Marxman - All About Eve (Video)

What this video is

Released in 1993 on Talkin' Loud/Polygram, 'All About Eve' arrived at a pivotal moment for UK hip-hop. Marxman were a four-piece Marxist hip-hop group formed in London in 1989, combining hip-hop with traditional Irish compositions and an overt socialist-republican political message. The single addressed domestic violence, and a percentage of proceeds was donated to Victim Support charities. It peaked at number 28…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of early UK political hip-hop and the nascent Bristol Sound / proto-trip-hop movement. Marxman's fusion of New York-influenced rap cadences, Irish traditional melody, and Motown soul sampling ('All About Eve' samples Stevie Wonder) prefigured the genre hybridity that would…

The director

Born Adam Spiegel on October 22, 1969, in Rockville, Maryland. Began career photographing BMX and skateboarding for Freestylin' Magazine and Transworld Skateboarding before transitioning to film with the influential skate video Video Days (1991). Became one…