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(December 31, 2003 -
January 6, 2004)
2003 YEAR REVIEW
2003 was another busy year for Little X. He directed no
fewer than 16 music videos including three heavily rotated videos for
R. Kelly (Snake, Thoia Thoing, Step In The Name Of Love) and two for
Sean Paul (Get Ready & I'm Still In Love). He also directed
videos for 112, Kevin Little, and Kardinal Offishall which were either
re-shot by another director or not released by the record company.
He continued to branch into commercials, directing a clip for Guiness
beer which aired in Jamaica. My personal favorite videos this year
include: Where I'm Going (Melanie Durrant), Thoia Thoing
(R. Kelly), I'm Still In Love (Sean Paul) and Cop That Disc
(Timbaland & Magoo). My least favorites were No Letting Go
(Wayne Wonder) and Snake (R. Kelly). Much
luck to Little X on all his projects in 2004.
(December 18, 2003)
G-UNIT VIDEO TO PREMIERE ON TOTAL REQUEST LIVE TODAY
According to MTV.com,
the Little X-shot video for G-Unit's Poppin' Them Thangs will premiere
this afternoon on MTV's Total Request Live. The video was
inspired by old gangster movies and was shot earlier this month in
L.A.
click here to read article at MTV.com
(thanks to GV for the info)
(December 6, 2003)
G-UNIT VIDEO
According to MTV.com,
Little X shot a new video for the G-Unit track Poppin'
Them Thangs in Los Angeles this past Tuesday.
(thanks to jrcrave for the info)
(November 26, 2003)
LITTLE X VIDEO-SHOOT IMAGES
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JAE MILLS VIDEO
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E-ZINE & PEACE! MAGAZINE ARTICLES
A Toronto-area photographer has posted up several images from
Little X video shoots on his online gallery (there was no name on the
gallery so I can't refer to whoever the images belong to...).
Behind-the-scenes images from the Toronto-shoots for the Kevin
Little video and the Melanie Durrant video Where I'm
Going are included on the site.
Click
here to view images. More images from Toronto-area shoots
(including links to the photos I just mentioned) can also be found at
CrewPix.com.
(thanks to jrcrave for the link, and to the 'mystery photographer'
for the photos!)
  
(left): Little X on-set of the Kevin Little video; (centre/right):
Little X & Melanie Durrant on-set of Durrant's video
Little X has shot a video
for Jae Mills for the track No, No, No. The
video was shot in Jamaica and includes a cameo by dancehall artist
Spragga Benz, also credits "Tone & Nige" as co-directors. The
video has been getting airplay on MTV Jams and BET.
(thanks to Kevin L. & jrcrave for the info)
The small Toronto-based
Urban Music Video E-zine has published an article about Little X
(who grew up in the Toronto suburb of Brampton). (The author
of the article even cites this site as a reference!)
Click here to read the article.
(thanks to jrcrave for the info)
Canadian urban magazine
Peace!
has also published an article on Little X. The article and
interview are very long, and covers topics such as his Toronto-roots,
the video business, his visual style, and his views of American pop
culture. I believe that the print version of the magazine is
available at Futureshop stores across Toronto and select urban
clothing stores as well (not exactly sure). The article can also
be read at their website
peacemagazine.com. There are two intro images that randomly
load, one of R. Kelly and one of Little X; if the Little X one doesn't
load, just reload the page.
(thanks to jrcrave for the info)
(November 14, 2003)
LITTLE X AT SPOKEN-WORD CONCERT IN TORONTO THIS WEEKEND
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NEW CASSIDY VIDEO
Little X will be performing his poetry at the 5th Annual When
Brothers Speak Spoken Word Concert tonight and tomorrow night in
Toronto. For those who don't know, Little X was involved in the
Toronto spoken-word scene back in the day before he moved to New York
to start his video career. This event will mark the first time
that X has performed poetry in public since leaving Toronto.
Another performer at the event will be long-time Little
X-collaborator/editor Black Katt (a.k.a. Katt Brown). The rest
of the line-up includes various people from the American spoken-word
scene including winners of various Def Poetry Jam and Poetry Slam
champions. The event will be held tonight (Friday, November 14)
and tomorrow night (Saturday, November 15) at the
Jane Mallet Theatre at the St.
Lawrence Centre for the Arts (Downtown Toronto). Tickets are on
sale now through the St. Lawrence Centre box office at 416.366.7723,
or www.stlc.com.
Tickets are $23 for the upper auditorium, and $28 for the lower level.
click here for more information on the event
Little X has directed a video for
Hotel by Cassidy feat. R. Kelly. The video
was shot at the Sofitel Hotel in Chicago on September 25. Last month I mentioned
that Little X had shot a video for R. Kelly; this may have been the
one. Chicago-area photographer Raymond Boyd was on set for both days of the
shoot, and has posted several pictures at his site
raymondboyd.com.
The video has been posted online in streaming format at
Launch.com.
(thanks to jrcrave for all the info!)
(October
30, 2003) 112 VIDEO RE-SHOT
The video for 112's Hot & Wet has apparently been
re-shot by another director. Little X had originally shot a
video for the track in late-September. The video was also
supposed to premiere on October 13 on Yahoo.com (according to posts on
the 112 mailing list), but that never happened. According to
Defsoul.com, the video was
re-shot a few weekends ago by Erik White
(thanks to Kevin L. for the info)
(October
20, 2003) R. KELLY GREATEST HITS DVD INCLUDES LITTLE X VIDEOS
R. Kelly is releasing a Greatest Hits DVD
compilation, coinciding with the release of his Greatest
Hits album "R" in R&B Collection Volume 1. The R. Kelly DVD, entitled "R" in R&B - The
Video Collection Volume 1 contains 18 R. Kelly videos, starting
from his days with Public Announcement all the way to his most recent
video Step In The Name of Love (remix). 3 of the 4 videos
that Little X has directed for R. Kelly appear on the DVD: Fiesta
(remix), Thoia Thoing, and Step In the
Name of Love (remix). The only other video not included
on the disc is Snake (remix).
The DVD will be in stores tomorrow (October 21).
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R. Kelly -
"R" in R&B - The Video Collection Volume 1 |
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1. Bump N' Grind
2. Your Body's Callin'
3. Sex Me (Part 1)
4. You Remind Me of Something
5. Ignition - Remix
6. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) (Featuring
Ronald Isley)
7. When A Woman's Fed Up
8. Thoia Thoing (dir: Little X)
9. Fiesta - Remix (Featuring Jay-Z and Boo & Gotti)
(dir: LIttle X)
10. I Wish
11. Honey Love - R. Kelly and Public Announcement
12. She's Got That Vibe - R. Kelly and Public Announcement
13. If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time
14. The World's Greatest
15. I'm Your Angel (Duet with Celine Dion)
16. Gotham City
17. The Storm Is Over Now
18. Step In The Name Of Love - Remix (dir:
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(October 15, 2003)
MELANIE DURRANT VIDEO PREMIERES
The new Little X-directed Melanie Durrant video Where I'm
Going premiered this past weekend on Canadian music station
MuchMusic.
The video features the Canadian R&B singer stranded along a country
road, only to be rescued by several truck-driving puppets. It's
a very interesting, humorous video. Guest rapper Common's part
is voiced by a lion puppet in the video. The video is getting
medium-airplay on MuchMusic this week.
click here to view video at MuchMusic.com (this week only; as they
update the page weekly with the current "new" videos)
(October 9, 2003)
112 VIDEO TO PREMIERE ON YAHOO.COM
| SEAN PAUL VIDEO PREMIERES
| R. KELLY
According to their official mailing-list, 112's new Little
X-directed video Hot & Wet will have an exclusive
premiere on Yahoo.com
all day Monday (October 13.)
(thanks to jrcrave for the info)
The Sean Paul feat. Sasha video
I'm Still In Love premiered earlier this week on MTV & BET.
The video is simple and features lots of bright colors. The
story follows a girl and her boyfriend, both shown at their homes,
getting ready to go to a club while watching the video on television.
(thanks to Kevin L. & jrcrave for the info)
Little X has apparently recently shot
another video for R. Kelly in Chicago.
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