Allen E "Stellar Living" Music Video

The homie Allen E released a small little video for what is his "single" for his new project. The song is cool, but I'm not sure about a single, but maybe because I'm thinking of commercial music which isn't fair for someone who's putting in work to create art. Either way this is a taste of what's to come, so check it out, because you may like it.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

Branded Baron Pop Up Performances VIDEOS

Here are some videos of the performances that occurred at the pop up shop last month. Some of the videos have full songs of the performances, while others have clips of their entire performance. Thanks to Jay Wise and Tony Bregga of Softwyte Tv for additional footage. Enjoy.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
    Joe

















http://youtu.be/c3AU6lchoCY

Corp Cartel - "Do You Want Me" Music Video

Happy Friday! I have a wonderful treat for you and it is the music video of the Corp Cartel's song "Do You Want Me". Now if you have been a Branded Baron supporter for awhile, you would know that I was at this video shoot that happened back in February 2010. Why is it released now? Well there are various rumors flying around like Jay-Z caught whim of this video and wanted to wait until it was the right time before he cosigned the Corp Cartel to they were trying to release it as a 3D video. Either or, the point is, the video is out! You can see Branded Baron apparel in the video and you can see myself in it as well alongside Allen Ez and Tony Bregga and everyone else.

Honestly, I always thought this was one of their strong songs and is a fun song. I personally like how it came out and think it look stunningly fresh. If you want to see the behind the scenes you can view the First Part here and the second part here.

You can check them out on their sites www.corpboyz.com www.jaywisemusic.com
Follow them on twitter @thecorpcartel @jaywise31 @followmetana

I'll have to get a link for you guys, so you can download it and bump in your cars. 

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,

     Joe

Branded Baron Pop Up Shop Recap

Hello everyone! I know it happened almost a week, but I needed some time to think about what happened before I posted it. I've been asked how was it and I respond positively, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. People tell me that it was a success and it had the elements and yet I think I'm just too nervous to say it was. Reason is, this was Branded Baron's first official event and I was very grateful that the owners at Draft Picks lent their store to us. It was great to see both parties working together to get a good event for the public. They got the food and cooked it and I personally got in touch with the performers. Let me tell you I was nervous and stressed. I was probably very stressed during the event even though I had a smile and a good attitude. Putting any event is just difficult and the headaches that occur suck. For anyone who has done it, you know. For anyone who plans on doing it, you'll soon find out even if you cover every scenario it almost goes without saying that you'll experience one SNAFU. I was very happy that the rain went away and it was a beautiful sunny day that Saturday.

In case you did miss the pop up shop, here's what you missed. The whole store had nothing but Branded Baron tees stocked. There was the Draft Picks exclusive Baron Crown tee, which was a black tee with silver metallic ink that matches perfectly with the Metallic 5's. Yes, there were awesome sneakers to buy and match with your Branded Baron tees. In the back, which actually was you had to go around the corner to the back of the building was the BBQ. It was a chill spot, beside the inside, and outside of the store. I was chitchatting everywhere. It was a real cool social gathering of various people from professionals to close friends. Honestly, I felt really humbled by the people who came out. I didn't know what to expect. It's said to expect the worst and hope for the best, well I'm a winner and wanted to keep the positive energy, so I didn't imagine what the worst would have been. Honestly, I really didn't. I was nervous, but that never came across my head.

Also, the performances were cool...Ok, so everyone jammed into the store made it hot, but the performances were on point. Draft Picks gave away some limited edition Jordan Posters and I gave away some Branded Baron tees to some lucky winners. It was fun overall. I think it went well, but I know that certain areas could've been improved. Maybe I won't ever think any of the events were success, but I'll let the people who were there decide. Everyone had fun and people bought Branded Baron tees, so woohoo! One of the owners of Draft Picks, Zeak, told me he wants to throw another event. ::shrugs:: Who knows what will happen? I would love to have a Branded Baron pop up shop in various stores across the nation. I just have to keep building this brand and I appreciate everyone helping out.

Thank you to everyone who came out! Honestly, if it wasn't for you the event wouldn't have gone the way it did. All the performers, photographers, videographers, fans, friends, and supporters I really appreciate you coming out! Thank you. I look forward to having another event in the future.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
    Joe

Below are some more pictures from the event. I'm going to show the performances in a separate blog post.

 Addicted to Jordans

 Andy(one of the owners) at the register

Draft Picks put up their new sign that day and on the outside the Branded Baron banner was shown. Much love for the love that was shown from Draft Picks. Thank you.

 Getting the money out for their new Branded Baron tees! 

Shout out to Gee aka Lil Bomb from LilLoveDriven apparel. He came out showed love and we talked for a good amount of time.

 Chi rockin the original "Don't Be A Hypebeast" t-shirt. Honestly, I think Draft Picks might have a couple left. They might.

Tiff practicing to shoot like a basketball player, since Draft Picks has a shooter in their logo.

I honestly don't know how they saw any performances, because whoever was sitting their view was obstructed.

Thank you!

Branded Baron Pop Up Shop Photos by Mister Lee Digital

Hello everyone! I know I should've posted everything, but it was a long weekend I needed a bit of rest. In the meantime, before I post my recap here are photos taken by Mister Lee Digital. It was cool that there were a couple photographers that came out and took some really awesome pictures. I'd like to thank Mister Lee for coming out and taking these cool photos.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

August 20th Branded Baron Pop UP Shop at Draft Picks

Yes, yes y'all! This is a Branded Baron event that should be tons of fun. This will happen at Draft Picks store in Passaic Park. The whole store will have nothing but Branded Baron items as well as some exclusive sneakers for all you sneakerheads. If you ever wanted a Branded Baron tee or go to an event where Branded Baron is at come through. I was able to book some live entertainment for your enjoyment and Zeak(owner of Draft Picks) has a dj and food coming through. Yes, let's build together and enjoy a good day. Maybe you can pick up an exclusive Branded Baron t-shirt.

Time: 2-8pm.

Location:
Draft Picks
251 Main Avenue
Passaic Park, NJ 07055

I hope to see you there! I'm excited and would love for you to meet everyone.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

Let's Talk: Allen E Z Interview

I decided that I want to interview a bunch of artists, so the public can get to know them better. I decided to begin these series with Allen E Z aka Allen E. It was a fun video, since he was crackin jokes, but it was also difficult. Some of you may remember him when I posted about his duo's (the Gem-N-I) mixtape a year ago, but now he has his own solo project called "The Tour Fly". We touch on that and plenty of other topics.

You can download his mixtape here.


Don't worry these will get better, since now I have one under my belt and know what works and doesn't. There were a bunch of footage that I wanted, but couldn't include. Anyway enjoy. Also, due to the language this footage is NSFW.


Thanks again for Allen EZ and hopefully he gains some new fans.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
      Joe