Ok, I do recall someone taping up a silver "P" on their chest. I was also wearing a black beanie, black hoodie, and black gloves with the fingers cut off. We should have had a forum members shot in the video, but I think it would only end up being the two of us. Hoola-hoop girl was Mexican, but I also thought she was Asian at first glance. I'm afraid I will look like an idiot on the video. I kept thinking of the Onyx Slam video while they were shooting and couldn't help but make Sticky Fingaz' faces.
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Posts: 3,255Posted 12 years ago #168 hrs til the video debut!! Check it out:
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Posts: 1Posted 12 years ago #freshkest -- nice meeting and chatting with you at the shoot last month! maybe i'll see you at the album release party.
i've been following the forums as a spectator, but finally decided to sign up for an account to let ya'll know that i'm 100% taiwanese, born and raised in taiwan (although several people have mistaken me for mexican as well; i think it's amusing because i'm full asian).
sick photos, thanks for posting sactown! hopefully we all make it somewhere in the video (i guess we'll find out tues). i'm secretly glad they didn't want me to hula-hoop since i've never been in front of the camera before, haha.
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Posts: 1,427Posted 12 years ago #Dude that is so sick... Been off the boards for a sec and just saw this. Can't wait to see the video
SactownConnection said:
So, here's what's up: I attended the video shoot yesterday. Par'n me if this is a little disjointed: I'm running on 2 hrs sleep. I still went to work today ('cause I'm a dumb*ss about responsibilities), even though I got home at 3:55 a.m. this morning.First thing's first: I can't divulge any info regarding the actual song, video theme, or any other relevant details. Thes was pretty explicit about it in his email to the 40 people who were selected for the shoot. You can ask, but I won't tell, even if you chase me down and beat me up in an alley.
I'll still try to give an accounting of the day, albeit edited for content.
On Friday night, I get an email saying that I was selected. I wasn't planning on going, but something inside me said "Dude, you're 31, how many more chances like this will you get??", so I decided to be wild and do something unexpected. Sactown to L.A. is a 5.5-hour-drive, so I left at 10:30 a.m. to be at the shoot at 5 p.m. There was absolutely NO traffic, and I had some really fast drivers in front of me, and I just tailed some of them, so I busted the drive in 5 hours (dangerous!) and got there an hour and a half early. I was the first one there.
Waited around a sec, then saw Double K. We talked about a bunch of randomness (Richard Pryor, his dog, him never getting a Fun DMC vinyl from Gold Dust [bastards!], etc.), and I met his brother (who also was an extra in the vid) & sister (who was doing photography around the set). I guess Thes & Double had been there all day filming their solo vid shots (I actually saw some of it, it looks amazing). Thes was down on the set the whole first part of the story, handling business. Meanwhile, Revolutionary Rhythm and some other cats pull up across the street, form a cipher around the car stereo and freestyle for like an hour straight. It was fresh!!
The other 39-or-so "extras" start filtering in, and they're a hodge-podge of actors who don't know the group at all and fans who probably can't act (like me). Still, it's a little awkward, but some people strike up convos and things cool out a bit. The stylist was going around, checking costuming... and then there was like an hour and a half delay (!!!) so some of the extras took off for a while. They pretty much all came back later, and there was a little food and a little beer for everyone, so no one was complaining too much.
Anyway, I was selected to be in the first scene involving extras, and it took forever to set up, but in the meantime, I'm in a hallway with Thes and Double and a few other people, and we're all joking around (they're baggin' on my costume & showing me some of the rushes & bits of the new song), and we finally get down to action. This one asian girl and I get wild in-frame, and I find it hilarious (can't wait to see it in the vid; I probably look like a nerd).
Then we go back up and wait for another long while. In the meantime, Double K introduces me to Blewfoot and "D" (from "My Boy D"... he's gone through several Cadillacs since 2009, haha), and we shoot the sh*t for a while. Blewfoot is a real chill cat & an awesome dude. I'm still amazed at how much conversation flows with everyone.
Finally, they have all the extras show up for the video's "big scenes" and it was a blast. The director was a little pushy with Thes (Thes and I were like, "Is this dude serious?!?"), but they were on a time crunch to get done by 11, so he just rolled with it. I was way in the back for a lot of the big scene parts because Thes appointed me the "Roll Sound!" Guy (had to use his iPhone to play the track for each shot, then I'd jump up and down, and then rush back to the phone at the end of the track). My legs are wore out today from jumping so much. BUT Thes was cool about getting me nearly front-and-center in one of the last scenes, which was super fun.
Overall, I had a blast, although I didn't eat much food yeasterday and I used a ton of gas getting down there & back (I need a hybrid, y'all). The only thing I really could've done without was the waiting around, but that's show biz, and it was bugging Thes just as much as it was bugging the extras. (Nothing was buggin' Double K, he was chiiiiiill). Just glad to be a part of it!!
Lemme know if you have any questions, as long as they don't have anything to do with video content, haha. I thought the track was fresh, and now I'm looking forward to the album even more.....
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Joined: Oct '08
Posts: 3,255Posted 12 years ago #
Hey, welcome to the forums!! Glad to have you here! Can't wait to see the video either. I spoke to Thes, and he's fairly sure I'm in the final cut, but I don't know for how long. Still awesome to be a part of it.tiffknee said:
freshkest -- nice meeting and chatting with you at the shoot last month! maybe i'll see you at the album release party.i've been following the forums as a spectator, but finally decided to sign up for an account to let ya'll know that i'm 100% taiwanese, born and raised in taiwan (although several people have mistaken me for mexican as well; i think it's amusing because i'm full asian).
sick photos, thanks for posting sactown! hopefully we all make it somewhere in the video (i guess we'll find out tues). i'm secretly glad they didn't want me to hula-hoop since i've never been in front of the camera before, haha.
I'll be at that album release show, so maybe I'll see you there! Anyone else from the forums going, guys?
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Joined: Oct '08
Posts: 3,255Posted 12 years ago #
Just thought I'd share a vidcap from the upcoming video with y'all. Thes sent it to me a little while back. That freaky, stalker-lookin' dude on the right with the beanie and the glasses is me. Can't wait for tomorrow. -
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Posts: 3,255Posted 12 years ago #
Haha, yeah, the stylist came up to me halfway thru the shoot and said she thought it'd look good on camera. There was another part I was in that I'm not wearing it (not sure if that part'll be in the video...)esomedina said:
Is that a duct taped P on your shirt?Man, cannot wait to see the video!
I was thinkin' it might be a little cheesy, but I was in a "F*%# it, let's do this!" mood at the time, so I did it anyway, and it's actually not lookin' all that bad.
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Joined: Aug '09
Posts: 588Posted 12 years ago #Oh, hi Tiffknee.
It was great talking with you too, and I actually wanted to see you hula-hoop. I think it would have been something unique for a hip-hop video for a change. I never would have thought that you were Taiwanese, sorry for that, but at least it finally brought you out on the forum. Yup, I'll see you at the next show.Sac, I do remember seeing you tape that "P" up on your shirt. Haha, it must have been the beer Thes brought out.
I'm actually a little nervous about showing up on the video tomorrow. I think I will look straight up foolish.
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Joined: Oct '08
Posts: 3,255Posted 12 years ago #
Funny you say that, I'm thinking the same thing. You know Hollywood/Los Angeles, though, they've got a button they press on the big editing board that removes the Suck from things. Fast cuts and director discretion should remove the worst of it.freshkest said:
I'm actually a little nervous about showing up on the video tomorrow. I think I will look straight up foolish.Before the shoot date, I thought I was gonna be the goofiest cat there.
Afterward, I thought "Oh, okay, there were a couple of us dorks..."
Even if I look straight wack, at least it was a good time.I know Tiff'll be ALL good, and you and I will probably be alright... if I look stupid enough, I'm hiding it from my friends tho... Don't want no clowinin'!
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