The Video
2012 continues to shape up as a strong year for DubbleOO Space Age, the rapper who splits his time between the Bay Area and his native Portland. He has two albums forthcoming, an official sophmore solo effort as well as a joint album with Bay figurehead The Jacka, but first, DubbleOO continues to build towards the online release of his latest mixtape, Beast Mode, Vol. 2. Today, DubbleOO is excited to release that tape's latest visual, for the song "Speed Of Sound."
The track opens with a choppy vocal sample, singing, "Moving at the speed of sound/With my head up in the clouds," and it's that initial lyric that drove the song's direction. "This song is all about a fast-paced lifestyle," says DubbleOO, recalling experiences over the past few years. "Traveling, staying in hotels, being at exclusive parties - we're just having fun with the music business."
For the video, DubbleOO wanted a set of visuals that matched the song's tone and direction, and, working with director Beejan Iranshad, he was able to do just that. "We'd just flown from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and we were staying at the Wynn Casino in a top floor penthouse," remembers DubbleOO. "Room service came knocking at 11:45am - we got up and shot the video in 15 minutes, it's all real life."
Watch the video for "Speed Of Sound" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LocA-Z8zX_I
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The Background:
Born in Seattle, Washington, and raised in the Portland, Oregon, DubbleOO had music instilled in him early. His father was in the R&B group Ladies Choice and toured with Marvin Gaye, and DubbleOO spent his childhood years surrounded by singers and musicians collaborating in his home. At 17, DubbleOO relocated to the Bay Area for college and began to pursue music around the same time, selling homemade mixtapes and eventually forging fruitful relationships with the likes of E-40, The Jacka, Messy Marv, Mistah F.A.B., Cool Nutz, and more. In 2008, DubbleOO sold 5,000 copies, independently, of his debut album, Space Age Hood Slap, and followed that success with Beast Mode Mixtape, Vol. 1, moving 20,000 copies of the tape, a project that found him collaborating with Big K.R.I.T. and others. Next up is Beast Mode, Vol. 2, which includes features from Too $hort, Messy Marv, The Jacka, and more, and will be released for free online in the coming weeks.
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