In 1977, when he was 4 years old, his parents brought him to see “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” at the Chinese Theatre. Beginning with “Star Wars,” McFadden’s parents couldn’t take him to the theater every day like he wanted, he says, so they bought him the soundtrack. “The most impactful image [in ‘Star Wars’] was the desert planet — the separation of the sand and sky. “No other ‘Star Wars’ installment did that. The post From ‘Star Wars’ to samba, Cut Chemist rewrites L.A. hip-hop’s playbook appeared first on Los Angeles Times.