ABOUT THE SONG I left my boring corporate job on the day I wrote this song. I had submitted my 2 week notice in the week before, wrote this poem and told my boss... I'm never coming back. That's a true story! I didn't know where I wanted to go, but I knew it was time to take ownership of my life and set my intentions. Two years later, I was on Instagram and heard a beat Buscrates posted in his stories. I immediately DMed him saying, "Yo... lets do THAT ONE!" We recorded the song that weekend with Will Mandel (of Broken Horn Studios) adding a trumpet solo over the chorus. The track was so fresh, Johann Sebastian (mixing engineer) and I purposefully left in the glitch from the MPC. Can you hear it? ABOUT THE VIDEO The video was shot at LaMaison (a community art + living space) in East Oakland, where I did an artist residency in June 2019. Working with Emily Wohlford (lighting/set designer), C.DelTV (filmmaker) and a team of creatives from the Bay Area, we built 3 sets in one day and filmed a series of music videos for my multimedia project, AFRONAUT. For the single, Raw Smoothie, I focused on getting in close and designing a smooth shot flow to the bass line that would match the intimacy and minimal nature of the song. Overall, I'm proud that we created a stylish aesthetic with subtle, yet playful mood lighting and blue tones. Can't wait to show you the other visuals we created that day! CREDITS release date: 01/24/2020
Artist: MH the Verb
Title: Raw Smoothie
Produced by: Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemble for Captain Coolout Music/ASCAP
Mixed & Mastered by: Johann Sebastian for The Juicebox
Single Art Design by: Stephen Sues
Art Direction by: MH the Verb