{"id":5928,"date":"2016-04-19T16:28:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5928"},"modified":"2016-04-19T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:28:23","slug":"video-work-elzhi-tells-haters-to-keep-dreaming-in-the-latest-verse-behavior-watchloudwatchloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5928","title":{"rendered":"Video Work: Elzhi Tells Haters To &#8220;Keep Dreaming&#8221; In The Latest Verse Behavior &#8211; WatchLOUDWatchLOUD"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/watchloud.com\/elzhi-keep-dreaming\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.watchloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Elzhi-VB-WatchLOUD.jpg?w=1021\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Share on Google In our latest Verse Behavior video Detroit\u2019s own Elzhi discusses his song \u201cKeep Dreaming,\u201d the final track from his stellar album Lead Poison.\u00a0 Elzhi\u2019s journey to completing this project was fraught with various difficulties from depression to angry, impatient fans who helped fund it via Kickstarter. But for anyone who thought he was down and out this song was a perfect response. \u201cI had a lot of things I was going through, a few things I was struggling with,\u201d he tells WatchLOUD. \u201cWhen I did the Kickstarter I really didn\u2019t speak out on what I was going through at that time and because I didn\u2019t, people kind of thought what they thought because they didn\u2019t hear anything from me. Some people created a rumor that I ran off with the money and that it was a scam. But I knew that once everything was brought to light that it would be ok.\u201d Watch the full clip above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/watchloud.com\/elzhi-keep-dreaming\/\">Elzhi Tells Haters To &#8220;Keep Dreaming&#8221; In The Latest Verse Behavior &#8211; WatchLOUDWatchLOUD<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Share on Google In our latest Verse Behavior video Detroit\u2019s own Elzhi discusses his song \u201cKeep Dreaming,\u201d the final track from his stellar album Lead Poison.\u00a0 Elzhi\u2019s journey to completing this project was fraught with various difficulties from depression to angry, impatient fans who &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-excerpt-more\"><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=5928\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[145],"tags":[1092,72,1093],"class_list":["post-5928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-video","tag-elzhi","tag-hiphop","tag-watchloud","post--featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/Elzhi-VB-WatchLOUD-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8EmB-1xC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6245,"url":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=6245","url_meta":{"origin":5928,"position":0},"title":"Video: Mickey Factz Changed His Mind On Trump &#038; Hillary &#8211; WatchLOUD","date":"8 Nov \u201916","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Watch part two of Mickey Factz's \"Verse Behavior.\" Source: Mickey Factz Changed His Mind On Trump & Hillary - WatchLOUD","rel":"","context":"In &quot;editor&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6239,"url":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=6239","url_meta":{"origin":5928,"position":1},"title":"Video: Mickey Factz Crunches The Numbers On \u201c414 Words\u201d For Verse Behavior &#8211; WatchLOUD","date":"29 Oct \u201916","format":false,"excerpt":"Mickey Factz breaks down the lines in \"414 Words,\" the first single from this debut album \"The Achievement.\" Source: Mickey Factz Crunches The Numbers On \u201c414 Words\u201d For Verse Behavior - WatchLOUD","rel":"","context":"In &quot;video&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/wp-content\/audio\/Mickey-Factz-VB-450x270.jpg?fit=450%2C270&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6232,"url":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=6232","url_meta":{"origin":5928,"position":2},"title":"Video: AFRO Polo &#8220;Use These Blues&#8221; [VERSE BEHAVIOR]","date":"21 Sep \u201916","format":false,"excerpt":"My latest shoot and edit for Watchloud's Verse Behavior Marco Polo and A-F-R-O discuss how they met and making \"Use These Blues\" from their EP, A-F-R-O Polo. 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