GUILTY PLEASURES: STIMULUS & COLT SEAVERS

This Saturday Oct. 31st, The Brooklyn Bounce will celebrate Halloween with GUILTY PLEASURES. All the music we hate to love. Back in 2005, when Stimulus and his good friend Colt Seavers were spinning at Lotus, Cheetah and all the other clubs built on guilty pleasures and mash ups, they produced this mix for a MTV party at Rockerfeller Center. Enjoy this mix stacked with guilty pleasures.

TRACK LIST:

1. The Making of Tipsy
2. The Making of Hypnotize
3. Hypnotize Part 2
4. The Making of Naughty Girl
5. Naughty Girl in Public
6. In Public Nasty Girl
7. Yeah Nasty Girl
8. Yeah Reggae Mash Up
9. Shake That Booty on Planet Rock
10. Planet Rock the Seven Nation Army
11. Seven Nation Milk Shake
12. Milk Shake Take Me Home
13. Take Me Home Word Up
14. Wanna Be Givin It To Me
15. Give Me The Poison
16. Poison Wants To Move
17. She Wants To Move To My Hut
18. Celebrity Doo Doo Brown
19. Celebrity Shoulders
20. Dirt Off Your Damn
21. Damn! Pour Me Some
22. I Love Rock
23. I Love Black
24. Back In Good Times
25. Harder To Breathe
26. Harder to Hey Yah
27. Hendrix The Outkast
28. Listen To The Jetts
29. The Jetts Go My Way
30. Strawberry Field Encore

TAKE FLIGHT - Album cover and Art

New cover art by: David Ellis. The Same Artist who brought you: The Verve Remix album covers and much more.



I'm honored to work with this man once again on a project; my own project. I can't wait till the pressings are done this one needs to be in the physical and you need to own this.




Here is the pull out insert that will come with the cd pressings.
My goal is to bring back the art that was always packaged with the music. Remember when you used to buy records tt felt good to have something physical in your hand to hold instead of a cold cd in a plastic case. Aesthetics are very important. It speaks for itself. Its communication without words. Most things that are designed really well function, feel and operate really well. Hopefully you will find my cd just as pleasing as looking at this beautiful piece of art work.

The insert:



This whole project from concept to completion has been totally organic, cosmic and natural. Everything just fell into place and I worked with some of the most talented people I know I and we all have respect for each others art and are very passionate about what we do for a living and for life. We give each other creative space to showcase our gifts and talents to the world. I think that's really important when you collaborate with people especially on a creative level. I decided to keep the flow and force the same throughout this whole project / album. Gravity is real and it brought this album together from the vocalist, musicians and artist that contributed to the album.


Early stages:

Aria shot some amazing pics of me in Redhook Brooklyn. Since its my new hood here in Bk I figured I'd keep it in the hood. She has an amazing eye and she's quick plus I feel really comfortable around her so the shoot was a breeze and lots of fun.
David Ellis painting an beautiful piece he calls flow however I see it
as the force. Jedi steeez well for my album "Take Flight". I spent lots of time
building with David in his studio here in Brooklyn, playing records and just having real talk. His lab is always an inspiration for me although we work with different mediums we still have feelings about music.
Once the painting was done and the shots were all laid out I hit my man Darhil who
does all my $hit when it comes to graphics, flyers etc. He's no joke, my dude is the Art Director for Esquire mag here in NYC and even if he wasn't I would still rock with him 100percent.




Hopefully you will find my cd just as pleasing the way it looks. Big shout out, hugs, pounds, props, love, respect to my family that put this together:

• Painting: David Ellis - http://davidellis.org/
• Photography: Aria Rivera - aria.rivera@gmail.com
• Design: Darhil Crooks - http://darhilcrooks.com/index.html
• Art Dir: Michael Edwards aka M.E. Dhundee

Check out this video Project I did with David Ellis a while back. He did the live painting and i did the score.