Harold and the purple crayon future clock

"Harold and the Purple Crayon" Future Clock (TV Episode 2002)

Harold and the Purple Crayon

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Episode aired Mar 16, 2002
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Harold discovers what it's like to be a grown-up and explores different professions: train engineer, astronaut, and baseball player.Harold discovers what it's like to be a grown-up and explores different professions: train engineer, astronaut, and baseball player.Harold discovers what it's like to be a grown-up and explores different professions: train engineer, astronaut, and baseball player.

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- Sean Song
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- Carin Greenberg(developed for television by)
- Jeff Kline(developed for television by)
- Thomas Hart
- Sharon Stone(voice)
- Connor Matheus(voice)
- James Sie(voice)

- Sean Song
Writers
- Carin Greenberg(developed for television by)
- Jeff Kline(developed for television by)
- Thomas Hart
- Sharon Stone(voice)
- Connor Matheus(voice)
- James Sie(voice)

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- Jeff Kline(developed for television by)
- Thomas Hart
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Harold and the Purple Crayon Movie Review for Parents

Overall B+

Based on a popular children's book by Crockett Johnson, Harold's adventures begin after the goodnight tuck-in, while he waits in vain to fall asleep.

Violence A-

Sexual Content A

Profanity A

Substance Use A

Why is Harold and the Purple Crayon rated Not Rated? The MPAA rated Harold and the Purple Crayon Not Rated

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by Donna Gustafson

“It was Harold’s bedtime,” explains the voice of narrator Sharon Stone at the beginning of each episode of the TV show, Harold and the Purple Crayon. Based on a popular children’s book by Crockett Johnson, Harold’s adventures begin after the goodnight tuck-in, while he waits in vain to fall asleep. Amusing himself by peering through his bedroom window, myriads of questions cross his curious mind. When he can no longer contain them, the precocious preschooler crawls out of bed, takes his purple crayon and begins to draw upon his imagination.

Entering a world of simple illustrations (all outlined in purple of course), the bald baby sets off to discover the mysteries of life, like where rain comes from, or how it feels to be a lady bug, an elephant, and a giraffe, or what the world was like in the age of dinosaurs.

In his travels he meets with moments of mild peril, such as a rushing river or a scary monster. But thanks to his quick draw with that magic purple crayon, Harold’s imagination finds clever and creative solutions.

Families should feel quite safe with their own youngsters spending time with the tenacious toddler. While most of his quests are merely amusing, some venture into educational territory, for example Future Clock that explores career choices and Harold the Artiste that examines various art styles.

A segment parents will want to watch with their children is the one entitled I Remember Goldie. Here the scriptwriters broach the subject of death as Harold tries to understand what has happened to pet goldfish. Although the answers given focus on the natural circle of life with a brief allusion to evolution, moms and dads may want to take this opportunity to expound their personal philosophy on such a sensitive subject.

The only down side to having all thirteen episodes of this Emmy Award winning program compiled onto two DVDs, may come from watching them back-to-back. Especially for older viewers, this repetition could have them feeling too much like the concluding words of each program: “Harold’s purple crayon (remote control) dropped to the floor, and Harold (and you) dropped off to sleep.”

Starring Sharon Stone, COnner Matheus. Updated July 17, 2017

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Harold and the Purple Crayon Parents' Guide

What kind of things do you do or think about to help you fall asleep? If reading is part of your bedtime routine, you may want to take a look at your local library for the storybook the TV is adapted from.

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What is this book about

Harold is a little boy who went on a journey through the white paper. He creates his own world with a purple chalk and starts by drawing the moon. Then he creates a world: roads, trees, sea, mountains, magical purple creatures and toothy monsters, a balloon, a boat with a sail, houses with windows, and even a policeman. And everywhere next to him the moon invariably travels.

At first the boy enjoys the adventure, and then he is looking for his home and cannot find it. Only at the end of the book does he remember that at home he always sees this moon from the window. He draws a window around the moon - and finds himself in his room. Now he can go to sleep on the painted bed, because his walk under the moon has come to an end. nine0007

Crockett Johnson wrote a book about baby with purple crayon back in 1955, and readers liked it so much that Crockett Johnson published a couple of dozen more books about baby Harold and his crayon. Based on these books, cartoons and serials are shot, performances are staged, and computer games are invented.

Many writers have taken up the idea of using crayons to add to the world around the character. For example, in Anthony Brown's Bear Hunt (1979), a bear draws something with a magic pencil to escape two hunters. In Aaron Becker's Journey, Adventure, and Return trilogy of silent books, a boy and a girl draw doors to a magical world where miracles happen with colorful crayons. nine0007

Characters and props

• A long roll of paper, or several white sheets stacked one after the other.

• Violet crayon.

• A small paper figurine of Harold with a chalk in his hand, copied from the book and cut along the outline. If you draw a figure from two sides, Harold can be rotated left and right.

Harold and the Purple Chalk book from which the character will appear Some of the elements can be drawn and cut in advance: balloon cabin, picnic animals, blanket, boat. You can draw and cut out the moon and high-rise buildings with many windows in advance. nine0007

How to Tell a Story on Paper

Hide the paper boy between the pages of Harold and the Purple Chalk and lay out the roll of paper. Have your child call Harold or say the magic words. Let Harold appear right out of the book - shake him out on paper and he'll go on a journey.

This story moves in a linear fashion, like a long roll of paper or several white sheets stacked one after the other. While I was training, I was drawing in a regular album, but then I realized that I needed the continuity of the story, and I remembered what can be drawn on a roll - this is how a feeling of landscape, space, linearity of history and time appears. nine0007

Some of the elements I drew in advance and cut out: balloon cabin, picnic animals, blanket. The balloon cabin and blanket cover the baby.

So, Harold gets on the white sheet. He draws the moon, and then the road. Thus begins his journey.

Then he goes on and draws a tree. A monster with sharp teeth appears behind the tree, which frightens the boy.

Harold steps back. His hands are trembling - and so the straight line of the road becomes the surface of the sea. The boy cannot swim and is drowning. I completed the story by drawing bubbles in the water and a shark. nine0007

Harold is a resourceful boy: he draws a sailboat and then sails on it.

Soon he decides to go ashore and draws an anchor and a line of land.

Harold is hungry, he draws a blanket and plates of pies.

At first he eats everything himself, but then he decides to invite the animals to the picnic. In the book, it is an elk and a porcupine. We invited the previously drawn animals from the fairy tale "Teremok" to a picnic: a fox, a wolf, a mouse and a hare. But you can also draw animals with purple chalk, as required by history. nine0007

After eating, Harold continues the line of the landscape and draws a high mountain, which he climbs.

He does not have time to draw the descent from the mountain and falls.

Harold is not discouraged. He holds the world in his hands. In any situation, he remembers that he can draw anything. He draws a balloon.

Cabin painted on the balloon so that the boy could be inside it.

Then Harold sees the house and remembers his house. He looks into all the windows and wonders where his window is. nine0007

Then a huge painted city appears. Houses can be drawn in advance and placed on paper. There must be many houses and many windows in the city in order to have the feeling of being lost as a little boy. When we were drawing with Anya, she added light in the windows with a yellow pencil.

Harold remembers that if he is lost, he needs to find a policeman, and draws him. The policeman tells the boy where to look for his house.

He walks forward and suddenly notices the moon. She always travels with him, wherever he is. I drew a new moon in each of the situations, but you can draw a moon in advance that will move with the boy. nine0007

Harold realizes that if he wants to be at home, he must see the moon through his window. He does so and ends up in his room.

He draws a bed and goes to bed, covered with a blanket drawn in advance. He puts the purple crayon next to the crib.

Harold had such a trip under the moon.

At Anya's request, parents came to the room to kiss Harold and tell him a bedtime story. nine0007

Anya initiated the second color - yellow. They light up the windows in the houses, the moon and the light of the lamp in Harold's room. Later, I proposed to complete the world, and there were stars, a new balloon in which all the animals fit, a green plane, a beautiful ship with wind-blown sails, a tree and an endless space for travel. The child was fascinated and so was I. Anya drew the moon, water, a ship and a hot air balloon for the first time.

Both the plus and the minus of our "occupation" is that there was no definite end, no boundary. I immediately decided that after the fairy tale about Harold, we would still draw the landscape and the continuation on a long roll of paper. It was difficult to stop, and the child played Harold's travels and the beasts until he had had enough. nine0007

We really enjoyed drawing this story on a long roll of paper. The conventionality of the image eliminates perfectionism, because in order for the story to develop in an interesting way, you do not need to draw details and waste time on this. But if you take care that the crayon is sharpened, or draw with a pencil, much will turn out better.

There's a lot to learn from this kid. He does not lose heart, holds the management of life in his hands and is able to look at things from a different angle.

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Mac Miller. Life before and after death

Rolling Stone released a large material dedicated to the last days of the deceased rapper with comments from friends and colleagues.

Mac Miller died on September 7, 2018 from an accidental overdose. Recently, Rolling Stone published a material dedicated to the last days of the musician before his death and life after. Including in it, the rapper's friends and colleagues tell what kind of person Mac Miller was. But if you've been following the reactions of social networks even a little, you probably already know the answer - cool. nine0007

You can read the original here, and our translation below.

A week before his death, Mac Miller was happy. On August 31, the rapper invited close friend and collaborator bassist Thundercat and his daughter to Studio City, California to celebrate the girl's 12th birthday all day. “He refused not to celebrate with us. He asked: “What to give her? I don’t know, maybe Gucci slippers?” Thundercat recalls with a laugh. Miller treated them to dinner, sang "Happy Birthday" twice, and then moved to the sofa, where the three of them spent the rest of the evening watching the birthday girl's favorite TV shows - Miller secretly took her phone from time to time and trolled her Instagram and Snapchat feeds. “He was happy,” said Thundercat, “I saw it in him. No pretense. " nine0007

This will be the last day Thundercat sees his friend alive. On September 7, shortly before noon, police officers answered a confused call made by the rapper's personal assistant and his longtime sobriety mentor - shortly before that, he discovered Mac Miller's lifeless body in the bedroom of a huge, complex-like house. The 26-year-old rapper, who conquered the charts as an independent artist as a teenager and won the friendship of many of hip-hop's big talents, whose career was built on an unrelenting desire to perfect his craft, has been declared dead on the spot. According to the California Bureau of Medical Examiner's autopsy report dated November 5, Miller died of an accidental overdose. Fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol were found in his blood. A bottle of alcohol and prescribed pills were found in his house, and a white substance in the form of a powder was found on his body. nine0007

According to witnesses in the autopsy report, the last time his assistant saw the rapper alive was on September 6 at around 10:30 pm. That evening, he also talked on the phone with his mother. Relatives did not learn about Mac Miller's death until the next morning, when an assistant came to his house, out of habit to wake him up at 11:30, and found the body.

Miller struggled with addiction for a long time. According to the report, when the artist tried to maintain a sober lifestyle, he often "broke down", sometimes on a serious scale. According to the assistant, the last such incident occurred on September 4, three days before the death. nine0007

Miller openly discussed addiction to “lin,” a mixture of codeine and promethazine. She peaked at the time of the 2012 mixtape "Macadelic". “He sort of veered down that path after making [his 2011 debut album] Blue Slide Park, when I think he got more into drugs and started talking about them,” says Benji Greenber, founder of the independent Pittsburgh-based record label. Rostrum Records, who first signed Mac Miller in 2010 and in fact worked as his manager for several years after that. “It was really scary. I have never been so close to a person who would have such problems.” nine0007

Nevertheless, Miller's death came as a shock to those closest to him. By all indications, before his death, he was in the best psychological and physical shape for several years. Miller has been working with a sobriety coach since 2016 and has worked out almost every day at the Los Angeles gym.

Two weeks before Mac's death, Ty Dolla $ign, who was then actively working on their joint project, spent a day with Miller at Chalice Recording in Los Angeles. “He was in a good mood. Everyone in the room was dying of laughter at his jokes,” says Ty, who first met the rapper through a mutual friend in Wiz Khalifa, a former resident of the Rostrum label. Miller also met Dinah Jane of Fifth Harmony for the first time that day. “She talked about how nice he is. She didn't think he would be that cool, but he was super cool. I then said: “Yeah, Mac is like that.” nine0007

Ty Dolla $ign learned of Miller's death via a messenger message while in Tampa on tour with G-Eazy and Lil Uzi Vert. He was broken. “I ran out of the bus in an attempt to catch my breath,” he says. “I burst into tears. This usually doesn't happen to me. Nobody sees me like this. It was the hardest day of my life. First time in years that I cried.” When he heard the news, Ty quickly dialed Thundercat. “I had to tell him everything. He instantly drooped. He said to me: “The last thing he said to me was: “Bro, I just want to live until the tour.” nine0007

Thundercat and Miller had big plans for the rest of the year. In the fall, they were going to tour together to celebrate the release of the rapper's new album "Swimming" and, more importantly, in mid-September they planned to shoot a cheeky video for the joint song "What's the Use?". It would feature a wide cast of celebrities and friends, from TV hero Guy Fieri to Kehlani and Mac DeMarco, all dancing to the song. “He just wanted people to know how hard he worked,” says Thundercat. “Up to the last word of our last conversation, it was pure enthusiasm.” nine0007

Late in July this year in Manhattan, Miller met with me for one of the first interviews on the release of “Swimming”. It was one of his first public appearances since his high-profile breakup with Ariana Grande. The event took on an even darker tone when, a few days later, Miller was arrested on charges of drunk driving and running away from the scene of an accident - he crashed his Mercedes into a pole near his house and fled. But Miller told me that despite the tabloid headlines about his alleged relapse into drugs after his arrest, he learned to be the judge of his own life. He said he was fine. nine0007

“Don't get me wrong - I'm working on music like I'm on meth,” he continues with a laugh, “But people online think I'm drugged when I'm not. It's not the worst thing in the world, it just doesn't seem important to me. How can you expect people to have any other opinions if they only read random headlines, hear about drunk driving and conclude that you are in the worst depression? I can't expect everyone to say "No, Malcolm is a good person". nine0007

In the weeks before his death, Miller did what he always did to drown out the noise: he worked on the music. He was already deeply immersed in rehearsals for the upcoming tour, which was to be accompanied by a dream team that included Thundercat. “Thanks to him, I wanted to push myself to the limit,” the bassist says, “because I saw it in him. He didn't play games, but he gave 100 percent of himself."

“That's what hurts the most,” says Miguel, who recorded with Mac the song “Weekend”, one of the biggest hits of their career. “He just released an incredible album. He was going on tour with very close friends. So much was in the air. He longed for something new." nine0007

Even after the release of “Swimming” on August 3rd and positive reviews, Mac was already writing new music. He worked in the studio with producer Frank Dukes and planned to record a collaborative album with Post Malone. “From the moment we met until the week before he died, Mac never stopped making music,” says producer Eric “E. Dan” Dan, who has worked with the musician for a long time. He first met Miller at ID Labs in Pittsburgh when the rapper was recording mixtapes at his own expense, and Dan has worked on every single project since. “There is hardly a person who will say that Mac was not excited about the upcoming tour, happy to release an amazing and warmly received album, or not looking to the future.” nine0007

On August 5, Miller performed a cozy chamber show in front of a hundred people, including his family and friends, to celebrate the release of the album. The ten-song tracklist for the night featured some of the musician's early work and ended with the string-rich track "2009" from "Swimming". It's such a personal song that the rapper felt embarrassed to include it on the album. “Now every day I wake up and breathe / I don’t have everything, but I’m fine,” Miller sings before leaving the stage. nine0007

Benji Greenberg, one of his early associates, was waiting for him. Greenberg says they haven't interacted much in recent years, but "when he came off the stage that night, he gave me a very warm hug and took me to the dressing room." “It was a very pleasant moment,” says Greenberg. And the last time he saw Miller. “Looking back, I’m happy that I at least got to see him again.”

“I still can't believe it,” adds Greenberg, “Last night I had a dream in which I was at his wedding. When I woke up, I thought: "Damn it." Honestly, I'm still in a slightly subdued state." nine0007

Long before he wanted to be a rapper, Miller, born as Malcolm James McCormick to a photographer mother and architect father, was a born creator. He was so resourceful that his older brother compared him to the main character in the children's show Harold and the Purple Crayon. “He’s this guy who draws his universes in chalk,” Mac told me in July, describing the character. “I’ve always been drawn to this.”

He started rapping at the age of 14. He first earned fame in the Pittsburgh freestyle scene under the alias EZ Mac, after which he changed his name to Mac Miller. He met Greenberg and Artie Pitt, the artist and repertoire manager for the Rostrum label, while still in his teens. Greenberg and Pitt recall how they often dropped in on Miller and E. Dan at ID Labs. “He had a grip. He knew what he wanted,” Pitt recalls of the young musician. “And that’s a big part of being a superstar, being able to row on your own. He had a clear vision. I knew he would be that guy.” nine0007

After the release of the 2010 mixtape “K.I.D.S.” 18-year-old Miller began to attract public attention, including through the track "Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza", which sampled Lord Finesse's "Hip 2 Da Game". In 2012, Lord Finesse sued, but a year later they settled everything. Miller's early rap songs weren't mature, but Finesse's sampling of hip-hop legend made it clear that the young man was respectful and curious about hip-hop and its legacy. “He could pick any beat he liked,” says DJ A-Trak, who became his friend in the years that followed, of “Kool Aid,” but picking something as hip-hop as cool as Lord Finesse is a very cool move. nine0007

A year later, Mac Miller released his big debut "Blue Side Park". It was a major commercial success, the first independent album to top the Billboard 200 since Tha Dogg Pound's "Dogg Food" in 1995. But critics smashed the release, calling it tasteless and secondary hip-hop. Miller was quickly put in line with other white rappers like Asher Roth and Sammy Adams. They put a stinging stigma on it "frat rap" nine0007

“He never was like that,” Pitt disputes. “He never made that kind of music. We often talked about it.” Such massive criticism, including the infamous Pitchfork 1.0 out of 10 review for "Blue Side Park", had its consequences, but ultimately spurred Miller's creative ambitions. He soon moved to Los Angeles and, first on "Macadelic" in 2012 and "Watching Movies With the Sound Off" in 2013, began to experiment with sound and create his own music, often under the pseudonym Larry Fisherman. He became a key figure in the LA rap scene, befriending and working with artists like Earl Sweatshirt, Vince Staples and Schoolboy Q, as well as more experimental jazz oriented musicians like Thundercat and psychedelic DJ/producer Flying Lotus. nine0007

“This is amazing, man,” Miller told me in 2013, “We all make music together, enjoy our work and make each other better. Personally, it seems to me that the most talented people in music right now are those who come through my studio.”

At the same time, the rapper started taking harder drugs. Pitt, who often accompanied the musician on the road, says he regrets that time in Miller's life and feels he could have done more. “I was always concerned about him at the time,” says Pitt. “I still feel guilty. It gnaws at me when I think about it. I seem to have always believed that everything would be under control.” nine0007

Drug addiction was reflected in the music. His 2013 jazzy mixtape “Faces” opens with a reflection on his own death: “Damn, I should have died by now/Yeah, I should have/Went in and was already stoned. ” On “God Speed,” one of the more revealing tracks from 2015’s “GO:OD AM,” which he released after signing with major label Warner Bros. for $10 million, Miller reads: “White lanes dull the dark times/ Pills I swallow; I should grow up/ Admit the problem/ Wake up/ Otherwise I won’t wake up one morning.” nine0007

Music was a way for Miller to communicate with different people, sounds, and often himself. “Here’s what matters most—I want the whole piece to feel like mine,” Miller said in July. “I speak through the music. So when people say “how are you?” I can just say “listen to music”. She will explain everything to you."

Miller's musical journey has been one of constant evolution, and even after an initial transition from early party rap to avant-garde experimentation, he could change direction again. “Divine Feminine” in 2016 was the third act of his musical career. There was a place for live instrumentals and a funk groove on it. It could easily be called Miller's most airy and optimistic album. At the same time, he began to sing more often. "My only goal was to keep getting better," he told the Rolling Stones that year. "That's all I want." nine0007

“Swimming”, released three months ago, sounded similar to “Divine Feminine”, but taken a step further. It featured the most poignant and at times painfully sad lyrics of his entire career. But musically - with orchestral accompaniment and sweeping keyboards - it seemed like a clear and coherent statement from a musician more than ever aware of his own ambitions. And the diverse roster of guests on the album, from John Mayer and Dev Hines of Blood Orange to Jon Brion, was an indicator of the respect he earned in the eyes of his colleagues. “His sheer musical growth and achievement is commendable in itself,” says A-Trak. “Of course, some people didn't want to reckon with him before, but he got through it and didn't turn up his nose. It's worth respecting." nine0007

After Miller's death, people who knew him wanted to share what kind of person he was. “He was always polite to everyone,” says Ty Dolla $ign. “He always talked to everyone when he entered the room. Shouted everyone's hands. He was just an insanely nice guy. I can't say anything bad about him."

One of the most touching tributes was to Ariana Grande, Miller's ex-girlfriend. A week after her death, she posted a bright video with his participation on Instagram. “I adored you from the first day we met when I was 19and always will be. We were talking about it. Many many times. I'm beside myself. I'm so sad that I don't know what to do," she wrote. Grande would later mention him on the new single "thank u, next". It will hit the top of Billboard. “I wish I could say thank you to Malcolm because he was an angel,” she sings.

“He not only helped me launch my career. He was also one of the nicest people I knew,” Chance the Rapper tweeted, “An amazing person. I really loved him. I'm broken. God bless him." Mayer wrote on Instagram: “You need to know that if you were not familiar with Mac Miller, then this would soon change. It doesn't matter if you saw him in person at the festival, or if your friend went to a concert and told everyone about it (that's how I found out about him). Mac did a great job." nine0007

Elton John performed a tribute to Mac Miller at the opening concert of his farewell tour in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the day after the musician's death. The singer dedicated “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” to the rapper. “Incredible. 26 years old and died yesterday,” the legend said before performing one of his most famous songs. "It's mind-boggling that someone so young and talented could do this."

“He would love to have someone as unexpected and significant as Elton John dedicate a song to him,” says E.Dan. nine0007

“I'm very happy that he was able to release his last album and see how warmly it was received,” he adds, “But it makes me sad to realize that he had so much more to say musically and continue to surprise us.”

Miller understood that although he created each of his pieces of music together with friends and colleagues, only he was responsible for his own legacy.

“Over time, you realize that you are the only variable,” Miller said a few weeks before his death, “It all depends on you. That's why you have to be honest. Invest most of yourself in what you do. Because in the end it all depends on you. You are the only thing that makes you special. nine0007

“God knows how people perceive me now,” he confesses to me in 2016. “To be honest, I don’t even know myself anymore. I was a “rich white guy” for a while, which is not true. Then I became a “drug addict”, which could be interpreted in any way. Now I just want to be judged by music. That's it. Time passes, and people either understand the idea or they don't. But they don't need to. Let them just listen."

“It wasn't easy. Very difficult,” Thundercat tells Rolling Stone on an October evening. The bassist is supposed to be getting ready to kick off a world tour with friends, but instead he's still emotionally overwhelmed. Six weeks have passed since Miller's death. “But I don't want to shut myself off from the world. Sometimes going out to people helps put an end to it, or at least bring consolation.” A few days later, he does just that. nine0007

On Halloween night, an all-star line-up gathered at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, from Miller's close friends (Vince Staples, SZA, Earl Sweatshirt) to the people he worked with (Mayer, Miguel) and fans of his work (Travis Scott). , Rae Sremmurd) - to hold a soldout concert in his honor. The venue was reserved for Miller's early concert on the Swimming tour. When he died, his team kept the reservation for the opportunity to pay tribute to his legacy. nine0007

“I would do anything he asked for, and he would do the same for me,” Anderson .Paak tells Rolling Stone a few days before the show. He promised Miller that he would join him on stage that night to perform their joint song “Dang!”. Instead, the musician performed alone behind the drum kit, and Miller's voice sounded from the speakers. Before the start, .Paak dedicated a speech to his friend: “I am blessed that my closest friends are still here. I know that if you've been in this industry long enough, or lived long enough, you see a lot of people coming and going. But this one was really hard. He was my friend." nine0007

The concert went on for three hours. There were performances, and tributes, and revelations from celebrities from several generations at once and his collaborators. Everything that each of them said - from Pharrell Williams, Lil Wayne, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Premier to Donald Glover with Dev Hines - was incredibly warm. But it was very hard to hear.

However, the brightest light came from Mac himself, shown in videos from various periods of his career.

They featured Mac fooling around on stage, playing Creed songs in the studio, sharing rather than absorbing wisdom with Rick Rubin (“I guess I just do what I want to do and then try to stand up for it”). And then, as the evening drew to a close, he appeared on screen in a simple video, most likely shot on his smartphone, where he sat at the piano and performed an unreleased song.

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