On today’s Crew Call we sit down with Logic aka Sir Robert Bryson Hall II (Sir is reportedly part of his birth name) who rose from the hard-scrabbled environs of Gaithersburg, Maryland from a family wrestling with crime and addiction to become a multi-platinum rapper with albums such as 2014’s “Under Pressure” and 2015’s “The Incredible True Story”.
Despite selling out arenas, and raking in millions, Logic had to scratch that itch for filmmaking. In fact his younger self became passionate about cinema and hip hop after watching Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1; that movie’s scored produced by RZA, a member of Wu-Tang Clan. (The title of Logic’s seventh mixtape “Bobby Tarantino III” in 2021 is a nod to the Pulp Fiction director).
Tramayne Hudson and Logic in ‘Paradise Records’
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One of the first cinematic mentors to reach out to Logic was none other than multi-billion grossing Star Wars filmmaker J.J. Abrams, who was a longtime fan (the multi-hyphenate tells us about his adventures with Bad Robot). But then Kevin Smith came into Logic’s life, first casting him in The 4:30 Movie, but then encouraging the 35-year old that his true voice lied in making movies. Logic bet on himself and bankrolled his feature directorial debut, Paradise Records, which cost in the high single million digits, the pic starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ron Perlman, Martin Starr, Jason Mewes, David Krumholtz, Tony Revolori, Kevin Corrigan, Juicy J and Bobby Lee with core players Tramayne Hudson, Reed Northup and Mary Elizabeth Kelly. By the way, if no streamer or distributor picks up the film, Logic knows exactly how he’s going to roll it out big time.
Paradise Records, which Logic also stars in as small-town record store owner Cooper (among other cameos), is a throwback to the record store 1990s comedies of yore, read Empire Records and High Fidelity. It’s also the quintessential love letter to Smith’s slacker dude epic, Clerks. Smith believed in Logic so much, not only did he EP and edit the rapper’s feature directorial debut, Paradise Records, but he also, along with buddy Jason Mewes, made a cameo in the pic as Jay and Silent Bob.
The pic, which Logic also wrote and produced, world premiered at Tribeca last week to sold out crowds.
Here’s our chat below:
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