damn, time flies.
the first of the seminal projects of the new era to hit the ten year mark.
the young lonely Cement 3 wearing, BAPE store working kid from Cleveland with an easy breezy flow and a canny knack of coming up with simple catchy hooks crooning over indie music perfectly sequenced by Plain Pat crafted one of, if not the most influential project in the last ten years.
the mixtape was the first proper representation of the iPod playlist generation.
i remember when this dropped as it never resonated with me as someone coming up for 20..then in the fall when the weather was getting colder eventually getting it. coming in from running around the city (hoping to bump into certain blonde actress from the new popular tv show) and throwing this tape on zoning out.
first off, thanks for all of the comments about the video i directed for KID CUDI’s song off the mixtape “HEAVEN AT NITE”. it was a song that i loved and CUDI and i thought it might be fun to do a quick little video for it. we shot it in the SUMMER of 2008, it was super no budget with a small crew who came in for a few hours to make it happen. needless to say, i’m a perfectionist and wasn’t fully happy with the rough edit or graphics and the video was put on hold.
for those of you who may not know, when a music video is shot (with a budget or no budget), the major players (ie: the director, artists, label, etc) have to approve the edit before anything happens with it.
unfortunately, someone who knew this very well – leaked it regardless. had it not been leaked, you all would have been able to view a more polished final product that everyone involved with would have approved…and, you guys would have been the first to see it here. - Va$htie.
a couple months after he dropped this tape he was signed and giving Kanye classics.
also, shout out to Hot97 playing the unofficial Jim Jones remix to Day & Nigh heavy.
the first of the seminal projects of the new era to hit the ten year mark.
the young lonely Cement 3 wearing, BAPE store working kid from Cleveland with an easy breezy flow and a canny knack of coming up with simple catchy hooks crooning over indie music perfectly sequenced by Plain Pat crafted one of, if not the most influential project in the last ten years.
the mixtape was the first proper representation of the iPod playlist generation.
i remember when this dropped as it never resonated with me as someone coming up for 20..then in the fall when the weather was getting colder eventually getting it. coming in from running around the city (hoping to bump into certain blonde actress from the new popular tv show) and throwing this tape on zoning out.
first off, thanks for all of the comments about the video i directed for KID CUDI’s song off the mixtape “HEAVEN AT NITE”. it was a song that i loved and CUDI and i thought it might be fun to do a quick little video for it. we shot it in the SUMMER of 2008, it was super no budget with a small crew who came in for a few hours to make it happen. needless to say, i’m a perfectionist and wasn’t fully happy with the rough edit or graphics and the video was put on hold.
for those of you who may not know, when a music video is shot (with a budget or no budget), the major players (ie: the director, artists, label, etc) have to approve the edit before anything happens with it.
unfortunately, someone who knew this very well – leaked it regardless. had it not been leaked, you all would have been able to view a more polished final product that everyone involved with would have approved…and, you guys would have been the first to see it here. - Va$htie.
a couple months after he dropped this tape he was signed and giving Kanye classics.
also, shout out to Hot97 playing the unofficial Jim Jones remix to Day & Nigh heavy.
I was a fan after I heard The Prayer and knew he would be a star when I heard Day N Nite.