MTV Jams – Chicago Day

Today has been a great day for my city of Chicago. Starting earlier in the day (6AM to be exact) MTV Jams has been playing non stop videos from many Chicago artists.

My video for “Chicano”, which you can watch below, was one of the videos chosen to be aired throughout the day. I was able to catch it at around 8 am and have been told it got played some times after that as well. Thanks to the homie Andrew at FakeShoreDrive and the people over at MTV Jams for making this happen.

I am very proud of having this video and song be the introduction of me to a lot of new people.  I’ve never been one to follow, I always have stuck my guns and went against the grain. I’m glad there’s still people that respect that.

Watch “Chicano” as seen on MTV Jams.

Scheme (11.27.09)

MTV Jams Press Release for “Chicago Day”

MTV JAMS HOSTS “CHICAGO DAY” ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 FEATURING VIDEOS FROM SOME OF CHICAGO’S GREATEST INCLUDING KANYE WEST, COMMON AND JENNIFER HUDSON

Special Segments Hosted By MTV News VJ Sway

New York, NY – November 24, 2009 – Chi-Town takes over MTV Jams on Friday, November 27 with “Chicago Day” featuring videos from the hottest artists including Kanye West, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Lupe Fiasco, and many more. “Chicago Day” will also focus on showcasing talent from the underground music scene.  MTV Jams partnered with Fake Shore Drive, Chicago’s #1 hip hop blog, to find some of the city’s up and coming new artists including Rhymefest, GLC, Ben One, Skooda Chose, and Scheme.

“Chicago Day” on MTV Jams marks a pivotal point in Chicago hip hop history, by not only showcasing national talent, but also by giving up and coming and independent artists the chance to shine alongside of them,” says Andrew Barber, founder of Fake Shore Drive.com.

“Chicago Day” will also look inside the music of the city and focus on the philanthropic efforts of those dedicated to making the city a safer place for inner city youth. MTV News VJ, Sway and one of hip hops finest; David Banner hit the streets to talk to the people of Chicago.  David Banner also talks with Sway about his “Heal the Hood” Organization, which is dedicated to stopping the violence that is plaguing the city. Sway also sits down with George Daniels, Godfather of Chicago music to talk about how the music in the city has evolved.

MTV Jams partnered with Chicago-based Mid-C Media to shoot all of the interview footage.

Tune into MTV Jams on Friday, November 27 as “Chicago Day” gives viewers access to new as well as classic videos from some of the hottest artists from Chi-Town.



The Manifesto EP – Remixed by Rashid Hadee

The homie Rashid Hadee just told me yesterday that he is just about done remixing The Manifesto EP.

I’m looking forward to hearing this one myself.

Taken from Amazon.com, in regards to the homie Rashid Hadee:

“The talented producer has laced tracks for MCs such as Little Brother, Psalm One & Longshot, Thaione Davis and Manov War. He has also shared production duties with fellow Chi-town native Kanye West and produced songs for Abstract Mindstate that featured Common Sense and Special Ed.”

Much love to the homie Rashid Hadee for taking his time to work on this.

I’ll put up a download link to it as soon as he wraps it up.

Scheme (11.24.09)

“Chicano” Video will be airing on MTV Jams on Nov. 27th.

On November 27th tune in to MTV Jams for Chi Day. They will be airing Chicago videos all day and interviewing many artists from my city.

The video for Chicano was chosen as one of the videos that will air on that day. So make sure to tune in. As soon as I get more info as far as times, I’ll update the post.

Thanks to Jeff Castillo and Abel Alvarado from CineDeLaredo.com for creating such a dope video with me.

Scheme – Westside (Remix) – Off of Same Rebel, New Cause

Here’s another joint off of Same Rebel, New Cause. PNS asked me get on this instrumental, and I’m glad I listened.

I think it came it out dope. Too bad it isn’t summer time in Chicago, if so we would definitely do a short video for this one.

Respect to the originators, just figured I’d bring it back with a new twist.

Scheme – Westside (Remix) – Same Rebel, New Cause (Listen Here)

New Video Update – Same Rebel, New Cause Update 1 (Part 2)

Here is Part 2, which I said I would put up tonight. Enjoy!

 

Scheme (11.05.09)

New Video Update – Same Rebel, New Cause Update 1 (Part 1)

I’m going to randomly be doing these video updates until the “Same Rebel, New Cause” project drops.

This is Part 1 of the 1st update…part 2 coming tonight. Enjoy.

Scheme (11.05.09)

Photoshoot for Same Rebel, New Cause with Virgil Solis

This past weekend the homie Virgil Solis shot some pictures of me for the artwork for Same Rebel, New Cause.

A lot of things still need to be finalized for the project, since there’s been a slight change. There will now be two projects that are dropping.

One will be the mixtape version with original material as well as exclusives which will be mixed by DJ PNS of the Molemen, and the other would play more like an album with all original material!

So the wait is for the best.

Here are a couple shots from this past Saturday taken by the homie Virgil Solis from RubyHornet.com

 

Stay tuned for a lot more going on.

I will be shooting a video for the song “Respect the Art” off of The Manifesto EP next week as well. More details coming soon.

 

Scheme (11.03.09)

New Music – Snippets of 2 songs from “Same Rebel, New Cause”

Here are 2 new joints I worked on today and wanted to let you all hear snippets of them. The first song is “Maintain” which is produced by the homie Dario, and the second is “Go Ahead and Try” which is produced by the homie Save One and he will also be featured on it. The mixtape is done, but I have been steady knocking out new songs, so at this rate, it’s looking like there’s going to be a Volume 1 and Volume 2.

 

TheStranger.com (Seattle Based Newspaper) – Scheme

The Seattle based newspaper mentioned “Respect the Art” from The Manifesto EP in their “It’s a Hit” Column. That was a nice surprise for me. It’s dope to know that people are looking out for your music and going out of their way to show love to it. I really appreciate it. They were really feeling the production from 21Grams, which I completely agree with, one of his best beats he’s made in my honest opinion. Thanks to the homie DJ Noble for putting it on his mixtape, that’s how Michaelangelo from The Stranger got a hold of it.

Check out what they had to say by clicking here —> TheStranger.com