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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
FINAL BORDER SHOWDOWN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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"RED AND BLUE"
"RED AND BLUE"
"RED AND BLUE"
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Words by Mike Lavieri Originally published February 3, 2011
t's the end of the first full week of classes, and the Barrel House, 729 New Hampshire, is packed with students waiting to see an encore performance from a local hip-hop artist.
A week has passed since the up-and-coming artist, BeeJay "B DOUBLE E" McLoyd, shot his music video at the same location for the newest University of Kansas anthem with videographer Alan Ginsberg, Great Neck, N.Y., senior.
McLoyd, 24, got his start freestyling at house parties, and has only been rapping officially for three years. He then burst on to the local hip-hop scene with the song "Red and Blue," a remix of "Black and Yellow" by Wiz Khalifa. McLoyd wanted to create "Red and Blue," because he thought he could do a better remix. He said he thought that a lot of the other people doing college remixes aren't as serious as he is when it comes to music.
The Barrel House welcomed more than 300 students in downtown Lawrence to see Kansas City's up-and-coming hip-hop artist BeeJay McLoyd, who has recorded a new song, entitled "Red and Blue," inspired by the University of Kansas' colors.
McLoyd decided he wanted to wait until Big 12 play to do the remix. Once he
finished the song four weeks ago, he was ready to create the music video, but said he decided to wait two weeks so he could work with Ginsberg, because he believes in the way Ginsberg shoots.
"Alan's my boy," McLoyd said. "We've been meaning to work together for the last two, three months."
The two shot the video in about two days at various locations around Lawrence. They used the Barrel House because of the red walls, along with The Cave and the top of the Oread Hotel, 1200 Oread Ave.
"We talk a lot," Ginsberg said. "He gives me his ideas, I give him my ideas, and we have a good trust. It's a good collaboration process."
Ginsberg said that the video had to be shot in Lawrence because of the symbolic nature of red and blue to the University of Kansas. He said he likes working with McLoyd, because he knows a lot of people and good places to film, which really helps Ginsberg.
McLoyd is opening up for the Ying Yang Twins on Saturday at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts. He said he has two mixtapes coming out on Feb.8,and that he took the show,because it is another way to promote the mixtapes and get his name out there.
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