July 2011
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SABELO MLANGENI
In Apartheid times, male hostels were created to house workers from out of town that were not allowed to live inside the city. I seem to recall Sabelo saying that they were exclusively male in order to make sure entire families of rural black South Africans would not move in. They were meant to be transitory flophouses, where men would stay only for the duration of their work.
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June 2011
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EVOLUTION OF A LIVINGROOM
Caits, the producer of the Livingroom Sessions, dropped off a little backstory on Creative Control’s newest show.
“Before The Livingroom Sessions was revived into what is it today, it was a silly little video series I did off of my macbook laptop. I was truthfully just very excited to have an actual living room, after living for three years in a space that had a hallway in lieu of...
A DAY IN ALEXANDRA
In January 2011, we spent a day with Graeme Williams to make a short film about his life and work as a photographer. We’d already been shooting other photographers in Johannesburg, and were looking to film each of them in a space that was somehow relevant to them and their practice. We decided to meet Graeme in the township of Alexandra.
As a photographer, the essence of Graeme’s work...
NESBY PHIPS CHEMTRAILS
The beat for “Chemtrails” was originally supposed to score Nesby’s “Bo Jacksons,” track. But after making what turned out to be the “Bo Jacksons,” beat, Phips realized that the soulful, melancholy vocal sample was better suited to a concept he had authored to play off the chemtrail conspiracy theory.
The chemtrail conspiracy theory claims that trails left by government aircrafts contain chemical...
May 2011
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JUST IN TIME
Several months back, Coodie and Chike flew down to Dallas to film a video for Erykah Badu’s “Turn Me Away (Get Munny)” with Rick Ross. Motown-Universal had supposedly lined up a budget for Coodie and Chike to shoot the video, but a few hours after they touched down in Dallas, Erykah got word that her label had reneged on the budget munny. For good reason, they might have been biting their nails...
April 2011
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WORD S2E3: AN OPEN-ENDED LETTER TO SONIA SOTOMAYOR
In May 2009, President Obama nominated Judge Sonia Sotomayor for appointment to the highest court in our land. For many, especially members of the Latino/Puerto Rican community, President Obama’s nomination was marked by triumph and exuberance; one of our own had finally achieved recognition that we, as a people, know we’ve deserved for years, upon decades, upon generations. Yet during the period...
ERYKAH BADU "FALL IN LOVE" IN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE
A while back, Erykah called me around 2:30 in the morning to come shoot her wrapping up a track in the studio. I was exhausted and about to go to sleep, but when she called, I knew it would to be dope, laced ‘em up and drove downtown. The smooth ballad she was performing that night turned out to be “Fall in Love (Your Funeral),” off her latest release, “New Amerykah Part...
INTRODUCING BRIDGE KIDS MEDIA AND SOSA
A few months back, Creative Control opened a new channel to host periodic contributions from Bridge Kids Media (BKM). BKM is an NYC-based collective that meets somewhere near the intersection of imagination, music, fashion, film, and graphic design/animation. What makes this group special is how thoroughly their creative product is wrought. With a tight-knit group of experienced, respected and...
March 2011
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WORD S2E2: FUCK FACEBOOK
Word creator/director Eddie Pages is back with another episode of dope spoken word/slam poetry. In this episode, Eddie zooms in on Desirée Marshall telling a tale of lost love as it relates to social networking. Her poem deftly mixes humor, passion, anger, and sadness into a scenario that we can all relate to. Status updates, wall posts, tagged pictures, likes, and comments have made falling out...
MASSIVE TV: PRINTPALOOZA
Massive TV is the brainchild of Northwestern University student Ben Millstein. He started Massive’s first chapter at Northwestern, seeking to provide, “a new venue for Northwestern’s creative forces, by vividly and digestibly profiling exceptionally talented students, documenting their work and revealing their lifestyles.” Massive, however, won’t settle for being a...
INTRODUCING THE MENTHOL SHOW
About a month ago, we welcomed the Menthol Show on cc.tv. Based in NYC, the show is hosted by Ren Jett. In its own words, the Show aims to “introduce you to the movers, shakers, makers, takers, chasers & heartbreakers that navigate through New York City’s various industries.” What’s cool about the show is that it breaks the mold for interview-based series. David, Greg, and Ren (the...
Dough'Nut TV: Good Ol' Days
You may have noticed a few new channels on the site recently. As you all know, Creative Control has been hosting content from overseas for the past year. At the beginning of this year, a Dutch streetwear blog/TV channel called Dough’Nut TV reached out to us about having a show on Creative Control. After we spoke to them on Skype and saw their content, we were down with the collaboration....
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ODDS & ENDS: THE O.G.
From the director, Anthony Crespo:
The O.G. is a parking garage in Austin, Texas off Oltorf Street. It is the training ground for one of the biggest flatland scenes in the United States. I was introduced to the Austin Flatland Crew back in 2005. Since then, I’ve ridden with them and exposed their world, craft, and lifestyle through media. I created the company “DECO INSPIRA,” to...
December 2010
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MACHINE GUN KELLY →
We’re bumping Machine Gun Kelly’s “Lace Up” mixtape in the office today! Check it out!
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WatchThis Fall 2010, we documented producer Nick Koenig, aka Hot Sugar, making music from scratch. All of the sounds used in this video were recorded live at this session.
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The New Time Warner →
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