Music Video: Clinton Sparks CIROC Star the Hangover II Starring Diddy, Chester French and Jadakiss
The official CIROC Star Hangover 2 music video at Vanity Nightclub at the HRH Tower inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas featuring Diddy, Chester French, Clinton Sparks and Jadakiss. With cameo appearances by Rick Ross, will.i.am, apl.d.ap, Floyd Mayweather, Meagan Good, LMFAO and Cassie. GET FAMILIAR with the CIROC anthem from groundbreaking album Jacques Jams Vol. 1: Endurance created by Clinton Sparks & Chester French available at www.clintonsparks.com
Music Video: Pitbull "Shut It Down" f. Akon (Produced by Me & DJ Snake)
Pitbull follows up the massive succes of "Calle Ocho" & "Hotel Room Service" with his new video for "Shut it Down the 3rd single off his new album "REBELUTION" feat. ME, Akon & DJ Snake, Get Familiar!
A Day In My Life: Shut It Down Video Shoot with Pitbull, Akon, DJ Snake and more!
Take a look behind the scenes look at the making of the video for Pitbull's new single featuring Akon, produced/co-written by me & DJ Snake (aka Logan de Gaulle), Get Familiar!
Video: A Day In My Life: Hip Hop Honors with Warren G, Trey Songz and more!
Take a look behind the scenes at the VH1 Def Jam Hip Hop Honors ceremony. From the XXL photoshoot with Rick Ross, Fabolous, Ghostface, ?uestlove and more, to the researsals and performances by Mary J. Blige, DMX, Gym Class Heroes and rocking with Warren G & Trey Songz, Get Familiar!
A Day In My Life: What it's like to be a Bawse with Rick Ross
I traveled to Miami to get Rick Ross to finish two records I produced for my new Get Familiar compilation, in the process I learned how to be a Bawse! Then I headed up to NYC to get a record done with Travis McCoy, Get Familiar!
Pitbull Feat. Akon "Shut It Down" Produced by Clinton Sparks & DJ Snake
Get Familiar with the SMASH HIT single Shut It Down by Pitbull Featuring Akon produced & co-written by Clinton Sparks and DJ Snake (aka Logan de Gaulle). Pitbull is already killing the charts with "Hotel Room Service" and "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," now he's coming right back with a smash, look for "Shut It Down" to be at a global smash on the charts! Preview it now below, then go buy it on iTunes and make it #1
Free Download: Clinton Sparks "On To You" Feat. Pitbull & Fatman Scoop
Check out my new record "On To You" featuring Pitbull & Fatman Scoop, tell a friend, to tell a friend. Post it on your Facebook, your MySpace page, on Twitter and get your friends to retweet it! This record is off my new mixtape with DJ Snake my partner in Logan de Gaulle. We hooked up with Pitbull to make his official pre-album for Rebelution. This mixtape will be available exclusively on RCRD.LBL (www.rcrdlbl.com) 8/25, so GET FAMILIAR with Logan de Gaulle vs. Pitbull: Shut It Down!
Video: A Day In My Life: Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Chester French
Clinton Sparks hanging out backstage at the Blink 182 featuring Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy and Chester French in Boston. Travis Barker and D.A. from Chester French addresses the biters, The man behind the "Get Familiar voice is unearthed (Mark Hoppus), the secret behind Travis Barker's physique is revealed and Pete Wentz discusses his sweaty body, Get Familiar!
Tyrese's Initial Reaction To "Take Me Away" by Logan de Gaulle
Check out Tyrese's reaction to our new single "Take Me Away" produced by Logan De Gaulle (Clinton Sparks/DJ Snake):Click Here To Subscribe To My Blog Follow me on Twitter.
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!
Another video of my performance at SXSW, where I debuted another new record called "Shut It Down." I also played a few remixes of some classic Hip Hop remixes me and my partner DJ Snake create, Get Familiar!
I performed at SXSW in Austin, TX this year. When I say performed, I didn't just DJ. I debuted 3 new songs that I will be releasing this year. I DJ'd as well and played hypeman for DJ Class. We killed it! Get Familiar with some footage of me performing "That's What She Said" a song I wrote and produced as well as performing "I'm The Shit" with DJ Class! More footage from this night coming soon...
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!
Every day I wake up and think to myself, what am I doing that matters to anyone? What do I do that REALLY matters?? Does anybody care?? I often find myself not having a solid answer, by my standards at least. Sure I may make some people laugh or I may make some people dance and forget their problems in the club and hopefully I inspire some people along the way but I never feel like I'm doing enough. In my mind I have this thought that the more I work, the more adequate I am, the more I matter... But am I missing life which essentially is the bigger picture. Am I missing time with my son, my wife, my family or is it my work that allows me to spend time with them because I can afford to take a trip or a day off while others have to work?? If I don't work my self to death I feel I'm doing a diservice to my family which I created and I'm leaving them with an unstable financial future.
Someone called me a superstar the other night & it got me to thinking. On one hand I could have taken that as a compliment that they considered my being recognized for the work that I do to be at a level of a superstar or because I'm on tv or on the radio, online, etc. What it did was get me to thinking "What is a superstar actually?" Is it infact someone that achieves great popularity and respect for their body of work??
Is that the only way someone can be considered a superstar??
I spend a great deal of my time working or thinking of work to the point I almost disconnect from what's around me which sometimes are the most important things, my family. To understand me now is to understand where I came from. I fortunately am part of the small group that came from absolutely nothing and made something out of my life and I think my worry of going back to food stamps and welfare gives me an insatiable appetite for success because I never I want my son to ever be apart of that world. You know I hear a lot of people say all they want for their children is to be happy but can happiness pay the bills or help you if you're hospitalized and quite frankly I never heard anyone tell me I can go on a trip for 4 to Disney for the price of happiness. Have goals for them. Have them set goals. When you achieve a goal it creates happiness. Knowing that you accomplished something you set out to do feels awesome!
In a quest to achieve success, those that truly understand what that means it can be easy to lose yourself and your purpose. You can get so caught up in making sure that the people you care about will be okay that you forget about yourself being okay or that they actually are not okay because your not there with them which is, to them, what really matters. Trust me, if anyone understands what it means to juggle the reality of paying the bills, spending time with your family and chasing your dream, I'm in the front of that line. Incidentally, I think I've gone so hard at chasing my dream that I passed it and its now chasing me...
Anyhow, what I'm trying to get at is discover the meaning in your life. Discover your meaning. Maybe what your doing isn't what you were meant to do and your forcing a circle into a square sort of speak. Everyone wants to be a superstar but tends to forget that Superstars are not just people that are on tv or on the radio, in magazines being hounded by the paparazzi, etc. A Superstar is a teacher that really cares about the student (I love teachers btw and think they are totally underpaid), a mother or father that spends quality time with their children. A student that studies to better themself. Someone that plants a tree, helps an elderly person across the road. I think you get my point. In a fast moving, technology driven "I want to be famous" world sometimes you need to just slow down and enjoy your life and enjoy the lives of others.
Read your kid a story tonight, call your relative that you haven't spoke to in awhile, take that risk and follow your dream, donate your time, help a neighbor.
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't get involved you might miss it...
Get Familiar with my boy Colby O'Donis album which dropped this week titled Colby O. I produced 4 records on the album along with my partners Akon, Kamau Georges & Tombstone. As some of you may already now I produced his second single titled "Don't Turn Back" and I'm also in the video which you can see here on my site. Anyhow, I know this sounds bias because I'm involved but even if you take off my records this is a really good album. As a matter of fact, the best record on the album in my opinion is one I had nothing to do with and its called "Let You Go" a SMASH!!!!! Why they didn't send that out as a single is baffling to me. The album is in stores, get familiar and go support.
I told u guys about this video when I went to hang on the set. The song is called "Cookie Jar" featuring The-Dream and they gave me a cool cameo so check it and me out and Get Familiar! See you in Vegas... Its SMASHTIME! BTW, working on a major Show/Party for our 1 year anniversary at Body English in the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino very soon. Stay tuned.
Advice to artists on how to Get Familiar with a DJ
I was asked to give some advice to up and coming artists on how to approach a popular DJ to get him to get involved with your mixtape project. First let me start by saying that you are not the only person who thinks they have the Hot Shit, next level shit, new shit, your shit is better than anything else, etc. Its understandable that you invest a lot of your time, energy & perhaps even money into what you feel could be your career but before you even go that far remember that just because you love basketball doesn't mean you can buy a jersey and a ball and say your a professional basketball player. That being said, A successful DJ gets approached constantly to get involved with aspiring artist projects and why wouldn't they? They are for the most part the gatekeeper to showcasing what you made in your studio to the world and of course you want the world to hear your hard work.
There are different ways of approaching a DJ. One of the methods that I live by and have had success with is that whenever I feel I need something from someone to help my cause I figure out what their cause is and how I can help theirs simultaneously so its a win/win situation. Also remember to start any business you need money and essentially you are a business so when planning on putting a project together take into consideration the cost of marketing and promotions. Now, what is it that the popular DJ who worked hard to get to where he is doing for you by getting involved with your project and exposing you to his fanbase that he built already??? Let's say it together... Marketing & Promotions! Exactly! So think about that when approaching a DJ who you do not have a personal relationship with and you have nothing else to offer him and be realistic. Okay, let's say you just think your Nice and don't really have the money to pay a DJ but your saying to yourself "Man, if this dude just cosigned me I would definitely get to where I need to be". There is possibly a way to get that done and that's all on your approach. Personally I get tons of messages on myspace which basically all say the same thing and as respectful as the messages are the DJ only has so much time to listen to you and after being fooled a million times from clever messages only to hear the worst music the DJ has ever heard Time & time again, it gets restless.
I myself have been swayed many times into going to peoples pages and listening only to once again be disappointed by the hype. My point is create a unique approach to selling yourself. Remember your a business trying to sell the product, You! Why should I listen to you, what is special about you, what can you offer that no one else is Seriously when putting your project together ask yourself these questions and when you have an original answer then you might be onto something....I personally wish I could listen to everyone and help out as much as I can but unfortunately I'm just like you...trying to get it crackin! Hopefully this helps some of you in your quest of building your brand and relationships with not just popular DJs but anybody for that matter. Good luck and may you continue to Get People Familiar!
The Gym Class Heroes are back and getting ready to drop a new album. They have 2 new singles dropping and one of them is titled "Cookie Jar" featuring The-Dream. My boy Travis hit me up and told me to come by video set to get a cameo so I flew out to LA to hang out with them. The record is Awesome! I just started blasting it off on my SmashTime Radio show! Be sure to check it out.
I also just came from playing a part in the new Colby O'Donis video for his single "Don't Turn Back" which I produced. I will have both videos up here on the site as soon as they are edited. Also, for those of you that didn't make it to Vegas on the 4th of July weekend I came out and performed with my marching band and Kardinal Offishall. I will have that video posted up here on the site very soon as well. More than just a DJ! Get Familiar!
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