Work It Out

Posted by Ali S. in Arts & Crafts, Music, Video Clips on October 17, 2008 at 7:07 pm


The ever enjoyable Dark Roasted Blend blog had recently put up this video which I fell in love with. Called “Work It Out” by artist RJD2 and directed by Joey Garfield the video is an interesting take on Live Urban Performance acts. My favourite parts have to be when the performer uses the crutches in a way that makes him look like he’s skating on Heelys (you know what all those kids are into now?). Neat thing is that RJD2 makes an appearance in the beginning of the video…he’s the one trying to help the guy down the steps.

TGIF! :D

Dark Roasted Blend - Link
RJD2 - Link
Bonus link for the v.2 of the video - Link


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18 comments to "Work It Out"

  1. Jacoby87
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    The subway stop he wallrides on with the skateboard is Borough Hall, Downtown Brooklyn. The 4 and 5 train. I know that area looked familiar but then I was like, HEY THAT’S MY STOP!

  2. Jacoby87
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

    Great video, by the way.

  3. shawnisboring
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

    Alex beat you to this about a year ago

    http://www.neatorama.com/2007/08/26/rjd2s-music-video-featuring-bill-c rutch-master-shannon/

  4. Ali S.
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

    @ shawnisboring

    Oh my! Nice catch there. But I guess it doesn’t hurt to do an update, eh? ;)

  5. shawnisboring
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

    Oh no, not at all. The quality is much better and it’s an excellent video. I just had a feeling i had seen it here before.

  6. Jacoby87
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

    Watch the two different videos. They’re slightly different.

  7. Christophe
    October 17th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

    All in 1 take : neat.

  8. Vijay
    October 17th, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    Cool video. The best part is that it is on single take.

  9. Johnny Cat
    October 17th, 2008 at 11:38 pm

    who did the music? Easily, the most original thing I’ve seen today, and I certainly missed this the first time around.

  10. Ali S.
    October 18th, 2008 at 12:19 am

    @ Johnny Cat

    It’s by RJD2. :) His website is up in the links.

  11. Pol x
    October 18th, 2008 at 6:25 am

    “Bill Shannon has bilateral hip deformity as a result of Legg CalvĂ© Perthes, a disease that affects 1 in 1,200 children.”

    And I’m anopther one in 1200, I have Legg CalvĂ© Perthes too.

    It’s a bloody rotten thing to get.

  12. cathysfiddle
    October 18th, 2008 at 7:10 am

    The person doing the filming was just as athletic as the person being filmed. I love how the skateboard appeared and disappeared.

  13. Justin
    October 18th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    That was incredible! Thanks for the link.

  14. ted
    October 18th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    The interesting part is once he gets going, it’s just one long take with the camera - no edits.

  15. Peter Kelly
    October 18th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

    That was fucking cool!

  16. Pijus
    October 19th, 2008 at 5:12 am

    What’s the soundtrack ?

  17. Byrd Brain
    October 20th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    I really wish you would stop posting dancing-related video on this blog. Dancing is not neat and neither are crutches. This is why I left http://www.soultainfans.org!

  18. Rogerebert
    October 20th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

    This is a great video by a def artist. Great to see him get respect and appreciation for a solid career. I grew up listening to hip-hop and now that it has become stale trash, I find the instrumentalists and true hip-hoppers alive and well still keeping heads nodding.

    places like:
    http://strictlybeats.blogspot.com/

    Great source for soul.


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