MTV Networks college station MTVU has announced nominees for its annual Woodie Awards, celebrating the best on the buzzier side of the music spectrum. Don't get MTVU? No worries. The Sixth Annual Awards Show will air on mtvU in addition to MTV, MTV2, and Palladia on Friday, December 4 at 10pm ET.
The purity of the classic '70s soul vibe that The Roots are dishing out
on "How I Got Over" is so raw and uncut that putting the word "neo" in
front of "soul" seems ridiculous. Directing team BBGun matches that
sense of urban reality in this video with a touch of the majestic. The BBGun guys — editor Max Bohichik and cinematographer Alex Bergman — previously shot the
initial, ultra-low budget clip for Kid Cudi's "Day & Nite (remix)" and they bring that same 'polished street aesthetic' for The
Roots. Both the track and the video echo the powerful,
International film festival Plus Camerimage, which celebrates the art and craft of cinematography along with other often overlooked aspects of filmmaking, will be once again showcasing music videos alongside its other work.