DRG Films: Archive

Feb 29th

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THE IDEA OF DRG FILMS IS 9 YEARS OLD. WE’VE BEEN WORKING HARD AT IT FOR 6 STRONG ONES. OVER 200 VIDEO PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. It’s been fun, stressful, and exciting all at the same time. MORE TO COME FOR THE REST OF 2011.

Mar 9th

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This concept was meant for another artist using a different television reference. I switched the idea to Shaft because of the 70’s vibe that the song has.

Jun 1st

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This song has used one of the greatest rock songs of all time by one of the greatest guitarist of all time (Jimi Hendrix) and transformed it into one of the hardest beats that I’ve heard over the past few years.

Jun 1st

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On the production day of shooting “Soundclash” for Those Chosen, we met Melo Kan for the first time. A few months later, we shot this video near the southern area of downtown Los Angeles by all the warehouses and factories. For having no clouds in the sky, it was really cold on this day (people in LA aren’t used to such weather patterns).

Jun 1st

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El Volo is one of the most respected and celebrated photographers in the low riding culture. He has taken images of some of the most creatively built cars for the past 15 years. This 18 minute documentary tells his story, shows his passion and reflects the low riding culture. Make sure you check out all of his work at www.elvolo.com.

Mar 17th

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We just recently screened the documentary “A Love Supreme: U-N-I & Ro Blvd.” in the MGM tower in Century City.

Mar 9th

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One thing about these music videos is that there isn’t a common timetable as far as production is concerned. Creativity doesn’t have a set schedule. When you add a budget into the equation, that alters plans too. A treatment was written for this song back in June of 2009. Production didn’t take place until October. The editing process wasn’t complete until January of...

Mar 5th

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After 15 months, 1 crashed hard drive, 1 college party in San Diego, 25 hours of captured footage, 8 attended performances, an 8 installment video series, 1 blown out computer screen, 1 trip to Texas, 16 interviews and 3 months of editing, this documentary will finally be released to the public. A Love Supreme 2.0 is scheduled to drop on March 9, 2010. A Love Supreme: U-N-I & Ro Blvd. - The...

Feb 3rd

Jan 26th

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It’s the first day of the new decade. 2009 brought accomplishments and failures. Breakthroughs and setbacks. Achievements and frustration. Some new friends were made, some new associates were made, and then there’s just some people that you really don’t care for. One of the major projects DRG Films was working on during the year was the documentary about the trio of guys up...

Jan 1st

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While we were shooting the Floss Angeles music video, we came across the young producer who goes by the name of Jansport J. His name was fitting because he actually had a Jansport backpack on at the time. We met up with him and he told us about this project he was working on with a rapper names Hawdwerk (which I still have trouble saying his name…that first “w” throws me off...

Jan 1st

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As I’m working on this holiest of American holidays on this Soundclash music video, I figured I would post the EPK that we did for this group called “Those Chosen”. The history with this group traces back to MySpace. Although MySpace has done wonders as far as simplifying creating websites and networking with people, it has been surpassed by Facebook and Twitter this year as...

Dec 26th

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Back in the spring of ‘09, we were filming the music video for Floss Angeles and I first came in contact with Dale Danja. I had him walk through about 20 feet of sewage in the LA river near downtown to get to a particular location for his performance shot (I appreciate his diligence on it). Anyways, he gave us a physical copy of his Cheap By Nature album and we listened to it as we were...

Dec 25th

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Oct 14th

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BET.com has made a list of the top 23 mixtapes of 2009. DRG Films has done work for 3 of those projects: U-N-I’s “Before There Was Love”, El Prez & Dale Danja’s “Perfect Strangers EP”, and the production team Los Angeles Unified Sound District’s “Curly Tops And Nautica Jackets”.

Aug 1st

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The music video release for El Prez & Dale Danja’s “Floss Angeles” happened yesterday and it has received a lot of positive response online. The whole production process is a testament to the collaboration that it takes to make these things happen. The idea came from a conversation between myself and J.J. as we were driving back from Austin and the South By Southwest...

Jul 9th

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DRG Films just recently completed production on the “Floss Angeles” music video off of the “Perfect Strangers EP” from Hip Hop artists El Prez & Dale Danja. Here is some footage of the water balloon/water gun fight that took place during shooting. A recap of some of the interesting stories that took place during the 2-day shoot will be up when post-production is...

Apr 30th

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We just completed an Electronic Press Kit for Inglewood-Based artist El Prez. He is a part of the new Hip Hop sound coming out of Los Angeles this year. His latest project is called Perfect Strangers, which is a collaboration effort with Dale Danja. Check for upcoming solo project “Bottles On The White House Lawn” scheduled to drop in late 2009. www.myspace.com/elprezidente

Apr 14th

Apr 9th

A Love Supreme - The Release

After months of work and careful planning, A Love Supreme has finally dropped. Download it for free at YOThurz.com. If you don’t believe me about how fresh the album is, read the XXL album review:

Apr 1st

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The DRG Films crew went out to film U-N-I’s FOUR performances out in Austin, TX for the South By Southwest festival. The trip was very interesting. And it wasn’t because we got pulled over 3 times on our way out there by cops that wear cowboy hats. And it wasn’t the fact that we took a longer route than what we were supposed to take. As soon as we enter Texas, we stop at some small town to...

Mar 27th

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The crew is getting ready to travel to Austin, TX for the South By Southwest Festival to film U-N-I during their FOUR performances. The “A Love Supreme Documentary” is coming. Here’s the latest installment from the A Love Supreme Sessions.

Mar 18th