WHAT'S CLINTON BEEN UP TO? THE CLINTON SPARKS BLOG
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Mixtape: Mike Posner, Clinton Sparks & DJ Benzi Present.. One Foot Out the Door
Click Here To Download It NOW! TRACKLISTING: 1. One Foot Out The Door 2. I Don’t Trust Myself 3. Traveling Man (Snippet) 4. You Don’t Have to Leave 5. Cooler Than Me (Gigamesh Remix) 6. Don’t Trust Me (Benny Blanco Remix) Feat. KiD CuDI and 3OH!3 7. Kiss Me Thru the Phone Feat. Saigon 8. Red Button 9. Bring Me Down Feat. Big Sean and Freddie Gibbs 10. Mirror’s Edge (Benzi Remix) Feat. Bun B, GLC, & XV 11. Speed of Sound Feat. Big Sean 12. Close the Door Feat. Clinton Sparks (produced by Clinton Sparks)
Get Familiar with Hyper Crush. I recently worked with this awesome new group called Hyper Crush, they’re known for their 80’s-influenced sound, wild fashion and incorporating classic video games (Duck Hunt!) into their music. Check out their mix-tape which I hosted and let me know what you think!
SmashTime Radio Vol. 6 Feat. Lil' Jon: Las Vegas Edition
1. SmashTime Radio Intro with Lil' Jon 2. Lil' Jon, LMFAO & Rick Ross "Shots" 3. Jermaine Dupri "Let The Bass Kick" 4. Diddy, Chester French & Jadakiss "Ciroc Star" (Logan de Gaulle mix) 5. Black Eyed Peas & Flo-Rida "I Got That Feeling" 6. Snoop Dogg "The Beat Goes Boom" 7. Black Eyed Peas, Kid Cudi & LMFAO "Boom Boom Pow" (Remix) 8. Chester French & Lil' Wayne "She Loves Everybody" (Logan de Gaulle mix) 9. Lil' Jon (Live on SmashTime Radio with Clinton Sparks) 10. Diddy "Ya'll Tired Yet" 11. DJ Class, Kanye West & Estelle "I'm The Shit" (Remix) 12. Kardinal Offishall & Fatman Scoop "Put Ya Drinks Up" 13. Logan de Gaulle Feat. Tyrese "Take Me Away" 14. Sean Kingston (Live on SmashTime Radio with Clinton Sparks) 15. Pitbull, Snoop & Jim Jones "Hotel Room Service" 16. Swizz Beatz "I'm Cool" 17. Lady GaGa "Love Game" (LMFAO Remix) 18. The-Dream (Live on SmashTime Radio with Clinton Sparks) 19. Logan de Gaulle & ODB "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" (Remix) 20. Logan de Gaulle, Wu-Tang & Pharrell "Cream" (Remix) 21. Mobb Deep "Electro Ones" (DJ Fashen Remix) 22. Jadakiss (Live on SmashTime Radio with Clinton Sparks) 23. FM "Girls On The Dancefloor" 24. Joi Starr, Estelle & Kid Sister "Tonite" 25. Swizz Beatz (Live on SmashTime Radio with Clinton Sparks) 26. Swizz Beatz "Step In The Club" 27. Supastar L.T. "Runnin' In Place" 28. Dane Cook (Live on SmashTime Radio with Clinton Sparks)29. Lil' Jon, Snoop Dogg & Swizz Beatz "I Do" 30. Drake & Swizz Beatz "Best I Ever Had" (Remix) 31. Mistah Fab "The Twitter Song"
Last year I approached Chester French with an offer to collaborate with them on a mixtape to help promote their upcoming album "Love The Future." While they appreciated my enthusiasm and ideas to help, they wanted "Love the Future" to be the World's first taste of CF. A few months ago, though, they caved into my relentless advances and agreed to work on a this project with me. I convinced them that this project would be special and more than just a mixtape. Since then we've had an amazingly fun time making the free album that you're about to experience.
"Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance" is a chronicle of the past six years of D.A. & Max's (Chester French) lives. It tells their story, from the gymnasiums of Harvard to the hills of Hollywood. Unlike "Love the Future," which they written, arranged, performed, produced, and engineered by themselves, "Jacques Jams" features a collection of new, original music and hilarious skits that we all created in the hills of Massachusetts and then invited some of our favorite artists to grace.
We assembled an all-star cast of music legends like Jermaine Dupri, Diddy, Pharrell, Pusha, Talib Kweli, Bun B., The Mad Rapper, Kardinal Offishall, N.O.R.E, and Jadakiss as well as younger friends like Janelle Monae, Cassie, Wale, Solange, Ben Lyons, Lady Gaga, and Mickey Factz.
This month will be pivotal for Chester French as they put out "Love the Future" through Star Trak / Interscope records on April 21st. We hope that you will continue to tell all of your friends and family about Chester French's music and movement. Consider yourself an ambassador of their VIP Concierge Service, which anyone can join for free at www.chesterfrench.com. Please encourage everyone you meet to visit their site and join. Every single new supporter truly takes them one step closer to sustaining their touring and recording. As always, we love to hear from you so respond to me on Twitter or call me any time at 617-671-0670 with any ideas you might have for how we can better spread the word!
Chester French "She Loves Everybody" (Clinton Sparks & DJ Snake Remix)
Get familiar with this amazing new remix of Chester French's single "She Loves Everybody." Me and my DJ/Producer partner DJ Snake from Paris just finished it this weekend, look out for a new project him and I are producing this summer called "Shut It Down."
You might ask yourself "why should I download this???" well the answer is: If you want co cause pleasure and anger at the same time then you need this in your life...
If you want to create severe brain damage and orgasmic pelvic gyrations at the same time then you need this in your life...
If you want to be a totally normal guy doing extraordinary things with massive amounts of endurance then you need this in your life...
This remix will cause instant chaos and excitement on the dance floor, get familiar with it ASAP!
Check out me and Chester French in the studio working on a track called "CIROC Star" for their new mix-tape I'm orchestrating. The newest member of Chester French, Levar Burton also joins the jam session!
With Chester French's debut album "Love The Future" in stores April 21st, we linked up to create an audio masterpiece that tells the story of why they "Love The Future," find out what's going to be in that story:
I'm at it again but this time with one of the hottest new pop bands, Chester French aka D.A & Max! We teamed up to create an audio movie with a score of all original music written, produced and performed by Chester French.
This mixtape is pure entertainment with humorous skits, interludes and a few surprise guest features that will take you on a journey with D.A. & Max from their Harvard days where they formed their band and hooked up with a few "Nerd Girls," to Hollywood where they were partying and getting kicked out of clubs, got a record deal and subsequently were sucked into the Hollywood life before buckling down and finishing their debut album.
I've been in the studio nonstop for the past few weeks putting this masterpiece together, and for those of you who are not yet familiar with Chester French, after this project you will become a fan of their unique, creative sound and understand why KanYe West, Jermaine Dupri and Pharrell Williams all wanted to give them a record deal! They ultimately signed with Star Trak/Interscope and their debut album "Love the Future" is slated to drop April 21st, but in the meantime GET FAMILIAR with my new collaboration with Chester French, set to drop this March. While you wait for it to drop, help me and Chester French come up with a title for our new mix-tape. Twitter us your suggestions:twitter.com/clintonsparks, twitter.com/dachesterfrench, twitter.com/maxwellcf
Stay tuned to ClintonSparks.com to check out Clinton Sparks and Chester French working in the studio on this exciting new project and don't forget to drink Ciroc while enjoying the footage.
P.S.: Head over www.ChesterFrench.com, and sign up to be a VIP or sign up on my blog in the top right corner, so you can be the first to download this mixtape when it drops. GET FAMILIAR with Chester French's new single "She Loves Everybody," available on iTunes now!
1st mixtape for the new year, I told ya'll I was coming strong, get familiar with Strong Arm Steady. My brotha Talib Kweli asked me to help him spread the word about his group Strong Arm Steady, so we got together to present the "Gang Mentality" mixtape, available now to download!
As an added bonus check out this new joint from another artist you need to get familiar with by the name of Tyga, off his new mixtape "The Free Album," that I just finished dropping Monday:
Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all had a great 2008, I know I did, and I intend on 2009 being even better! I have a lot of great stuff happening and of course a gang of projects dropping this year. A lot of people hit me inquiring about new mixtapes and when ill be dropping. Well, first off I have a new phone number for anyone to hit me up so I can personally let you know what's happening... that number is 617-671-0670, so hit me anytime.
So about the mixtapes, I have multiple mixtapes that I'm getting ready to drop in the next 2 months that I'm excited about. I am wrapping up an awesome project with my boy Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes (if your not familiar, this is an authentic MC that some may not recoginize because he's in a band, but trust me if you were unfamiliar you will definitely be familiar when we drop). Also any true hip hop head will be a fan of the concept we are running with. Shout out to the legend Jazzy Jeff (Hint). Speaking of Travis McCoy, I just finished his cousin Tygas mixtape which has exclusive features Lil' Wayne. I told him that people don't really know much about who he is so we'll be clearing that up and answer some questions on this mixtape. I also linked up with my brother Rick Ross and E-Class to put together a new Poe Boy project featuring Rick Ross, Flo-Rida, Brisco and the Poe Boy roster as well as I just finished a mixtape with Talib Kweli promoting his group Strong Arm Steady.
Anybody that's a fan of my hip pop rockstar mixtape series should be into my 3rd installment which I'm still working on and I have my boy Lil' Jon involved with this one... Last but not least, well at least for the 1st 6 weeks of 2009 the project I'm most proud of and worked the hardest on is my new yet to be titled mixtape album featuring all new production by myself featuring artists like Ludacris, Rick Ross, Jim Jones, Common, Fabolous, D-Block, Supastar L.T., Yung Joc, Lloyd, Ray-J, Sean Kingston, Cassidy, Bun B, Paul Wall, Kardinal Offishall and of course Akon which will be dropping in February. Oh and of course the Clipse will be on this project which you may have already heard the leak titled "Still Got It 4 Cheap" which is the single from this project. All of these things are just to kick off 2009 and get ya'll ready for my official album dropping later in the year. I also have a number of other mixtape projects aside from the forementioned that I'll be dropping a little later with Fabolous and Sean Kingston.
I'll also be introducing to the world my artist who goes by the name of Supastar L.T., we got HITS!!! I will be introducing him to ya'll on that mixtape album project I just mentioned as well as releasing his mixtape simultaneously. Trust me, if you know anything about me then you know I do not get involved with wackness and to be honest I've decided I was not going to work with an artist ever again about 2 or 3 years ago because I've tried many times only to deal with ungrateful, unappreciative, impatient people that don't get it, as talented as they are, they just didn't have faith and it became more of a headache so that was the point I decided to focus on ONLY me instead of trying to make others stars, I mean let's face it, there's no one better to invest in than yourself. I guess it just took me awhile to figure it out. Anyhow I met this dude and was extremely impressed. He's from Houston, lived in New Orleans amnd now resides in my hometown of Boston and incase it ran through you mind, I wouldn't take on an artist because I felt the need to, I got involved because he is that Dope!
I also plan on dragging some more of these rock bands into the mixtape world like the Fall Out Noy project I did. BTW, all of these mixtapes are available for free download on this website (www.clintonsparks.com). Anyhow, I have so much more to share with you all but I'll just leave it at the mixtape update for now. I am in the airport on my way to Shanghai to smash it down for New Years Eve with my boy Ben Lyons and CIROC Ultra Premium Vodka at M1NT, so you know its going to be smash-time in Shanghai. BTW, on New Years day I'm on a tv show with Paula Abdul on MTV titled Paula Abdul's RAH Cheerleading competition, of course, I'm the DJ on the show. Don't forget every week in Las Vegas I do a huge party called SmashTime Saturday's in Body English the nightclub inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino along with my partners from the The Daily 10 on E!, Sal, Ben & Catt, come Party with us!! Get Familiar, Sparks, out!
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New music off of my new GET FAMILIAR mixtape dropping the top of '09, get familiar with "Still Got It 4 Cheap" featuring Clipse and Pharrell produced by yours truly, Clinton Sparks. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW
So I wanted to write a blog thanking all of you who have followed my career and have excepted my experimental sometimes not what you would expect of me projects. A lot of people know me strictly based off from my Hip Hop history whether it be mixtapes or my radio shows, DJing in the clubs or my production. Well, I have always been a fan of music ranging from Michael Jackson to Oasis to De la soul and big daddy kane to kanye West & Jodeci to twisted sister, Metallica to Duran Duran & Weezer to Common & Biggie. I love and have been influenced by all genres of music. I was the kid that would go to the store & steal Word up & Circus magazines as well as Mad & Fangoria but that's another story. Anyhow, due to my success in Hip Hop it has allowed me to work with artist & bands that are not Hip Hop per say. Most recently I was able to work with Fallout Boy on a CD project titled "Welcome to the new administration". Its very cool to have those that would respond favorably to a hip hop project of mine just as enthusaistic to this project & I want to thank you all for that. The CD was downloaded just off from friendsorenemies.com alone over 50,000 times in just the 1st 2 days....Needless to say I have a lot more projects in the works & hope u like them as well. Check out what Rolling Stone magazine had to say about the tape and also for your viewing enjoyment. I was able to attain the behind the scenes footage of my day with Pete & Patrick doing interviews for MTVnews & E!.......Get Familiar & Enjoy!
Just finished an amazing new mixtape with Fall Out Boy. To get the people familiar with their upcoming album my by Pete Wentz hit me up and asked me to put together a mixtape to flood the streets, so Get Familiar and download it now!
It's Offishall... AGAIN... Today I dropped a brand new mixtape alongside my GFN bredren, Konvict Music's newest recruit Kardinal Offishall... It's called "Limited Time Only" and it's hosted by Akon. The "Limited Time Only" mixtape features brand songs, freestyles & remixes by Kardinal Offishall arranged & mixed by myself, with a little Clinton Sparks production as well. Guests artists include Akon, Lindo P, Clipse and Estelle. Kardi's Not 4 Sale album coming real soon, Get Familiar!
Get Familiar! Today my big brother Bun B drops his new album "II Trill." We celebrated the albums release a couple weeks back in Vegas at Smashtime Saturdays in Body English along with myspace.com & the E! Channel (check out video & pics on this blog) but today the album officially drops and I produced the title track on the album "II Trill," which I will be promoting on The Daily 10 today on E!. So support a great guy with an awesome album and go buy the album "II Trill" in stores now! Don't forget Bun B is on my mixtape "Konnected to A Kon" that I'm dropping with Akon featuring all brand new exclusive records all produced by me next month. Just in time for the summer, hot new Ludacris, Fabolous, Clipse, Common, Jim Jones, D-Block, Rick Ross, Lloyd, Yung Joc, Nina Sky, Young Buck, Cassidy, Talib Kweli, Pitbull, Ray-J, Supastar L.T., Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Freeway, Fat Joe and more. You'll be able to download it free here on clintonsparks.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.
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ANOTHER CLASSIC ON THE WAY!!! For those of you that have been waiting for me to drop another mixtape classic....Wait no more! I am putting the finishing touches on a Monster Mixtape/Album (not to be confused with my real album dropping later) with all brand new exclusive records produced by myself featuring Ludacris, Fabolous, D-Block, Rick Ross, Jim Jones, Clipse, Cassidy, Juelz Santana, Yung Joc, Kardinal Offishall, Gorilla Zoe, Bun B, Slim Thug, Paul Wall, Young Buck, Common, Talib Kweli, Pitbull, Fat Joe, Consequence Pharell and gang more I just can't remember!
This mixtape will also help u get a little understanding of the direction I'm taking in 2008, so please stay tuned because its coming & its free for all. I don't have a title for mixtape yet but it should drop roughly one month from now, so keep checking the site for the link to download it for FREE!!!
This will be the remedy for all those mixtape fans fiending for a Classic mixtape to make a Big deal over! I'm waiting on a couple more artist to come through to finish it up...Intro is crazy! Records are ridiculous! I will even be getting ya'll familiar with a couple new artists I'm working with like Sev-One & Supastar L.T. who are both from my hometown, Boston... (Sidenote: I'm literally in my hotel room in Vegas rightt now making another record with Trey Songz that might make the mixtape but he's saying he wants on his album so we'll see). Anyhow, I'm excited to finish this mixtape extravaganza & for it to be heard and for you to add it your collection.
Thanks to all the magazines & website interviewers that have been asking me "when are you gon drop another classic" and for the friends & supporters that see me in the club or hit me on myspace to asking me for another mixtape album for the streets...Get Familiar!
Yesssssss! Just finished probably one of the Best mixtapes I ever produced in my career. Its called Hip-Pop Rockstar II. Its the 2nd one of the series, this time hosted by Diddy. Some of you may have heard or heard of the 1st I did with Tommy Lee. If you didn't hear it, its what most people call a mash up style cd but I call it Smash up style...its 80's, 90's and present day hits all mixed & smashed up but unlike you ever heard because not only are the smash ups already incredible but then I produce more music on top of some of them. This one blows the last one away. Its also done in association with E! Entertainment & the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas where we are launching the biggest weekly party every Saturday in 2008 @ Body English in the Hard Rock. Oh btw, I Debut an exclusive bonus track on this CD titled "On 2 you" Written, produced & yes performed by yours truly & it also features my boys Pitbull & Fatman Scoop.....Hope ya'll like it...Get Familiar!!!!
Today I dropped a brand new mixtape featuring the BlackSmith, Talib Kweli. The "Get Familiar, Talib Kweli Street Album" mixtape features brand songs, freestyles & remixes by Talib Kweli arranged & mixed by Clinton Sparks featuring Styles P, Jean Grae, Strong Arm Steady, Dion & Hi-Tek including a hidden bonus track.
Here is a link to download the "Get Familiar, Talib Kweli Street Album" mixtape: http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/5gmdbc
Don't forget to go cop Talib Kweli's 'Ear Drum' Album in stores now.
It's Offishall...Today I dropped a brand new mixtape alongside my GFN bredren, Konvict Music's newest recruit Kardinal Offishall... It's called "Do The Right Thing." The "Do The Right Thing" mixtape features brand songs, freestyles & remixes by Kardinal Offishall arranged & mixed by myself, Clinton Sparks featuring Akon, Little Brother, Bishop Lamont and Daytona, including the world premiere of Kardinal's new single "Graveyard Shift" featuring Akon rapping for the 1st time. Get Familiar!Link to download the "Do The Right Thing" mixtape: http://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/2mzo56
Here are a few words from my buddy Kardinal Offishall:
"In a time when Hip-Hop seems as far away from the golden era as it could get, 2 music lovers came together to have fun wit this shit and touch on a couple of current topics along the way. The mission of this mixtape is to stir the pot a little bit and have people think a 'lil while buggin out to beats we all grew up on! This 'Do The Right Thing' mixtape right here... This is for the forward thinking listener, 'nah mean...' Some people say Hip-Hop is dead, Hip-Hop is alive, it's in the south, it's in the east, it's in the west, it's in the north, Hip-Hop is in evvvvery mother fucker around the world who love this shit, 'ya mean,' we have the power to make Hip-Hop whatever we want it to be, 'see what im sayin,' so on behalf Clinton Sparks and myself Kardinal Offishall we DO THE RIGHT THING!"
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