ScienZe: Adam's World Artist of the Week

ScienZe

From Adam Bernard:

"ScienZe is an emcee hailing from Brooklyn, NY, who was highly recommended to me by former Artist Of The Week Top $ Raz. When I started doing my research on ScienZe the first thing I came across was his video for "Her Favorite Song." The ode to his significant other really struck me as something unique as we don't usually hear a lot of emcees expressing the emotion of love except when in reference to emceeing, or, in the case of many mainstream rappers, material things."

"Wanting to know more about ScienZe, I caught up with him this week to discuss his music, as well as the finer points of his Commercial FREE Movement, and why he feels there's such a lack of love in hip-hop."

Read the complete interview here.

For previous Artists of the Week see ProHipHop's Adam's World category.

J.J. Brown: Connect the Dots.

J.J. Brown - Connect the Dots.

J.J. Brown's Connect the Dots. is due November 10th on Well Done.

MySpace: J.J. Brown

Available on iTunes: J.J. Brown

UCB: Pat Your Weave Music Video ft. Wale

UCB - Pat Your Weave ft. Wale

Directed By Rik Cordero of Three 21 Media.

Wale's Attention Deficit album is out tomorrow.

Available on iTunes: Wale

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Wale: Attention Deficit Album Art
Wale: Uptown Roamers Music Video
Wale: Family Affair Music Video
Wale: Chillin Music Video f/Lady Gaga

Wale: Uptown Roamers Music Video

Wale: Uptown Roamers

Off an early Wale mixtape. Directed by Bob Smoke.

Wale's Attention Deficit album is out tomorrow.

Available on iTunes: Wale

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Wale: Attention Deficit Album Art
UCB: Pat Your Weave Music Video ft. Wale
Wale: Family Affair Music Video
Wale: Chillin Music Video f/Lady Gaga

Lil Wayne: The Carter Documentary Trailer

QD3 Presents The Carter Documentary Trailer

QD3's The Carter, a documentary featuring Lil Wayne, is set for release November 17th:

"Movie Synopsis: An in-depth look at the artist...proclaimed by many as the "greatest rapper alive." With comprehensive and personal interviews with Lil' Wayne, this film features insight from those that know him best..."The Carter" premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and features an intimate and in-depth look into the public and private life of Lil Wayne - showcasing his most personal moments and giving audiences a peak at Wayne in a way that they have never seen him before."

Over at Hip Hop Press:
QD3 ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS "THE CARTER" DOCUMENTARY

Hip Hop Album Releases for Nov. 10: Aesop Fables, DJ Drama & Wyclef Jean, DOOM, J.J. Brown, Messy Marv & T-Nutty, The Rangers, Wale, Wu-Tang

K-Rino - Solitary Confinement

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The following new releases are available at Amazon and iTunes.

11/10
Aesop Fables - Living The Dream While Awake
A-Wax & Gonzoe - Recession Proof
Bekay - Hunger Pains
DJ Drama Presents Wyclef Jean AKA Toussaint St. Jean -
From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion
DOOM - Unexpected Guests
Freeway - Streetz Is Mine
J.J. Brown - Connect the Dots.
Kosha Dillz - Beverly Dillz
K-Rino - Solitary Confinement
Messy Marv & T-Nutty - Tha 2nd & 3rd Letter
The Rangers - Jerkin' Is a Habit Vol. 1
Traum - Mad Dreamz
Wale - Attention Deficit
Wreckshop Records: The Greatest
Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep

Search for Music at the iTunes Music Store.

For a database of upcoming and past releases with updates,
please see Hip Hop Albums @ netweed.

Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep

Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep

Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep is due November 10th.

Wu-Tang Meets the Indie Culture Vol. 2: Enter The Dubstep Tracklist:

1. Deep Space (Jay Da Flex & Yoof Remix)
2. New Year Banga (Rogue Star Remix)
3. Street Corners (Scuba Scythe Remix)
4. Love Don't Cost (A Thing)/Still Grimey (Nebulla & Dore Remixes)
5. Knuckle Up (Matt U Remix)
6. Biochemical Equation (Datsik & Excision Remix)
7. Keep Hustlin (Trillbass Remix)
8. Now Or Never (Parson Remix)
9. Cinema (Chimpo Remix)
10. Coke (DZ Remix)
11. Iconoclasts (Syndaesia & AKS Remix)
12. Handle The Heights (Stenchman Remix)
13. Do It Big (Baobinga & I'd Remix)
14. Wu-Tang (DZ Remix)
15. Let's Get It (Evol Intent Remix)
16. Lyrical Swords (Pawn Remix)
17. Think Differently (Hellfire Machina Remix)
18. Pencil/MyPiano/Firehouse (Soroka Remixes)
19. Alphabets (Dakimh Instrumental Remix)

Available on iTunes: Wu-Tang Clan

SouthBound: That Ain’t Right Music Video ft. Mr. Greezo

SouthBound - That Ain’t Right ft. Mr. Greezo

Via Luxury Mindz.

MySpace: SouthBound

Hypebot: Abbey Road Live, The Orchard, MobBase, Topspin x Berklee, Foo Fighters' Web Concert, Indie Artist X

Music industry news from Hypebot:

Universal Music CEO Doug Morris to step aside.

IFPI: "Illegal File-sharing Reduces Legitimate Sales"
What do you think? Vote here.

EMI diversifies with Abbey Road Live concert recording outfit.

Shares of The Orchard double on stock buyout news.

Did Qtrax tell another lie? Search deal with Baidu may be less than claimed.

Falling traffic at MySpace could mean $100 million less in ad payments from Google. 

MobBase introduces d.i.y. music iPhone apps.  But with 100,000 apps will it get lost?

Lala & MySpace offer free tracks to promote new enhanced Google music search. And artists are finding ways to use Lala & MySpace to improve their results on the new search engine.

Topspin's Ian Rogers becomes an artist manager.

Kyle Bylin Essay - A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have In Common?

BlueBeat began selling Beatles downloads for $.25 claiming "psycho-analytics" it applied to the songs made the sales legal.  Days later EMI got a court injunction beating back the bizarre defense.

RealNetworks lays off 70 or 4% of their workforce.

Its real: New Weezer CD + An Official Snuggie Only $29.99!

Topspin and Berklee partner for online music marketing course.

Foo Fighters draw 440,000 to web only concert.

Our Indie Artist X Project Wrap Up

See ProHipHop's Hypebot Industry News category for past roundups.

Aesop Fables: Living The Dream While Awake Album Art & Tracklist

Aesop Fables - Living The Dream While Awake

Aesop Fables' Living The Dream While Awake is available on WeedTRACKER and hits Amazon on November 10th.

Living The Dream While Awake Tracklist:

1. Open Your Eyes and Awake
2. Waking Dream
3. My Movie As Life
4. Living The Dream While Awake
5. Life Line Eternal
6. Moving At The Speed of Life (feat. Slug)
7. Where Ya Flows At?
8. Ace of Hearts (feat. Eligh)
9. She's My Everything
10. Hidden Memories (feat. Del the Funky Homosapien)
11. Black Wolf Bar Skit
12. Black To Hip Hop
13. That's The Weed Man!!!
14. Smokers Anthem
15. Holding It Up (feat. Populous)
16. True Guidance (feat. Bicasso)
17. Awakening
18. Fast Times at Hoover High

MySpace: Aesop Fables

Edan: Echo Party

Edan - Echo Party

Edan's Echo Party is due November 17.

MySpace: Edan

Available on iTunes: Edan

Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 Tour: New 2010 Dates/Venues

New tour dates for Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 tour. Please see press release or LiveNation.com for additional info.

Previously announced dates:
Nov 07 Fresno, CA Fresno State University/Save Mart Center
Nov 08 Los Angeles, CA UCLA/Pauley Pavilion
Nov 10 Austin, TX University of Texas at Austin/Frank Erwin Center
Nov 12 Champaign, IL University of Illinois/Assembly Hall

Newly announced dates:
Feb 22 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Feb 23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Feb 25 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
Feb 27 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
Feb 28 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum Complex
Mar 03 Washington, DC Verizon Center
Mar 07 Norfolk, VA Scope Arena
Mar 11 Boston, MA TD Garden
Mar 16 Pittsburgh, PA Mellon Arena
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Mar 20 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
Mar 22 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Mar 24 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
Mar 26 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

Copyright Criminals Documentary Trailer & Premier Info

Copyright Criminals Trailer

Copyright Criminals premiers January 19th on the PBS documentary series Independent Lens.

From the press release:

"COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, a documentary produced by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod, examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the ongoing debates about artistic expression, copyright law and (of course) money..."

"COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS showcases many of hip-hop music's founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground along with emerging artists such as audiovisual remixers Eclectic Method. The film also provides an in-depth look at artists who have been sampled, such as renowned drummer Clyde Stubblefield, the world's most sampled musician, best known for his work with James Brown, as well as commentary by funk legend George Clinton, another highly sampled musician."

Over at Hip Hop Press:
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS, AN EXPLORATION OF THE CREATIVE AND LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF MUSIC SAMPLING IN HIP-HOP

Kosha Dillz: Beverly Dillz Album Art, Cellular Phone Music Video, Current Tour Schedule

Kosha Dillz - Beverly Dillz

Kosha Dillz' Beverly Dillz is due November 10th.

Kosha Dillz - Cellular Phone

Off Beverly Dillz.

Kosha Dillz [Opens for Matisyahu] Tour Schedule:

Nov 10, 2009 8:00pm: The Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, North Carolina
Nov 11, 2009 8:00pm: Fillmore w/ Matisyahu Charlotte, North Carolina
Nov 12, 2009 8:00pm: The Handlebar w/ Matisyahu Greenville, North Carolina
Nov 14, 2009 8:00pm: Music farm w/ Matisyahu Charleston, South Carolina
Nov 15, 2009 8:00pm: The Orange Peel w/ Matisyahu Asheville, North Carolina
Nov 16, 2009 8:00pm: Buster’s w/ Matisyahu Lexington, Kentucky
Nov 17, 2009 8:00pm: The Norva w/ Matisyahu Norfolk, Virginia
Nov 18, 2009 8:00pm; The National w/ Matisyahu Richmond, Virginia
Nov 19, 2009 8:00pm: House of Blues w/ Matisyahu Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Nov 21, 2009 8:00pm: Sonar (main) w/ Matisyahu Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 22, 2009 8:00pm: Palladium w/ Matisyahu Worcester, Massachusetts
Nov 23, 2009 8:00pm: Higher Ground w/ Matisyahu Burlington, Vermont Nov 24, 2009 8:00pm: Northern Lights w/ Matisyahu Albany, New York
Nov 25, 2009 8:00pm: Sixth and I Historic Synagogue w/ Matisyahu DC, Washington DC
Nov 28, 2009 8:00pm: The Borgata w/ Matisyahu Atlantic CIty, New Jersey
Dec 1, 2009 8:00pm: Webster Theatre w/ Matisyahu Hartford, Connecticut
Dec 2, 2009 8:00pm: House of Blues w/ Matisyahu Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 3, 2009 8:00pm: Bogart’s w/ Matisyahu Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 7, 2009 8:00pm: St Andrews w/ Matisyahu Detroit, Michigan
Dec 8, 2009 8:00pm: The Armory w/ Matisyahu Rochester, New York

Available on iTunes: Kosha Dillz

Phil Ade: Hollywood Music Video

Phil Ade - Hollywood

Video directed by Tabi Bonney.

MySpace: Phil Ade

Singles: Jay-Z & Alicia Keys' Empire State of Mind #3

Empire State of Mind pops into the top 10 at no. 3 on the Hot 100 singles chart.

Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100:

1. Jason DeRulo - Whatcha Say
2. Owl City - Fireflies
3. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
4. Jay Sean - Down feat. Lil Wayne
5. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
6. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
7. Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
8. Britney Spears - 3
9. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
10. Taylor Swift - Jump Then Fall

Gucci Mane: Spotlight Music Video ft. Usher

Gucci Mane - Spotlight ft. Usher

Off The State vs. Radric Davis.

Available on iTunes: Gucci Mane

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Gucci Mane: The State vs. Radric Davis
Gucci Mane: Wasted Music Video ft. Plies
Gucci Mane: She Gotta Friend Music Video f/Juelz Santana & Big Boi

Over at Hip Hop Press:
GUCCI MANE'S FIRST MAJOR LABEL RELEASE "THE STATE VS. RADRIC DAVIS" OUT DECEMBER 8, 2009

Albums: Michael Jackson's This Is It #1

Michael Jackson's This Is It debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart moving 373,000 copies which is fifth best for the year.  However, if you add in all those back catalog sales that aren't allowed on the Billboard 200 chart, you'll see that [Dead] Michael Rules 2009!

Top 10 Albums on the Billboard 200:

1. Michael Jackson - This Is It
2. Creed - Full Circle
3. Taylor Swift - Fearless
4. Rod Stewart - Soulbook
5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Night Castle
6. Sting - If On A Winter's Night
7. Michael Bublé - Crazy Love
8. Soundtrack - The Twilight Saga: New Moon
9. Tim McGraw - Southern Voice
10. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3

Guante: Adam's World Artist of the Week

Guante

From Adam Bernard:

"The Midwest is one of the country’s true hotbeds for hip-hop right now and Minnesota is the state that’s leading the way. After former Artist Of The Week Sketch Tha Cataclysm moved out there he immediately told me about Guante, a Minnesota-based emcee and poet who is originally from Wisconsin. I checked out some of Guante’s work and was really impressed. His most recent album is El Guante’s Haunted Studio Apartment, and he just finished up recording a collaboration with Big Cats! titled An Unwelcome Guest. He’s also working on a one-man spoken word theater show he hopes to debut in the spring, tentatively titled The Fist that Lives in Your Neck."

"Guante’s work qualifies as both unique and intense. A good example of this would be the way he describes An Unwelcome Guest, saying “it’s a concept album, a zombies-superhero-love-story-parable that deals with issues of displacement and violence as a tool for social change.” This week I caught up with Guante to find out more about his work, his causes, and why there’s a good chance he’s on a first name basis with his pizza delivery guy."

Read the complete interview here.

For previous Artists of the Week see ProHipHop's Adam's World category.

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys: Empire State of Mind Music Video

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind

Hip Hop Press: Chamillionaire at Stanford, DJ Drama on CNN, Funkmaster Flex x Taurus SHO, Rapper's Delight Anniversary, Ru$$ell Simmons

• Stanford and Intuit Kick Off Global Innovation Tournament With Appearances by Quincy Jones III and Chamillionaire

• DJ Drama Represents on CNN; Superstar DJ Takes Part in Panel Discussion, "Black Men In The Age Of President Obama"

• Celebrity DJ and Customizing Legend Funkmaster Flex Tricks Out 2010 Taurus SHO for SEMA

• Wonder Mike and Master Gee of the Original Sugarhill Gang, MaxaMedia and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Celebrate The 30th Anniversary of Rapper's Delight

• Penn National Gaming Announces a Community Relations Advisory Agreement with Russell Simmons and Rush Communications

• Bounty and Russell Simmon's Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Unveil National Arts Mural

Audition for America's Best Dance Crew Season 5

America's Best Dance Crew Season 5 Casting

For more information on auditioning for America's Best Dance Crew:
phone: 1.888.505.2232
email: abdc@mtv.com
visit: www.myspace.com/dancecrewcasting ~ www.dancecrew.mtv.com

PR Oddballs: What Percentage of Hip Hop Head Are You?

Because I periodically write about hip hop marketing and I run a hip hop press release posting service, Hip Hop Press, people sometimes imagine I know way more than I know and that I can provide marketing services that go far beyond writing about or analyzing marketing.

The saddest was the guy that wrote me a couple of years back in hopes that I would take over his indie label's marketing efforts cause he could tell by my blog, ProHipHop, that I knew what was up.

It took a couple of emails to convince him that I didn't offer those services. What I didn't tell him was that there was no way I would work for somebody who was doing such a poor job of evaluating his partners because that would lead to further difficulties on down the line.

More recently, I interacted with someone who was working with a nonmusical hip hop-connected individual based in New York who wanted to take his services to a broader market. This person contacted me because, based on a look at Hip Hop Press, he had determined that I was the main man in the game distributing hip hop press releases.

Since he wasn't being clear about what he needed and since I do know something about the services he seemed to want, I said he should send me all the information which I would evaluate and would then let him know if I was the right man for the job.

What followed was a back and forth with some folks with whom he worked who didn't have the information I needed but wanted to know exactly who was on my mailing list.  Along the way I picked up some details about what they actually wanted and it became clear that not only was their communication screwed and their expectations inappropriate but that they probably wanted something I couldn't provide.

A day or so later I got a call from my initial contact who started asking me some questions that led to "what hip hop magazines do you read?" By this point I was just trying to get the guy off the phone by telling him that I didn't think I was the right person for the job but he seemed to need something else.

When I asked what the heck what magazines I read had to do with anything, he said that he was trying to determine what percentage of hip hop head I was because that would determine whether or not he would work with me!

So I explained that I no longer read hip hop magazines because I'm online only for such information. This was what he needed to know since apparently it showed that my hip hop head percentage was too low and so he had identified the real problem in our exchange!

I'd find the whole thing rather laughable except that his client seemed to have some potential and needed someone competent rather than this nutcase and co. who were clearly wasting everyone's time.

Katt Williams: Katt Box Art & Tracklist

Katt Williams - Katt Box [3 CD Box Set]

Katt Williams's Katt Box, a 3 CD Box Set of prior releases, is due November 17th.

Katt Box Tracklist:

It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’

1. Your Star Player
2. Date A President
3. Ritalin and Steroids
4. Poor Little Tink Tink
5. Laugh First
6. Have Your Team Together
7. Franchise Player
8. Scared Of Rope
9. The Vaporizer
10. Finally Got My Motorcycle

The Pimp Chronicle pt. 1

1. Katt Takes The Stage
2. Self Esteem
3. Weed
4. Insurgents
5. Haters
6. Kids
7. Drinking With White People
8. Make Up Your Own Dance
9. Hollywood
10. Michael Jackson
11. My House

American Hustle

1. Hello Chicago
2. Biggest Gangstas
3. Orange Chicken
4. Too Many Guns
5. Quiet Haters
6. Raggedy B***es
7. Work To Do
8. B****-Ns

Related ProHipHop Coverage:
Katt Williams: It's Pimpin' Pimpin' Album Cover Art

Pitbull: Shut It Down Official Music Video ft. Akon

Pitbull - Shut It Down ft. Akon

Off Rebelution.

Available on iTunes: Pitbull

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