MV: Tinashé – Saved + Zambezi and Performances

This is his story, “I was originally shipped over from Zimbabwe so I could eventually grow to become a doctor/lawyer and wire money back home via Western Union, that didn’t go so well… I blame/thank MJ. I’m currently more in love with my guitar than I have ever been. I make guitar music. I am not ashamed to say l love pop music. That’s what its all about for me. Good music fueled by the world around me” said Tinashé.

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MV: Big Boi ft. Cutty – Shutterbug

Don’t be fooled by the opening screen of the new video for Big Boi‘s single, “Shutterbug.” The clip is there and it’s got a whole lot of awesome. Very rarely does a music video hold my attention for more than 30 seconds nowadays, but the combination of a severed head, rockstar puppets, solo cup towers, Tron-like dancers, and a mountain made of kicks, held my gaze the whole way through. Plus, the song is fire.

MV: Robyn – Hang With Me

Robyn’s year has been pretty busy… mostly working hard on her Body Talk trilogy. She released the first one back in June, which featured the very successful single, Dancing On My Own and she is set to release the second part of her project on September 6th and leading the charge to it is her new single, Hang With Me, which received the visual treatment by Max Vitali and was just released.

MV: The Roots ft. John Legend – The Fire

The Roots unleashed the video for their latest single, The Fire, featuring the one and only John Legend and directed by no one else than Rik Cordero which basically crafted a short film out of the video. The single is featured on their latest studio album, How I Got Over, which is out as we speak. Video got that HBO’s The Pacific feel.

Quadron – Slippin’ (Remix) + Music Video

Tru Thoughts and UK artist, Natural Self adds his signature sound on his remix for the fan favorite “Slippin” off of Quadron’s self-titled album. You slippin’ if you don’t! Continue to see the original, with their new music video. It got that 80s feel; maybe that’s the new trend to go everything retro?

The song has a dreamy quality to it and Coco also brings that playful energy to the video. A dance routine in a field of flowers! It’s fun. Check it out.

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MV: Bun B – Let Em Know

Even in the days of new hip-hop we can still be taken back to some old school vibes. DJ Premier let’s a cannibal of a beat loose on Bun B’s newest album Trill OG. The album features tight production across the board but it’s the way Bun B has stayed relevant and new that will keep him in the game forever. Both him and Premier are Texas natives and come together to shoot this in-studio type video with cameos from Curren$y and Wale.

MV: Tegan and Sara – On Directing

Here’s the newest visuals for latest single, On Directing, of the Canadians twin sisters known as Tegan and Sara from their most recent album, Sainthood. The video is pretty straightforward featuring alot of shiny colours and lights with one half of the sister (Sara) singing straight to the camera while the other half (Tegan) appears somewhere in there in the background while she supports her sister on the vocals. Interesting.

MV: Lyriciss – Hot Music | @Lyriciss

Cool Kids Forever Films links up with Lyriciss who had the ingenious idea to go over Soho’s “Hot Music”, a song that gained even more hip hop notoriety when k-Os sampled it on his “Superstar Pt. Zero”. In case you want the mp3, it’s still available for download.

MV: Prince Royce – Stand By Me | @PlanetRoyce

I have a soft spot for quality R&B and Aventura has pretty much had a monopoly in that genre. However, Prince Royce seems to have a lot of promise to change the face of modern bachata especially with his smash hit “Stand By Me.” He transfomed the Ben E King classic into a smooth bilingual ballad. Just play the video and play that song, I guarantee you will at least sway back and forth to it. I’m actually going to catch a show from this cat next month which I’m def excited for. Get the track after the jump if you feeling it.

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MV: The ILLZ – M.P.A. (My Public Apology) | @TheILLZ

From filmmaker Kristopher Rey-Talley: “Round 3: don’t have a ton to say this time. Beauty of this video is what it become in contrast to what we set out to do. What was supposed to be a simple picnic vid became a sensual and romantic ode to French New Wave Films. I wanted it pretty, so I shot long lensed, and to give it that easy, nice flow, would give them topics to talk about and just let them interact as I shot. It was almost like I was staging a documentary and then capturing it. Of all our collabs, this may be the one I’m most proud of. I figured out how to rig a new lens system (my own secret) to give it a very cinematic feel. There’s something effortless and earnest about the video and that’s what I love. Even the performance shot was nailed in one take and I have no qualms about it, as it looks damn great.”