When they say producer du jour, Kato, is cooking up things for artists, most wouldn’t take that literally. But they may want to reconsider that position based on this music video for “Shut Up Bitch” by Jarren Benton. Not only did Kato provide the production for this heavy Southern track, but he’s got a cameo in the video too – doin’ his thing in the kitchen of course. Now, the video is a bit on the graphic side, so you’re gonna have to catch this one after the break.
This is guaranteed to be one of the more interesting MVs you’ve seen in a while. XL Middleton has a new MV out with the help of Mahlberg studios that takes things in a fantasy/animated direction, complete with martial arts, dragons & monsters, ninja, evil villians and more. The track is called “Low Key High Note”, and it’s kind of amusing to watch such a visual set to a laid-back, 90′s west-coast, where is the Snoop feature, kind of tune. Check it out and let us know what you think.
You may have noticed that for the majority of today, a-Tunes was unavailable and blacked out as part of the protest against SOPA/PIPA. Many of our artists have voiced their disapproval of the proposed legislation, including the always vocal Adam WarRock. He’s released a track to the tune of Mr. Lif’s “The Sun” called “F*ck SOPA”, so you can imagine where he lies on the matter.
Piracy ain’t right and it’s a problem. It hurts the artists we love and support, but SOPA/PIPA ain’t the way to solve it.
DC is one those musicians who producers, mixes, writes, sings, and pretty much does it all. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that he would dabble with other genres of music – a perfect example being his attempt at a little dubstep – the delicately titled “Knives in Your Ears”. It’s a little rough around the edges, though it’s a fair first attempt. I doubt he’ll be steering too far from the singer/songwriter lane anytime soon though.
