Downtown 81

Jean Michel Basquiat's pictoral debut features music by Kid Creole and the Coconuts, James White and the Blacks, DNA (the Arto Lindsay DNA not to be confused with the DNA of "Tom's Diner" or with the independent Hip Hop label DNA of the late 80s), Tuxedomoon, Suicide, and Liquid Liquid.

Cameos by Debbie Harry, Michael Holman (host of the short lived TV show Graffiti Rock), Snooky of Manic Panic, Steve Mass (owner of the Mudd Club), Ted Blafoukos (director of the film Rockers), Fab 5 Freddy, Kool Kyle, and the list goes on. Narration by Saul Williams.