SNEAK PEEK: Just Blaze & Baauer – Higher

Check out some sick photos from Just Blaze and Baauer’s latest collaboration (you can check out the teaser here). Below is an excerpt of Nabil speaking with FADER on the visual.

Without giving away too much, what’s the video’s basic premise? It’s a simple vignette/narrative of a kid who follows a warrior home, then spreads what he sees to the other kids and they take it upon themselves.

I decided to shoot in Kerala, India because that’s where some of the oldest forms of martial arts came from. I had done some research after having the idea of shooting something with martial arts and wanting to go to India. The song had a feeling that resonated India to me, and people fighting? Can’t really explain—was just in my head when listening.

While shooting, did you run into any particularly good luck, or unforeseen obstacles? We shot for around three days. Monsoon season is particularly challenging, probably the biggest obstacle you can face when dealing with consistency and shooting outdoors, up there with shooting in the far northern hemisphere to get a night shoot when it’s like 22 hours of sunlight. We just embraced it and had a little help from the gods! Also, we had great luck with an amazing crew and group of warriors to work with. None were actors but they had such great personalities that it felt like the acting exuded naturally.

Who are the kids? The kids are also young warriors at the martial arts school. It was so great working with them. Such genuine, hard working, kind and FUNNY little kids. Then you see them training and you are like, Woah. Vishnu, my lead kid, was exactly what I had hoped for, a little Peter Pan. Each kid has there own little story, very touching.

Big Sean & Naya Rivera Talk ‘Sorry’ With L.A. Leakers

Naya Rivera and Big Sean stopped by the #LIFTOFF with J Cruz and Justin Credible.

Naya and Sean talked how their song “Sorry” came about, Naya broke down the concept behind the song “I definitely bossed up on this song, It was sorta of just like a ladies anthem”, Big Sean talked new album Hall Of Fame, and Naya’s reaction to Big Sean’s verse in “All Me” My new girl is on Glee and sh*t, probably making more money than me and sh*t.

UPDATE: Big Sean Feat. Kendrick Lamar & Jay Electronica – Control (No ID)

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UPDATE: CDQ and proper title — ‘Control (No ID)’ — added below. Also, this will NOT be on Hall Of Fame due to sample clearance issues. That’s pretty unfortunate.

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Holy shit — Funk Flex just let this one go……Perhaps this will be a bonus track on Big Sean’s upcoming Hall of Fame (it wasn’t on the tracklisting we saw, anyway), which drops August 27th. Whew.