There's nothing better in life than when you get an idea, a mere thought in your brain, and you are able to one day manifest that thought into something living and tangible that can be heard, seen, smelled, tasted or touched.
Such is the case with this video.
This was to be my first video off my new album.
I knew I wanted to do something that wasn't obvious.
What wouldve been worse than a regular bozo rap video, with boats 'n hoes, me iced out in the background trying to make the type of aggressive hip hop arm movements that shout, " I KNOW IM NOT RAPPING, BUT THIS IS MY VIDEO. AND IM THE MAN."
(if you make those videos, please stop. now.)
And being that the record was so gangster, i didn't wanna take it litterally either, and have to be actually 'taking peoples lives' in a video.
I was overseas one time years back doing some shows with Havoc and P, and I remember looking out at a packed crowd one night thinking, 'goddam look at all these rap zombies'!
I dunno why.
They just all had their hands up, and the collaborative sound their off-pitch, accented mumbling made them sound and look like a bunch of fiending hip hop ghouls.
Dont ask.
Anyway the thought always stuck with me.
For years I had been wanting to do something involving animation, but could never find the right person to collaborate with.
Until my homey Emz told me about a legendary west coast graphitti artist/ personal friend of his by the name of Devin Flynn (or Relm KSN for u LA graph vets) who happened to be living in NY, and now had his own animated show that I might be interested in checking out, with the possibility that he could do the video.
He directed me to a site, told me to search for his show called "Yall So Stupid".
I then proceeded to watch every episode over and over for probably 3 hours straight.
wow.
Greatest shit i'd seen in a while.
( I know thats not very descriptive, I don't wanna find a bunch of colorful adjectives to describe his show and fuck it all up, just go watch it.)
I wondered to myself how the fuck this dude wasn't already a zillionaire and his show wasn't already on MTV or Adult Swim or something of that status.
Emz connected us, and after getting all my starstruck moments and reciting-of-favorite-show-quotes out of the way I thru him my scattered zombie visions, mixed with a little Dr. Dre The Formula/ Frankenstein ideas, and we were off.
I knew we were on to something when i saw the first sketches, but the end result is more than I could have ever expected.
Shout out to Devin Flynn!
Dont ask.
Anyway the thought always stuck with me.
For years I had been wanting to do something involving animation, but could never find the right person to collaborate with.
Until my homey Emz told me about a legendary west coast graphitti artist/ personal friend of his by the name of Devin Flynn (or Relm KSN for u LA graph vets) who happened to be living in NY, and now had his own animated show that I might be interested in checking out, with the possibility that he could do the video.
He directed me to a site, told me to search for his show called "Yall So Stupid".
I then proceeded to watch every episode over and over for probably 3 hours straight.
wow.
Greatest shit i'd seen in a while.
( I know thats not very descriptive, I don't wanna find a bunch of colorful adjectives to describe his show and fuck it all up, just go watch it.)
I wondered to myself how the fuck this dude wasn't already a zillionaire and his show wasn't already on MTV or Adult Swim or something of that status.
Emz connected us, and after getting all my starstruck moments and reciting-of-favorite-show-quotes out of the way I thru him my scattered zombie visions, mixed with a little Dr. Dre The Formula/ Frankenstein ideas, and we were off.
I knew we were on to something when i saw the first sketches, but the end result is more than I could have ever expected.
Shout out to Devin Flynn!
Enjoy.
Oh yea, this is for THE ALCHEMIST COOKBOOK EP,
and I do believe ITS ON ITUNES FOR SALE NOW!
Support your local rap dude.
Otherwise ima start making snap rap disco beats
sidenote:
A lot of good things have happened to me over the course of my existance
and i don't wanna discredit those awesome memories
but the way i'm feeling right now I would have to say that this is the greatest day of my life.
Amen.
