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| Flo Rida Says He 'Looks Up To' His VMA Rivals Posted: 17 Aug 2009 03:50 AM PDT 'It means a lot to me,' the 'Right Round' rapper says of his Best Hip-Hop Video nomination.
The Best Hip-Hop Video category for this year's MTV Video Music Awards is stacked with heavy-hitters like Jay-Z and an impressive upstart in Asher Roth. But Flo Rida is just looking forward to being in the building September 13. The rapper was nominated for his clip "Right Round," alongside Jay's "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)", Roth's "I Love College," Kanye West's "Love Lockdown" and Eminem's "We Made You."
"I look forward to going [to the VMAs] and just enjoying myself," Flo said of his nomination. "It means a lot to me. I can recall being in Las Vegas [where he once lived] and watching the music awards [in Miami] and seeing Jay-Z up for an award, and now here I am in the same category. I definitely look up to these guys. And even the newcomers you can learn from." The clip was directed by Malcolm Jones (Lil Mama, Ray J) and features Flo Rida being digitally imported to clubs across the world. The throwback track was inspired by a sample from Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)." Earlier this year, Flo told MTV News how his sisters listened to pop music from the 1980s and the Dead or Alive song caught his ear. When he went to work on his sophomore album, the song was at the forefront of the project's foundation. Now it's his second blockbuster digital download following the breakout hit "Low," featuring T-Pain. "I just wanted to show the growth, show people I'm very well in tune with the '80s music," he explained of the track and his album, R.O.O.T.S. "Growing up in my household with seven women, I'd hear all types of music." The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will take place September 13 at 9 p.m. ET. Nominees, celebrity presenters and additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks. To be the first to find out the inside scoop, follow the Inside MTV Twitter account at Twitter.com/InsideMTV. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
| Cobra Starship Take To The Subway For VMA Promo Posted: 17 Aug 2009 03:50 AM PDT 'It's kind of like 'Thriller,' without the zombies or the story,' Gabe Saporta says of choreographed ad.
Despite being nominated for a pair of Moonmen, Cobra Starship still aren't sure if they're even invited to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. After all, they'd been burned in previous years. "Last year, we were not invited. When we had 'Snakes on a Plane' [in 2006], they invited us, because they thought we'd bring Samuel L. Jackson," Cobra frontman Gabe Saporta told MTV News. "When we failed to bring him, they were like, 'Next year, you guys are ixnayed.' So this year, we agreed to sing and dance for them, so hopefully we can get invited to the VMAs."
The singing and dancing he's referring to took place at the New York Transit Museum, below the streets of Brooklyn, aboard a replica subway train, under the watchful eye of superstar choreographer Wade Robson. Cobra were filming a scene that will be used in promotion for the VMAs. "We're here, underground, in the bowels of the New York City transit system. ... We're doing this little shoot for the VMAs," guitarist Ryland Blackinton said. "We're getting our razz-matazz on. We came really prepared. We brought our jazz shoes, we brought our Lycras, [Gabe] brought his unitard. We had steps ready ... but they hired Wade [Robson] to do it, so we didn't end up using them." Saporta likened the clip to a pair of Michael Jackson classics: "It's kind of like 'Thriller,' without the zombies or the story. Actually, it's also more like 'Beat It,' because we're in the subway. And we're in a dancing gang." OK then. So with one official VMA-related production under their belts, are Cobra Starship still feeling like outsiders? Not especially. If anything, this is old hat for them already. "Britney, Justin, Cobra — you think of one, you think of all three," Saporta laughed. "Actually, we're probably better. Our leg up on those guys is that we all do our own choreography." The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will take place September 13 at 9 p.m. ET. Nominees, celebrity presenters and additional performers will be announced in the coming weeks. To be the first to find out the inside scoop, follow the Inside MTV Twitter account at Twitter.com/InsideMTV. Related Videos Related Photos Related Artists |
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