Miami Bass Warriors "Going Back to Calle Ocho" Video Premiere

Yesterday, we told you that Otto Von Schirach, Jose El Rey and El Tigre, who together form Miami Bass Warriors, would make their small-screen debut on Pitbull's La Esquina on mun2. Their video for (their only song?) "Going Back to Calle Ocho" -- which we're pretty sure is play on...

By Jose D. Duran

December 11, 2008

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Yesterday, we told you that Otto Von Schirach, Jose El Rey and El Tigre, who together form Miami Bass Warriors, would make their small-screen debut on Pitbull's La Esquina on mun2. Their video for (their only song?) "Going Back to Calle Ocho" -- ~~which we're pretty sure is play on Notorious B.I.G.'s "Going Back to Cali" but we haven't really asked~~ actually, it's a play on LL Cool J's "Going Back to Cali" -- debuted at the start of the episode. What a relief too, because it meant we didn't have to sit through Pitbull's insipid search for Miss 305 -- so much silicone!

But back to the Warriors. Their video, which surprisingly had high production values (for them anyway), complimented well the tongue-in-cheek tone of the song, even if they never get the video vixens to "shake, shake, shake."

Check out the video above to see the guys in action; it should be the first thing you see when you hit play.

-- Jose D. Duran

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Jose D. Duran has been the associate web editor of Miami New Times since 2008. He's the voice and strategist behind the publication's eyebrow-raising Facebook and Twitter feeds. He has also been reporting on Miami's music, entertainment, and cultural scenes since 2006, previously through sites such as MiamiNights.com and OnBeat.com. He earned his BS in journalism with a minor in art history from the University of Florida. He's a South Florida native and will be a Miami resident as long as climate change permits and the temperature doesn't drop below 60 degrees.

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