Wednesday, November 2, 2011
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: @CASINOCOSTA
Years come and moments pass but music like nothing else cultivates the soundtrack to our lives and revives some of the most significant memories we hold. Toronto based emcee Casino Costa (Alexander DaCosta) has been rapping and making music since his preteen days, and years from now, the sound of his words will solidify your memory.
Inspired by the likes of Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem, OutKast, Mobb Deep, Tupac Shakur, Lauryn Hill, and The Roots, Casino Costa started making his mark on the Toronto Hip Hop scene back in high school challenging every and anyone to freestyle battles throughout the city. With his passion for music emerging with each passing day, Casino decided to enter the recording studio and dropped the first of his four street tapes “Don of Doom”. With his unique & powerful voice, passion for the art form and musical innovation, Casino Costa has demanded the ear of his listeners. Bringing forth a unique blend of styles, hard hitting punch lines, intricate rhyme schemes all combined with Casino’s innovative flow and prolific thoughts, all elements combined makes for a truly original and rooted sound. His relevant music strikes chords with a younger generation, but his lyrics are wise beyond his years, attracting people of all ages and backgrounds.
With four acclaimed mixtapes, “Don of Doom”, “Too Fly for TV,” “2012 theory,” and “C’No Evil” under his belt, Casino Costa has no plans on slowing up. This fall he is dropping his highly anticipated Mix CD titled, “Sex In The City” plus his first official work “Black Anniversary” drops this winter, Casino Costa has continued to advance and build upon his craft with every passing day. A true and open minded artist Casino has continually seized the opportunity to diversify his portfolio by working with a variety of producers and artists including, Rich Kidd, Northern Profit, Big Pops, Junia T, Mason Payne, Kemikal, Mayhem Morearty and many more.
Casino believes that music is a universal tool to create change seeing it as a way to get through the days, and writes his heart into every verse in hopes that it will inspire someone else. His passion for his art is evident in every verse he spits a captivating sound that will be a force in the future of music.
Hear No Evil... C’No Evil!
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2011 Fashion Collection on the Rise: LOUIS STEWART
THE LOUIS STEWART COLLECTION . HIGH END CUSTOM LUXURY ACCESSORY LINE ORDER NOW info@louisstewartcollection.com
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NEW MUSIC HYPE EXCLUSIVE: BO DURTY SOUT - FITTED CAPS, WHITE T'S, RETROS OG'D
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ENCORE ARTIST: SULLEE J
THE GENERAL
Sullee J, a gifted, unsigned, hip-hop artist from Baltimore, Maryland. Sullee J strives to propel his music into further national and international acclaim. His creativity, confidence, and dedication to his craft have molded him into an exceptional musician. Sullee J captivates listeners with his lyrics, taking them on a journey through compassion, strife and society’s struggles as he vividly portrays life through his music, allowing the listener to escape into a fresh and raw reality. The overall positivity of his music has already touched a deep chord with his fans around the globe. Audiences from Baltimore and New York, to Norway, Uganda, Ireland, France, Germany, Africa and Russia and more, have gravitated towards him. Sullee J’s optimistic outlook and engaging lyrics make him a unique and formidable rapper in today’s hip-hop scene. Sullee J has performed for large acts in the industry such as, Maino from Bad Boy, DMX, Waka Flocka, Travis Porter, DJ Drama, Cash Money Jay Sean at Spring Jam UIC in Chicago, Mos Def in Oslo City, Norway, Lomaticc, Sunny Brown and Baba Khan in Fairfax, Va, and DJ Whoo Kid in the “Hustle 2 Hustle Lets Build Festival” in Newsport News, Virginia, DTP, Jive Records, B.E.T’s DJ Aries at the Atrium in Atlanta, GA and many more. Sullee J’s singles “Nothing Else Matters & Billy’s Conscience” earlier had led him to be the first Pakistani artist, and still the only one to hit mainstream radio stations from his race across the country, along with over 7 other countries which played various singles of his from “The Consequence” album. Sullee J was awarded national recognition on FOX News and CBS News in July 2009 for his single ‘Billy’s Conscience,’ which raised awareness for Billy’s Disease. The disease is named after Billy Anderson who suffered from an unknown and undiagnosed disease. In June 2009, Sullee J visited with Billy and his family in Oklahoma to promote fundraisers to find a cure while performing ‘Billy’s Conscience’ at various charity occasions. Subsequently, he was praised in a CNN iReport for his charitable work and artistic prowess. Sullee J has also been in several magazines for artist of the week/month such as “One-Ten Magazine (Hard Cover), Urdu Times, Asiance Magazine, Parle Magazine, Hip Hop 4 Real and S.P.I.T. Global, Campus Magazine, King Size Magazine and more.” In January of 2010, Sullee J embarked on a musical tour to Norway and performed at Club Kompagniet and Redd Barna: ‘Save The Children.’ He was the first American rapper to perform at these venues. He was also selected to deliver motivational talks to Norwegian children at the ‘Save The Children’ forum at Redd Barna.. He is currently working on a project with Tony Manshino’s foundation in order to build a school in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Sullee J is also affiliated and working with Thaakat foundation who has recently raised over $20,000 for the Pakistani flood victims. Sullee J has firmly established his identity as the voice of positivity in hip-hop today, while quickly emerging as an international rap phenom. Checkout Sullee J new joint The General of 2011. Baltimore, Maryland please stand up!!!
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THE MOST ANTICIPATED ABLUM FROM "SULLEE J" OF 2011 "VINDICATION" DROPPED TODAY (MARCH 25TH) (PLEASE SUPPORT INDIE MUSIC)
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NEW MUSIC HYPE: Big Bank Black "Try It Out" ft. Kandi
Atlanta has always been a city with artists that has had strong movements that seemed to willingly put the streets on their backs. Rappers like Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane, Boyz n tha Hood, Shawty Lo and numerous others hold hip-hop down in the city and have transformed it into a breeding ground for great talent. Well if your ears are close to the streets, then you might be familiar with a new movement called Duct Tape Entertainment (DTE), founded by Big Bank Black and Alley Boy.
Hailing out of East Atlanta’s Zone 6, this family owned company has built enough buzz that the two main rappers finalized 50/50 deals with Atlantic in a 3 month span last year, with no Internet buzz or radio airplay. Impressive to say the least. While attaining numerous notable features on songs from Gucci Mane, CTE, Maino, Wacka Flocka and Rocko to name a few, they have also received cosigns from radio DJ’s across the nation. It’s clear that (DTE) is right around the corner from national success with a movement as strong as we have ever seen in Atlanta.
Lil Boosie Claims Louisiana D.A. Has Vendetta Against Him, Files Motion To Have Himself Removed From Murder Trial. #FREEBOOSIEBADAZZ
Lil Boosie is literally in a fight for his life, and he and his lawyers are doing everything they can to get him off the hook before the trial even starts.
Boosie claims District Attorney Hillar Moore III has a vendetta against him and only sought murder charges after hearing a song by Boosie dissing the D.A. titled "F*ck Em All."
"F*ck the D.A. and the lawyers/your racist ass is going to hell/You'll probably be dead when I come out of jail ya old b****," Boosie raps on the song.
Jason Williams, the attorney for Boosie whose real name is Torrence Hatch, has filed a motion asking that Boosie be removed from the case.
"Mr. Moore learned of these disparaging comments and within 10 days of hearing these remarks, he prepared a case against Torrence Hatch to bring before a grand jury when the individuals actually responsible for this crime had been in custody for quite some time," court papers read
Boosie and two others including a 17 year old, who was the alleged trigger man are accused of killing 39-year old Terry Boyd in a turf war.
The motion will be heard June 22 according to Contact Music.
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Curren$y Signs to Warner, Preps EP With The Alchemist
Indie favorite Curren$y is back on a major. XXLMag.com has learned that Spitta signed with Warner Bros. Records and is prepping his first release for April 20.
The New Orleans rapper’s manager confirmed with XXL that Curren$y’s first project on WB will be a 10-12 song EP, completely produced by The Alchemist called Covert Coup.
Spitta also secured a label deal with Warner for his imprint, Jets International. He has hopes to drop discs by his affiliates Fiend and Young Roddy, who have appeared on his Pilot Talk 1 & 2 albums, which both dropped in 2010 through a distribution deal with Def Jam. —Jesse Gissen
Meek Mill Signs to Maybach Music; Speaks on Deal and New Mixtapes
Rick Ross is continuing to beef up his Maybach Music Group, having just added Meek Mill to the roster earlier today (February 8).
“I’m feelin’ good—feelin’ great, man,” Meek told XXLMag.com shortly after letting the ink dry on the papers. “That’s why Twitter’s a good thing. You let people know what’s going on live and direct.”
After announcing the signing of Wale to the label earlier this week, Ross took to Twitter to announce his newest signee, Philly native Meek Mill. “EVERYONE WELCOME @MEEKMILL TO THE EMPIRE!!! #MMG,” Rozay wrote on the microblogging site late Tuesday afternoon. Meek then expressed his excitement on his own Twitter account, posting, “had 2 take my talents 2 south beach!!! mamamamammaybach!!,” playing off of LeBron James’ decision over the summer, when the basketball star announced he’d be leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and “taking my talents to South Beach,” to play for the Miami Heat.
There had been rumors for the last couple months that both Meek and Wale would sign on with the Teflon Don before it finally became official this week. Meek, however, knew that it was about to go down. “Personally, I knew probably about a month ago,” he explained. “But I got a team [and] we had to all come to an agreement and find out how we was gonna do this and how we was gonna make this happen. We sat down, everybody got behind my decision, and we ready to roll.”
The three traded verses on “Play Your Part,” off of Ross’ December mixtape Ashes to Ashes, as well as “Pandemonium,” a leak from January. In addition, Meek featured Ross on his December leak, “I’m A Boss.” The young spitter, who was a Show & Prove profile in the July/August 2010 issue of XXL, said that videos for all three of the songs have already been shot.
Now officially with a new team, the 23-year-old is ready to drop plenty of new music, saying he’s prepping two mixtapes for March—one over original production, and one over beats other rappers have already used. “I think the original one is gonna be called Dream Chasing,” he said, “and the mixtape on everyone else’s instrumentals is gonna be Flamerz 4. I’m supposed to be doing that with DJ Ill Will and DJ Drama, so we gonna try to make a movie out of that, too.”
“It’s a bidding war out here,” Meek said regarding the widespread interest that major labels have taken in Maybach Music Group. “This about to be the newest team. I’m Blake Griffin. I’m just slammin’ on people. Just think of Blake Griffin on a fast break.”
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
ENCORE UNSIGNED HYPE: KIDD RUSSELL "BACKYARD HEROES" VIDEO
“The Official video for "Backyard Heroes" the title song off Kidd Russell's album Backyard Heroes. The song is a reflective story similar to Rudy, The Sandlot and is about Kidd Russell & his best friends growing up. The story is centered around football. Kidd Russell's is a former college football player. Although, injuries cut his career short his best friend Aaron Moorehead went on to play in the NFL for 6 years. Another of his best friends Colt Cabana, seen in the video, went on the WWE & Kidd himself is a Alternative hip hop artist. This is a very American story that any athlete will relate too.
Unsigned Hype: "CANE" (CARTEL 4 LIFE RECORDS)
Cartel 4 Life Records based out of Bradenton Florida proudly presents, “CANE” The Hood’s Official “Young Gunner” has given the streets underground hits for almost a decade, As an Artist of Cartel 4 Life Records “Cane” has managed to remain Independent yet still hold his own amongst the majors, when it comes to marketing and promoting himself and his label. “Cane” is the epitome of swagger and his street credibility cannot be questioned. He’s been incarcerated 3 times and has fought several other arrests. Born and raised in the streets of Manatee County, He grew up on the roads of Palmetto, Florida and later moved to Bradenton Florida where he began to feed into the calling of music. His life is that of heart ache and Triumph in the cities notorious “Island” neighborhood. From Establishing himself as an Independent Rap Artist, to having it all almost Taken away by an arrest and ultimately a prison bid. Cane has a story to tell, we implore that you listen, it might change the way you think about certain things!
As a young rap artist, Cane first stepped into the limelight as a member of the now infamous “Island Boy Cartel”, or “IBC” as they were known. With the Streets realest trappers and killers spitting bars over top notch production, Cane was able to hold his own and flourish as an artist, influencing some of today’s hottest artist like Frank Lini, whom will tell you Cane and Chill The Million Dollar Man are two of the main reasons he started rapping. After most of the artist were either incarcerated or killed, Cane decided to Drop his first solo mix tape “Product Of the Street” Hosted By DJ J3, with gritty lyrics dropped methodically over harsh sounding 808 drums and neck snapping rhythms, Cane demanded the attention and respect of his peers in the business, landing him features with Platinum selling artist, FIELD MOB, GUCCI MANE, PLIES and more. After working his mix tape via the streets, Cane went back into the studio and emerged with the Real Nigga Radio Follow-Up “PRODUCT OF THE STREETS 2 THE RE-UP” Hosted By The Legendary “Bigga Rankin”. The streets unofficial General gave Cane the Co-sign that he needed to takeover Mixtapes and Venues all over the state of Florida. In the early part of 2009 Cane was arrested again and was sentenced to a year in Florida state penitentiary. Now here we are in 2010 and cane is picking up right where he left off. We invite you to listen and ultimately get to know, your new favorite rapper…. Cane is as real as they come and as serious as you will ever find. His passion for music and determination to be successful will make him one of the brightest stars to emerge from the Florida music scene to date. We thank you for taking the time to read about the Streets Own “CANE” aka Mr. Coca Cola, The Hood’s Official Spokesperson. Follow him on www.Twitter.com/cane941.
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