Video: Lupe Fiasco – I’m Beaming
Superstar was my shit last year, but you see me now? Just look around, I’m beam’n!
Video: Super Sexy CPR
So it’s been a while since my last post. Sue me, I’ve been busy. And by busy, I mean doing absolutely nothing. Hey, it’s summer vacation right?
Anyway, I’m concerned about your well being. What if all of a sudden, you, or someone around you stopped breathing? Would you know what to do? Do you know how to deliver CPR? I want you to watch the following video very carefully, pay attention, and learn. Just in case.
Don’t say I never did anything for you. Visit supersexycpr.com for more.
Video: Wiz Khalifa x Toads Place
I procrastinated creating a Vimeo account, which prevented me from publishing this video. Anyway I decided to hit the Wiz Khalifa concert at Toads Place on York Street in New Haven. A few local artist hit the stage before Yelawolf opened for Mr. Khalifa man. Toads was packed like a regular Saturday night, except steady blunts and paper planes were being passed around. I managed to get the last song he performed on video despite the madness in the crowd.
Video: Pharrell Williams Interview “D’Art Assaut”
Blast Magazine talked to Pharrell Williams on his recent Paris trip, where he launched his new chair creations. Check out the video interview, where the musician talks about art and his latest project. Enjoy!
Video: Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar
It’s the intro song to How To Make It In America, dude has an awesome voice. “I Need A Dollar” from his forth coming album, Good Things.
Video: Nas & Damian Marley Interview W/ Okayplayer TV
Okayplayer hooked up with Nas & Damian Marley whilst they were at SXSW, in part 1 of this interview they touch on the overall aesthetic of the album, health care, and Barack Obama after completing one year in office.
Video: Raekwon – “House of Flying Daggers” Produced By J. Dilla
The Wu always had a unique gritty taste for the martial arts. Artwork by 1000Styles +animation by Ryan Johnson x drew Taylor is SICK ! House of Flying Daggers is off Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linxx II.
Graffiti out in Israel
Enjoy this first animation clip from Tant and Unga of the Broken Fingaz Crew out of Israel.
Video: Roger Steffens’ Reggae Archives
This past January Roger Steffens gave us a full guided tour of all six rooms of his Reggae Archives. Comprised of collections within collections the ‘Ark-Hives’ represents a lifetime dedicated to Reggae music. Involved since the earliest days of Reggae music’s debut on the international scene Roger has not only been a collector but a participant and key player in the development and spread of the music and culture.
Affectionately known as the Reggae Ambassador to some, Steffens has left his mark on the music through his work as radio host at KCRW 89.9 in LA, a founding editor of The Beat magazine (1981-2009), as well as the various liner notes and books he has authored, the interviews he’s conducted, the lectures he’s given, the shows he’s emceed, his position as the chairman of the Reggae Grammy committee, and his open door policy at the ‘Ark-Hives’.
Video: Another J. Cole x Elite joint, “Who Dat” @SOB’s
The hook had me rock’n from early! J. Cole x Elite put together another track with a mean hook and uncut thought provoking word play. I mean, it’s a simple hook, but it’s live… I’m think’n back to the early ’90s, anybody contest me, I wanna know some thoughts. J. Cole performs a new track entitled ‘Who Dat’ to a sold out SOB’s crowd last night. Footage courtesy of Hot97, who put on the show.
Also listen to Grown Simba off the Warm Up. Cole World put together another simple hook and still have you rock’n.
Video: Nothin’ On You – B.o.B x BTS footage
They shot the video on a white sound stage. I edited it on Final Cut Pro. Then they printed out over 3,000 frames onto paper. Then every frame was hand torn by a team of 8 people. From there we animated the frames, photographing each frame with a digital camera, and then imported it back into Final Cut Pro. The backgrounds are also paper collages we took digital stills of and keyed in after animation.
Behind the scene footage after the footage
It’s Surreal: The Radiant Child, Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat became notorious for his graffiti art in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene. I’ve been on Basquiat since the beginning of my blogg’n days. No secret as to why I labeled one of our tags, “SAMO,” Basquiat’s moniker. In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. Literally making his mark with graffiti on public walls under the nom de plume “Samo” (short for same old thing). It definitely made its mark on me. Debuting at this years Sundance Film Festival, “The Radiant Child” is a film on the legendary art icon Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat’s own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.
Past Articles:
Keep It Surreal >> SAMO
Keep It Surreal >> Lee Jaffe x Basquiat
Keep It Surreal >> Basquiat x Peter Relic
Video: Dir. Tamra Davis Speaks x Sundance
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child” director Tamra Davis talks about the artist’s passion for film, and the second career he wanted to pursue.
Video: J. Cole @ The Loft
J. Cole is that dude! I can’t believe I missed him when he was in New Haven for the Yale Black Solidarity Conference. Believe we will be front lining for Cole at the next concert.
Video: How to Make It in America x KiD CuDi
“How to Make It in America follows two enterprising Brooklyn twentysomethings as they hustle their way through New York City, determined to achieve the American Dream. Trying to make a name for themselves in New York’s competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein (Greenberg) and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon (Rasuk) use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to fruition. With the help of Cam’s cousin Rene (Guzman), who is trying to market his own high-energy drink, and their well-connected friend Domingo (“Kid Cudi”), the burgeoning entrepreneurs set out to make it big, encountering obstacles along the way that will require all their ingenuity to overcome”.
“How to Make It in America,” HBO’s new dollar and a dream series premieres February 14. I don’t know too much about the film, but a story about struggle, ambition, and determination plotted in Brooklyn, NY gains my attention and anticipation for something exciting.
Teaser after the jump.
Video: Her Morning Elegance
Stop-motion is also known as stop-action or frame-by-frame. It is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The Pillsbury Doughboy and Hamburger helper were created using Stop Motion Animation. Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie is a more recent incarnation that’s been put through their paces using computer graphics.
Video: “Love Away” Kinetic Typography
By: Chris Brice
Music by: Curvine
Kinetic typography is technically defined as an animation technique mixing motion and text. It is presented in a manner intended to convey or evoke a particular idea or emotion.
Video: Gallis/Sassa Step
I had to get back to basics for a little bit and digress from the mainstream musiq. Originally, my fam and I are from Jamaica; and this type of musiq and dance is typical of our culture. The song is a sell off!
Jermaine Squad took over the dancehall!
el fin.
Video: Ain’t Nothing Like You, Blackroc feat. Mos Def x Jim Jones
Check out Blak Roc’s impending album with the same name featuring NICOLE WRAY.
Chad Harris
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