MAJOR LATE PASS! ONE OF MY FAVORITE JOINTS FROM THE COOL IS THIS LUPE GEM, "DUMB IT DOWN". IT IS THE TYPE OF SONG THAT DOESN'T GARNER MAXIMUM AIRPLAY, AND THAT IS THE VERY THEME BEHIND THE SONG. BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THOSE RARE EMCEES THAT COMBINES TECHNICALITY AND FIRST-RATE LYRICISM, LUPE CAN CONSTRUCT A SONG THAT DOESN'T WATER DOWN ITS THEME OR CONTENT. I AM JUST HOPING THAT HIS NEWEST OFFERING, LASERS, FOLLOWS THIS DIRECTION ARTISTICALLY. ENJOY THIS VIDEO THAT COMPLETELY WENT UNDER MY HIP HOP RADAR, FOR WHATEVER REASON!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
CREATIVE CONTROL VIDEO-------STALLEY, "S.T.A.L.L.E.Y."
With Stalley set to hit the stage at Ottobar this evening, it would only be right to set the mood properly with a video. Here we have "S.T.A.L.L.E.Y.", a minimalistic, yet very creative joint produced by Ski Beatz, who is positioning himself for a very productive 2011! As you take a look at the video, check out cameos from Dame Dash and others. I hope the show at Ottobar this evening is dope. If it is anything like Stalley's patented Sunni-influenced beard, we will have a winner. ONE LOVE!
LINK:
http://www.creativecontrol.tv/www/#/music-videos/stalley/current-episode/
LINK:
http://www.creativecontrol.tv/www/#/music-videos/stalley/current-episode/
Monday, February 21, 2011
MIXTAPE REVIEW: AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD, "THE EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE--
MIXTAPE REVIEW BY: WISDOM
FROM THE WEATHERED STREETS OF HARM CITY YOU WILL FIND AN EMCEE/POET/ARTIST THAT DIDN'T ALLOW THE ELEMENTS TO COMPLETELY DICTATE HIS PATH. HIS NAME: AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD. HIS PATH: THE EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE---AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD. HIS FACILITATOR: DJ BLACK WIZARD. HIS AIM: TO ELEVATE THE ART OF HIP HOP. AHMED IS FROM THAT SCHOOL OF HIP HOP THAT INSTILLED REAL LYRICISM AND SKILL IN THE ART OF RHYMIN'. YOU CAN HEAR EXACTLY THAT LYRICISM AND SKILL IN THIS MIXTAPE. IT IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW INTO THE SOUL OF A MAN THAT TAKES HIP HOP FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS, A CULTURE. I CAN DEFINITELY IDENTIFY WITH THIS LIKE-MINDED ARTIST, FOR HIP HOP IS NOT JUST RHYMIN' FOR THE SAKE OF RIDDLIN', BUT FOR ELEVATING MIND STATES FROM STATE TO STATE. COMING FROM THE FREE STATE AND CITY OF HARM, AHMED SHOWCASES OVER AND OVER THAT INTELLECT IS A PRIZED COMMODITY THROUGHOUT HIS MIXTAPE. IN THIS DAY AND TIME IT IS RARE THAT AN EMCEE, A TRUE EMCEE, REVEALS HIMSELF FROM A TRANSPARENT STANDPOINT. AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD DOES JUST THAT, WITHOUT DILUTING HIS MESSAGE OR MISSION.
THE MIXTAPE CONSISTS OF 26 TRACKS ALTOGETHER, A COMPILATION OF COMPLETED SONGS AND INTERLUDES. LISTENING FROM THE ONSET, YOU HEAR (AND ACTUALLY VISUALIZE) SOMEONE THAT CARES DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS IN EVERY VERSE. THE FIRST OFFERING, "SCENE 1" (OVER KRS-ONE'S "MC'S ACT LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW) STARTS OFF THE MIXTAPE STRONGLY, ALLOWING AHMED TO EXPOUND ON HIS BEGINNINGS IN THE HIP HOP SCENE. HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HIS INITIAL HIP HOP GROUP EXPERIENCE YIELDED THE PREDECESSOR TO THE CONTROVERSIAL "DMV MOVEMENT". BALTIMORE, DC, AND RICHMOND WERE REPRESENTED DURING THIS MUSICAL HEYDAY. THREE DIFFERENT, YET SIMILAR-MINDED, ARTISTS COMBINED TO SPIT "WIDE WORLD OF RAP". THROUGHOUT THE MIXTAPE, YOU CAN HEAR AHMED DISCUSSING HIS INFLUENCES WITHIN THE HIP HOP CYPHER, AS WELL AS HIS BEGINNINGS AS A DJ BEFORE PICKING UP THE MICROPHONE FROM AN EMCEE PERSPECTIVE. IT IS QUITE REFRESHING TO HEAR AN ARTIST ARTICULATE TRUE FEELINGS ON THE STATE OF HIP HOP MUSIC WITHOUT ADVOCATING IGNORANCE. THE MIXTAPE CONTINUES TO FLOW, WITH VARIED INSTRUMENTALS SUCH AS '''93 TIL INFINITY" AND "MEMORY LANE" PLAYING AS THE BACKDROP. EACH SCENE THROUGHOUT THE EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE ALLOWS AHMED TO DISCUSS HOW THE ENVIRONMENT MOLDED, BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY MAKE HIS WHO HE IS ON THE MICROPHONE, EITHER AS EMCEE OR POET. "SPITTIN'" COMES FROM A DOPE SLANT, AS THE BALTIMORE-BRED EMCEE SHOWS DURING HIS TWENTIES THAT HIP HOP WAS (AND STILL IS) A WAY OF LIVING. HE SPIT ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR THE ART OF SPITTING HARD-HITTING LYRICS. "CHERISH YOUR BREATHE" IS JUST AS THE TITLE STATES, AS THE MAN BEHIND THE MIC MUSES OVER LIFE AND LIVING. WITH "REAL HIP HOP" AND "ONE LOVE" BY NAS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND, SCENE SIX KICKS OFF WITH A DISSERTATION OVER A DOPE PRODUCTION. "BALTIMORE SON" MAY BE THE BEST OF THIS DYNAMIC COLLECTION, AS THE LYRICAL WIZARD WAXES POETIC ABOUT BEING A PRODUCT OF THE CITY OF HARM. TOO BAD THE BALTIMORE SUN WON'T DEVOTE EDITORIAL SPACE ABOUT THIS "BALTIMORE SON", BECAUSE A BREATHE OF DOPE, FRESH AIR IS WHAT AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD IS IN THIS DAY AND AGE. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, HE DISCUSSES STREET LIFE, BUT FROM AN INTELLECTUAL LEVEL. HE LYRICALLY SHOWS HOW AN EMCEE CAN BE INFLUENCED, YET RISE ABOVE, STREET EXISTENCE. TRACK 18, ENTITED "THE LETTER", CONTINUES THE INFORMATIVE, BUT NOT PREACHY, APPROACH THAT APPEARS THROUGHOUT THIS MIXTAPE. THE SEQUENCING ON THIS MIXTAPE ALLOWS EACH SONG TO FLOW FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, GIVING THE PROJECT A COHESIVENESS YOU USUALLY DON'T FIND ON THE MIXTAPE CIRCUIT. TRUTHFULLY, THIS IS MORE OF A CONCEPT ALBUM THAN MIXTAPE, BECAUSE OF THE CARE GIVEN TO EACH SONG INCLUDED ON THE PROJECT. "BACK TO THE STREET" IS A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT THE ALLURE OF THE STREET, AND THE ULTIMATE DOWNFALL YOU MAY ENCOUNTER IF VISION IS BLURRED. "MY WOMAN" SLOWS THE PACING DOWN A TAD BIT, AS AHMED SPITS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NUBIAN QUEENS, SOMETHING YOU JUST DON'T SEE OR HERE IN 2011, WHEN MISOGYNY IS STILL A SOLID MINDSET. "9 TO 5" IS THE SONG I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE TO, AS THIS EMCEE TALKS ABOUT THE GRIND OF WORKING FOR PAYCHECK AFTER PAYCHECK WITHOUT ANY REAL PAYOFF IN THE LONG RUN. THE FINAL COMMENTARY ON THE MIXTAPE/ALBUM HYBRID WAS "SCENE 7", WITH AHMED SPEAKING OVER BLACK MOON'S "HOW MANY MC'S". "PRESTO CHANGO" UPPED THE PACING, WITH MORE INTROSPECTIVE, YET BRAVADO-LACED, LYRICS AIMED AT ANY AND ALL LISTENERS. "AHMED OUTRO" GAVE THIS ARTIST A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK LOVE TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMRADES IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. CLOSING OUT THE MIXTAPE WAS A CAPELLA IN NATURE, GIVING WEIGHT TO HIS ALREADY HEAVY LYRICAL APPROACH.
OVERALL, THIS MIXTAPE SHEDS EVEN MORE LIGHT ON A BLESSED AND TALENTED EMCEE. ONE LISTEN, AND YOU WILL AGREE THAT AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD IS CUT FROM A DIFFERENT CLOTH THAN YOUR TYPICAL BALTIMORE EMCEE. HE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, EVEN AFTER OVER SIXTEEN YEARS IN THE "NOT TO BE PLAYED" GAME, AS AN EMCEE, DEEJAY, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, RADIO PERSONALITY, RENAISSANCE MAN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. KEEP YOUR THIRD EYES OPEN FOR AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD!
Tracklisting----"The Evolution Of An Emcee-Ahmed The Last Born Child":
1) SCENE 1 (over KRS-ONE - MC's Act Like They Don't Know)
2) WIDE WORLD OF RAP
3) AHMED FREESTYLE 99'
4) SCENE 2 ( over Nas - Memory Lane; Artfacts - Wrong Side Of The Tracks; Soul of Mischief - 93' Til Infinity)
5) DI DOUBLE F
6) WHAT WE DO
7) SCENE 3 ( over Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka)
8) TOO MUCH TOO MANY
9) THE DIRT THEY DID
10) SCENE 4 (over Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn)
11) BACK AGAINST THE WALL
12) SCENE 5 -(over Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y)
13) SPITTIN'
14) I'M NEXT
15) CHERISH YOUR BREATH
16) SCENE 6 ( over DAS EFX - Real Hip Hop; Nas - One Love)
17) BALTIMORE SON
18) THE LETTER
19) BACK TO THE STREET
20) AHMED PROMO ( over Nas -The World Is Yours)
21) MY WOMAN
22) 9 TO 5
23) SCENE 7 (over Black Moon - How Many Mc's - Dana Coppa - Paradise
24) PRESTO CHANGO
25) AHMED OUTRO (over Raheem of Ancient Sounds - Didn't I)
26) AHMED - FREESTYLEAPELLA 2011
Links:
http://djblackwizard.podomatic.com/entry/2010-12-31T17_19_08-08_00
http://cveg.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjjTefe_9pg
FROM THE WEATHERED STREETS OF HARM CITY YOU WILL FIND AN EMCEE/POET/ARTIST THAT DIDN'T ALLOW THE ELEMENTS TO COMPLETELY DICTATE HIS PATH. HIS NAME: AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD. HIS PATH: THE EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE---AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD. HIS FACILITATOR: DJ BLACK WIZARD. HIS AIM: TO ELEVATE THE ART OF HIP HOP. AHMED IS FROM THAT SCHOOL OF HIP HOP THAT INSTILLED REAL LYRICISM AND SKILL IN THE ART OF RHYMIN'. YOU CAN HEAR EXACTLY THAT LYRICISM AND SKILL IN THIS MIXTAPE. IT IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW INTO THE SOUL OF A MAN THAT TAKES HIP HOP FOR WHAT IT REALLY IS, A CULTURE. I CAN DEFINITELY IDENTIFY WITH THIS LIKE-MINDED ARTIST, FOR HIP HOP IS NOT JUST RHYMIN' FOR THE SAKE OF RIDDLIN', BUT FOR ELEVATING MIND STATES FROM STATE TO STATE. COMING FROM THE FREE STATE AND CITY OF HARM, AHMED SHOWCASES OVER AND OVER THAT INTELLECT IS A PRIZED COMMODITY THROUGHOUT HIS MIXTAPE. IN THIS DAY AND TIME IT IS RARE THAT AN EMCEE, A TRUE EMCEE, REVEALS HIMSELF FROM A TRANSPARENT STANDPOINT. AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD DOES JUST THAT, WITHOUT DILUTING HIS MESSAGE OR MISSION.
THE MIXTAPE CONSISTS OF 26 TRACKS ALTOGETHER, A COMPILATION OF COMPLETED SONGS AND INTERLUDES. LISTENING FROM THE ONSET, YOU HEAR (AND ACTUALLY VISUALIZE) SOMEONE THAT CARES DEEPLY ABOUT WHAT HE SAYS IN EVERY VERSE. THE FIRST OFFERING, "SCENE 1" (OVER KRS-ONE'S "MC'S ACT LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW) STARTS OFF THE MIXTAPE STRONGLY, ALLOWING AHMED TO EXPOUND ON HIS BEGINNINGS IN THE HIP HOP SCENE. HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HIS INITIAL HIP HOP GROUP EXPERIENCE YIELDED THE PREDECESSOR TO THE CONTROVERSIAL "DMV MOVEMENT". BALTIMORE, DC, AND RICHMOND WERE REPRESENTED DURING THIS MUSICAL HEYDAY. THREE DIFFERENT, YET SIMILAR-MINDED, ARTISTS COMBINED TO SPIT "WIDE WORLD OF RAP". THROUGHOUT THE MIXTAPE, YOU CAN HEAR AHMED DISCUSSING HIS INFLUENCES WITHIN THE HIP HOP CYPHER, AS WELL AS HIS BEGINNINGS AS A DJ BEFORE PICKING UP THE MICROPHONE FROM AN EMCEE PERSPECTIVE. IT IS QUITE REFRESHING TO HEAR AN ARTIST ARTICULATE TRUE FEELINGS ON THE STATE OF HIP HOP MUSIC WITHOUT ADVOCATING IGNORANCE. THE MIXTAPE CONTINUES TO FLOW, WITH VARIED INSTRUMENTALS SUCH AS '''93 TIL INFINITY" AND "MEMORY LANE" PLAYING AS THE BACKDROP. EACH SCENE THROUGHOUT THE EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE ALLOWS AHMED TO DISCUSS HOW THE ENVIRONMENT MOLDED, BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY MAKE HIS WHO HE IS ON THE MICROPHONE, EITHER AS EMCEE OR POET. "SPITTIN'" COMES FROM A DOPE SLANT, AS THE BALTIMORE-BRED EMCEE SHOWS DURING HIS TWENTIES THAT HIP HOP WAS (AND STILL IS) A WAY OF LIVING. HE SPIT ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR THE ART OF SPITTING HARD-HITTING LYRICS. "CHERISH YOUR BREATHE" IS JUST AS THE TITLE STATES, AS THE MAN BEHIND THE MIC MUSES OVER LIFE AND LIVING. WITH "REAL HIP HOP" AND "ONE LOVE" BY NAS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND, SCENE SIX KICKS OFF WITH A DISSERTATION OVER A DOPE PRODUCTION. "BALTIMORE SON" MAY BE THE BEST OF THIS DYNAMIC COLLECTION, AS THE LYRICAL WIZARD WAXES POETIC ABOUT BEING A PRODUCT OF THE CITY OF HARM. TOO BAD THE BALTIMORE SUN WON'T DEVOTE EDITORIAL SPACE ABOUT THIS "BALTIMORE SON", BECAUSE A BREATHE OF DOPE, FRESH AIR IS WHAT AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD IS IN THIS DAY AND AGE. TIME AND TIME AGAIN, HE DISCUSSES STREET LIFE, BUT FROM AN INTELLECTUAL LEVEL. HE LYRICALLY SHOWS HOW AN EMCEE CAN BE INFLUENCED, YET RISE ABOVE, STREET EXISTENCE. TRACK 18, ENTITED "THE LETTER", CONTINUES THE INFORMATIVE, BUT NOT PREACHY, APPROACH THAT APPEARS THROUGHOUT THIS MIXTAPE. THE SEQUENCING ON THIS MIXTAPE ALLOWS EACH SONG TO FLOW FROM ONE TO ANOTHER, GIVING THE PROJECT A COHESIVENESS YOU USUALLY DON'T FIND ON THE MIXTAPE CIRCUIT. TRUTHFULLY, THIS IS MORE OF A CONCEPT ALBUM THAN MIXTAPE, BECAUSE OF THE CARE GIVEN TO EACH SONG INCLUDED ON THE PROJECT. "BACK TO THE STREET" IS A CAUTIONARY TALE ABOUT THE ALLURE OF THE STREET, AND THE ULTIMATE DOWNFALL YOU MAY ENCOUNTER IF VISION IS BLURRED. "MY WOMAN" SLOWS THE PACING DOWN A TAD BIT, AS AHMED SPITS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NUBIAN QUEENS, SOMETHING YOU JUST DON'T SEE OR HERE IN 2011, WHEN MISOGYNY IS STILL A SOLID MINDSET. "9 TO 5" IS THE SONG I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE TO, AS THIS EMCEE TALKS ABOUT THE GRIND OF WORKING FOR PAYCHECK AFTER PAYCHECK WITHOUT ANY REAL PAYOFF IN THE LONG RUN. THE FINAL COMMENTARY ON THE MIXTAPE/ALBUM HYBRID WAS "SCENE 7", WITH AHMED SPEAKING OVER BLACK MOON'S "HOW MANY MC'S". "PRESTO CHANGO" UPPED THE PACING, WITH MORE INTROSPECTIVE, YET BRAVADO-LACED, LYRICS AIMED AT ANY AND ALL LISTENERS. "AHMED OUTRO" GAVE THIS ARTIST A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK LOVE TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMRADES IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. CLOSING OUT THE MIXTAPE WAS A CAPELLA IN NATURE, GIVING WEIGHT TO HIS ALREADY HEAVY LYRICAL APPROACH.
OVERALL, THIS MIXTAPE SHEDS EVEN MORE LIGHT ON A BLESSED AND TALENTED EMCEE. ONE LISTEN, AND YOU WILL AGREE THAT AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD IS CUT FROM A DIFFERENT CLOTH THAN YOUR TYPICAL BALTIMORE EMCEE. HE IS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, EVEN AFTER OVER SIXTEEN YEARS IN THE "NOT TO BE PLAYED" GAME, AS AN EMCEE, DEEJAY, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, RADIO PERSONALITY, RENAISSANCE MAN FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. KEEP YOUR THIRD EYES OPEN FOR AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD!
Tracklisting----"The Evolution Of An Emcee-Ahmed The Last Born Child":
1) SCENE 1 (over KRS-ONE - MC's Act Like They Don't Know)
2) WIDE WORLD OF RAP
3) AHMED FREESTYLE 99'
4) SCENE 2 ( over Nas - Memory Lane; Artfacts - Wrong Side Of The Tracks; Soul of Mischief - 93' Til Infinity)
5) DI DOUBLE F
6) WHAT WE DO
7) SCENE 3 ( over Lords of the Underground - Chief Rocka)
8) TOO MUCH TOO MANY
9) THE DIRT THEY DID
10) SCENE 4 (over Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn)
11) BACK AGAINST THE WALL
12) SCENE 5 -(over Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y)
13) SPITTIN'
14) I'M NEXT
15) CHERISH YOUR BREATH
16) SCENE 6 ( over DAS EFX - Real Hip Hop; Nas - One Love)
17) BALTIMORE SON
18) THE LETTER
19) BACK TO THE STREET
20) AHMED PROMO ( over Nas -The World Is Yours)
21) MY WOMAN
22) 9 TO 5
23) SCENE 7 (over Black Moon - How Many Mc's - Dana Coppa - Paradise
24) PRESTO CHANGO
25) AHMED OUTRO (over Raheem of Ancient Sounds - Didn't I)
26) AHMED - FREESTYLEAPELLA 2011
Links:
http://djblackwizard.podomatic.com/entry/2010-12-31T17_19_08-08_00
http://cveg.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjjTefe_9pg
VIDEO-------AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD, "BALTIMORE SON"
POSTED BY:
WISDOM
"BALTIMORE SON" IS THE APROPO NAME OF THE SONG AND VIDEO FROM AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD, FROM HIS EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE MIXTAPE, HELMED BY DJ BLACK WIZARD. DIRECTED BY GENERALBEATZ (MENTALHEADVIZION$ PRODUKTIONZ), THIS VISUAL ADAPTATION FOR "BALTIMORE SON" SHOWCASES THE STRENGTH OF A REAL EMCEE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CHARM. JUST LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO GIVES ME MUCH HOPE THAT THE STATE OF HIP HOP IS GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. I'M GOING TO JUST LET "BALTIMORE SON" SPEAK FOR ITSELF IN VISUAL FORM!
WISDOM
"BALTIMORE SON" IS THE APROPO NAME OF THE SONG AND VIDEO FROM AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD, FROM HIS EVOLUTION OF AN EMCEE MIXTAPE, HELMED BY DJ BLACK WIZARD. DIRECTED BY GENERALBEATZ (MENTALHEADVIZION$ PRODUKTIONZ), THIS VISUAL ADAPTATION FOR "BALTIMORE SON" SHOWCASES THE STRENGTH OF A REAL EMCEE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF CHARM. JUST LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO GIVES ME MUCH HOPE THAT THE STATE OF HIP HOP IS GOING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION. I'M GOING TO JUST LET "BALTIMORE SON" SPEAK FOR ITSELF IN VISUAL FORM!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
BEHIND THE VIDEO: P.O.E.T---"GIRL OF MY DREAMS"
A NON-DESCRIPT LOCATION NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH AND CHARLES SERVED AS THE CREATIVE SPACE FOR THE FILMING OF "GIRL OF MY DREAMS", A SINGLE FROM BALTIMORE EMCEE P.O.E.T. I WAS FORTUNATE TO WITNESS FROM A BIRD'S EYE VIEW THE CREATIVE VISION FOR THE VIDEO. THE VENUE WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE TYPE OF VIDEO BEING CONSTRUCTED, WITH ENOUGH SPACE TO ACCOMODATE THAT CREATIVE VISION. TO EXPOSE MY STEPSON DORIAN TO SAID CREATIVE VISION, I BROUGHT HIM ALONG TO SEE WHAT GOES INTO THE PROCESS, BECAUSE THE FINISHED PRODUCT TAKES BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS, NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER.
ONCE AT THE LOCATION, I WAS INTRODUCED TO A FEW OF THE VIDEO PARTICIPANTS. AS WELL AS P.O.E.T.'S MANAGER CHAUNCEY. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE A FEW LAST MINUTE CHANGES TO THE VIDEO TREATMENT AND VISION, THE PROFESSIONALISM OF EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WS EVIDENT. AS THEY SAY IN ENTERTAINMENT CIRCLES, THE SHOW MUST GO ON, AND ON IT DID. FOR A FEW HOURS, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CLIPS AND SHOTS BEING FILMED BY THE VIDEOGRAPHER, WHO EXHIBITED PATIENCE AS WELL AS GUIDANCE DURING THE AFTERNOON. JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE VIDEOGRAPHER ULTIMATELY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PIECING TOGETHER THE PUZZLE IN ORDER TO NARRATE WHATEVER STORY IS NECESSARY. FOR "GIRL OF MY DREAMS", IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE VIDEO TO EXHIBIT AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY, AND FROM WHAT I COULD SURMISE THOSE GOALS WERE SATISFIED.
THROUGH THE VARIOUS OUTFIT CHANGES AND SCENERY UPDATES, P.O.E.T. WAS ABLE TO ADAPT TO THE ULTIMATE SITUATION AT HAND. ONCE THE FINAL SHOT AT THE CHARLES STREET LOCATION WAS COMPLETE, IT WAS ON TO THE NEXT ONE. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE VIDEO SHOOT TOOK PLACE AT THE VIDEOGRAPHER'S HOME, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE STORYLINE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER. I DIDN'T ACCOMPANY THE CAST TO THE FINAL LOCATION, BUT FROM THE WORDS OF P.O.E.T. IT WAS A SUCCESS. MUCH LOVE IS BEING SENT TO P.O.E.T., HIS MANAGER CHAUNCEY, THE VIDEOGRAPHER (WHOSE NAME ELUDES ME AT THE PRESENT MOMENT) THE VIDEO MODEL WHO TRAVELED TO BALTIMORE FOR THIS SHOOT, AS WELL AS THE FOUR POSITIVE BROTHERS ROUNDING OUT THE CAST. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A POSITIVE, UPLIFTING, AND INFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE FOR MYSELF AND MY STEPSON, WHO ABSORBED THE VIBE AND IS BETTER FOR IT. ONCE THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE, I WILL DEFINITELY POST IT FOR VISUAL CONSUMPTION.
ONE LOVE!
ONCE AT THE LOCATION, I WAS INTRODUCED TO A FEW OF THE VIDEO PARTICIPANTS. AS WELL AS P.O.E.T.'S MANAGER CHAUNCEY. EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE A FEW LAST MINUTE CHANGES TO THE VIDEO TREATMENT AND VISION, THE PROFESSIONALISM OF EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE WS EVIDENT. AS THEY SAY IN ENTERTAINMENT CIRCLES, THE SHOW MUST GO ON, AND ON IT DID. FOR A FEW HOURS, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CLIPS AND SHOTS BEING FILMED BY THE VIDEOGRAPHER, WHO EXHIBITED PATIENCE AS WELL AS GUIDANCE DURING THE AFTERNOON. JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THE VIDEOGRAPHER ULTIMATELY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PIECING TOGETHER THE PUZZLE IN ORDER TO NARRATE WHATEVER STORY IS NECESSARY. FOR "GIRL OF MY DREAMS", IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE VIDEO TO EXHIBIT AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY, AND FROM WHAT I COULD SURMISE THOSE GOALS WERE SATISFIED.
THROUGH THE VARIOUS OUTFIT CHANGES AND SCENERY UPDATES, P.O.E.T. WAS ABLE TO ADAPT TO THE ULTIMATE SITUATION AT HAND. ONCE THE FINAL SHOT AT THE CHARLES STREET LOCATION WAS COMPLETE, IT WAS ON TO THE NEXT ONE. THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE VIDEO SHOOT TOOK PLACE AT THE VIDEOGRAPHER'S HOME, IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE STORYLINE IN AN EFFECTIVE MANNER. I DIDN'T ACCOMPANY THE CAST TO THE FINAL LOCATION, BUT FROM THE WORDS OF P.O.E.T. IT WAS A SUCCESS. MUCH LOVE IS BEING SENT TO P.O.E.T., HIS MANAGER CHAUNCEY, THE VIDEOGRAPHER (WHOSE NAME ELUDES ME AT THE PRESENT MOMENT) THE VIDEO MODEL WHO TRAVELED TO BALTIMORE FOR THIS SHOOT, AS WELL AS THE FOUR POSITIVE BROTHERS ROUNDING OUT THE CAST. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A POSITIVE, UPLIFTING, AND INFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE FOR MYSELF AND MY STEPSON, WHO ABSORBED THE VIBE AND IS BETTER FOR IT. ONCE THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE, I WILL DEFINITELY POST IT FOR VISUAL CONSUMPTION.
ONE LOVE!
"BALTIMORE SON" VIDEO SHOOT
Written by: WISDOM
IF A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, THEN THIS PICTURE FROM DYNAMIC EMCEE AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD'S VIDEO SHOOT. AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL-BLACK EVERYTHING WAS THE THEME OF THE DAY, SENDING A VERY POWERFUL MESSAGE THAT BLACK IS POWER. AKIN TO A NEW AGE POSITIVE BLACK PANTHER MOVEMENT, THE OVERALL TONE AND TENOR WAS ONE OF FORWARD-THINKING AND PROGRESSIVE SPIRITS CONNECTING ON A CREATIVE LEVEL. AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD DESERVES CREDIT FOR THE VISION AND PASSION BEHIND "BALTIMORE SON", A SONG FEATURED ON HIS LATEST RELEASE THE EVOLUTION OF THE EMCEE: AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD. WITH THE VIDEO SHOOT TAKING PLACE ON SUNDAY, A MULTITUDE OF POSITIVE, LIKE-MINDED INDIVIDUALS SHOWED LOVE AND SUPPORT, RANGING FROM CVEG CEO LEW WILLIAMS, KONSIDER DIS RADIO PERSONALITY MZ. UNDASTOOD, JERMAINE JOHNSON FROM JER JOH ENTERTAINMENT, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. I AM FORTUNATE TO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SPECIAL DAY WITH AN ARTIST THAT DESERVES PROPS FOR KEEPING THAT REAL HIP HOP FLAME LIT. IF YOU HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED WHAT A TRUE EMCEE SOUNDS LIKE, JUST COP THE RECENT MIXTAPE.
THE WEATHER WAS GOOD, THE VIBE WAS POSITIVE, THE BLACK WAS POWERFUL, AND THE VIDEO WAS DONE! NEXT ON THE HORIZON IS THE DEBUT OF SAID VIDEO, HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK. DIRECTED BY GENERALBEATZ OF MENTALHEADVIZION$ PRODUKTIONZ, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE FINISHED PRODUCT. ONCE THE VIDEO IS AVAILABLE I WILL POST ON MY BLOG FOR VIEWING. I AM SURE FANS OF TRUE, REAL HIP HOP WILL ENJOY NOT ONLY THE VIDEO FOR "BALTIMORE SON", BUT THE ENTIRE MIXTAPE THE EVOLUTION OF THE EMCEE: AHMED THE LAST BORN CHILD. REPRESENT THE REAL HIP HOP!
LINKS:
http://djblackwizard.podomatic.com/player/web/2010-12-31T17_19_08-08_00
http://cveg.org/
http://www.reverbnation.com/generalbeatz
Saturday, February 19, 2011
FILM: "STILL SHINING"---THE DILLA PROJECT
FEBRUARY IS DILLA MONTH! FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, FEBRUARY IS THE TIME WHEN HIP HOP HEADS FROM ALL OVER CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JAMES YANCEY, KNOWN THE WORLD OVER AS J. DILLA. THE GENIUS BEHIND HIS MUSICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIVES ON IN COUNTLESS PRODUCTIONS, SPANNING UNDERGROUND HIP HOP, NEO-SOUL, AND POP MUSIC. FILMED AT THE TIME OF DEATH, THIS PROJECT IS THE BRAINCHILD OF BRIAN "B.KYLE" ATKINS, MY OKAYPLAYER BRETHREN AND BUDDING FILMMAKER, AMONG OTHER THINGS. THIS VIDEO PROJECT FEATURES COMMENTARY FROM THE YANCEY MATRIARCH, MAUREEN YANCEY, COMMON, QUESTLOVE, DWELE, AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHERS. IT IS A NICE VIEW INTO THE ARTISTRY AND CREATIVITY BEHIND DILLA, WHO SUCCUMBED AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 32 TO LUPUS AND THE BLOOD DISEASE TTP. LOOK AT THIS PROJECT, AND THEN DO THE KNOWLEDGE ON HIS LIFE AND LEGACY. SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO B.KYLE, OKAYPLAYER, GIFTED FILMS, VIMEO, MS. YANCEY, AND THE J. DILLA FOUNDATION. DILLA LIVES ON IN OUR HEARTS AND MUSIC!
"J.Dilla: Still Shining" from B.Kyle on Vimeo.
LINKS:
Gifted Films
The J. Dilla Project
J. Dilla Foundation
Okayplayer
"J.Dilla: Still Shining" from B.Kyle on Vimeo.
LINKS:
Gifted Films
The J. Dilla Project
J. Dilla Foundation
Okayplayer
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