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So here's the low-down on new Little X videos in the last 8 months since I last updated the site:
What Is It -
Baby Bash feat. Sean Kingston (premiered December 2007?)
(YouTube)
| (clearer
vers. @ littlexonline.com) Last Night/Gully Side - Mavado (premiered early-2008) (watch on YouTube) | (clearer vers. @ littlexonline.com)
Be OK -
Chrisette Michelle (premiered December 2007?)
(watch on YouTube) |
(clearer vers.
@ littlexonline.com) |
DNA Killa - Cherish feat. Yung Joc (premiered December 12, 2008 on BET's Access Granted) (watch on YouTube) Check Your Coat - O'Neal McKnight feat. Greg Nice (premiered March 2008) (YouTube) | (clearer vers. @ littlexonline.com) Bounce With Me - Kreesha Turner (premiered late-March 2008) (watch on YouTube)
So within the last 8 months, both Little X and Paul Hunter have left HSI Productions. Little X is currently signed to the DNA (David Naylor & Associates), which also reps some prolific music video directors such as BIG TV!, Francis Lawrence, Marc Webb, and Nigel Dick. DNA is also rep'ing Little X for his commercial work. In an interview with SOHH.com (September 10, 2007), its revealed that Little X has formed his own company, Sun God Collection, to house his work in video, film, and television.
click here to read X's full interview with SOHH.com
Little X's music video & commercial pages on the DNA website have several streaming video clips, including ones of the new (?) commercials for McDonald's "Kiss", and Intel "Sean Kingston". As far as I know, Little X is still working on his first movie, the horror flick Razorwire. Little X also worked on a small independent Canadian movie last year. He was Second Unit Director and Director's Consultant for the Canadian urban film How She Move (which was distributed by MTV Films and released in theatres on January 15, 2008; the movie came out on DVD in April 2008).
I posted last month that Little X was scheduled to take part in the 2nd Annual CaribbeanTales Film Festival in Toronto. The event was held at the Workman Theatre in downtown Toronto on July 15. For about an hour, Little X was interviewed on stage by 680 News reporter Rudy Blair about everything from his youth, growing up in the suburbs of Toronto; to his experiences working at MuchMusic, interning with Hype Williams, and what his goals are for the future. His first ever video was the Chcolair/Jully Black video for What It Takes. Favorite (Canadian) video: Ol' Time Killin' (Kardinall Offishall); Favorite American Video: The Whisper Song (Ying Yang Twins). He grew up on watching cartoons like Robotech, Voltron, and Transformers. He learned to draw and sketch from looking through comic books as a kid. While he didn't specifically mention any projects by name, he did give the impression that there were some bigger profile projects in the works. When asked 'what movie would you love to make', he answered (without hesitation) Transformers (which had just come out in the theatres). :o)
During the interview with Rudy Blair at
the CaribbeanTales Film Festival (see above), Little X mentioned an
interesting side project that he had been involved with: designing a
line of clothing for Canadian fitnesswear company
IceGear.
The line is called X-Fit, and consists of comfortable and
stylish work out clothing adorned with patterns of dragons and other
graphics. The line of clothing was launched during Toronto
Fashion Week back in April 2007. There are currently only 4
IceGear locations in the Greater Toronto area and 1 in Australia; but
clothing can be purchased at the official
IceGear
website.
Nominations for the 2007 MTV Video
Music Awards were announced early last week, but sadly no Little
X-directed videos came away with any nominations. MTV decided to
restructure its annual awards show this year by getting rid of the
genre-specific categories (dance video, R&B video, rock video, etc.)
and several technical categories (ie: best cinematography, best art
direction, best special effects, etc.) and instead adding silly
non-relevant (in my opinion) categories like Most Earthshattering
Collaboration, Quadruple Threat of the Year, and Monster Single of the
Year (hey, what happened to the *video* in "Video Music Awards"?).
Even the Best Male & Female video categories were adjusted to Best
Male Artist and Best Female Artist. Less emphasis on the videos,
and more on the artists. I mean, MTV *does* still show videos,
don't they? :op
According to Little X's official website, he's directed a new TV
commercial campaign for the new-concept grocery store chain
Bloom.
The clips, entitled "Shop Happy", feature shoppers doing
groceries at the store while the store's employees do a song-and-dance
number around them. Three clips entitled 'Shop Happy with
Jan', 'Shop Happy with Beth', and 'Shop
Happy with Bill' are posted on their official website.
Little X has directed a video for the new
R. Kelly/Usher duet, Same Girl, which premiered
June 19 on BET. The premise of the video? R. Kelly & Usher go
back and forth about their respective current girlfriends, only to
realize that they're seeing the same girl. A sort of mini-movie
version of the Brandy/Monika "The Boy Is Mine", if you will (but with
a *twist* at the end)
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