Words from Marq Spekt
Well… I had gotten a couple g’s for a single (back when you could get dough like that for like 2-3 songs lol) but it was a hectic time in my life. Lot of hustling but I was supposed to do a whole album for Subverse. I actually was spending like days at a time wit Big Juss and Scienz of Life, just chilling and vibing and recording. I had met Doom in 99 and used to just build on the phone wit him a lot as well. He actaully told me when I get my budget he’d produce my whole shit for like $200 a beat. Shit was looking really, really good for the kid goin into 2001, when my single dropped. I felt like my album was gonna be an underground classic. Shit I even ran into El-P in Atlanta around the time and he was like “yeah I heard your single, I like it” so I was feeling real confident.


Then, the harsh label devil politics shit started in. I just started feeling a “vibe”, like somethin was “off”... Read More>>>

School Of Sharks Presents: The Broady Sessions by Steadybloggin

This years theme is “Peace, Love, Unity & Having Fun!”
48th and Westminister, West Philly
Saturday June 11th, 8am-8pm

Performers:
OUTDOORSMEN, KARNIEGE, BUDDY LEEZLE, TUFF CREW, SCHOOLLY D, 84 CREW, MAGNUM O

Deejays:
SAT 1, MIKE NYCE, TOO TUFF

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CBS Atlanta News did an investigative report on multi-platinum artists and super producers who do not compensate the studio they record in nor the engineer who over sees the sessions. The list of artist are Polow Da Don, Jazze Pha and Young Jeezy.

After the special aired Young Jeezy and Jazze Pha were quick to compensate those owed but was it enough and why does this continue to happen in an industry where the artist are earning millions of dollars.

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Young Jeezy’s Invoices

Jazze Pha’s Invoices/Judgment

Jazze Pha’s Invoices/Judgment Zone 4

According to a Gwinnett County court judgment provided by recording engineer Tony Terrebonne, mega hit producer Polow Da Don owes more than $20,000 in unpaid studio services and attorneys fees.

Terrebonne said $8,0000 of that is for his work on the Chris Brown hit “Forever.” Terrebonne provided an invoice that shows he is owed $480 for Usher’s “Love In The Club.”

Terrebonne said he has stopped working for Polow because he was owed $50,000 at one point. “It’s a lot of hard work, I’ll be up for three days straight and I won’t get paid for it. It’s insane,” said Terrebonne who moved in with his parents and sold his car.

CBS Atlanta received a statement from Polow Da Don’s company, Zone 4. It reads “Polow always handles all of his business vendors with the utmost respect and timely payment, but this situation is a unique private dispute and as such Polow will not dignify any celebrity smear campaign by comment.”

 

Source: Rasha Entertainment

via: GyantUnplugged & CBS Atlanta News

The mean streets of Bronx New York breed many things. One thing that was not expected to come out of those mean streets is B.R. The Writer. The trials, tribulations and obstacles that are designed to stifle our mental development and keep us in the barrel did just the opposite for this brotha. The story of B.R. is yet to be told but in the mean time you can read one of the many stories he has to tell... Continue reading for synopsis and to learn how to purchas your copy of the illest "Hood Novel"

Jaiy Bradie (pronounced Jay Brady) raps with plenty of attitude. Born and raised on Chicago’s notoriously vile Southside, the certified street prophet drops bars laced with witty wordplay and a “run it or get run over” mentality. Hailing from a metropolis that has birthed a myriad of successful Hip-Hop lyricists such as Common, Kanye West and Twista, Jaiy pays homage to personal experiences with his own unique approach to the Windy City mix.

His life has played out like one movie after another: guns, drugs, jail, violence and death, balancing the sordid details on his new mixtape, A Bosses Boss. Making clear his intention of kicking the new decade off by unleashing his verbal venom on narcissistic stars, the business-minded MC has compiled a collection of songs that are equal parts entertaining and shocking.

Definition of A Boss

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