Its our Anniversary!...WE DONT STOP...take dat take dat!!!!

Well peeps we been in the game 4 years now and we still in it to win it. It seems like it was just last year when KRIS and I decided to make our dreams official become a legal entity and do what we love. We've been through(and continue to) various scenarios that would've made even the most strong-willed, optimistic, energetic, person bow out for sake of sanity, but not us. Like the saying used by older Black folks, "Keep on keeping on." That's all we know how to do over here at PRECISE MINDS. Through mistakes, misfortunes, victories, (hella)meetings, ideas, networking, drama, misinformation, miscommunication, friendships, guidance, research, creativity, and ingenuity, we are STILL HERE and will continue to be. We know our mission we have our goal in MIND and we will partake on our journey learning/growing along the way. For all of those who have assisted us throughout our process to progress, we say a huge THANK YOU!!!! Stay tuned cuz we aint done yet.....oh no, we aint even begun to snap off yet. There is MORE to COME!

TOUGHER THAN LEATHER: AN INTRODUCTION

Peace people!

My name is Korey "Kris" Smallwood, and I'm the CEO of PRECISE MINDS INC, an independent film production company located in Chicago, IL. This blog has been created for our current film in production, TOUGHER THAN LEATHER, a feature length documentary about the globalization of hip hop culture. As director of this film, I want to put emphasis on the word CULTURE. Hip Hop is much more than whatever the music industry decides is popular enough to push at the time. Hip Hop is not just music, it is a lifestyle and a culture...a way of walking, thinking, breathing, behaving, vibing, BEING. It's that serious to me, having grown up with the culture as it grew up.

The main focus of TOUGHER THAN LEATHER is the power and longevity of a culture that was considered no more than a fad in it's infancy, a culture that has since conquered the globe and had a much bigger influence than many of the youth inspired creations that have preceded it. 

This blog will be a place where the Precise Minds crew can blog about the making of the film, so it is in a sense a production journal. So, you wanna know what it's like making a film when you've got a million dollar vision but a lot less in the budget? Stay tuned...it only get more interesting from here.