“View From The Top” LA Shoot [Photos]
Woody & I shot the LA scenes from the “View From The Top” video yesterday in Downtown LA at a couple different rooftop locations. This video is gonna be ABSOLUTELY RETARDED. Half shot in NYC, half shot in LA, completely Off The Wall!!! Whatup Woody?! Llisa, Smarty & Jen thanks for everthing while I been out here
ESSO – View From The Top (Produced by Woody) [MP3/CDQ]
This is one of my favorite songs from Off The Wall because it speaks to just how ambitious I really am. The first line by itself should tell you everything you need to know about my attitude: “Why aim and not aim for Greatness?” Woody laced the track incredibly as always and being that its the last song on the project I thought it was a great way to end it off. We’re shooting the video for this today as well, so look out for that coming real soon! Shouts to Puma behind the lens as always!
LINK: http://usershare.net/70lvohjvmswe
Oh yea, and if you haven’t already, make sure you download Off The Wall
ESSO x DealWithNoDeal.com @ ESSO’s “Off The Wall” Listening Party
Check out the footage Knotti caught at the “Off The Wall” listening party and “Don’t Stop” video premiere at Pop Burger on August 5th. Shouts to Woody, Yung Nate, Nottin, Show TuFli and everyone else that came out to the event
ESSO x Woody – MusicAddicts Only Interview [video]
Woody and I caught up with MADonly.com outside of XV’s party last week at Glass lounge to talk about Off the Wall and a bunch of other things, check it out:
ESSO x HoneyMag.com Interview
Read full interview via HoneyMag.com
Shouts to Courtney and Shanel for coming through to the listening party last night also!
ESSO – Don’t Stop [Video] Directed by Puma
So the video is finally here! The first single from Off The Wall E009. We played it last night at the listening party and the response was crazy. I know we said it was dropping yesterday but here it is!!! Leave your comments and let me know what you think!!
Don Hill’s “Get Ya Buzz Up” Showcase 7/28
This was my first show since Michael Jackson passed, so I felt like in tribute to the greatest showman of all time I had to put on an incredible show last night. Check out an as yet unreleased joint from Off The Wall E009 “Life Like This” below also. Thanks to MADonly.com
Don’t Stop (Official Video Trailer)
The video drops on August 5th 2009!!! Here’s the official trailer for the video, Directed by Joe Puma. Can’t give everything away just yet though. We’re less than 2 full weeks away from Off The Wall dropping by the way!!!
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Don’t Stop Video is Finished Shooting (Directed by Puma)
So a lot of you are starting to get familiar with my director Puma, who shot my Flight School video and has also shot videos for Juelz Santana & EPMD. We just wrapped shooting yesterday for the video to the first single off of my Off The Wall EOO9 project “Don’t Stop”
The inspiration for the video was the original “Dont Stop Til You Get Enough” video but of course we had to add our own twists and elements in to the 1979 concept. We did stay true to a lot of the original, so you’ll see the bowtie and suit jacket, but we cant give away everything just yet lol.
(From the original 1979 “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” video)
Hit the jump for a couple behind the scenes shots and screens but just know that this shit is gonna look a million times more retarded when you see the whole thing. Shouts to Milani Rose for coming through on the last day of shooting and helping us take things to a whole other level
ESSO on “The Morning After” with Angela Yee (Gimme A Break Week 1)
Gotta thank “The Morning After” team Angela, Wonder and Moti for extending an invitation for me to come up to SHADE45 every wednesday for the next 3 months to talk about what I have going on. Here’s the footage from the first week of the show.,.This was when I debuted “Don’t Stop” on SHADE45 last wednesday (July 15th) best moment was when Los from Baltimore called in… “you original than a motherfucker” hahaha that was classic
ESSO – Girlfriend (Off The Wall E009)
We’re less than 3 weeks away from the official release of Off The Wall (August 10th)!!! this is one of my favorite songs from the project and probably the one that bothered me the most to listen to after Mike passed because of how much I love the original and how crazy it was for me to hear our voices together on the record… Based on a true story, the names have been withheld to protect the innocent (and the guilty haha)
Rest in Peace Michael Jackson, Long Live The King Of Pop
By now we’ve all heard the tragic news of the passing of Michael Jackson. Michael was and always will be one of my biggest inspirations musically, as I’m sure he is for many artists. As entertainers this day will go down in history as the day we lost one of the greatest entertainers in the history or entertainment.
2 months ago, I set out to recreate one of Michael’s most important albums: Off The Wall. My reasons for undertaking this projects were many. Off The Wall was a huge point of evolution in Michael’s career, his first time working with Quincy Jones and also his “Coming Of Age” in front of the world’s eyes. In much the same way, this project is intended to be the same thing for me. Musically we wanted to show that such an important album has inspired so many different people in so many different ways, and it was an incredible process sampling and re-imagining the album.
Due to the fact that Michael is no longer with us to receive this tribute I want to be very clear in saying in no way am I trying to capitalize on his death with this project. This is something that I’ve been excited about ever since I came up with the concept for it. Now that I’ve seen it come to life I feel like it’s even more important for it to be heard as a testament to just how much Michael has inspired generations of artists and will to continue to inspire further generations.
I hope more than anything that you will accept this project for what it is: A project inspired by one of the greatest. PERIOD. We are all affected by this one way or another. Michael’s legacy will never die. We won’t let it. With that said, Off The Wall will live again on the 30th anniversary of its original release August 10th, 2009.
-Esso
