BEEF?????

So I put up this status on Gmail: "Too Smart for your Dumb ass"
It wasn’t directed to anyone I just liked the term..............and the day began not much different than any other day until Bruce B.L.A.C.C IM'ed me.
I’m glad I responded.

So I had this looooooog conversation with my mans BRUCE B.L.A.C.C on IM and what it broke down to is that I need to keep a positive attitude because I’m loosing friends. There is some "List" of people who I have beef with.
BEEF????

C'mon, seriously Beef??? If there was any real beef I'd be handled by now, wouldn't I? I mean I live in Chicago, we don't let beef drag we handle it. Bruce also went on about how heads talk and they have been talking behind my back, REALLYY?? I have you whispering in the winds about me? Oh how sweet. He went on to say that I don't have the same friends as I once did. Now that ,I can agree on. Sometimes you get tired of doing the same song and dance with people. Sometimes you out grow them. Some times you stop letting them misuse you. A lot of times the people who you gave the benefit of the doubt to disappoints you so you stop dealing with them all together.

This is how the game of life is. In this war we lose a lot of soldiers to the everyday. The friends, real friends never go any where. I began putting The Secret in to play in 2007 when I got back from the Wonda Women Project Tour. The book, The Secret, talks about The Laws of Attraction, it states" Like Attracts Like" . 2007 was time that I started to "lose" friends. I'm ok with that. I look back on those gone and I see them in the same position they were in before, just a bit more bitter. I started to find myself with like minded people who were encouraging, self sufficient, dependable, reliable, progressive, nurturing, thoughtful, kind, strong, and not abusive. I’d attracted those people in my life and I did not need them any more. I'm not perfect never did I claim to be but if I'm not satisfied with my mobility I look in (at me) and then I look out (at my surroundings). I can't change what you do but I can change what I do. So I decided to be more overstanding of others. If you know me and I mean KNOW ME you'll know that I am brutally honest. And it's time I got brutally honest with me. Ang13:

Everyone will not like you.
Everyone will not like what you say.
Everyone will not like what you do.
Everyone will not like that fact that you think you're the shit.
Everyone will not like how you come across.
Everyone will not like the way you look.
the way you rap.
the way you think.
the way you speak.
the completion of your skin.
your character.
your height.
your weight.
what you stand for.

They won’t like a whole lotta stuff about you Ang13. But as soon as I change something about me they don't like they’ll find something else, then something else’s, then something else which means they will never be satisfied and I will never be who I am trying to live up to the expectations of others. So here is the easy way out. if there is sooo much that you don't like about me you are free to go, please don’t wound yourself any more. Bruce stated 'it upsets me that you're not larger then you are, I always wonder that. You should be large" A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF NEVER SATISFIED. I stated " I'm not large on your scale, and I don’t work on your scale I work on mine". There are more people who like me than those who don't. Those who do like me get all my love and I have a lot to give. Those who don't, that drag my name through the mud, I applaud you. Hater looks good on you, it looks bad on me so.... proceed. Bruce refused to name of those talking behind my back. But I'm pretty sure it's those same people who are smiling in my face. Do your self a favor and free yourself it will feel soooo good not to be a phony any more. And as arrogant as this sounds it’s the truth: “those who talk behind your back are behind you for a reason”.

Conversation with a Young emcee

A 19 year old rapper contacted me through reverbnation.com and asked me to check him out. I think this response was way over due and I never responded this way before but here is what I said (in a loving way of course):


I like what your doing but lets try somthin:

Ok take any one of your songs and check off how many times you make reference to the crazy 8:
1. niggas
2. bitches
3. money
4. drugs
5. guns
6. sex
7. cars
8. tags
No really because I didn’t do that when I first started. And because I didn’t I kept referring to :
niggas
bitches
money
drugs
guns
sex
tags
The reason why is because that is what I was always surrounded by:
niggas
bitches
money
drugs
guns
sex
tags
I had to change the way I thought cause I couldn’t change where is was living (i was a kid at the time). I started to read a lot, got around people who thought like me, not like the way I did in the past and my rhymes, vocabulary, people, and situations I was attracting to me started to change. don’t confuse it
niggas
bitches
money
drugs
guns
sex
tags
Run wild in the game. But you have to decide, do you want to be like them or better than them? You can be very successful without referring to the crazy 8 all the time. (Tho a bitch ass nigga took my money to by drugs and guns instead of taggin me up so he gets no pussy) just kiddin. Be the best representative you can be of the culture not just the rap game. You can reach the world with it, teach the world with it, or defeat your world with it.

Neak Ft. Ang-13 - Mona Lisa & FREE download link to Neak Rock Album

10 Great Tips to Help You FAIL as an Independent Artist.

10 Great Tips to Help You Fail as an Independent ArtistOctober 14, 2010

Article by Scott James of The Independent Rockstar Blog originally posted in Echoes on 10/14/10.

We’ve all seen and read posts and eBooks about how to ‘succeed’ as independent artists and to be honest, I’ve even written a few. But what about those of us who are bent on failure? Those of us who would like to know how to shoot ourselves in the foot as efficiently and painfully as possible? Those of us who would like to be more unsuccessful and confused? Well this post is for you!

Some of these things I’ve done myself, and I can assure you – they work amazingly well! Others I’ve merely watched in admiration as true masters of blunder and confusion have performed their magic before my very eyes.

So here it is, my guide to failure for the independent artist:


1. Steal Your Own ThunderGot a new CD in the works? Awesome! Make sure you release every version of every demo and every mix you record during the process on Facebook, Reverbnation, Myspace and anywhere else you can find. Try to confuse your fans so that they’re not really sure if you have a CD out yet or not. Don’t set a release date well in advance or plan your promotion to build anticipation. Try to make your release as flat and confusing as possible!


2. Don’t Sell Anything!You’re definitely going to get signed by a huge label in less than three months anyway, so why bother?! It’s much better to just wait for other people to come in and straighten things out. Taking responsibility for your own career is hard work and it might lead to success, so try your best to avoid it. Try to keep it real and stay as broke as possible. If you have any money then you’ll be less needy and you’ll have more leverage, which could lead you towards success, so stay away!


3. Hide Your Best StuffTry to make sure that people have a hard time getting to your best songs. Hide them on your online music players by either shuffling your songs randomly or putting them way down on the list. This will make sure that they’re less likely to get the best possible first impression.

Also, make sure you stop playing your best songs live as soon as possible in favor of new material. Remember, new is better than good. After all, you’re sick of your best songs by now anyway, so why should you go out of your way for people who haven’t heard your music yet? Besides, that would just draw in new fans, so don’t do it.


4. Don’t Deliver For Your FansIt’s generally best to reach for the stars and swing for the fences as soon as possible. Try to see if you can drag all of your fans out to the ‘big venue’ in town well before you’re ready to play there. That way you can make sure that your fans overpay to see you at a venue that doesn’t care about you and will cut your set short. Bonus points if your fans have to pay for parking. The whole experience should go a long way towards loosing your audience.

It’s always best to make sure your relationship with your fans is based on them doing you favors as opposed to a mutual exchange of value. People will willingly come back to see you if you focus on their experience and deliver the goods, so it’s best to make sure you focus more on having them do you favors.


5. Impress People With the Volume of Your ContentIf it’s good to have a YouTube video on your home page then it’s great to have 37! Try to mix in unprofessional and amateur content as much as possible. If you’ve done it – then why not show it! Obviously the big record companies are going to be way impressed when they see just how many ‘things’ you’ve done. If people have no idea how to digest the massive amounts of unorganized content on your page and tend to leave in frustration then you know you’re on the right track!


6. Don’t Tell Anyone Your NameWhen people come to see you it’s best if you keep a sense of mystery about yourself. Whatever you do, don’t give yourself away by showing or telling people the name of your act. Try to make them work for it. Remove any visual evidence that you even have a name and try to make sure that if you mention your name you do it in a way that’s garbled and difficult to hear and understand. Bonus points if your name is hard to remember like Anne Kalshzyagrakaviczich. In that case you can tell them your name once just to dare them to try and remember it. They won’t be able to! If they like you then this should piss them off. Awesome!

Also, try and secure a confusing URL for your website that’s spelled strangely and has numbers and dashes and is not memorable. Extra credit if you can make sure that the URLs for your YouTube channel, Facebook page, Twitter account and other social networking sites have nothing in common with each other. If someone wants to follow you then you certainly don’t want to make it easy for them!


7. Don’t Let Anyone Have Anything for FreeWhatever you do, make sure that no one gets their hands on your music without paying you. If more people got a hold of your music then you might generate more demand, so cling to your music with an iron fist. And whatever you do, if you ever do give away any of your music, make sure you don’t get an email address in return.

That might start you in the direction of adopting habits that lead to more money and more people coming to your shows.


8. Don’t Facilitate Long Term Relationships Your relationship with your fans should be all about one-night stands. Anything beyond that will just ruin the experience. If you actually look for ways to stay in contact with them like collecting their email addresses and finding creative ways to engage with them on Facebook and other social networking sites then one day you might wake up and find yourself gaining positive momentum and building a sustainable path of continued growth and success. So make sure people don’t have an easy way to stay in the loop or to find out when and where you’re playing next. If they do find you online, say on your website, make sure that it’s confusing and doesn’t have any dynamic content or a reason or means for them to stay connected.


9. Try Your Best to Be Vague and Confusing When Describing Your MusicWhen someone asks you what you sound like, try to make sure they won’t understand, remember and/or be excited about what you say. You don’t want to be painted into a corner by a concise and interesting description of your music. It’s best to try and give them a long-winded summary of every way to conceivably describe everything you will ever play. And whatever you do, don’t compare yourself to anyone else to give people a frame of reference. It’s best to tell people that you don’t sound like anyone and that you’ve invented a new kind of music. This should sufficiently confuse and frustrate them to the point that they don’t care to find out any more about you.


10. Talk About Yourself. A lot.Finally, it’s a good idea to make sure that you don’t talk about anyone or anything else besides you and your career. If you stop promoting yourself for even a minute and start talking up others and remarking about interesting subjects then people might actually start to think you’re a real person and listen to what you have to say and want to hear more from you. It’s best to avoid this scenario by incessantly blasting your ‘friends’ and fans with promotion. This should lead to nausea amongst anyone who decided to give you a chance – a great weapon in your quest for failure.


For bonus points, throw in a few complaints and guilt trips into the mix. This should make sure that even the few people who tolerate your interpretation of how to use social media won’t like you or want to see you succeed.


So there you have it. 10 powerful tips that are sure to help you fail! Use them well and use them often. Try and combine different tips and see just how quickly or painfully slowly you can run your career into the ground.

So you want to be on a lable huh? Look how an indie label works and multiply the numbers by 10.

Why is it such a mystery to so many people the expenses labels deal with? Check out this great article written by David Rose giving you a breakdown from the indie record label perspective. Below is a summary of the actual expenses an indie record label incurred for a new release:

Recording advance: $15,000
Tour support: $2,100
Mastering costs: $934.96
Marketing: $13,433.23
Advertising: $2,067.50
Publicity: $5,153.34
Manufacturing: $16,581.04
Artwork / photos: $200
Misc: $587.71
Total: $56,057.78


Here is an overview of each of the line item in a little more detail:

Recording Advance – The money for the recording advance is used to cover the cost of recording. Including studio rental, mixing, session musicians, sound engineer and producer.

Tour Support – Artists have traditionally sold more overall units when they tour so record labels will often times financially support a tour. Tour support money can help pay some of the expenses of touring such as gas, insurance, hotels, food and supplies.

Mastering – Mastering is a post production process that takes the final mix of the recording, edits minor flaws, adjusts volume and stereo widths, equalizes tracks, etc. It’s usually expected that the person who masters the recording will be different from the person who mixes it so there is typically a separate line item in the budget.

Marketing – The marketing line item is entirely for retail co-op marketing expenses. Co-op marketing dollars are expenses distributors incur from retailers for special product placement, in-store promotions, listening stations or advertising. The amount of co-op marketing dollars the distributor (and ultimately the label) are willing to spend on a new release has a direct correlation to the amount of product the retailer orders.

Advertising – Advertising expenses can include any print, radio and online advertising the record label incurs to promote a new release (outside of retail co-op dollars).Publicity – It’s fairly common for a record label to hire an independent publicist for a 90 day period to help promote a new release to press, print and online media, bloggers and anyone else who can help influence music fans.

Manufacturing – The manufacturing costs for a CD with jewel case can vary but is still around $1.00 per unit for a distributor or label with measurable volume.Artwork – The cost of custom creative and / or photos for the release.

Miscellaneous – Just like the name implies this is the catch “everything else” expense category related to a new release. For example, legal fees or video production expenses charged to a new release could end up here.

For this particular release to break even it must generate $70,072.23 in gross sales ($56,057.78 + the 25% fee of sales paid to the distributor ). The typical deductions a distributor takes on sales including return reserves and breakage (to name a few) further impact cash flow on sales back to the record label.

It’s important for artists to fully understand how the basic economics of an indie label work since they will not get paid any royalties from sales until the record label recoups all the expenses incurred in getting the record to market. This is true of both traditional record label agreements and even “50/50” licensing agreements. It is very common for artists to never receive royalties on sales from their record label since many new releases never fully recoup their expenses.

Being signed to a record label is no guarantee of sales success. Artists need to carefully weigh what a record label is going to spend on a new release to determine the level of sales that will be needed to achieve profitability before signing a recording contract. Even though the artist might sell a lower number of units on their own there is a very real chance they can actually earn more money without a record label being involved.

Most indie record label owners are simply trying to get music they love heard by fans. They aren’t in it for the money. In addition to the above mentioned costs of getting a new release to market they have to cover multiple other expenses such as insurance, rent, payroll, travel and mechanical royalties . Making money as an indie label is no easy task. Needless to say, label owners give it a great deal of consideration before signing a new artist and committing to releasing their music.

It does take a lot of money and resources to get a new release to market. However, real transparency in accounting for these expenses is still largely lacking. Inevitably this leads to conflict between the record label and artist around recoupment of expenses and payment of royalties. Hopefully, as artists better understand the economics of record labels they will be able to make more informed decisions about when it makes sense to sign with a record label and when go it alone. Source: KnowTheMusicBiz

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The Spill

Tears for Fears

You know what a real friend is? A real friend is someone who will tell you what you need to know not what you want to hear. I have one of those. An older brother in the industry that I met with this week regarding my career in music. I saw him sitting on a panel just recently and came to him for help. He went right in on me. Do you have this? (good material) Do you have that?(distribution) How do you plan to do this? (marketing) How do you plan to do that. (retail positioning) He knew I didn't have a clue. He saw right through me. Because of this he got real serious with me and it brought me to tears.

No, not because I was a cry baby ass wimp but because I needed this talk years ago. Back then I thought I knew everything. I didn't listen to many people. I had a manager but basically did my own thing, I was getting shows, more than everyone, right ups in major newspapers, and getting paid to come to seminars and speak to people on how I was "Making It." This man had me in tears 25 minutes into the conversation. I'm thinking to myself "DAMN I cant stop these tears". These tears were tears of realization. These tears were my wake up call.

No I don't know everything, I don't need to know everything. I just need to put the right people in place to get things done. No I don't have a budget but I do have enough to get started everything else will fall in place. he also asked me: Who is my audience, Am I still relevant? Relevant? that's a good one we all need to ask ourselves these questions. Can u relate to the kids, young adults, masses? Do you have something to say that people will identify with? and I thought to myself Do I laugh ,cry, feel, worry, wish, feel joy, love, hate and dream like everyone?

I do, just like everyone . So yes the relevancy is there and my audience is the world no matter what my age is no matter what their age is. I still relate to the people, because I am still a person. I'm able to reach anyone with ears and a heart. I have the ability to share my experiences with the masses tho we all have walked different roads and walk in different shoes.

In the end, it all leads to the same end. In every struggle there is a victory. And my plan is to be victorious in music and in life. No, it's not gonna be easy. Nothing worth having ever is. But because there is some young sista or brotha out there just starting, it's my duty as an emcee to be the best at what I do so they can see how it's done and improve on what I did or didn't do. In order to be the example I have to give it my all and listen to those before me. You can't taste what I chew, but I need to at least make a menu for you to chose from. I need to at least make a appetizing plate for right now I no longer want to eat a steak dinner off of a garbage can lid.

Hip Hop Comes Out to Play

tonight tonite ta nite!!!

The Hate Debate

So I get this email discussing a obvious misinterpretation of a picture of James Brown between what seems to be two people that at one time or another were or still are involved in the hip hop culture. Name calling, name dropping, racial tension, the whole nine. I know Answer, the defendant in this case but Hip Hop's Essences, the plaintiff, I'm not sure who it is but read through it . I think it's funny how the "involved" and the "ship-jumper" debate something so stupid.

Answer Aerosoul February 7 at 11:09am Report
So it's clear that you don't have much of a sense of humor. My comment was pretty brilliant. Admit it. It was. I'll explain why in a separate e-mail if you still can't see it after a bit more reflection.

So who are you? Were you a writer? Do you know who I am? I'd like to think that "Hip Hop's Essense" is familiar with Aerosoul crew. Maybe you're familiar with the Chi Rock Nation? I was in that early on as well. I was Tsel's partner for quite a while. Heard of him?

Last thing. This seems to be more of a black nationalist page than a hip hop page. When I was bombing, I hung out mostly with Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and other white guys. Hip hop (unlike rap, which is just a subcategory of hip hop) is not the exclusive domain of black guys. Rename this site "The New Black Panther Page" if you want this to be a shrine to Huey Newton and Fred Hampton.

In conclusion, I'm disappointed with you, and unless you address the issues identified above, I'm going to have to consider de-friending you.

Best regards,

Answer of the Aerosoul crew, WRS crew, Chapter 13 Crew, Syndicate Crew, and Chi-Rock Nation. There are probably others, too.

Hip Hop's Essence February 7 at 11:48am In reply to your comment. I didnt find any humor in it. Your post was made about a picture of james brown that was posted on christmas. The day he died? And as far as the page being black nationalist? The pic of the black panthers was posted for black history month. I am very familiar with chirock nation. Members of crn run this page. I am very familiar with you and your affiliations which i why i was shocked that the comment was made on this page by you to begin with. Not only did you down the man who helped the base of hiphop music to begin with, but you turned around and pulled a race card. And then threw chi rock nation in as a defense. What race of people you hung around is not of any signifigance. Chi-rock nation is not about race. Hip hop isnt as well. This page was designed to support a movement. Your crew has played a major role respectively in the artform so recognized for. But in the respect of things you offer no respect at all in your original post. The essence...
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Answer Aerosoul February 7 at 12:41pm Report
While James Brown's music did indeed influence hip hop music, the man himself was not the second coming of christ. He can be joked about. But you're missing the point. I was joking with YOU, not him. You posted a rather ironic comment that I found a bit amusing. I could see "Long live the spirit and/or the music of James Brown." But you said "long live James Brown" which is historically used in a literal manner. When you say long live X, you literally want X to live a long time (i.e., "long live the king!") Saying long live X on the day X dies is comically inappropriate. That's all. It's you, not James Brown. Don't throw the hardest working man isn show business under the bus to cover for your complete misuse of a commonly used phrase. Unconscionable.

Also, there are several pictures of the Black Panthers. One, I could understand, but there are many. Call me old fashioned, but I find militant black nationalism a bit unsettling. I take the message of "killing whitey" a bit persoanlly. Even if it's black history month. I believe we should get along And another key distinction here: recognizing and commenting on images associated with racism does not make me racist, nor dies it constitute playing the race card. If anything, the source of such images (you) may be the racist, not the innocent victim who is offended (me).

Anyway, I didn't mean to pick a fight. I thought that your reaction to my comment was weird. But because you did put up a spirited defense, I won't de-freind you.

However, you didn't say who you are. If you were not a writer, you cannot claim to be "Hip Hop's Essense." Such a lofty claim can only be made by soemone who has actively engaged in all aspects of hip hop, not just listening to WHPK. So establish some credibility and tell me who you are. You know who I am, so return the favor.

Anyway, gotta run. I have stuff to get out for work so I won't miss any of the aciton later. Go Colts! I can't forgive the Saints for going after Farve so vicisioulsy last week. Anyway, I think this settles our little spat, but if you must continue to defend yourself, I won't respond until Monday. But don't. You can't win.

Hip Hop's Essence February 7 at 1:07pm You arent in any authority to question anything in regards to anything when you have to name drop. So we wont get into that. Defense? All writers arent bboys and all emcees aint dj's. Luckily i am all. With dues paid. Before there were chapters. Southside crn original. Leave it that. Name dropping is for biters since you are in a teaching mood. Support the movement... If you cant say anything nice then say nothing. Make a contribution to crn. Are you a dj? Emcee? Anything other than a writer? All elements remember? Hiphop police maybe? Be peaceful bruh. Enjoy ya weekend. Dont forget to checkout whpk on the 12th. Peace
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Answer Aerosoul February 8 at 9:53am Report
Actually, I never was a cop. I considered it to pay for college, but decided to work part time through school. So that line of nonsense will get you nowhere. It was a good decision; I was never comfortable with being a cop.

And again, you misunderstood what I was saying. I'm not saying that everyone involved in hip hop must dj and emcee and breakdance. I did none of those. But you claim to be "Hip Hop's Essence" and hold yourself out as the embodiment of all things hip hop, and therefore you have to embrace all aspects of hip hop. Or else you're not really the essence of hip hop. Too bad posting lame pictures representing outdated ideals in the comfort of your mom's basement isn't an aspect of hip hop, because you seem to have mastered that.

Support the movement? By blindly agreeing with you? I though we could have a constructive discussion about a direction of hip hop (the black nationalist revival) that I was never comfortable with, and you tell me that questioning the movement is not tolerated? It's that type of intellectual laziness that drove me away in the first place, so thank you for reminding me why I went my own way.

I'm not sure where you were going with the name dropping/biter thing. I'm not following the logic, so I'll ignore it. I think I proved that I had some pretty original stuff, so I'll let that stuff speak for itself.

Anyway, I put way too much effort into this. But it did make me realize that my very small effort to re-integrate myself in the community is a waste of time. I would "question the movement," and that doesn't seem to be tolerated anymore. So take care and good luck with whatever it is that you do when you're not painting top to bottom end to ends while doing the centipede on some discarded linoleum.

Hip Hop's Essence February 8 at 11:27am Thats the mentallity and conversation of a hater. Laziness? Your blindness didnt allow you to see that this page again was built to support all hip hop's movements. Meaning? You couldve made a contribution to this page as well. Unfortunately your contribution was that negative comment you made on a wall post i made on christmas that you couldve kept to yourself. You see us promoting brothers and sisters in crn who unlike you are "active" in the hiphop community. You couldve posted a graf pic, a link to your favorite video or song or battle, or youth program or something to backup more than the bullshit you talking. We have a movement to support. You go ahead and be the typical chicago dude we none negative chicagoans arent. I would say peace but...
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Answer Aerosoul February 8 at 4:41pm Report
You are a horrible debater. And you still never told me who you are. Very cowardly. By your silence, I'm sure you're some nobody that never had the balls to actually paint things.

Based on all that has happened, I hereby renounce my membership in the chi-rock nation. Actually, becuase I am a founding member of the CRN, I'm using my founding member privilge to kick you out first. I can make some calls to the Zulu nation to see if they are accepting new members, if you ask nicely. Send me your rambling, incoherent resume and I'll forward it on.

Hip Hop's Essence February 8 at 7:53pm Who ever said you were a cop? Nobody is going to feed into your great effort to gain any info mr officer. And it seems like you are on here looking for writers. Or you are on a mission like you are trying to put on whatever out of anger about something. In any event, people like you are the reason why this city is looked down upon. What you couldve offered in support you chose to offer the opposite. You may find it humorous to be on here playing yourself. You offer debate instead of support. And thats sucker. You keep talking about paint. And if you are founding member its a shame you would initiate this with another founding member. You are unloyal to this city, crn and SIN. And that racial joint you pulled came in bad taste. Be gone crab. You couldnt even follow the language. And thats toy.
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Illuminati Congo .....get familiar

When I first got Jah's cd it took me a while to listen. When I listened, I could have kicked myself in the ass for waiting soo long to check it. HE IS THE SHIIIIIIT!!!!THEY ARE THE SHIT!! I'm glad he put me on. Click on the pic for more information on my guys Jah The Baptist, Nic the Graduate, also known as Illuminati Congo.

Check the music, video, and the band:
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“HOP HOP TO BEYOND: NO HOLDS BARRED” NIGHT ANNOUNCED AT ABBEY PUB LAST WED. OF EVERY MONTH ; PROMISE OF NEW DAWN OF ARTST, NATIONAL ACTS, AND TALENT

“HOP HOP TO BEYOND: NO HOLDS BARRED” NIGHT ANNOUNCED AT ABBEY PUB LAST WED. OF EVERY MONTH ; PROMISE OF NEW DAWN OF ARTST, NATIONAL ACTS, AND TALENT

From its inception, the concept of “Hip Hop to Beyond” was to enhance an already established collaboration between Billa Camp (www.billacamp.com), a self made producer and MC who is about to release his first solo recording “UP” and is heavily involved in the Skateboard and Hip Hop community in Chicago, and Lance Loiselle (Laelo) (www.myspace.com/treologic), who is an established jazz pianist, composer, producer, and tubist with the Lowdown Brass Band. Both collaborators with the eclectic hip hop band Treologic, and Jamal Cole (www.urbanedgepublishing.com) a self published author with 2 books to his credit (Mudsharks and Athletes and MCs) and notable MC, is also one of the driving behind this collaboration. It seemed destined from the beginning to enhance each artists individual careers as well as a whole, to promote an eclectic music scene in Chicago , in the wake of close knit circles the three established artists run with and the “hater” mentality that grips much of Chicago Hip Hop.



The night is a residency at THE ABBEY PUB (3420 W. Grace), every last Wednesday of the month until December with their engagement entitled "From Hip Hop to Beyond: No Holds Barred" There they will host the best in national acts, regional touring artists, and local talent - and not just hip hop but music that runs the gamut of perspectives. On Wednesday February 24, 2010, the night will feature an all local Chicago lineup including Walter J. Liveharder (www.walterjliveharder.com - former Bad News Jones MC), Illuminati Congo (www.illuminaticongo.com), and DJ Alo/My Boy Elroy on the decks The night will also feature a long awaited end to a hiatus by Treologic, that features a collaboration between Laelo and Billa Camp as wells as The Beatpusha (www.thebeatpusha.com) on drums, Ang13 (www.myspace.com/ang13) on vocals, who will also host the event, and My Boy Elroy (www.myspace.com/hisboywonder), on beatbox and decks. Treologic, as a band, has recently had commercial success with its Colabo CD (2008), and music web and television placements with Heineken, ABC Family, and Phillip Morris.



"Because of the elements of jazz and soul in their music they can be considered a "traditional" fusion band, but it's really the precision and balance of their work that distinguishes them from the rest.a”- Jeff Min, CenterstageChicago.com



You definitely don't want to miss the sound, the spectacle that is From Hip Hop to Beyond: No Holds Barred" hosted by Treologic, every last Wednesday of each month.



For more info or interview consideration:

Contact Info:

Lance Loiselle, CEO

Treologic Entertainment, LLC; Green Room Recording Co, LLC, Cigol Records - Chicago

Phone: 773-818-4403

lance@treologicmusic.com

www.myspace.com/treologic

www.treologicmusic.com

www.sonicbids.com/treologic

J. Cole , an excellent writer just came out with this fresh book "Athletes and Emcess". For all you educators out there who's kids state they want to be a ball player or a rapper this one is for you. You can teach a whole semester on this one. And for all you up and coming ballplayers and emcees you really need to check this out as well it's worth it.

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