WHAT'S CLINTON BEEN UP TO? THE CLINTON SPARKS BLOG
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Nabbed a Justo at the mixtape awards
The 11th Annual Mixtape Awards ceremony went down last night without a hitch, which was the exact opposite of what happened last year. I won Best Mashup Mixtape DJ, keeping the streak alive of winning a Justo 2 years in a row. Last year I won, Best Club DJ. It's an honor to receive a Justo, which is like the Grammy's for DJ's.
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The "Fantastic 4's" Ioan Grufford and Matthew Rhys from ABC's "Brothers and Sisters" came through to party at SMASHTIME, they apparently heard that Bun B was in town to host SMASHTIME. They were all in Vegas this weekend to watch the Bernard Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe fight. Since Bun B and Hopkins share the same first name (Bernard) as well as the services of Rap-A-Lot CEO J. Prince, the Bunster walked Hopkins out to the ring to get him into a Trill state of mind. Unfortunately Joe Calzaghe devastated Hopkins in 12 rounds with a split decision.
Bun performed a few of his UGK classics like the grammy nominated "International Players," Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin," his new single "That's Gangsta" and of course he went "Down In The Dirty" with me. Video footage of his performance will be coming very soon, so don't forget to check back.
Pusha-T of Clipse and Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes stopped by to chop it up about what they've been up to lately in a two part interview on KarmaloopTV.com
Right after the video shoot, Supastar L.T. and I hopped on a plane to make it out to Vegas for my SMASHTIME party at Body English. This week we were hosting Ray-J's "All I Feel" album release party. Brandy came out to celebrate and we debuted Supastar L.T.'s new song featuring Ray-J called "All Around The World." The response was crazy. I can't wait till we put that record out. Video coming soon of the performance, check out a few photos below.
Today me and Supastar L.T. went down to Miami for Kardinal and Akon's video shoot for Kardi's new song Dangerous, which is a smash! Gil Green directed it and the concept is a very cool one. The idea for the video is a play off of an old rayban commercial that shows different views from the perspective of the reflection off the sunglasses. Check for me and Supastar L.T.'s cameo. Here are a few pic's from the video shoot, that guy in the last photo his name is Supa Dups, he's really a nice guy, don't mind the finger. Also don't forget to go buy "Dangerous" on iTunes or Amazon.com.
Adidas in launching their new Superstar campaign asked “What Makes A Superstar?” and in association with Complex they sought out some of the leaders of our culture and got some answers. In the May issue of Complex each of the superstars gave their answers, they include myself, DJ Neil Armstrong, Yu-Ming, Chris Vidal, Tristan Caruso, Dante Ross, Estelle and Gabriel Urist. Also check out the video interviews on complex.com and on adidas.com.
The 11th Annual Mixtape Awards ceremony went down last night without a hitch, which was the exact opposite of what happened last year. I won Best Mashup Mixtape DJ, keeping the streak alive of winning a Justo 2 years in a row. Last year I won, Best Club DJ. It's an honor to receive a Justo, which is like the Grammy's for DJ's.
