WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: music
14 OctSince Wednesday, I’ve been listening to the Shady 2.0 Cypher, from Tuesday night’s BET Hip-Hop Awards. Out of all the cyphers, Shady Records brought the strongest team, and pretty much slaughtering everyone. The Slaughterhouse crew included my boy, Yelawolf (who you may remember made Hotness of the Week, 2 weeks ago), Joe Budden, Crooked I, Joel Ortiz, Royce the 5’9″, and of course, Emenim.
Everyone came strong, Joel was probably the weakest if you have to draw comparisons, but that’s only because we’ve heard him come harder on other tracks. Regardless, everyone brought their own flavor, and Em killed it, everyone’s faces at the end of his verse says it all.
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: video
12 OctDJ Dummy
I’m a little late on putting this video up, but if you’re into music or dj tech stuff, you probably caught this video last week.
It’s a video of my peoples DJ Dummy, cutting it up on Native Instrument’s new Traktor Scratch s2 mixer. This is the second video he’s done for the Traktor mixers, if you missed his first one on the s4, check it out below!
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: hotness
1 Oct
Yelawolf

I’ve decided to add a new category to What Gets You Movin, and that would be ‘Hotness’! Since I was about 14, I’ve had these mini crushes on people, a new person almost every other week. Nothing serious, just someone or sometimes a subject/entity that heightens my radar for the moment. I’m always sharing these peeps and things to my friends, so why not share them with you also!
For the 1st Hotness feature, I’m highlighting southern rapper, Yelawolf. I’ve liked Yelawolf for some time now, I was introduced to his name in early 2010, when a friend of mine kept telling me to check out his music. During that summer, his name continued to pop up, but it wasn’t until Fool’s Gold’s 1st Day Off, last Labor Day weekend, that I got a chance to see Catfish Billy in action; his performance was captivating to say the least. He pretty much left everyone with their mouth open in awe of his raw talent and energy. I happened to be beside Dave 1, of Chromeo while Yelawolf performed, and he just kept repeating how crazy this dude’s performance was. Anyone who was unfamiliar with the rapper beforehand, was running to check out his mixtape, Truck Muzik the next day, me included…and so began my intrigue with Yelawolf.
Before we get much further, we’re hitting the home stretch of 2011, I must admit that although I’ve kept an ear out for Yelawolf’s upcoming album (which finally drops Oct 25), he’s been kind of off my radar for most of the year. Well, minus the time earlier this year, when i was looking at some pictures of him, and I realized how cute he was. It wasn’t until he came into my job at Vlad TV last week for an interview, that he came back full force on my radar. Unfortunately I wasn’t in the office the day of the interview, but I was assigned to edit it, and might i say, what a nice assignment! I can’t reveal all the info that is covered in the interview, because you’ll have to go to Vlad TV over the next couple weeks to see. But for 2 full days of editing, where Yelawolf’s face filled my computer screen, not only did i get to look at quite an attractive specimen (his eyes and eyelashes are to die for!), but i got to find out that the dude is humble, level-headed, chill, and although he talks with audible ellipsis (i do the same thing) he’s quite the articulate rapper.
Check out how he goes in on V-Nasty and white people in general, for using the N-Word; as a fellow southerner I appreciate his words and perspective. If you aren’t familiar with V-Nasty, as Yelawolf clearly wasn’t (his reaction was HILARIOUS! ‘who??’ hahaha) then here’s a sneak peek of her dumb ass. But before that, feel free to check out Yelawolf’s hotness, oooooh weee!

Yelawof Talks About White People Using the N-Word:
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: video
30 Sep
Adele’s beautifully video, Someone Like You, shot by Jake Nava on the streets of Paris. Love when a video matches the vibe of the song!
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: music
1 AugJuly 2011 Playlist
Check out my 1st stint at creating a monthly playlist of some of my favorites and songs that have an effect on my day in some way. This one is a few days longer than July, cause well, I started on June 27th. The playlist is a little all over the place, but for anyone who knows me, or has heard my computer on shuffle knows, that’s me, random and all over the place.
There’s a range of tunes, so listen to July’s music as I develop August’s, and remember you can check out the current playlist at the top right.
The list is below, enjoy.
6.27.11: Bad Meets Evil – Above the Law
6.28.11: J.Cole – Back to the Topic
6.29.11: Drake – Marvin’s Room
6.30.11: Total – Kissing You (Remix)
7.01.11: Madonna – Live to Tell
7.02.11: Neon Indian – Deadbeat Summer
7.03.11: Duke Ellington and John Coltrane – In a Sentimental Mood
7.04.11: Vampire Weekend – Diplomat’s Son
7.05.11: Lauren Hill – Final Hour
7.06.11: Lil Wayne – Best of Me (freestyle)
7.07.11: The Sounds – Rock and Roll
7.08.11: Teena Marie – Lovergirl
7.09.11: Chromeo – 100%
7.10.11: NORE – Banned From TV
7.11.11: Janelle Monae – Lettin Go
7.12.11: DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince – Summertime
7.13.17: Sean Paul – Infiltrate
7.14.11: Brandy – I want to be Down (remix)
7.15.11: Marc Anthony – Nadie Como Ella
7.16.11: Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit
7.17.11: Feist – Sea Lion Woman
7.18.11: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero
7.19.11: Ruff Ryders – Down Bottom
7.20.11: The Throne – Otis
7.21.11: Juvenile – Ha (Remix)
7.22.11: DMX – Fuckin Wit D
7.23.11: Rihanna (ft Young Jeezy) – So Hard
7.24.11: J.Cole – Workout
7.25.11: Radiohead – High and Dry
7.26.11: Arcade Fire – Keep the Car Running
7.27.11: Beyonce (ft. Andre 3000) – Party
7.28.11: Frank Ocean – Thinking About You
7.29.11: Portugal.The Man – Tommy
7.30.11: The Dig – Look Inside
7.31.11: Radiohead – Talk Show Host
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WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: music
27 Jul
Emerging artist Seun Kuti, son of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti (who made it in my Song of the Day 2 weeks ago), goes in on commercial Hip-Hop artists being traitors singing in auto-tune and compares them to Celine Dion.
It’s a good watch, he also talks about growing around polygamy and of course Afrobeat music and his dad.
I’m going to have to check out his album From Africa With Fury: Rise!
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: photography
17 Jul
Love this shoot of Cassie in the newest issue of Blank Magazine! It has a vibe that i’d love to emulate in one of my shoots; it got my idea wheels turning in my head. The roller picture is my favorite!
Shot out to Blank for putting me on to photographers Steven Gomillion and Dennis Leupold, i liked a lot of their work.





Right after the pics came out from this shoot, this behind the scenes video was released. Makes me want to have a photoshoot ASAP. Oh, and Cassie should just model and instead of be a ‘musician!’



