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WHAT'S CLINTON BEEN UP TO?THE CLINTON SPARKS BLOG
Video: My interview with the Jackson 5 on The Daily 10 on E!
Video: My interview with 50 Cent on the Daily 10 on E!
Video: Me, Warren G & Trey Song performing at Def Jam VH1 Hip Hop Honors
My Jamie Foxx Daily 10 on E! Interview
My Taylor Momsen Daily 10 on E! Interview
Interview with Katy Perry
Recently I interviewed Katy Perry at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas where they did a case dedication for her of her outfit she wore in her "Hot & Cold" video. Pretty big deal considering her case is amongst other iconic artists such as Steven Tyler, Britney Spears, Madonna and Eminem. Anyhow, we did an interview for a segment on the Daily 10 on E!, which will air soon and we talked about everything from fashion to music and she even took a shot at Heidi from the Hills. I met Katy like a year ago at my publishers office in LA and I knew from the day we met she would be successful. Not only was her music great but her personality was awesome. She sang to us all with her acoustic guitar and as soon as she sang "Your So Gay" I knew she was something special. I can't tell you how many people I told to go buy her album, ha. Anyhow, check for my interview with her airing soon and appearing on this blog shortly after! Follow me on Twitter.Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, get-familiar, the-daily-10, tv
Happy New Year
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! Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/clintonsparks Labels: ciroc, clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, get-familiar, mixtapes, personal, smashtime, supastar-lt, the-daily-10, tv
The Daily 10: Nelly Opens Up About Ashanti
Busy Weekend
Busy weekend! 1st Smashed it down on a yacht in San Fran on Friday with my boy Sean Kingston then me and him jumped on a plane to Las Vegas to celebrate Smashtime Saturdays 1 year anniversary as well as Halloween at Body English inside the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. (BTW - Watch the video coming soon! What DJs do that??). Then We started writing some records for his new album which are coming out Awesome! We got so many records we might do another album together before his official album. Then Sunday I hung out with my boy Nelly in Vegas to celebrate his bday. We discussed ideas for a new direction musically in his career and you would be surprised to hear what he's willing to do... You will inevitably Get Familiar with that but then we went to the club and rocked with my boy DJ Vice (aka my twin brother). Anyhow that was my weekend. Check out the video & pics. Hope u enjoy.  I am now off to go film a new television show with Paula Abdul for MTV in New York which will air in January. Its a Cheerleading/Dance competition. Pics & video to follow soon....Shouts out to France & Switzerland....See ya'll this weekend!! Owwwwwwww!!! Sparks, Out! Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, events, get-familiar, travel, tv
Ne-Yo on the Daily 10 on E!
Ludacris on The Daily 10
I interviewed Ludacris during E!'s Daily 10 exclusive behind the scenes first look at Ludacris' new video "Down In The Dirty," featuring Rick Ross & Bun, which I produced. We talked about him starring in the new movie "Fred Claus," with Vince Vaughn, him possibly working with Madonna and the concept for his new song and video. Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, the-daily-10, tv
Keyshia Cole on The Daily 10
With many rumors swirling around about Mary J. Blige not being to fond of Keyshia Cole,Today I interviewed Keyshia Cole to clear up those rumors, learn about her new album "Just Like You," and get her take on working with Tupac, Kanye, Diddy and who she's really in LUST with! Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, the-daily-10, tv
Daily 10 Behind The Scenes Sorry Video Shoot
Today E! ran my Daily 10 exclusive behind the scenes first look at Akon's new video "Sorry, Blame It On Me" (currently the #7 song on Billboard 100 charts, #1 download on iTunes) produced by yours truly, Get Familiar with this great behind the scenes coverage of an amazing video directed by Chris Robinson, with a cameo by my boy Ben Lyons, video is dropping soon look out for it! Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, the-daily-10, tv
Russell Simmons On The Daily 10
Today I interviewed the original Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons about his Hip Hop Summit Action Network's recommendations to the recording/broadcasting industry on censorship & his "taking back the responsibility theme." Additionally we spoke about Russell's best selling book "Do You," his "Art For Life" foundation and issues like stereotypes & snitching. Russell even got flexible with me when it came to Yoga moves and presented me with a gift at the end of the interview, Get Familiar with this great interview when it airs on TV in 600 million homes & 122 countries around the world Friday, June 22nd 2007 at 7:30PM & 11:30PM on E! Networks, The Daily 10. Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, the-daily-10, tv
E! Daily 10 Get Familiar Segment: Collie Buddz
The E! Daily 10 Get Familiar: Kardinal Offishall
The E! Daily 10 Get Familiar: Blestenation
VH1's Ego Trip's (White) Rapper Show
On February 26th, 2007, Clinton Sparks alongside MC Serch, Prince Paul & Dante Ross decided that Shamrock would be the next "great" white emcee of the new millennium and would home with 100K. It was Shamrock Vs. The King Of The Burbs aka John Brown that were put to the final test, discovering in the end that the music biz is pure hell. Only one emcee was white-hot enough to win, while the other one went down in flames and got told to "STEP OFF!" Check out a few pictures from behind the scenes and video from the season finale epsiode!  Click Here To Subscribe To My BlogLabels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, tv
E! Network's The Daily 10 Show Debut Recap
With the help of my boy Ben Lyons from "The Lyons Den," this past Tuesday, I made my debut on The Daily 10! I hosted the "Now Here This" segment and my own "Get Familiar" segment discussing this week's new releases in music as well as dropping a little knowledge about a group called Blestenation that you should Get Familiar with. Check out the pictures below:  On The Set With Sal Masekela  Makeup!  The Daily 10 Set, Get Familiar!!!  The whole crew, Debbie Matenopoulos, Myself, Catt Sadler and Sal Masekela  More to come... Labels: clinton sparks, clinton-sparks, clintonsparks, the-daily-10, tv
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