Artist: Azeem Beats: DJ Zeph Director: Ben Stokes Label: Oaklyn Records The video takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. Azeem gains popularity as he peruses the streets. Meanwhile a host of local neighborhood characters take notice. The police are enablers and cheerleaders. Eventually Azeem becomes a menace. This video was created by shooting thousands of still photographs, cutting them up, mixing and matching and animating them using After effects. Animation. Ben Stokes Additional Animation. Patrick Siemer. http://www.oaklynrecords.com http://www.myspace.com/oaklynrecords

"Equal parts dramatic realism and dreamlike surrealism, Azeem's Rude Boy delves into the darkest side of human nature with intellectual intensity and undeniable wit, leaving captivated audience members craving more." San Francisco Bay Guardian. Demitrius has a sprit named step child stuck in his hand, the white kids in dreads are starting the revolution, Rage is doing the nasty with Guilt, and the Rasta man isn’t stealing anything in his wheelbarrow – he’s stealing the wheelbarrow. Nationally-known hip-hop/spoken word artist Azeem portrays Johnny Burke, a Jamaican-American man on a journey through dark alleyways and twisted corridors, from the streets to an insane asylum to the inner works of “God’s Rolex.” " Rude Boy" Urban Theater at its Finest! Its combination of raw energy, deft delivery, beautifully honed characters, and inspired narrative flow was so transporting - I actually lost my hang-over” - San Francisco Bay Guardian "Anyone who claims to love contemporary theater and does not go is committing sacrilege. ” - Oakland Post

This is a small clip of Azeem and Zeph performing at the Def Jux show in San Francisco with EL-P, Aesop Rock, and Lateef. The show was at the Mezzanine on March 25th 2007.

Adonis gets a tatoo of Oaklyn Records on his neck...