Butta Verses, a Bronx-bred rapper who now calls Fort Lauderdale, Florida home, made his debut appearance on De La Soul’s 2004 release The Grind Date spitting back to back with Posdonus on the song “No.” Butta’s name was bestowed upon him by fellow MCs at local ciphers but once his mixtape reached the ears of DJ Maseo from De La Soul, his rhymes started reaching neighborhoods around the world. Maseo signed Butta to his Bear Mountain Entertainment label and he began touring with De La Soul to promote The Grind Date. Butta released several mixtapes while playing over 200 shows on De La Soul’s international tour and began recording with his crew GCD (Glee Club Detention) as well as Seattle’s Vitamin D and Bean One for his Bear Mountain debut, Brand Spankin.
Having completed his term with Bear Mountain, Butta focused on live performances, sharing the stage with such veterans as Wu Tang Clan, KRS-One, Boot Camp Click and many others. Though no longer signed with Maseo, Butta was heard in late 2006 on De La Soul’s old-school flavored track, “You Got It” from Impossible Mission. All along, Butta has seen a great deal of his catalog licensed for television (NBC’s Saturday Night Live and A&E’s Dog The Bounty Hunter, to name a couple) and ringtones through his partnership with NYC-based licensing company, Beats and Rhymes.
Today, Butta is wrapping up his follow-up album, Six Minutes To Ten, with such guests as CL Smooth, and A-Butta of Natural Elements with production help from The Mighty V.I.C. and Tzarizm among others. March of 2007 will see the release of an exclusive Butta V track produced by Marco Polo on hip-hop upstart label Audio Clutch. The label's debut release will be available in record stores and online everywhere. Expect more from this rising star in 2007.
Courtesy of Butta Verses on MOLI.com
I used to think women who looked past my flaws were really cool women with brains, one of Los Angeles-based graphic artist Donny Miller's pictures broadcasts. Now I think they're just desperate. And so establishes his tone. Miller's bright, pop illustrations, often of smiling men and women, belie other bon mots like You are beautiful in every single way, except maybe one or two, Let's tell each other our darkest secrets. Later, when things go bad, we can use them against each other, and We think so much alike. Although, I have no idea what you're thinking. His hip wryness earned him a reputation and he parlayed his personal aesthetic into designing logos for companies like Vans, Paul Frank, and Toy Machine. This year, Miller's work was collected into his first book, Beautiful People With Beautiful Feelings (Abrams, 2006). To celebrate the release, Miller embarked on a book tour that concluded with a stop in New York City. During the day, he did radio spots, improv stand-up comedy, a gallery show, and canoed through Central Park to end world ignorance. At night, he stayed in a cramped 104-degree storefront on the Lower East Side donated by American Apparel with a custom-made red neon light that buzzed Live Animal.
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Making of SOMEWHERE
Present
SOMEWHERE
A Film by Emmanuel MURAT
Synopsis:
Simon is a 30 years old man, and his everyday life ticks like a clock. Nonetheless, it seems that this routine? satisfies Simon. Then, one day, a man, older than Simon is going to mess up his routine. Whom he ?
What does he want ? Is he going to take Simon off such a straight path ?
Cast :
Yvan ATTAL ???????????????..Simon
Vernon DOBTCHEFF??????????.??The man in the subway
Technical Features
Written & Directed : Emmanuel Murat
Production : Barbecue Films
Executive Producers: Cyril Cohen / Didier Victor Cohen / Emmanuel Murat
Original soundtrack : Benjamin Murat
Director of Photography : Thomas Bataille
Sound Designer: Olivier P?ria ( les Points Sonneurs )
Sound Mixer : ?ric Chevalier ( Studio Merjithur )
Editor : J?nnifer Aug?
Set Decorator : Nicolas Sire
Costume Coordinator : Carine Sarfati
Scriptgirl : Lucie Truffaut
1er assistant director : Guillaume Maurice
Technical
Sound : DTS St?r?o
Time : 13?19??
Format: 1/85
Support : 35 mm
Pellicule : Kodak
FESTIVALS SELECTIONS
Official Selection
14th International Festival Tout Ecran of Gen?ve 2005 (Switzerland)
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14th Festival of Sarlat 2005 (France)
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22nd International Festival of Palavas-Les-Flots 2005 (France)
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11th New-York / Avignon International Film Festival (USA)
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22nd International Festival of T?h?ran 2005 (Iran)
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2nd International Festival of shorts films in Grande R?gion 2005
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54th International Festival of Mannheim-Heidelberg (Germany)
2005
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22 nd Film Festival of Sainte Livrade (France) 2005
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1 st Prague Short Film Festival (R?public Czech) 2005
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13th Festival du Film Fantastique De G?rardmer (France) 2006
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17th International Film Festival of Valenciennes (France) 2006
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3rd Naoussa International Short Film and Video Festival (Grece) 2006
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34th Internation Film Festival of Nations (Austria) 2006
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Circuito Off Venice International Short Film Festival VII ?dition (Italie 2006)
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12th International Film Festival of Roma / Medfilm Fest (Italie 2006)
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Ecu Film Festival (Paris-France 2007)
