We live in the Digital Age where performers need to be as exciting visually as they are sonically. Yet, very few acts have the creativity to truly bring their music to life. Not to worry, though, because Way Back Wednesday will showcase those visual artists who very rarely go wrong!
DJ Khaled’s music videos are always packed with a gang of Urban artists and his ‘Take it to the Head’ visual is no different. Filmed last evening, the visual will include appearances by Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Drake and several others.
In the behind the scenes footage of her ‘The Woman You Love’ video, Ashanti boasted about its futuristic theme. However, nothing could have prepared her fans for the blockbuster production that she premiered earlier this evening!
As Ashanti’s fans continue to wait patiently for her ‘The Woman You Love’ video, she has provided a special behind the scenes look at the production. Co-starring actor/model Marcus Patrick, the visual has been described as a “futuristic” set that features Ashanti experimenting with new cinematic styles.
Hype Williams has directed some horrendous videos during the last few years but Busta Rhymes inspired him to return to form. Teaming with the famed director and elastic entertainer Chris Brown, Rhymes has issued the accompanying visual to his latest single, ‘Why Stop Now’.
will.i.am has always been the mastermind behind the Black Eyed Peas but many people wondered if he would succeed a viable solo act. However, the electro-voiced rapper has enlisted several of music’s biggest stars for his upcoming ‘#willpower’ to help him achieve his quest of silencing his detractors.
Ashanti promised that she would release the lead single from her next studio album later this year and she has kept her word. ‘The Woman You Love’ featured Busta Rhymes – the man who helped Chris Brown to forge a major comeback with one of the biggest-selling singles of 2011, ‘Look At Me Now’.
The action-packed 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards aired this evening. Filmed at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center and hosted by Mike Epps, the showed featured performances and cyphers from Chris Brown, Eminem, T.I., Rick Ross and others.
Adele spent 7 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 with her smash hit ‘Rolling In The Deep’ and now she has returned to the chart summit, this time with ‘Someone Like You’. Fueled by her show-stopping performance at the 2011 MTV Awards, the song has vaulted from #19 to #1.
This week’s Way Back Wednesday takes us back to 1999 with ‘What’s It Gonna Be?!’ by Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson. Released as the 2nd single from the Rhymes’ ‘E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front’, both the song and video are among the most memorable productions in of the last 25 years.