Calmatic on Directing for Kendrick Lamar, Lebron James, House Party Remake & More

Published: Jan. 13, 2023, 7:03 p.m.

Calmatic talks about his rise, career, highlights, House Party, creative process, working with Kendrick, Lil Nas, and more!\n\n-----\n00:00 Intro\n0:00 Calmatic on seeing T-Rell around town and thinking he looks grimy and mean\n2:30 T-Rell says he used to practice his dance routine before going to parties\n3:30 Calmatic on using outlets like "At The End Of The Day" as inspiration for writing scripts\n4:25 Directing the "House Party" movie, AD having a part in the movie, and a song in the soundtrack\n7:30 T-Rell and AD compliment Calmatic's work ethic and choosing a different path as a filmmaker\n8:30 Calmatic learning directing and producing from after-school programs\n10:02 Calmatic speaks on getting robbed and using renter's insurance to get new filming equipment\n18:40 Kendrick Lamar hitting him up to do music videos for free at first and improving his creative output throughout the years and being consistent\n23:15 Calmatic on dealing with criticism and people hating on him for remaking a movie\n24:50 T-Rell claiming that Calmatic stole his idea for the House Party movie\n25:30 T-Rell and DoKnow having a part in the "White Men Can\u2019t Jump" remake\n28:50 Calmatic on when he decided to become a film director as opposed to strictly music videos\n29:20 Calmatic on directing "Old Town Road" and winning a grammy\n31:03 Calmatic on working with Lil Nas X, Nipsey Hussle, and Big Sean\n36:05 Calmatic on taking inspiration from the hood and LA into his writing\n37:50 T-Rell asks Calmatic what kind of movies he would love to work on, like a movie about the LA riots\n42:03 AD talks about DOPE and Snowfall being cool, Los Angeles-based, movies\n47:02 T-Rell asks about the politics in the movie industry\n48:30 Calmatic learning to talk in a business sense to get what he wanted\n54:03 Calmatic and AD talk about using their past as an influence in creating new content\n55:35 AD asks how it was working with LeBron James in the movie and with his production company\n1:00:48 T-Rell asks Calmatic what was his worst experience with someone on set\n1:02:19 Calmatic working and being inspired by Anderson .Paak's creativity\n1:03:30 Discussing Tyga and Chris Brown becoming video directors\n1:15:00 Calmatic on when he will be done making remakes and working on original movies\n\n-----\nNO JUMPER PATREON\nhttp://www.patreon.com/nojumper\n\nCHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLIST\nhttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te...\n\nFOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATES\nhttps://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_...\n\nCHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/\n\nSUBSCRIBE for new interviews (and more) weekly: http://bit.ly/nastymondayz\xa0\n\nFollow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ENxb4B...\n\niTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n...\n\nFollow us on Social Media:\nhttps://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_...\nhttp://www.twitter.com/nojumper\nhttp://www.instagram.com/nojumper\nhttps://www.facebook.com/NOJUMPEROFFI...\nhttp://www.reddit.com/r/nojumper\nJOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBm\n\nFollow Adam22:\nhttps://www.tiktok.com/@adam22\nhttp://www.twitter.com/adam22\nhttp://www.instagram.com/adam22\nadam22hoe on Snapchat\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices