Black of All Trades

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2012-01-07T17:43:00.000-08:00

#FreshSqueezed :-) on Twitpic

2011-12-22T13:46:00.000-08:00

King Cydal - Cash (Official Music Video)

2011-11-30T04:34:00.000-08:00

King Cydal performs the single "Cash" from the Concrete Collections Vol 2. Mixtape. Crown Knock Entertainment. Camera and Editing by Black of All Trades for All Trades Production. Manager: Turbo (Way Too Fresh).

Good stuff.

2011-11-20T21:57:00.000-08:00

#BlackOat lol anybody want some #BlackOATs ? #oatmeal is good... on Twitpic

Hey, look what I found! BlackOAT spits along to "Grandiose", some song he recorded

2011-11-20T00:20:00.000-08:00

Odd'Kast Podkast: King Cydal's Animal Instinct

2011-11-20T00:05:00.000-08:00

Odd'Kast Podkast: King Cydal's Animal Instinct: Morgan Freelance Podkast Episode 11: King Cydal, Turbo & BlackOAT - CLICK HERE to Download now! Hip Hop Artist and future Bay Area legend ...

Black of All Trades and Doboy at it again!!

2011-10-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

Anthony Belcher, Jr. (aka Doboy) is my boy from Sac Town, Bay Area stand up! He's been out here doin his comedy thing for a while...even had his daughter out here on his grind with him!! Anyway, we linked back up and he brought in the very talented Tanjareen Martin (be sure to look her up...this chick is HOT!) to direct the first in his latest series "Roomate Hate". I've seen some of Tanjareen's episodes for her show "Celibate Nympho", lemme jus say they're very entertaining. So anyway, Doboy plays a roommate who can't seem to get enough of his roommate's TV dinners, which pisses Donnivin Jordan off somethin awful. Did I mention the comedic talent n this episode? We got Tony Baker, a cameo by Tahir Moore, and it features Jillisa Lynn as Keisha...oooooooweeeee!

So, without further adieu, check out "Roommate Hate: Episode 1."

Oh, and if you haven't seen "The Battle", be sure to check it out...

Black of All Trades on the NBA Lockout

2011-10-18T13:57:00.000-07:00

Watch Part 1

Watch Part 2

Black of All Trades. Shadows.

2011-09-09T17:55:00.000-07:00

Black of All Trades. Always in the Shadows. Noob Saibot in this bitch. Think He isn't when He is.

Google me, I'm online!!

2011-08-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

Lol, but for real tho, you can check me out at a virtual cornicopia of places. Find me on Tumblr @ Black of All Trades (BlackOAT), as well as on Twitter (@BlackOAT)...mannnn just search BlackOAT or Black of All Trades in Google, you'll find me!

http://goo.gl/iOWJa

Black of All Trades. Welcome to the World. on Twitpic

2011-08-18T01:35:00.000-07:00

Black of All Trades. Welcome to the World. on Twitpic

Black of All Trades - Welcome to the World

2011-08-18T01:17:00.000-07:00

Black of All Trades. Welcome to the World.

Black of All Trades - StereoLab - The Roots [Dilla Joints]

2011-08-11T18:02:00.000-07:00

After a long couple weeks of relaxing with my family, I got back to LA anxious about getting into some new production adventures. The first of such was with my boy Morgan Freelance who I've been doing a lot more work with as far as video production and creative projects. This past week we got together and recorded a podcast at the lab, and afterwards, he broke me off with a mixtape of jams that included this instrumental. The perfection of a song performed by the roots, inspired by Dilla, and sampled from another of my favorite groups of all time, and a little bit of magic...inspired me to write a rhyme over the beat...and this is what came out.

If you're watching or listening, PLEASE listen to the lyrics. I'm showcasing myself as a lyricist, and not just putting a beat online. Most of the feedback I've gotten is because the beat or the melody is good...but I guess that's just telling me something far more important which I already knew...PEOPLE WANNA SEE MY FACE! So stay tuned world...I got a lot in mind and it's about time, right?

Black of All Trades gets his first ever Tattoo...maybe the first of many??

2011-01-27T09:33:00.000-08:00

Black of All Trades guest role in Roz Washington's "The Payout"

2010-10-21T09:29:00.000-07:00

Life in 16x9 - Episode 4 - Black's History

2010-03-01T17:14:00.000-08:00

A look back at a few past projects. And my usual stupid self.

Subscribe, youtube.com/alltradespro, add me on facebook/Blackofalltrades, check me out at blackofalltrades.com, and tweet me @BlackOATPro. Oh, and if ur my friend of facebook, check my profile for more video from this update!

Life in 16x9 - Episode 3 - Black of All on the Beat

2010-02-23T17:59:00.001-08:00

Life in 16 x 9 - Episode 2 - Black Love (Valentines Day)

2010-02-15T19:43:00.000-08:00

This past weekend I checked out NBA All Star weekend, celebrated (in my own way) Valentines Day, and as usual just talked about whatever the hell was on my mind.

I'm a fool...I know.

I also left some special love for my Facebook friends (available only on FB)

Life in 16 x 9 - Episode 1 (Untitled)

2010-02-13T17:29:00.000-08:00

Ok, so here we go. 16x9, Episode 1. Stay tuned for updates, music, projects and more.

antiThetic, Black of All, Back and Forth...Yeah you feelin it man....

2009-09-12T15:17:00.000-07:00

Yeah, so we all already know the story, Black of All Trades and antiThetic are one in the same, but completely different personas when it comes to this music and video thing. Black of All Trades is more behind the scenes, the beatmaker, the videographer, the graphic designer. antiThetic is the artist, the writer, and as I put it so gracefully..."I tear the beats apart with flows as smooth as rivers as silk..." This track has been years somewhat in the making. It was written damn near 5 years ago, the beat just got lost on an old hard drive...until by the Grace of God, and my sister who had an old cd with my beats on it...found a snippet which I flipped into a redone instrumental. I stayed up a few nights reworkin the beat and rewriting parts, and finally here it is.

Stay tuned for more.

Black of All Trades presents antiThetic - The DeEvolution of Mayne...

2009-07-26T18:36:00.001-07:00

Ok, so Black of All Trades and antiThetic are the same damn person, who cares. But when I first started writing rhymes in college I called myself antiThetic. When I started my video business around high school, I went by Black of All Trades. I'll tell the story behind each later. Long story short, here's the first track...and more importantly, my first ever completely recorded song on myspace, youtube, facebook, tagged and soundclick (am I missing any important sites? let me know!). Check out the song below...you can also find it on my myspace at myspace.com/blackoatpro.

Here's the song folks...feel it.

I got some ass...finally...with Finally Ass.com

2009-07-26T18:33:00.001-07:00

Check me out folks. I did my first self-directed/starring skit, and I decided to do a spoof of the worst commercial on TV. Of course we've all seen it...the FinallyFast.com commercials. I mean, seriously, who's dumb enough to go fix a slow computer...over the computer. And as bad as the acting is in the commercial it's enough to make me want to keep the virus or whatever anyway. But I digest...I mean digress...

Here's the video. I had to be as perverted as possible doing it. And it was a blast to shoot and edit in a few hours at home one night. Check it out.

If you want to watch the original commercial, check it out here.

Aight people, keep it tuned for more to come. More songs (at least 1 or 2 a week) from the DeEvolution of Mayne, and more comedy videos, including the premiere of Grandiose TV, right here at BlackofAllTrades.com

Black of All Trades presents "Grandiose TV"

2009-06-16T09:11:00.000-07:00

What's up world. Black of All Trades here. I'm just checking in to let you know, this summer I'll be launching a new weekly show filled with skits, comedy, music, interviews, and my weekly blog live from All Trades taking you into the life of me. "Grandiose TV" will center around my daily behind-the-scenes production schedule, my music, those I'm working with and around...and just me being silly. Be sure to stay tuned, tell a friend, subscribe, and keep it locked here at Blackofalltrades.com. Also, producers, comedians, musicians, hit me up, always down for a good collaboration.

Peace.

Justin Hires presents...Street Fighter

2009-03-31T21:36:00.000-07:00

Back when I was workin at the JSpot, there was this young up and coming comedian by the name of Justin Hires...went on first almost every night...bombed almost every night. Dude was gettin it in tho. Every time I came back, he had a new joke that always made me laugh, as I stood in the back of the house with my camera trying to concentrate and not shake. Later on, I ended up doin some work for Derrick Ellis who was hosting Comedy and Coffee at Starbucks in LA off Crenshaw...and I got a chance to chat it up with Ron G who was having a special at the JSpot, DC Irving, a funny ass comedian outta the Bay, and somehow ended up bumpin into Justin Hires who was doing skits already. I guess dude he was doin skits with was pissin him off...but I ended up talkin to DC about doin a skit with him, or both of them or somethin like that.

Anyway, DC ended up fallin off the radar, Ron G asked me to tape his DVD which he never used my footage for, and Derrick Ellis wasn't payin a nigga to drive all the way to Crenshaw and film for free. Nah kid. Anyway, Justin got referred to me since DC dropped outta the skit game, and we ended up collabin on a video he was doin about shifty characters just cuz the scene was in black and white...worked out pretty well, I even dropped a dope beat on it lol. GIMME YO PURSE...GIMME YO MONEY!! You can check out the video on his website HERE. It's called Black and White...also you can check out some of his other stuff.

So next...we had to hop on this Chris Brown and Rihanna thing when they started trippin...we was textin back and forth when the whole ish was goin down with the fake car chase that ended up bein Khaled lookalike dude...but we filmed it that weekend. Little did we know we were about to make history. Nah lol. But it was a smash hit, almost certified Youtube Platinum. Wowzers. (I'm bein sarcastic). Anyway, here's the video.

Aight, so back to the business at hand. We figured once the celeb shit kicked up again, we'd go back to what worked well for us. So off we went again and filmed the next 2. Check em.

It was mad fun doin these, shootin and editing. Gettin to kick it with the folks, joke around all day, not a bad job. Editing was tedious, with the photoshopping and keyframing and all, and the sfx and even the video game music. I made those in fruity loops, me and Justin recorded all the "ughs" and "aahs" for every character, and I dealt with all the graphics and whatever. We wanted to keep it simple and corny like old SNES games...so yeah. But anyway, we're probly off this weekend to film 1 or 2 more. Also keep a look out this weekend for videos featurin Justin Hires and written and starring Chaunte Wayans, the next generation of Wayans funny, doin it Anotha Way. And if you're lucky, a nice skit written by and featuring me...just gotta find a costar real quick who wants to make out. Aight y'all, catch u on the next one. In the meantime, enjoy the videos.