All right, this city has had it's share of boy/girl electronic duos in the past. But Kinky Notti's "Ghetto Love" is here to let you know that none of those other guys (and girls!) matter.
Smart video, funky grooves - I can't get this track out of my head. Check it out!
Friday, May 21, 2010
CMPtv | REBELS @ LARGE - CAM BE PRESENTS 1773's "THE GOODNESS"
Proving himself to be a legitimate music video maker, Cam Be submitted his second work of art with 1773 for their hit single, "The Goodness".
1773 - The Goodness/ So Clear from Cam Be on Vimeo.
CMPtv PRODUCTION FEATURED ON LOLLALPALOOZA SITE
CMPtv got together with Derek Berry and Rick Carrico of Team Bayside high and created a SPOTLIGHT segment for them. It's been featured on lollapalooza's website!
CHECK IT OUT!
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CMPtv PLAYBACK | "GIVE IT TO ME" RHYMEFEST
Rhymefest has a new album coming out June 8th . . . check out the music video for his single "Give It To Me"
CMPtv PLAYBACK | "I'M BEAMING" LUPE FIASCO
At fourteen, Lupe lived on the west side of Chicago, in “the ‘hood,” as he said, “like the ‘hood ‘hood, the real ‘hood. Prostitutes on the corner, gangs, drive-bys, blood stains in the hallway.” He’d been a black belt in karate for four years. He skateboarded the lakefront and was raised a Muslim, as he still is today. His dad taught him about African music and his days in the Black Panthers. He hated hip-hop.
“The ‘hood was the environment,” he said, “But it was juxtaposed with a really strong family. As kids, we couldn't curse. We got whippings for cursing. Girls were taboo then, and [in some hip-hop] they were talking about doing all this wild, outlandish stuff with girls. Quite honestly, it was embarrassing.”
But around that time he heard Nas’ 1996 album “It Was Written,” and his distaste for hip-hop vanished. The parallels ran deep: Nas grew up among the harshness of Queens but was raised on the teachings of Islam and by his famous and worldly musician dad, Olu Dara.
Enter: Music (noun)
1. a most immediate art form, resistant to theories and generalizations
2. a long-standing refuge for the creative
By 25, Lupe had a second album out, had been produced by Jay-Z, Kanye West and the Neptunes, and was rapping about how “hip-hop saved [his] life.” Now at 28, he has the power to lift new talent from obscurity, helping to launch the careers of Matthew Santos, Chicago’s Hey Champ and GemStones.
There appear no limits to his ideas these days and the directions he’s willing to take. He created a persona called “LupE.N.D.” in 2009, the name he said he’d give his newest album, the last one before he quits music forever. Going back on that, he then said he’s sticking with music and titling his new album “Lasers” — which is due out soon.
Creativity is like that. Everything seems like a good idea at the time, and usually because it is a good idea at the time. Even if it contradicts itself.
What’s next for Lupe is anyone’s guess. He’s currently climbing Mount Kilamjaro with Kenna and Justin Timberlake for charity. He and Kanye have been planning with Pharrell to put out an album under the pseudo-group name the Child Rebel Soldiers for at least half a year. He’s also said to have a novel in the works, which is, interestingly, about a window-washer.
Angela Chase of My So-Called Life, a veritable philosopher of our times, once said, “It just seems like personality is something you agree to, just to make things easier on everyone else.” All that we can say about Lupe for sure is that few are less predictable and more interesting to watch. Only, he’s somehow doing it more quietly than his peer stars. He’s not grabbing microphones from Taylor Swift — nothing so tasteless. It makes it easy to forget (or not to realize) just how big he is.
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