So Damn Down (Keelay & Zaire Version)
July 2, 2009
Recorded the week we shot the video to the original. I like to call this their version instead of a remix…just because that sounds cooler! I picked this beat because it reminded me of how different the pharcyde remix of drop was from the OG. I like that some people have been debating which is better, yall mofos have no idea how happy i be just to see people are listening…
in other news i heard that mtv2 has been playing the video! on the sucker free countdown? how fitting! haha!
elucid – “automatic writing” video coming soon
July 1, 2009WATCH THIS VIDEO. BOOMBAYE’!!!!!!
A Word from Elucid:
“If I learned one thing from the ‘Automatic Writing’ video experience it would be that there are only two ingredients necessary to accomplish any goal; vision and determination. Somehow the universe throws you in the path of whatever else required for the rest of your journey. This project was a true labor of love and testament to our resourcefulness. What started as late night random idea tossing via instant message (oracles, drapetomania, solar eclipses?!?) quickly morphed into a 4 page video treatment. Shot intermittently during the early months of 2009, without a penny’s investment, Boombaye and I trooped through the streets and subways of New York City in true hip hop/guerrilla style shooting illegally on lo-fi equipment without a proper permit. Five months and a number of sleepless nights later, I’m ecstatic to present this piece to the world. Automatic Writing’s message of self reliance and empowerment resounds even more so with the accompanying imagery.
‘Close your eyes, it feels different here/ Sign of the times, almost in the clear/
I see spaceships on Flatbush, calling me back home/ Resetting the clock to begin again’
Cuing inspiration from my personal musical trinity of Sun Ra, George Clinton, and Afrika Bambaataa, ‘Automatic Writing’ serves as a statement to the building of a new world. A future world. A better world. The idea of midnight trains, chariots, and even spaceships carrying oppressed people away from their suffering are common themes in American Black music. As a people robbed of their past, now living in the present as aliens in a foreign land that constantly seeks to disparage their identity, we have no choice but to embrace the future and the promise it brings.”
The Daily Show segment I produced
June 30, 2009so i was lucky enough to produce some music for the daily show on comedy central. the day it aired i was caught up and couldnt watch it, and havent been able to say much about it until now because ive been running around with dj low key. they recorded this in dons bedroom and i mixed it in mines. not some fancy spot at comedy central headquarters or whatever, they kept it grimey! i love it! (rap song starts around 3:30)
Michael Jackson.
June 29, 2009Isn’t it a trip? Its surreal. Funny how someone you didn’t know can affect your life. I need to sit and watch moonwalker again soon. Mike is gone…so crazy. I’m sure you’ve read heard and talked about this every other 5 minutes…
underground rapper motivation 101
June 24, 2009there’s money to be made. so simple a caveman can do it. SMH.
80 blocks from tiffanys
June 22, 2009watch from 2:30. lol.
very interesting doc on gangs in new york in the 80s. you can find the whole thing on youtube.
