DJBooth.net To Host Exclusive Twitter Q&A with KB Tonight
Dove Award-Winning Hip Hop Artist Hosted Fan Listening Party in Houston Giving Them A First Look Into The April 21st Release
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
KB'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM TOMORROW WE LIVE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER TODAY AND LAUNCHES SECOND SINGLE "CROWNS & THORNS (OCEANS)"
Dove Award-Winning Hip Hop Artist Hosted Fan Listening Party in Houston Giving Them A First Look Into The April 21st Release
Monday, March 9, 2015
Keep GOIN' UP with Hip Hop Artist Tyran Brown on UrbanMusicBuzz
Hip hop music continues to grow with Tyran Brown as he shares his story with DJ / Host Chris Tian on UrbanMusicBuzz.
The rising artist who connects listeners with his sizzling sound has been mentored by 5X Grammy Award winning Malik Yusef who not only believes in his music, but helped guide Tyran up the ladder to success.
Tyran impressed UrbanMusicBuzz host Chris Tian with his amazing story on a lavish red carpet party as the two support the cause Rockin' Against Human Trafficking in downtown, Los Angeles, the same red carpet attended by actor Pierce Brosnan and other major media outlets.
Tian was so excited about Tyran Brown's talent, that he later on interviewed him with an exclusive interview on UrbanMusicBuzz which was also coordinated by Melantha of 1OFAKIND Entertainment.
Please TUNE IN onTuesday, March 10th @ 8PM (EST) to learn more about Tyran Brown. This is one interview you don't want to miss out on.
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Saturday, March 7, 2015
KB UNVEILS LYRIC VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE, "SIDEWAYS" FEATURING LABEL MATE LECRAE FROM UPCOMING SOPHOMORE ALBUM, TOMORROW WE LIVE
Pre-Order For New Album Begins March 10 on Digital Platforms
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Friday, December 5, 2014
BREAKING: Rapper Beanie Sigel Shot At Jersey Shore | Boom 107.9 Philly
Beanie Sigel's HOT music video, "Feel It In The Air," do you remember this video???
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The Turning Point EP - Release Date: May 20, 2014
The Turning Point EP
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Formed in 2007, eMC is comprised of four lyricists including the Milwaukee born phenom Stricklin, the widely respected NYC duo and “Lyricist Lounge” emcees Punchline & Wordsworth and the legendary Brooklyn bred and former Juice Crew member Masta Ace.
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“Often, these dream collaborations have exceedingly high expectations that are unlikely to get met anyway…. But with its collective veteran sensibility, experience from previous collaborations and the guidance of Ace, eMC makes it happen.”
Hip Hop DX
“… eMC, which calls itself a "supergroup"; many critics would concur.”
Pitchfork
“…these gents show that they have the skills and chemistry to craft a cohesive song”
The Smoking Section
“Really talented group of artists here!”
Hip Hop Dependency
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Hip-Hop Super-group eMC To Release Forthcoming EP The Turning Point on May 20 via M3/Penalty Entertainment
April 16, 2014 (New York, NY) – Hip Hop Super-group eMC announces the release of their forthcoming EP The Turning Point via M3/Penalty Entertainment/RED on May 20. Formed in 2007, eMC is comprised of four lyricists including the Milwaukee born phenom Stricklin, the widely respected NYC duo and “Lyricist Lounge” emcees Punchline & Wordsworth and the legendary Brooklyn-bred and former Juice Crew member Masta Ace.
The Turning Point will be available for pre-order on May 6, and fans who purchase the EP in advance will receive the lead single “Charly Murphie” as an instant grat track on iTunes. Produced by Detroit's own 14KT and featuring Agallah Don Bishop (8-Off the Assassin), “Charlie Murphie” is eMC's antithesis response to the current trend of radio friendly songs being named after famous individuals. Masta Ace explains “ Charly Murhpie epitomizes the hardcore, aggressive, punch in the nose mentality which is a stark contrast to those other songs.”
In various skits, The Turning Point takes the listener through the group’s decision to record a new album after almost 6 years. Reminiscent of John Belushi's character in “The Blues Brothers,” Masta Ace calls each member asking them if they are interested in reuniting. The result is a 6-song offering with stand out tracks “Stay Busy” featuring and produced by newcomer Pav Bundy, and “Verified” featuring Birmingham England sensation Lady Leshurr. The title track “Turning Point” features east coast crooner Range Da Messenga, as well as production from UK's very own Quincey Tones.
eMC will release the video for “Charlie Murphie” next month and plans to tour the US and Europe this summer, as well as Canada later this year.
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THE BIOGRAPHY OF eMC:
Great rhymes plus great beats equals great music! This is the formula that any hip-hop artist truly dedicated to their craft should choose to live by. The hip-hop world is constantly looking for a breath of fresh air. Well hip-hop fans need to look no further. Take a deep breath, inhale and become intoxicated by the sounds of the super-group eMC!
Formed in 2007, eMC is comprised of four spectacular lyricists: the Milwaukee born phenom Stricklin, the widely respected NYC duo and “Lyricist Lounge” emcees Punchline & Wordsworth and the legendary Brooklyn-bred, former Juice Crew member Masta Ace.
The Wisconsin native Stricklin made noise in the late 90’s when he was signed to Tommy Boy Records and was featured on several of the labels releases. Punchline & Wordsworth released an EP in 2000 and were both integral in the success of the groundbreaking MTV program “The Lyricist Lounge Show”. Wordsworth would later release a solo LP in 2004 entitled “Mirror Music”. These three talented artists obviously caught the ear of Masta Ace because he went on to feature them all on two of his own albums.
What makes this group so special is that its formation spawned as a result of the request of the fans. Having toured extensively with Ace since 2001, Stricklin, Punchline, and Wordsworth all became very close after realizing how natural their chemistry together was. The fans recognized this chemistry as well and often asked if there was a group album planned in the future. Well in 2008 that question was answered emphatically when the quartet released their critically acclaimed debut album “The Show” on M3/Traffic Entertainment.
“The Show” was an instant classic among hip-hop purists around the world and it's great reception lead to eMC being established as one of the elite groups within the underground rap realm. After three years of extensive touring from 2006-2008, the group's members branched off to re-establish their solo careers. Punchline released his powerful debut album “Underground Superstar” with Germany's own DJ Soul Clap in 2012. The brilliant Wordsworth dropped his second solo effort “The Photo Album” in June of 2012. Masta Ace teamed up with rap veteran Edo G in 2009 to release “Arts & Entertainment” followed by an album released in 2012 dedicated to his late mother entitled “Son of Yvonne” which featured songs exclusively written over MF DOOM beats.
Finally, the Four Brothers have reunited with their new EP “The Turning Point”, which is set to be released on M3/Penalty Entertainment/Sony Red in the spring of 2014. Prompted by a phone call from Penalty Entertainment's CEO Neil Levine, this six song offering takes the listener through the group members' decision to do a new album after almost 6 years. Reminiscent of John Belushi's character in “The Blues Brothers”, Masta Ace calls each group member one by one asking if they are interested in getting together once more. The EP serves as a precursor to their full length LP scheduled to be released later this year.
The lead off single “Charly Murphie”, which has very little to do with the famous actor/comedian brother of Eddie Murphy, features Agallah Don Bishop (8-Off the Assassin) and stands as eMC's reaction to the current trend of radio friendly songs named after famous individuals. Masta Ace explains, ”There are so many of these songs out there named after famous people and most of them aren't any good. Charly Murphie, produced by Detroit's own 14KT, epitomizes the hardcore, aggressive, punch in the nose mentality which is a stark contrast to those other songs. Who are you taking in a fight Justin Bieber or Charlie Murphy?”
The “Charly Murphie” single and video hit the internet on iTunes in early April and are part of a brilliantly produced EP full of stand out songs including “Stay Busy”, produced by and featuring talented new comer Pav Bundy, “Verified” featuring the Birmingham, England female sensation, Lady Leshurr and the the title track “Turning Point” featuring east coast crooner Range Da Messenga as well as production from UK's very own Quincey Tones.
This EP will have eMC's core fans salivating for the full length album which will consist of 12-14 additional tracks. Their first tour rolls out this May with a trip to Europe and the group expects to tour in the states, Canada and possibly Australia before closing out the end of this year.
For more information on eMC, please contact:
Kelly Krueger @ ‘stache media
Monday, October 21, 2013
CHILDISH GAMBINO RELEASES FIRST SINGLE "3005" FROM NEW ALBUM because the internet DUE OUT DECEMBER 10th, 2013
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT ANNOUNCES OCTOBER 29 RELEASE FOR BLACK RADIO 2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 1, 2013
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT ANNOUNCES
OCTOBER 29 RELEASE FOR BLACK RADIO 2
FOLLOW-UP TO GRAMMY-WINNING BLACK RADIO BUILDS ON ITS SUCCESS
BY FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMON, BRANDY, JILL SCOTT,
MARSHA AMBROSIUS, ANTHONY HAMILTON, NORAH JONES, SNOOP DOGG,
LUPE FIASCO, EMELI SANDÉ, AND MORE
On their 2012 breakout Black Radio, Robert Glasper Experiment laid out a new paradigm for creative music, reaching beyond entrenched genre boundaries to create a singular vision that drew from all reaches of contemporary black music and beyond. Black Radio drew unanimous praise from critics across the board and earned Glasper the highest chart positions of his career when the album debuted at #10 on Billboard's Top Current Albums chart, also claiming the #1 spot on both the Billboard Jazz chart and the iTunes R&B chart. The album kept earning accolades all the way to the 2013 GRAMMY Awards where Black Radio was awarded Best R&B Album.
On October 29, RGE ups the ante with the release of Black Radio 2 (Blue Note), another genre-defying effort that takes the Black Radio blueprint and builds to even greater heights. The core remains the Experiment, as astoundingly versatile a band as has ever existed, featuring Robert Glasper on keyboards, Derrick Hodge on bass, Mark Colenburg on drums, and Casey Benjamin on vocoder and saxophone. Providing the vocals throughout is another jaw-dropping roll call of vocalists including Common, Patrick Stump, Brandy, Jill Scott, Dwele, Marsha Ambrosius, Anthony Hamilton, Faith Evans, Norah Jones, Snoop Dogg, Lupe Fiasco, Emeli Sandé, Lalah Hathaway, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Fans can find news about the new album, listen to and purchase music, watch exclusive videos, see upcoming tour dates and more in The Official Robert Glasper Experiment App, which is available now exclusively through the App Store.
On Black Radio 2, the emphasis is on songwriting with 11 of the 12 tracks new originals, from the soaring lead track "I Stand Alone" featuring rapper Common and vocalist Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy through Jill Scott’s sensual ode to connection “Calls” to the reinvention fantasy “Somebody Else” featuring BRIT Award winner Emeli Sandé. The lone cover is the album closer, a spine-tingling version of Stevie Wonder’s “Jesus Children of America” by vocalist Lalah Hathaway that also features a poignant spoken word tribute to the 20 young victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting by poet Malcolm-Jamal Warner. The album was produced by Glasper along with executive producers Nicole Hegeman and Eli Wolf.
The track listing for Black Radio 2 is as follows:
Baby Tonight (Black Radio Intro)
I Stand Alone featuring Common and Patrick Stump
What Are We Doing featuring Brandy
Calls featuring Jill Scott
No Worries featuring Dwele
Trust featuring Marsha Ambrosius
Yet To Find featuring Anthony Hamilton
You Own Me featuring Faith Evans
Let It Ride featuring Norah Jones
Persevere featuring Snoop Dogg and Lupe Fiasco
Somebody Else featuring Emeli Sandé
Jesus Children of America featuring Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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Growing up in Houston, Texas, Robert Glasper had a strong musical influence in his mother, who played piano and sang gospel music in church as well as in jazz and blues clubs in Houston. By the age of twelve, he was playing piano in church and often accompanied his mother in clubs. Raised on gospel, Motown, and R&B, by his teens he was listening to jazz, rock, pop and hip hop. He attended the Houston High School for the Performing Arts and moved to New York City to study at New School University. While still in school he was already playing with Christian McBride and Kenny Garrett, and went on to play with Nicholas Payton, Terence Blanchard, and Roy Hargrove.
After releasing his debut album Mood on the Fresh Sound label in 2003 followed by two buzzed about Blue Note albums with his acoustic Trio—Canvas (2005) and In My Element (2007)—Glasper perfectly captured his unique duality with Double-Booked (2009), an album that juxtaposed his Trio and Experiment bands, and earned the keyboardist his first GRAMMY nomination.
The 2012 release of Black Radio was met with wide acclaim, with Jay-Z’s Life+Times calling it a “a genre-bending album finding a perfect medium between jazz, R&B and hip-hop,” while Rolling Stone declared “Glasper heads down the fraught path of hip-hop jazz and gets it right,” adding that “with music this smart and inviting, the implied diss of mainstream doesn’t feel like sour grapes; it feels like a blueprint forward.” USA Today proclaimed it “an exhilarating experience,” adding that “Glasper succeeds in making accessible, authentic music that is far removed from the disposable music that dominates black radio today.”
Black Radio featured collaborations with vocalists including Erykah Badu, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Ledisi, Chrisette Michele, Musiq Soulchild, and yasiin bey, and Glasper followed the album release with TV appearances on CBS Late Show With David Letterman, NBC Tonight Show With Jay Leno and NBC Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Black Radio was awarded Best R&B Album at the 2013 GRAMMY Awards.
For more information contact Cem Kurosman at Blue Note Records
(p) 212.786.8634
Monday, April 8, 2013
Snoop Dogg Feels Gay Life Not Acceptable in Rap Industry?
Snoop Dogg who supports gay marriage thinks that the rap music world isn't nearly ready for a gay rapper.
Source; CelebritySpotWire
According to sources that have asked Snoop about Frank Ocean coming out and if it would make things easier for a potentially gay rapper to succeed, Snoop feels rap is too masculine and doesn't know if it would ever be accepted. Snoop also stated that Frank Ocean is a singer which his gay lifestyle is acceptable in the singing world, but not in the world of the rap culture.
Snoop also says that he has gay homes and has no problem with gay people.
When Snoop was recently out in Los Angeles over the weekend TMZ caught up with the rap sensation and Snoop explained his comments in a video below stating that he's trying to better himself and not change anyone else.
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