Artists On Marketing

January 30, 2012

G.O.O.D. Music Producer Hit-Boy Talks about the Crew’s Latest Music Compilation

Hit-Boy is one of the most successful artists in the hip-hop industry. The American Grammy Award nominated hip-hop artist and music producer of G.O.O.D. Music record label recently explained what it was like to record with the crew. At present, the famed producer visited London, England with Kanye West and the G.O.O.D. Music rappers to work on the label’s compilation album.

In an interview with Complex.com, Hit-Boy recalled working with Jay Electronica, Mannie Fresh, Frank Ocean, John Legend and more. He stated: “I don’t know if Jay Electronica spit a verse], I was just in my room working on a bunch of ideas Kanye wanted me to do. I really didn’t get to come up there. But Pusha spit a gang of verses to my beats, so did Big Sean, Kanye, and John Legend.” He added: “I know Marsha got on a couple of my beats and did some hook ideas. We were all just bouncing stuff around. Mannie Fresh actually had the room next to the room I was working in. We were bouncing ideas. There was a bunch of creative shit going on with the most talented motherfuckers in the world.”

Hit-Boy also promised that they would produce high quality projects. He candidly enthused: “That’s the genius of Kanye, he knows how to put all those people in a room. You can’t have an ego with person like Kanye around. It’s going to be some fly shit and you are going to have the opportunity to make money off it.” He continued: “It’s been amazing so far. [The album] is going to be what you guys expect it to be. It’s good music as G.O.O.D. Music. It’s going to be quality shit.”

Posted by Karen on January 30, 2012 in Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Albums, Hip Hop Business News, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

January 24, 2012

Nicki Minaj Disclosed Dates and Cities for International Tour

Nicki Minaj is one of the hottest hip-hop artists nowadays. The Trinidadian born American musician initially gained success when her debut album, “Pink Friday” was released in November 2010. It quickly reached the radar of hip-hop fans across the world. A month after its release, it peaked at number one on the United States Billboard 200 and achieved certified Platinum status. Because of the tremendous musical success that Nicki enjoyed in the music industry, she became the first artist to have seven singles on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.

Nicki’s second single, “Your Love” reached number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, which made her the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since Missy Elliott achieved it with “Work It” in 2002. Consequently, she became the first female artist to be listed on MTV’s Annual Hottest MC List.

The Billboard 2011 Rising Star recipient recently revealed the dates and cities for her upcoming international tour. Even though the locations and ticket information is yet to be announced, the famed lady rapper took to Twitter and announced her plans to visit London, Paris, Berlin and Tokyo during her worldwide tour. She tweeted: “London the 19th-25th. Paris 26th,27th. Berlin on the 28th. Tokyo: March 1st-4th.” The music-related trek kicks off on February 19^th and concludes in Tokyo on March 4^th.

The “Super Bass” singer mentioned that she plans to perform new material at the 2012 Grammy Awards. She posted: “Of course silly willies!!! > RT @WANI_MINAJ: RT @teamminajcunt: RT @urbankidd Are you gonna perform new tracks at the Grammys? @NICKIMINAJ.”

Check the tour dates below.

February 19-25 – London, England

February 26-67 – Paris, France

February 28 – Berlin, Germany

March 1-4 – Tokyo, Japan

Posted by Karen on January 24, 2012 in Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Events, Hip Hop Business News, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

December 16, 2011

T.I. Talks about New Album—Calls Some Records “Intellectually Ignorant”

T.I. says that “Trouble Man,” his new album, will focus on how he’s moving on after life in prison.

T.I. has been working hard for the completion of his new album titled “Trouble Man,” which is expected to be released on February 2012. According to the American hip hop artist, this compilation mostly features songs that address his post-prison disposition and mindset. Tip explained as he spoke with MTV News how “intellectually arrogant” most of the new songs are, and how the topics shifted after he was released from jail.

T.I. shared that the lyrics to his music are inspired by his own life at all times. Thus, when he first came home from prison, he had about 15 songs that were entirely dedicated to that event. He also added that out of those 15 songs, he chose two or three that he has seen as most significant, competitive and impactful. Moreover, as he moved out of prison, he came up with records that focus on speaking to people, who, according to T.I., “can only focus on that [his life in prison and after] and telling them I’m ready to move on. So I got X amount of songs about that.”

T.I. also shared the explanation behind the album title “Trouble Man.” According to him, this album serves as a nod to his past while telling how he’s working hard to move on from it. As he quipped, the name of the album and the songs in it are “about things that can get me in trouble, reminiscing on the days where I used to run wild and do my thing the way I used to do it.” From this statement, he added that he has records “that’s just totally intellectually ignorant.”

Posted by Karen on December 16, 2011 in Album News/Marketing, Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Albums, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

November 30, 2011

50 Cent Reveals Release of a 10 Track Project

With the advent of the latest technology and social media, many hip-hop artists found interesting ways to share their music to their fans. That’s why many rappers gained popularity in the Internet with their projects such as mixtapes and websites.

In the case of Curtis James Jackson III, otherwise known as 50 Cent, he used social media to reach out to his fans and provide updates on his promising career. The American rapper recently announced the release of a 10 track project. The material is slated to be released next week. Since the project featured many collections of tracks, fans of the famed rapper were ecstatic about the recent announcement by 50 Cent.

The “Guess Who’s Back?” singer took to Twitter to disclose the said hip-hop material, which will be launched in honor of the 10 year anniversary of his first mixtape “50 Cent is the Future”. He also revealed that he will be shooting a video for every track included in the collection. He posted at Twitter: “Its been 10 years since I put out 50cent is the future. So I’m putting out the BIG 10 next week 10 smoking hot tracks #SK.” He added: “I’m shooting videos for every song on the tape. The BIG 10 I got something for a haters ass it called hits lol #SK”.

The famed talented performer also talked about his fifth album, which was delayed for so long. In a series of tweets, he informed his fans before that the cause of the delay pertains to him and his label Interscope Records that can’t decide on how to roll out the album. In the recent interview, he mentioned that it will be released in December even though the project is currently without a release date.

Posted by Karen on November 30, 2011 in Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Fiddy/50 Cent, Hip Hop Albums, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

November 29, 2011

Dessa Opens Up On Recent Success

Dessa, otherwise known as Dessa Darling, is a well-known member of the Doomtree Hip-Hop Collective. For nearly a decade, she emerged in the groundwork scene with her talent and love of music. However, she is recently breaking into the mainstream with her successful career.

The Minneapolis singer recently opens up on her success in the music world. She just concluded her first headlining national tour after scoring a Top 200 debut for her latest album, “Castor” and “The Twin.” Earlier this week, she released the album “No Kings” with P.O.S. and Cecil Otter, Sims and others from her group Doomtree.

In an interview with HipHopDX last month in Philadelphia, Dessa talks about her new solo album “No Kings” project and her relationship with Hip Hop. When the DX Interviewer asked the emerging artist, “The easiest most tangible example I can think of is Eric Clapton’s song “Layla.” When he first did it, it had a different tone or meaning than when he did it later, acoustically. Both times it was very popular. Did you feel anything like that, where the songs took on different meaning?”, she cheerfully answered to the question. She explained: “A couple of them did. I think “Palace” was a song when I initially recorded that did seem kind of timely. It was a lighter song but it wasn’t a party drag.”

Dessa Darling was also asked on her thoughts about breaking into mainstream music. She stated: “I think the approach has worked for Doomtree. That approach is just really slow. It’s like trying to build a label through a chain letter, it’s just slow to spread.” She added: “Even if everybody does their parts and tell their friends, there’s this kind of exponential growth curve which stays flat for a long time before it starts pulling up and becoming something closer to vertical lines.”

Posted by Karen on November 29, 2011 in Album News/Marketing, Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Albums, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

November 24, 2011

Vado Revealed Cover Art and Track List for “Slime Flu 2”

Do you still remember the esteemed hip hop artist who popularized “Slime Flu? It is Teeyon Winfree or better known as Vado. The New York born performer is a former member of The U.N., the hip hop group which initially catapulted him into the limelight. When he officially released his much-awaited debut mixtape Slime Flu on October 12 last year under Diplomat Records/E1 Music, many of his fans were delighted. Now that he is continuing his music career, the release of his latest album is highly anticipated.

Recently, he disclosed the cover art and track list of his latest project, Slime Flu 2. As Cameron “Cam’ron’ Giles protege, he is expected to attract more fans upon release of his latest hip hop material.

The latest project of the American rapper will be released on Black Friday, November 25. For the album, he enlisted Raekwon, Jae Millz, Fabolous, Young Chris and more as featuring artists. Also, the follow-up material of last year’s Slime Flue features guest participation from Fabolous, Raekwon, Young Chris, Jae Millz, Paul Cain, Freck Billionaire and Remo the Hitmaker.

Check the tracklist below.

1. What’s Poppin’
2. Tales from The Cotton Club
3. SLime Anthem
4. Louis V Bag
5. OK Y’all feat. Fabolous
6. NY Ride
7. I See You (Black People)
8. Keep It Goin’ feat. Young Chris
9. U Know What It Is
10. Bed Piss feat. Raekwon
11. All The Drama
12. I Got That (Frankie Lymon) feat. Jae Millz
13. Somebody Gotta Die feat. Paul Cain & Freck Billionaire
14. Paid In Full
15. Ms. SLime Booty (freestyle)
16. All I Know
17. I Need U feat. Remo The Hitmaker

Posted by Karen on November 24, 2011 in Album Cover Artwork, Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Albums, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

November 04, 2011

Big Sean Announces Latest Mixtape Entitled “Finally Famous Over Everything”

In the music world, especially in the hip-hop industry, carving a successful career is built on the foundation of pure talent, hard work and charisma. With the increasing popularity of rap music, Big Sean has finally built a niche on mixtape format production or producing a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order, traditionally onto an audio compact cassette.

Fresh from the success of his debut album entitled “Finally Famous,” Big Sean announced his project, the newly-recorded mixtape dubbed as “Finally Famous Over Everyting” or FFOE. In an interview with Canal Street (Perajok through HHNM), he admitted that the project is designed to honor his fans.

Big Sean has also displayed his keenness in producing mixtapes. He explained: “Next move musically? I’ma release a new mixtape for the streets, because that’s where I came from. A lot of people, after they reach a certain level of success, they kind of stop doing mixtapes. To me, that’s what got me to where I’m at.” He added: “I’ma put one out, especially for all my believers, all the people who been riding with me since before the album. And I’ma call it FFOE, which stands for Finally Famous Over Everything.”

The Santa Monica, California native also provided an update on the progress of G.O.O.D. Music material and his sophomore album. He enthused: “Then, G.O.O.D. Music album is coming out early next year, so that’s something you guys should be really excited about. We’ve already got a lot of tracks done for it.” He added: “And then my next album comes out right after that. It’s going to be good. We’re making that shit banging.”

Posted by Karen on November 04, 2011 in Album News/Marketing, Albums, Artists, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

October 21, 2011

The Knuckle Heads Announces Headlining Fall Tour

These days, hip-hop artists expand their careers by focusing more on tours, mix tapes and albums. The Knuckle Heads, otherwise known as The Knux, has jumped on the bandwagon of headlining tour, one of the most exciting hip-hop shows today.

We loved The Knux even before, which is an alternative hip-hop duo with rock and electronic music influences from New Orleans, Louisiana. Known for their debut album “Remind Me in 3 Days,” brothers Krispy and Joey upped the fame as they recently announced headlining fall tour.

The aforementioned tour is a follow-up on the release of their new album, “Eraser.” The well-known duo will kick off their headlining tour on November 8. The first stop is at Scottsdale, Arizona’s The Rouge Bar and with subsequent shows in Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, DC, and Denver, Colorado. The conclusion of the tour will be at San Francisco, California’s Café Du Nurd on December 16th.

Check the following tour dates.

Nov. 8 Scottsdale, AZ THE ROUGE BAR
Nov. 9 Albuquerque, NM THE LAUNCHPAD
Nov. 10 El Paso, TX HOUSE OF ROCK
Nov. 11 Fort Worth, TX LOLA’S SALOON
Nov. 12 San Antonio, TX THE KOROVA – MAIN
Nov. 13 Austin, TX STUBB’S BBQ
Nov. 14 Houston, TX FITZGERALD’S
Nov. 16 New Orleans, LA REPUBLIC
Nov. 17 St. Augustine, Fl CAFÉ ELEVEN
Nov. 18 Atlanta, GA VINYL
Nov. 19 Charlotte, NC THE MILESTONE
Nov. 20 Chapel Hill, NC LOCAL 506
Nov. 21 Hoboken, NJ MAXWELL’S
Nov. 22 Boston, MA CHURCH OF BOSTON
Nov. 23 Brooklyn, NY THE KNITTING FACTORY
Nov. 25 Pittsfield, MA CHAMELEON’S
Nov. 26 Northampton, MA IRON HORSE MUSIC HALL
Nov. 27 Buffalo, NY THE MOHAWK PLACE
Nov. 28 Washington, DC DC9
Nov. 30 Columbus, OH SKULLY’S
Dec. 1 Indianapolis, IN BIRDY’S
Dec. 3 Chicago, IL REGGIE’S ROCK CLUB
Dec. 4 Madison, WI HIGH NOON SALOON
Dec. 5 Minneapolis, MN 400 BAR
Dec. 6 Clive, IA BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
Dec. 7 Kansas City, MO THE RIOT ROOM
Dec. 9 Denver, CO MARQUIS THEATRE
Dec. 10 Salt Lake City, UT CLUB SOUND
Dec. 11 Boise, ID NEUROLUX
Dec. 12 Seattle, WA HIGH DRIVE
Dec. 13 Spokane, WA A CLUB
Dec. 14 Portland, OR DOUG GIR LOUNGE
Dec. 16 San Francisco, CA CAFÉ DU NORD

Posted by Karen on October 21, 2011 in Album News/Marketing, Albums, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Albums, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

October 04, 2011

Machete Vision Album: CunninLynguists’s Kno and MarQ Spekt Joint Project

We know that CunninLynguists is a hot hip-hop organization which was once described by Pitchfork Media as “a solid, accessible debut, filled with clever rhymes and tremendously consistent production.” One of their successful projects caused M.F. DiBella of AllMusic to give an inspiring comment, “a lyrical deftness and genuine feel for the music rarely seen in the bling-conscious rap of the latter-day era.” The hip-hop trio from Lexington, Kentucky and Atlanta, Georgia is still getting rave reviews these days with the materials worked on by co-founder Kno.

Kno, who hails from Georgia and currently resides in Atlanta has been dubbed as “one of the top loop-miners east of Mississipi” by URB Magazine. He recently announced that he will be partnering with MarQ Spekt to drop an October 25 material, “Machete Vision”. The producer, deejay and emcee who released “Oneirology” earlier this year, has disclosed that the project features Action Bronson, Meyhem Lauren and Deacon The Villain, among others.

The press release intended for the album stated: “From the rubble of a post-apocalyptic Hip-Hop landscape littered with bloodied man-purses and tattered skinny jeans, two men emerge as the law in a lawless land. Armed only with battle-worn machetes and gritty instrumentals, MarQ Spekt & Kno of CunninLynguists will descend upon The Temple of Auto-Tune on October 25th to lead one final push in eliminating the remaining scourge and returning high-minded filth to its rightful place in the Pantheon of Rap.”

The album tracks are as follows:

01. Machete Vision (Intro)
02. Roadhouse ft. Action Bronson
03. Top Back ft. Deacon The Villain
04. All Smiles (Plastic Mask)
05. The Royal Peasants ft. Anna Wise
06. Opium Den
07. AquaMarine
08. Crime Seen ft. Kno
09. The Devil
10. Danger ft. Meyhem Lauren, Huey P. Capone, F.T. & Lex Boogie
11. Wikileaks

Posted by Karen on October 04, 2011 in Album News/Marketing, Albums, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink

September 20, 2011

Common Discusses His Upcoming Memoir

The famed rapper Common, previously known as Common Sense, opens up on his autobiography, his latest project. He discussed the importance of the said material and how he feels about it.

In a recent interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, the well-known Hip-Hop artist and actor shared the meaning of his upcoming memoir, One Day It’ll Make Sense. He said: “It’s about the evolution of a young man growing into manhood. It’s about love relationships, not only on a romantic level but love for the art you’re doing, music and acting, love for my mother, my daughter.” He added, “And, of course, Chicago. It’s not only the backdrop on the cover, it’s the backdrop of my life.”

The “Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop)” performer admitted that the book talks about his past. With reference to a departure from his “conscious” side, he explained that the memoir would describe him a bit of a different light for fans to know his real self away from the limelight. He stated: “I think we have a very true, authentic, warm sense about us coming from Chicago. There’s also some grit and rawness and ruggedness that exists, too. That comes out in things I’ve done. Some of those incidents I talk about where I got into fights, some street things I was involved in — it’s part of Chicago life, it’s part of me.”

The prominent rapper also gave light to the purpose of the project: a chance to see a myriad of aspects that make a man, such as sense of self, who you are, things you want in life, things you love and what your values are. But all these, according to Common, are linked to one’s responsibility as a person.

Posted by Karen on September 20, 2011 in Artists, Artists on Marketing, Hip Hop Files, Music Industry | Permalink