Undercover Black Man: Why YouTube is better than television

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Reason #9: Typographic animation.

Undercover Black Man said...: German designer Artur Dimke produced this video using Adobe software. The track is “Let the Drummer Kick” by Citizen Cope.

Citizen Cope’s a funky whiteboy.; December 16, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Anonymous said...: Dang! This video is not available in my country or domain. That's the first time that's ever happened to me on YouTube.; December 17, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Undercover Black Man said...: ^ I can't believe it's blocked for Switzerland, GG. It's one of the most popular YouTube videos in Germany.; December 17, 2008 at 10:56 AM
Anonymous said...: Yeah this is a tight After Effects production. And Citizen Cope is one of the most underrated artists I known in the past few years. He deserves a LOT more attention than his sorry a** record company gave him.

Thanks for sharing the video :); December 18, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Anonymous said...: * and me being anal retentive about typos, I meant...

"And Citizen Cope is one of the most underrated artists I've known in the past few years."

That trigger-happy-publish-finger wouldn't let me correct it the first time around :); December 18, 2008 at 2:46 PM
Undercover Black Man said...: All good, kenn. That software looks like a blast.

As for Citizen Cope, I used this very track in my TV show "Kingpin" six years ago.; December 19, 2008 at 9:18 PM