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View From The Top [Screenshots from Video] Directed by Puma
Hit the break for some more screenshots from the video, shot half in LA, half in NYC (more…)
“Don’t Stop” Video on the MTVMusic.com Website!!!
How dope is that!!! Shouts to Puma and the whole Y&I team for all the hard work that we’ve been putting in over the last few months to get to where we all want to be…can’t wait until they see that “View From The Top” video in a couple weeks…ahhhhhhh mannnnn and September starts right where October left off!!!!
“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
View From The Top – Video Shoot (couple pics)
Shouts to everyone that came out: St. Paul, Chase, Tash, Sean Malcolm, Lydia Caesar, Ro James, Jacques Morels, MADonly.com (Potential) and of course Puma and Richie for their work on set…I think we might have another one! hahaha
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
Photos from “Off The Wall” Release Party @ Aspen 8/11
CLICK PHOTO TO VIEW THE GALLERY
Thanks to ThatGuyPuma.com, Rule4080.com, EddyShades.com & MikeyISO for the images
ESSO x DealWithNoDeal.com @ Off The Wall Release Party
Shouts to the homie Saint Vil and Yung Nate and everyone that fucks with them over at DealWithNoDeal.com. It’s a pretty ill concept that they’ve created over there supporting a lot of upcoming artists and getting them some exposure that they might not otherwise get. They came out to my party and put together a video piece, check it out.
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Photos from “Off The Wall” Listening Party & “Don’t Stop” video premiere 8/5/09
CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO VISIT THE GALLERY
Shouts to MikeyISO on the Lens!!!
ESSO x TimeOutNy.com Blog
Shouts to Jamie Falkowski for coming through to the OFF The Wall listening party and putting thie together. CLICK HERE to read the article & watch the video via TimeOutNY.com
ESSO – Off The Wall E009 [Free Album]
So the time has finally come for the rest of the world to hear the project that Woody and I have been working so hard on since April. I can’t lie it’s kinda bittersweet for it to be gaining the attention that is has over the past weeks since Mike’s untimely passing. Honestly we set out to create an incredible project that would pay homage to Michael Jackson’s musical legacy not his life as a whole. No one song or project could ever acheive that lofty goal.
Woody and I set out months ago to rework one of the most important transitional albums in the history of popular music as we know it. The album that catapaulted Michael Jackson to Thriller proportions and left us unforgettable songs like Rock With You, Off The Wall, Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough, Girlfriend and She’s Outta My Life. We turned those songs into Just Feel It, Life Like This, Don’t Stop and Girlfriend (but with a different spin). Michael has inspired countless entertainers across genres and Woody and I are no different that than many other members of our generation that grew up with one glove trying to moonwalk across our livingrooms.
I sincerely hope hat no one takes our project as an attempt to capitalize off of the death of a King. This project means way too much to me for it to ever be misunderstood. In the wake of the 30th Anniversary of Off The Wall it is with the utmost respect and reverence that we proudly present you the product of our labor for the past months. We hope that you enjoy the experience of listening to it as much as we enjoyed the experience of creating it.
-E
Tracklist & Download Link:
1. Don’t Stop
2. Just Feel It
3. Pole Class
4. Damn
5. Life Like This
6. Girlfriend
7. Logged In
8. Can’t Help It
9. Cry
10. View From The Top
MEDIAFIRE: http://www.mediafire.com/?z1yhomfjn21
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!!
Emilio Sparks x ESSO Interview
Sat down with Emilio Sparks last month after shooting the “Don’t Stop” video with Puma to talk about Lifestyles of the Young & Ignorant and the upcoming Off The Wall project. Check it out
ESSO x Digiwaxx Interview
Sat down with the homie Meka up at the Digiwaxx offices on Thursday to talk about the Off The Wall project as we get closer to its release next Monday. Via Digiwaxx
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 – 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)
