Giving Thanks.

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving, family! On behalf of the W!LD LEEK family I want would just like to say thank you to all our supporters... Thank You. As we continue to grow I never want to forget how we got to where we are, which is basically off of your support. First things first...

W!LD LEEK is a project I started with the hopes of building a community of people who share similar yet diverse interests. One central interest of mine is the love of films, and more specifically the art of filmmaking. When I post music videos, or short films its because I actually like the clip, I can appreciate the time and effort that went into the final product. I don't post things because it's "cool". Though other blogs may have the same videos I post (heck, I get the clips from other blogs to begin with!), I only post the ones I actually have an opinion on. With that said, I'm going to start sharing some of my own original film works. The first being a video that I directed this past August. Harold Green's "Mad Drivin'":

Not only did I direct this piece, I also produced the beat for this joint. Once again, thank you for the support, and let me know what you think of this clip, as well as the forthcoming clips. Enjoy!

Love!

2 Mothers.

By Harold Green (Black Orchard) from his upcoming mixtape The ORACLE KiD! and Harold Green presents... Dessert Before Dinner.

Dropping 11/20.

Grapevine.

By Fatboyskinny (Harold & U.G.L.Y. of Black Orchard). Directed and edited by U.G.L.Y.

Nice shirt, Harold! "Mad Drivin'" is on the way... stay tuned.

The Daily Harold.

My man Harold Green of Black Orchard is promoting a new mixtape:

I guess I should probably mention I shot a few of the clips used in this piece including the interview portion, and produced one of the tracks used. Check out Mr. Green's latest mixtape, The Daily Harold (The Sunday Edition).

Pilgrim Party.

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was delicious!  I had a small spur-of-the-moment gathering at my humble abode Thanksgiving night.  We kicked it like the Pilgrims did, except we didn't try to kill any natives, nor conquer anyone's land.  What? I'm just saying.  The crowd had dwindled by the time I thought to take pictures... these were taken at about 1:45 in the morning. 

Around 1 o'clock Torri (Black Orchard) exclaims, "I wanna play some Mario 1."  Excellent idea.  

There was a request for Duck Hunt, but I couldn't find the gun.  MarioKart 64 was in full effect though.  

 We wrapped up at about 3 in the morning.  So around the time people were lining up for Black Friday sales, we were battling it out in MarioKart.  By the way, you don't wanna see me in MarioKart - I gets busy.  

Eleven Twenty: Part 2

...So like I was saying, last Thursday (November 20th), I checked out my peoples, Black Orchard... but I'm sure I don't need to go through all that again.

Harold (Black Orchard) is a poet, emcee, and an effortless tastemaker.  He recorded a solo album not to long ago entitled Blue Is For Strawberries.  Yours truly produced few tracks on that joint.  

Torri (Black Orchard) is an established artist in her own right.  She has an album available on itunes right now entitled Audio Journal.  Yours truly is working with her on her next project.
I never noticed that naked chick on the wall at the Funky Buddha Lounge until looking at these pictures.  Kinda scary looking. 
U.G.L.Y. (Black Orchard) is also an amazing poet, emcee, he paints, produces music, and he's a Leon Phelps protege.   
No Black Orchard show would be complete without Harold and/or UG being topless.  Happens every time.
Black Orchard is currently being managed by Dave Jeff of PHLI.  If you don't know who Dave Jeff is, get familiar.  He's one of, if not the founding father of Chicago streetwear.  Dave was doing PHLI long before streetwear was called "streetwear" (and Wikipedia is waaaaaaaay off to the point of aggravation, but that's a whole 'nother post).  More on Dave Jeff to come... 

Happy Birthday, Ella! That makes 2 of us! ...and that's why November 20th is important.  Now you know.
Mickey Factz (GFC New York) gets busy.




W!LD LEEK for Mickey.


Two Sixths.

Now figure that last one out. Ha!

Eleven Twenty: Part 1.

Last Thursday (November 20th), I checked out my peoples, Black Orchard, at the Funky Buddha Lounge.  They rocked as usual, then Mickey Factz did his thing.  

Dott (W!LD LEEK) promotes for the Buddha Lounge and let me know earlier that Mickey Factz (rising star from New York, on the cover of XXL this month) was in town, and something happened with the cancellation of another performance which made it possible for him to perform at the Buddha Lounge that night (November 20th).  With that info in mind, I brought a W!LD LEEK tee to give him.

Erica (F.R.E.S.H.) took some pics of our gift giving.  I'll post those in a bit. 

Mickey Factz (GFC New York) with the gifted Unity tee & Hustle Simmons.

So after that night (November 20th, that's an important date!)  Mickey performed at Le Passage, and wore the gift we gave him! Word.

Pictures courtesy of ToneDocIsAFreak.com. 

More November 2oth pictures to come...