February 2012
1 post
NAS X COMMON: GHETTO DREAMS
I wanted to share some materials that were created for a behind the scenes look of “Ghetto Dreams”, a single from Common’s lp “The Dreamer The Believer”. This video was created by my long-time collaborator, Brian “B. Kyle” Atkins, who asked me to participate in order to add more depth and dimension to the experience with some custom graphically-driven cut...
January 2012
1 post
MAIMOUNA YOUSSEF: THE BLOOMING
Update 1/26/2012: “The Blooming” album art, which I created for Maimouna Youssef, was nominated for a WAMMIE (Washington Music Association) for ALBUM COVER OF THE YEAR!!!!!
BIG Congrats to Maimouna for scoring 3 WAMMIE nominations!!!
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December 2011
2 posts
J DILLA: STILL SHINING
There really isn’t that much that I can say about J. Dilla that hasn’t been said already. For me his music will forever be the soundtrack to my life. My personal discovery of his music came at a time when I was tired of what most hip hop artists had to offer. Granted, I have been a fan for a long time already, without realizing that he was the main ingredient in the sound that artists like...
ROOTS TVII: DVD
I was always a big fan of hip-hop and already owned several albums by The Roots, but it wasn’t until the first time I got to see them perform live did I fully realize their ultimate appeal. During their concert in 1998, I noted that some of the members of The Roots were wearing t-shirts with “okayplayer.com” printed across in a clean bold typeface. Intrigued, I logged into this website and...