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(April 18, 2002) NEW USHER VIDEO
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X TO DIRECT COMMERCIAL FOR PT CRUISER
Little X directed a new video
for Usher, which has only been released in Europe. The
video for U-Turn premiered on European video stations (ie:
MTV Europe) in mid-March. Click
here to view the video online at dotmusic.com.
(thanks to Cihan & PC for the info)
Little X is scheduled to shoot a
commercial for Chrysler's
PT Cruiser next week in Los Angeles.
(thanks to PC for the info)
(April 14, 2002) LITTLE X, HYPE WILLIAMS
& OTHERS TO DIRECT UPCOMING BOYZ II MEN VIDEO
Boyz II Men are taking a
different approach to taping their upcoming video. They have
enlisted 4 different directors to shoot segments for their upcoming
video, The Color of Love. According to Launch.com,
Each member of the 4-person R&B group will shoot segments in
different countries, to capture the color of the native people.
Little X & Benny Boom will shoot a segment with Nathan Morris in
Accra, Ghana, Hype Williams will shoot a segment with Shawn Stockman
in Japan; Chris Robinson will shoot a segment with Wanya Morris in San
Juan, Puerto Rico; and Little X will shoot a segment with Michael
McCary in Jaipur, India. Little X will edit the video. The
track is off their upcoming Arista Records debut, Full Circle,
which has tentatively been scheduled for a June 11 release.
click
here to read article at Launch.com
(April
13, 2002) ALICIA KEYS VIDEO TO PREMIERE THIS MONDAY ON MTV &
BET
Alicia Keys will be on MTV
Total Request Live & BET
106 & Park this Monday (April 15) to premiere her new Little
X-directed video How Come You Don't Call Me. The
video was shot 2 weeks ago in Los Angeles. MTV Total Request
Live airs Monday at 3:30pm EST; BET 106 & Park airs at 6:00pm
EST.
(April
7, 2002) MVPA AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
The 11th Annual MVPA (Music
Video Production Association) Awards nominations have just been
announced. The awards are voted on by members of the
association, people within the video production industry. Little
X received his first MVPA Awards nomination for Hip Hop Video of
the Year (Let's Get It by G-Dep). The
awards will be handed out May 22 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles
(where the Oscars were presented a few weeks ago).
click
here for full nominations list
(March 30, 2002) MORE INFO ON ALICIA KEYS
VIDEO
More info has come in about the
upcoming Little X-directed Alicia Keys video How Come You
Don't Call Me. The clip starts off with her singing in
the house, but soon switches to a live performance shot (earlier
reported as being shot last weekend at the Orpheum Theatre in Los
Angeles). As the video switches to the performance shot, the
track also changes to the live version of the song. Another
interesting fact is that for the first time, she will reveal her hair
without her trademark braids.
(thanks to the aliciakeysfansite Yahoo Club for the info)
(March 24, 2002) ALICIA KEYS VIDEO SHOT
YESTERDAY
A post
on the aliciakeysfansite
Yahoo! Club has confirmed that Little X directed the upcoming How
Come You Don't Call Me video for Alicia Keys. The
video was shot yesterday in Los Angeles. The post by Jkeys
describes shooting a performance scene at the Orpheum Theatre
yesterday afternoon. The performance scene is for the last 30
sec. of the video, but it took a whole 7 hours to shoot.
(thanks to Jkeys for the info!)
(March 23, 2002) LITTLE X TO DIRECT
UPCOMING ALICIA KEYS VIDEO
Little X is set to direct the
next video for Alicia Keys. According to Billboard, the
next release from her album is the Prince cover How Come You
Don't Call Me; not 100% sure if the video is for that track.
(thanks to Will B. for the info)
(March 11, 2002) NEW HARPOON MISSILE
VIDEO
It was reported earlier that
Little X was set to direct a new video for Harpoon Missile
earlier this year. The video, I Try, has premiered
this past weekend on MuchMusic.
Little X makes a cameo in the video. He is the guy sitting on
the floor sketching.
(March 4, 2002) IKEA COMMERCIAL
It was previously reported that
Little X shot a commercial for Ikea back in November 2001 which
featured rocker Billy Idol. While searching online for this
commercial recently, I discovered that the commercial was made
for Ikea in Germany, and had already aired on German television a few
months ago (late December 2001/early January 2002). From what
little information I've gotten on German websites (using the Google.com
translator feature), the commercial clip somehow involves Billy Idol
and hip-hop music (possibly him doing a hip-hop song? or
remaking a popular hip-hop song?). The theme of the commercial
campaign was to mix genres of music. Another commercial in this
campaign involved LL Cool J and country music. The Billy Idol
fansite Interactive
Idol mentioned this commercial, and posted a link
to the German Ikea
website where they had a Quicktime clip of the commercial, but has
since been removed from the site.
(March 1, 2002) CORRECTION ON GLENN LEWIS
VIDEO
It was previously reported here
that Little X had directed a video for Glenn Lewis's Don't You
Forget It. However, the version currently airing on
television is directed by Chris Robinson.
(thanks to JB and Kevin H. for the info)
(February 9, 2002) PUFF
DADDY APPEARS IN NEW USHER VIDEO
In a story on MTV.com, it was revealed that Puff
Daddy appears in the upcoming Little X-directed
video for Usher's You Don't
Have To Call. The storyline in the video
takes up where his previous video U Got It Bad
(also shot by Little X) left off.
"I'm in the house still
sobbing," Usher explained. "Diddy hits me on
the cell, he tells me, 'We getting out tonight.'"
"Usher dances all through the video," Diddy
marveled. "I've never seen that done before."
As mentioned earlier, the
video is scheduled to premiere next Tuesday on MTV's
Making The Video.
(thanks to Kevin L.. for the info)
(February
7, 2002) USHER VIDEO TO PREMIERE ON MTV'S MAKING
THE VIDEO NEXT WEEK
The Little
X-directed video for Usher's You
Don't Have To Call will premiere next
Tuesday (February 12) at 10:30pm on MTV's Making The Video
(thanks to Julien R. for the info)
(January
28, 2002) LITTLE X IN XXL MAGAZINE
There is a small
piece on Little X in the March 2002 issue of XXL
magazine (feat. Wu Tang on the cover)
(thanks to J.B. for the info)
(January
3, 2002) CHRISTINA MILIAN VIDEO TO PREMIERE TODAY
ON TRL
It was previously
announced that Little X shot the new video Get Away
by Christina Milian feat. Ja Rule . The
video is scheduled to premiere today on MTV's Total Request Live.
(thanks to Cihan for the info)
(December
31, 2001 - January 1, 2002) YEAR-END REVIEW 2001
As the year comes
to a close, it's time to take a look back at the work of
Little X in 2001. 2001 turned out to be a big year
for Little X, as he made a stronger presence in the music
video industry. Little X directed roughly 17 new
videos this year, including notable videos for G-Dep (Let's
Get It), R. Kelly (Fiesta
remix), Fabolous (Can't Deny
It) & Usher (U Got It Bad).
My personal favorites include Let's Get It (G-Dep), Bootylicious (remix)
(Destiny's Child), & Can't Deny It (Fabolous). My least favorite was There
It Is (Ginuwine). As Little X
continues to gain more prominence in the music video
industry, we can expect to see him work with bigger
artists and possibly do some more commercial work, in
2002.
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