LA IS MY PLAYGROUND: PREMIERE EVENT (VIDEO RECAP)

Calmatic: At The Playground from itscalmatic on Vimeo.

I've seen the young man grow up and stay at his passion of film so to see the turnout at this premiere and the support and interest in his first official short film was great.  I didn't get to see the film yet but I will tonight as I have it on DVD now.  If you missed the event this is a good way to see how it went.  Congrats to young Jason Madison, ass Krondon would say: Keep Going.

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT: J SKILLZ - www.jasonmadison.com

JasonMadison.com from Jason Madison on Vimeo.

I told ya'll to be on the lookout for this young man.  He directed Taste, Paper, Watermelon Sundae and Everyone Knows Us.  And trust me, he's got more on the way.  He just launched his website (soft launch) where you can stay up to date with him and his thoughts.  The video above is lil promo to get your familiar with him and his new website.

J. Madison x Fall Out Boy

I local spotlighted Mr. Madison here...well looks like he's on the move again. He was a participant in Fall Out Boy's forum about voting and politics as part of their Artist of the Week coverage on MTV. Check it out. Hats off to my boy J. Madison aka J Skillz

LOCAL SPOTLIGHT - J MADISON aka J SKILLZ

The man responsible for the some of the internets hottest west coast visuals in hip hop agreed to take a time out from his busy schedule of screenwriting, producing new tracks, creating hooks, DJ'ing, rapping, directing and on top of all that finishing COLLEGE. J Madison who grew up all over Los Angeles: Leimert Park, Inglewood, Compton, Sherman Oaks and even West Hollywood received his name J Skillz while in 5th Grade, playing of all things, capture the flag. He simply captured the other teams flag and got back to his before they did.

Across J Skills many skills he's been influenced by Gordon Parks, Spike Lee, Ernest Dickerson & Quincy Jones...all of which he considers "the greatest black people in their respective fields."  He believes he can get close to at least one of those guys one day.  After scoring big on the internet with videos for Pac Div's Paper & Taste (which Sylvia Rhone & Interscope gave a standing ovation for) as well as Dom Kennedy's Watermelon Sundae (below) J Skillz plans to keep going through to 09 with more vids & music for Dom, PAC Div, Diz Gibran and Amber Melody (of Interscope). 

As far as his notoriety, he says it still blows his mind how people from all over know his videos...J says as long as they know the name and support the products he's content not being seen.  That's cool J, but the way you're going they'll know your face and name in unison.  Keep it locked here as I'll feature more things with J Skillz fingerprints on them.

DOM KENNEDY Watermelon Sundae from Jason Madison on Vimeo.

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