Aztec Motto
A student-produced music video featuring Tim Shelton and The Show has drawn thousands of viewers and fans.
鈥楢ztec Motto,鈥� a hip-hop ode to this year鈥檚 Aztecs basketball team, tallied nearly 36,000 unique views on YouTube after Aztec basketball player Tim Shelton posted it on his account Jan. 15. (Jan. 20 Update: the video has now been viewed more than 75,000 times.)
called Shelton the 鈥渃ollege hoops (rap) king sitting atop the throne.鈥� in its "in the life" section.
Awed by the response, Shelton credited his teammates and all the enthusiastic fans of Aztec Nation.
鈥淚 did have high expectations for the video,鈥� said Shelton, who graduated last spring and is persuing his master's degree in post secondary education. 鈥淚t was an incredible process and it was great to be a part of it, but I couldn鈥檛 have done it without the team.鈥�
Supporting cast
The video marries Shelton鈥檚 Red & Black-fueled lyrics with his teammates鈥� hold-your-breath dunks. It also includes students from 鈥渢he Show,鈥� the rollicking student section that many .
鈥淚f (Shelton) doesn't make it in basketball, he's going to give Ice Cube a run for his money.鈥�
Teammate Chase Tapley was impressed by the reaction from Internet viewers.
鈥淚t is just awesome to see this thing go live and now to see how big it has gotten,鈥� Tapley said.
Production by a student, for the students
Videographer and computer science major Aubry Wiltcher directed the production. Wiltcher founded Life Captured Media, whose five members recorded and produced the video.
Not just for kids
When asked about the video, Aztec Coach Steve Fisher just smiled and made it clear he was not surprised about its popularity.
鈥淭im asked me to preview it to the team before the last game, and I was just as excited as they were,鈥� Fisher said. 鈥淚f he doesn鈥檛 make it in basketball, he鈥檚 going to give Ice Cube a run for his money.鈥�
