El DeBarge Interview

INTRO Magazine interviews El DeBarge as he talks about his new album Second Chance available on Itunes right now.

"JAY, 50 & WEEZY" TAKES DEE-1 TO MTVu's "THE FRESHMEN"

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"JAY, 50 & WEEZY" ON YOUTUBE

(over 100,000 views)

New Orleans, LA - As a former educator, it is only fitting that Dee-1 get his start at MTV on MTVu's "The Freshmen." His Jay, 50 & Weezy video is up for voting on the site all this week - http://freshmen.mtvu.com/ after making its debut on MTV Jams last weekend. Today also saw the video go over 100,000 plays on YouTube, with over 42 pages of comments.

Some typical reactions from viewers include: "A breath of fresh air!!! FINALLY!!!", "That was HOT! One of the few rappers that I would pay to see" and "This was very poignant, real, and heartfelt. Shoutout to Dee-1." They just go on and on.

David Augustine aka Dee-1 always had a passion for music. After graduating from Louisiana State with a bachelors in marketing, he began teaching middle school as a way of funding that passion. The strong bond he built with his students, even as his notoriety as a local artist began to grow, made him realize that being Dee-1 gave him a much larger platform to enlighten than being Mr. Augustine and so, his career choice was made.

Since then there has been his highly successful mixtapes, Still We Rise, I Am Who I Am and I Hope They Hear Me, an independent album, David & Goliath (nominated for for Hip Hop Album of the Year by Offbeat magazine) and live performances alongside the likes of Lil Wayne, Drake, Lupe Fiasco, Trey Songz, Akon, Talib Kweli and more, where his star power was evident. Dee-1 was also the first rap act to win the annual Louisiana State University "Battle of the Bands."

Next up for this unapologetic musical educator is his new mixtape, I Hope They Hear Me: Vol. #2, set to drop as a free download later this year. The first single/video for the tape is "Jay, 50 and Weezy", a lyrical challenge from Dee-1 to those he looks up to in the game.

VIDEO: - "Jay, 50 & Weezy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1IGfv8zSgw

To keep the buzz alive until his tape drops, Dee-1 is dropping mixtape tracks and freestyles, along with original material from I Hope They Hear Me, Vol. #2. Below is a link to download Gold & Platinum, Dee-1's interpretation of Black & Yellow.

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://tinyurl.com/dee1GoldandPlatinum

THIS Friday Nov 13 Party with Legendary DJ & Producer PrincePaul

November is Hip Hop History Month

Come Celebrate the Culture with LEGENDARY PRODUCER & DJ PRINCE PAUL (Stetsasonic, De La Soul, Gravediggas, Handsome Boy Modeling School, etc, etc, etc...)

http://www.myspace.com/princepaulofficialmyspacepage

Saturday, November 13, 2010

10 PM $10

B Side Liquor Lounge

2785 Euclid Heights Blvd

Cleveland, OH

According to the Universal ZULU Nation, November is the birth month

of Hip Hop Culture. Afrika Bambaataa, it's founder and one of the God Fathers

of Hip Hop Culture states that "Hip Hop is the Vehicle to Deliver Innumerable

Lessons!" Bambatta doesn't believe that Hip Hop heads should just have knowledge

of Hip Hop. He promotes and proves that Hip Hop can be used as a vehicle for

teaching awareness, knowledge, wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, equality, peace, unity, love, respect, responsibility and recreation, overcoming challenges, economics, mathematics. science, life, truth, facts and faith. www.zulunation.com

Diamond Responds to Critics, and Releases Music from Cocaine Waitress

Diamond responds to critics, and naysayers with the leak of "Shots Fired" from her latest mixtape project Cocaine Waitress. "This record was just a release for me. I was able to say all the things that had been building up inside, and just the space to really breathe," Diamond explains.

"Shots Fired" is released on the heels of slanderous misinformation being presented about a car she received as a gift being repossessed. Although the actual car dealer spoke candidly about the situation being false, (Part 1 http://bit.ly/cy9kIx & Part 2 http://bit.ly/aCAlKR), very few outlets issued a retraction or event posted the update. She also did an exclusive in depth interview with AllHipHop.com about the ordeal http://bit.ly/9NJnVn. "At the end of the day, I've done everything to present the truth to the public. They'll chose to see the truth, or they'll run with what's more entertaining, either way I'm moving forward."

http://bit.ly/aKp3X4 "Shots Fired" (from Cocaine Waitress)
The photo credit goes to Robert Ector.

Conya Doss Nominated for three 2010 SoulTrack's Awards alongside Badu,Dwele, Raheem, John Legend & more

THE WORLD'S #1 SOUL MUSIC WEB PORTAL SOULTRACKS.COM ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR READER'S CHOICE AWARDS 2010

Soul Vocalist Conya Doss Nominated in 3 Categories at the 2010 SoulTracks

Reader's Choice Awards ("Album of the Year," "Song of the Year," and "Best

Female Vocalist") alongside talent Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, John Legend

& The Roots, Kem, Leela James, Lyfe Jennings, Mary J. Blige, Melanie Fiona,

Monica, Raheem Devaughn, Ryan Leslie, Toni Braxton, Bilal, Dwele, N'Dambi,

Keke Wyatt, Angie Stone, Calvin Richardson, Maysa and more.

In Fall 2010 Cleveland's Reigning Queen of Indie Soul Conya Doss broke digital

download records on Soultracks.com with her emotionally resonant fifth studio

album Blu Transition, now the Ohio based school teacher turned charismatic

songbird whose garnered accolades from BET J, Soultracks, iTunes and more

continues to receive rave reviews

Purchase Album Blu Transition
Listen to Singles "All in You" and "What We Gone Do"Currently playing on

Music Choice, Sirius Satellite, XM Radio, WGPR/Detroit, WBTJ/Richmond,

WKKV/Milwaukee, WOWI/Norfolk and WHUR/Washington DC

DukeDaGod "The D.I.P. Agenda" Press Release

Dipset Member DukeDaGod enlists Cam'ron, Jadakiss and others to carry out The D.I.P. Agenda

THE D.I.P. AGENDA WILL BE RELASED ON NOVEMBER 23rd

New York, NY – SMC Recordings, one of the leading independent hip hop labels, along with Distrolord Inc, is excited to announce their upcoming release from Diplomats member, DukeDaGod. This will be the first album from the Dipset family before the infamous reunion album drops and will give fans a taste of what they've been missing. The album includes appearances by a slew of Dipset members and other heavy hitters including: Cam'Ron, Jadakiss and of all people - Katt Williams.

DukeDaGod, a founding member of the group, The Diplomats aka Dipset; is a savvy businessman, rapper, producer, and master marketer. As an artist that has consistently had impressive outings, Dipset fans have been anticipating a project from DukeDaGod since his last official release, Dipset: More Than Music, Vol. 2, which is one of the DipSet best selling indie endeavors.

"This is the best album I've ever done. I've been away for so long that I took my time to really perfect it. It's my graduation album." Said DukeDaGod. "This is all brand new music so it's like a new Dipset album. If you like Dipset you are gonna love this album."

The D.I.P. Agenda features Dipset members; Cam'ron, Freekey Zekey, Hell Rell, J.R. Writer, 40 Cal. and Katt Williams and guest appearances by Jadakiss, Lil Flip, Sheek Louch and production by AraabMUZIK, and DukeDaGod.

The dual singles from the album are, "Dipset/DBlock Pt. 2" featuring Hell Rell and Sheek Louch. DukeDaGod shares, "It's a real street record. It's going to touch the souls of people and the video is going to be dope. The next single, "After the After party" features Hell Rell, 40 Cal. and J.R Writer. "It's something you wouldn't expect from us but you'll definitely feel it." Said DukeDaGod.

DukeDaGod's release The D.I.P. Agenda is the first of many in a new partnership with Distrolord, an innovative music and technology company that supports digital optimization and development, which is right in sync with the model of the digital savvy SMC Recordings helmed by CEO Ralph Tashjian. Future projects through this partnership include releases from: Big L, 40 Cal., Neek The Exotic & Large Professor, Tragedy Khadafi and Streetlife featuring Method Man.

"SMC has a great machine behind them and amazing people working for them. They have had great success with a bunch of artists and really know how to dial into an artist's fanbase and expand it." shared CEO and founder of Distrolord, Gustavo Guerra.

"We are confident about this new partnership with Distrolord, they have the same vision as us, a roster of artists that have a real following and have done well independently." Said CEO Ralph Tashjian.

The D.I.P. Agenda on SMC Recordings/Distrolord/Duke Productions will be available in stores and online 11/23/10.

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