Tuesday, November 18, 2008

LOSE YOUR LIVE VIDEO








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!


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.






Friday, November 14, 2008

EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE STILL HIGH TOUR...



EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE STILL HIGH TOUR... B-REAL SURPRISES THE CROWD AND SHUTS IT DOWN LIKE ONLY HE CAN! LIVE FROM THE ALCHEMIST/EVIDENCE SET IN LOS ANGELES AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES SHOW ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

"SO FRESH" - THE STEP BROS.

  


This is my favorite shit right now.    


Another classico off the Layover  EP.


Enjoy     



Tuesday, November 4, 2008

NEW EVIDENCE VIDEO FEAT. ALCHEMIST AND FASHAWN



New steaming hot dog poop!   


Fresh off the Layover EP.


I made the track with Ev in mind one night.

Just bugging, experimenting in the lab, trying to make a beat out of little bits and scraps.  

It was sounding like mad noise till I got busy with the bassline.

I had my face fixed like i was smelling fresh steaming hot dogshit while i was finding the notes.


Funkmode.


Once i had a decent sequence, I found a quick pocket, penned my shit super fast,  and layed my verse.  

I emailed it to Ev the next morning.

That evening him and Fash were already in the lab adding on.

Ev sent a reference of  Fash vox, and my facial reaction was similar to the reaction one would get from seeing a hungry lion tear apart a unsuspecting reindeer on the discovery channel. 

(be on the lookout for Fashawn, he's one of the next dudes)


Ev came up with the idea to flip the cards for the video, 
kinda like that old INXS video or the classic Bob Dylan shit. 


Good idea  Ev.


The Layover EP is in stores November 25th.


cop and go, cop and go! 








Saturday, November 1, 2008

ALC BATTLES HULK HOGAN




Okay here's the scenario:

Salt Lake City Utah

Halloween Night

Red + Meth / Ev + Alc / Termanology Tour 

I'm Dj'ing the afterparty,  which happened to be filled with awesome trasheous whores.


Hulk Hogan is drunk.


He also lost his wallet.

We announced it over the mic that if anyone found the Hulksters wallet to please return it to the dj booth.

No luck.

At the end of the night he returned, gave me a pound, said I killed it, and the decided that the only thing that would make him feel better was if we battled.



So I had to serve him.



With my poster in the background.



It was nothing.