T-T-T-TOTALY DUDE!
Check out the new video for “Party Like A Rockstar” from Atlanta native Shop Boyz! The video was helmed by director Marc Klasfeld (Foo Fighters, Gnarls Barkley, Jay-Z).
Party Like A Rockstar VIDEO
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**Shop Boyz
Rockstar Mentality
IN STORES JUNE 19**
Universal Republc
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It all happened so quickly. Or so it seems. One day Sheed, Meany and Fat were grease monkeys at a makeshift garage in their Bowen Homes neighborhood, the next they were swiftly-rising hip-hop stars, progenitors of a growing musical movement they call ââhood rock.â
But like most overnight successes, Shop Boyzâs rise to fame took many years. Cousins Demetrius âMeanyâ Hardin and Richard âFatâ Stephens grew up with best friend Rasheed âSheedâ Hightower in the notorious Bankhead area of Atlanta, the stomping ground of some of the cityâs most successful hip-hop artists (T.I. and D4L, among them). They worked on cars, hustled, did whatever they could to make ends meet and when their work was done for the day, they turned to their true passion: making music. Their unique, groundbreaking style didnât go unnoticed. It wasnât long before a local producer named Richard âFireâ Harris stepped up and offered to make beats for the group — free of charge. Fresh on his heels was an ear-to-the-street businessman named Brian âBingoâ Ward who took the guys under his wing, put them in his studio and recorded a bevy of songs on them, among them the groupâs hit single âParty Like A Rockstar,â a clever, hook-driven joint that is as much about living life with fervor as it is getting your party on.
Within four months of its release, âParty Like A Rockstarâ set off a frenzy of activity at radio and clubs throughout the southeast and spread like wildfire across the country. The electrifying song with its contagious hook appeals to the spirited, carefree rocker in all of us