. Check the lyrics: \"I am a man of steel\" or \"It's the white
part of me fucking it up,\" it sounds sooo gangsta! Listen to the
collaboration: [here][1]{: target="_blank" .xmlblocklink}.
[1]: http://soundcloud.com/garylucas/second-edition-vin-diesel-vs
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This was worth waiting years for! In his teenage years Hollywood-Actor <b>Vin Diesel</b>, then known as <b>Mark Sinclair</b>, did some amazing rapping over a beat by iconic avant-disco pioneer <b>Arthur Russell</b>. The mp3 just appeared online. It was taped by Grammy-nominated songwriter <b>Gary Lucas</b> for an aborted session at Battery Sound NYC back in 1986.
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The downtown composer Arthur Russell, who died of AIDS in 1992, was a mentor to Vin Diesel during his rap and break-dancing days in Greenwich Village. Check the lyrics: "I am a man of steel" or "It’s the white part of me fucking it up," it sounds sooo gangsta! Listen to the collaboration: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/garylucas/second-edition-vin-diesel-vs" target="_blank" class="xmlblocklink">here</a>.</p>
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# Long-lost MP3: Vin Diesel vs. Arthur Russell This was worth waiting years for! In his teenage years Hollywood-Actor **Vin Diesel**, then known as **Mark Sinclair**, did some amazing rapping over a beat by iconic avant-disco pioneer **Arthur Russell**. The mp3 just appeared online. It was taped...