Keak Da Sneak and San Quinn – “Welcome To Scokland” Sco-o-o-oooookland! Bay Area kingpins Keak Da Sneak and San Quinn bring the noise with the title track of the album Welcome To Scokland, which serves as the first ever collaborative album between the cities of San Francisco and Oakland. The two cities share a deep yet divisive history full of rivalries dating back to the gold rush days but Keak and Quinn put all that aside for the course of [...]
Shawty Lo’s Sophomore Album “Carlos” In Stores 5/5 Listen To Shawty Lo’s 1st Single “Supplier” Feat Trey Songz “Carlos” In Stores 5/5 Before being named “Rookie of the Year” at the 2008 BET Awards, as well as taking home the honor of 2008′s “Breakthrough Artist” by Ozone Magazine and Radio One’s “Song of the Year” accolade, Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker was already a ghetto superstar in his hood. No stranger to ice, chicks or whips, Shawty Lo had a rap [...]
Debut Album Ridin High from Production Duo Keelay & Zaire Features Phonte, Blu, Supastition, and More MYX Music to Release First Album in Ambitious 2009 Release Schedule The bi-coastal production duo Keelay & Zaire will release their debut album Ridin High on March 10th via the newly imprinted MYX Music Label. Featuring a classic hip-hop and R&B production aesthetic and an all-star lineup of guest artists, the album brings a new breed of polished production to the forefront of hip-hop. [...]
THE CHAP LAUNCHES NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT TOUR “Mega Breakfast is The Chap’s superbly quirky coming-out party.” (8.1) – Pitchforkmedia “… on ‘Mega Breakfast’ it’s mostly The Chap that shines through – a heart full of pop choruses and quirk that surpasses the stabs at world music, prog rock, and post-dance music.” – XLR8R “The tunes are herky-jerky, minimalistic dancefloor jams. I picture The Big Lebowski’s nihilists dancing around to ‘Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley’ if they cared enough to.” – My [...]
OBESE RECORDS SIGNS ILLY Obese Records is proud to announce the addition of Melbourne-based hip hop artist Illy to its roster. Illy’s solo repertoire was featured on his solid two-volume mixtape (released in 2007 and 2008 respectively) and his captivating stage presence (having shared the stage with Bliss n’ Eso, Phrase, Spit Syndicate, and Dialectrix). Influenced by kaleidoscope of artists from Nas to Bob Marley, Biggie to Bob Dylan, the 23-year-old MC boasts a spitfire flow, both youthful and intelligent, [...]
Marina Chello is Bad Boys newest signee and the first artist signed under Harve Pierre’s new imprint label, Crazy Joint Records! Get to know her and her first single “Whats Done is Done” “What’s Done is Done” Check her out on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/marinachello Short Bio on Marina Marina is a singer/songwriter, entertainer, hard worker, dreamer…. Singed to CRAZYJOINT, a company lead by Bad Boy Records renowned head, legendary music executive Harve Pierre. CRAZYJOINT is distributed through Bad Boy/Atlantic. She is [...]
Pigeon John and Flynn Adam Are… ROOTBEER! Debut EP out March 10th / West Coast Tour Through March You already know Rootbeer. The group is the latest concoction from West coast indie-hip-hop artists Pigeon John and Flynn Adam. Both have achieved solo success – Pigeon with his … and the Summertime Pool Party and Sings the Blues albums, the first of which reached #1 on the CMJ Hip Hop chart – and Flynn Adam as a member of the LA [...]
Xzibit responds on his MySpace to the alleged beef with P. Diddy MR X to tha Z says: I HAVE NO BEEF WITH DIDDY!!!!! Wow, so I wake up this morning and my phone is going nuts. I turn on the computer and find all this shit about me “throwing puffy under the gay bus” whatever that means. All this SPIN that you journalist are putting on the statements I made on a radio show to DIRECTLY effect a guy [...]
DIPSET’S JR WRITER PREPS FOR MARCH 31ST RELEASE OF CINECRACK; PREVIEWS ALBUM JR Writer, renowned Dipset member and street-smart wordsmith preps for the release of his new album “Cinecrack,” March 31st, on Babygrande Records. With a tremendous internet buzz surrounding his beef/feud with challengers to his throne, JR is lining up heater after heater to do what he is best known for: asserting himself and claiming his crown as one of the best young artists to emerge from the New [...]
