“TWITTER CONTEST #2: I will do a music video for whoever can most creatively put my name in an original song. The video will be for this song, and I promise you I will come with a creative and original video. Contest is open to ANYONE and EVERYONE; like all my video contests, the only catch is we get to do a concept that I had that a label commissioner passed on. Deadline is July 4th and the winner will be announced soon after. Submit all songs to music4dp@gmail.com I am only doing these contests 1-2 times a year so dont miss out on this oppurtunity! See the past winner’s story after the jump.…”
Since I am always getting asked by artists to do free videos, I decided to do something interesting. Around this time last summer, bored one night, and stuck at 5,900 twitter followers I came up with a plan. Hold a contest, where the person who could go the hardest and get me over 6k by midnight would get a free video. It was 11:58pm when Jay Electronica retweeted an up and coming NY artist by the name of T.Shirt and told all of his followers to follow me on T.Shirts behalf. Within a minute I was over 6k and I had a winner. Above is what came out of the collaboration. An idea I came up with, something that I could NEVER pitch to a label simply because what executive in their right mind would let their million dollar investment hang upside down for 30 minutes by a piece of rope! Little videos like this one, shot in a friends basement, and with no budget can still be just as powerful and effective as the big budget ones. Most up and coming artists these days can barely put food on their table let alone stunt in a music video. Some are even just as talented as label artists, but dont have the support to create a visual. Im just a kid who loves to shoot, yes this is how I make my living so I need to get paid for my work, but sometimes I also need to just shoot ideas that pop into my head and what better way to do just that than with someone who desperately can use a visual. So I am going to do more of these, hold contests via twitter and offer the same thing every time, a music video. The only catch is, I get to pick the song, and I get to do a concept that has been stuck in my head waiting to get out. Look, it worked for T.Shirt.
Here is some of the videos & Commercial he has done .
“Keep it Warm for Ya” – Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah (2011) *Recorded, shot, and edited over a 24 hr period*
“Oh My” – DJ Drama feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash (2011) (music video) *MTV Jam of the week (5/27/11)*
“Magazine Girl” – New Boyz (2011) (music video)
“Too Cool to Care” – New Boyz (2011) (commercial)
“Cool Shit” – Smoke DZA feat. The Kid Daytona (2011) (music video)
“Momma Miss America” – Laws (2011) (music video)
“Butter Knives” – Raekwon (2011) (music video)
“Ferryboat Killaz” – Raekwon (2011) (music video)
“Embers” – Jared Evan (2011) (music video)
“I Need a Dollar” (version 2) – Aloe Blacc (2011) (music video)
“Ex-Girl” – Emilio Rojas feat. Mickey Factz (2011) (music video)
“Greatest Story Never Told” – Saigon feat. Just Blaze (2011) (music video)
“Victory” – Poofy and the Busboys (2011) (music video)
“Fly Lullaby” – The Kid Daytona (2010) (music video)
“So Buttery” – The Kid Daytona (2010) (music video)
“Take Aim” – The Kid Daytona feat. Freddie Gibbs & The Kickdrums (2010) (music video)
“Cocaine Trafficking” – Sheek Louch feat. Jadakiss & Styles P (2010) (music video)
“Jungle Music” – Sheek Louch (2010) (music video)
“Remember Me” – Sheek Louch (2010) (music video)
“I Want it All” – Saigon (2010) (music video)
“You Make Me Sick” – Saigon (2010) (music video)
“Pull the Plug” – Sharice Styles (2010) (music video)
“For My Dawgs” – Waka Flocka Flame (2010) (music video)
“Speakers on Blast” – Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
“A Different League” – Thee Tom Hardy feat. Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
“One for the Money” – Thee Tom Hardy feat. Donnis (2010) (music video)
“Off the Radar” – Thee Tom Hardy feat. Euro (2010) (music video)
“Hold You Down” (remix) – Laws feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Emilio Rojas (2010) (music video)
“Frisbees” – Skyzoo (2010) (music video)
“Story of No One” – 6th Sense (2010) (music video)
“Better Late Than Never” – Outasight (2010) (music video)
“Don’t Stand So Close” – Consequence feat. Styles P (2010) (music video)
“Down this Road” – Consequence feat. Maino (2010) (music video)
“Sin City” – Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
“Blowin Dat Endo” – Mr.Finley (2010) (music video)
“Life is Short” – Consequence feat. Statik Selektah (2010) (music video)
“Night Train” – Joell Ortiz feat. Novel (2010) (music video)
“It’s Cold” – Saigon (2010) (music video)
“Money Money” – Young Riot (2010) (music video)
“Vacancy Album Trailers” – Brutha (2010) (trailers)
“Def Jam / Serato 25th Anniversary Vinyl Pack” – feat. Nick Cannon, DJ Enuff, Cipha Sounds (2010) (commercial)
“2009 Rap Up” – Skillz (2010) (music video)
“Air Born” – The Kid Daytona feat. Bun B (2009) (music video)
“Fatherhood” – Saigon feat. Lokz (2009) (music video)
“Aye Aye Aye” – Saigon (2009) (music video)
“Grown Thangz” – Young Chris (2009) (music video)
“24k Rap” – J Dilla feat. Havoc and Raekwon (2009) (music video)
“Anxiety Attacks” – Tame One (2009) (music video)
“Dirty Genes” – Mojoe (2008) (music video)
“Favorite Cut” – Mojoe (2008) (music video)

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