Back for the 6th time, Ladies and Gentleman I’m glad to be here. I hope all has been well. Not to beat a dead horse, but its interesting how after 6 weeks, the dissolution of Metro Muzik: The Union is still being discussed. Those following the movement are aware of Mr. Kuwn-Dalini’s interview and my response on 360 D Radio last Friday. Those that missed it and care to listen, you can head to the 360 D Radio website (www.360DRadio.com) and look for the September 14th edition on the show. For everyone else, I honestly hope that we can move from this. As I’ve stated, that was a great 18 month ride with its ups and downs, mainly ups....but it’s time for everybody to let it go. That chapter for interim is done.
But with the mention of Mr. Kuwn-Dalini, I’ll admit it will feel good to return to the Tomcat’s stage on Sunday and co-host “The Re-Union” with Kuwn. It’s the first time we’ve co-hosted since he re-launched “The Union” showcase series on September 9th. Kuwn always said there wasn’t a microphone that I didn’t want to talk into......
As with every blog, I give my email address allowing people the opportunity to leave feedback and ask questions.
Scott from Tulsa, Oklahoma asks: Do you think the Majors (i.e. Atlantic, Def Jam, Columbia, Virgin) are interested in Artists from the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW)?
In my opinion...yes. They all have offices here. Everyone doesn’t know that but they do. They have keept their ears to the streets. They have street teams. Since 2006, Dallas has garnered some attention from the Majors.
• January 2006 - Mr. Pookie released “The Return of the Rippla” via Universal's Fontana Distribution (thru Boss Entertainment).
• December 2006 - Big Tuck released “The Absolute Truth” via T-Town / Universal Republic Records.
• January 2007 - P.P.T. released “Tres Monos in Love” via Koch Records (thru Idol Records and Navarre Distribution)
• April 2007 – “The Bioniq MC” Steve Austin released “The 800lb. Gorilla via Universal Music Enterpries
• June 2007 – Tum Tum released “Eat or Ate Alive” via T-Town / Universal Republic Records
Excluding P.P.T., Mr. Pookie, Big Tuck, Steve Austin and Tum Tum’s major label LPs under-performed at retail due to various reasons including lack of promotions and lack of support from the hometown. Because I don’t have the terms of everybody’s contract, I’m not sure of who is responsible for what as far as the marketing & promotions of each album listed above. P.P.T. on the other hand is on the rise and Tres Monos in Love has become a more popular LP amongst the locals. Clout Records recently signed a distribution deal with EMI. As I mentioned......Yes the majors have/are interested in talent from DFW. This is the number 4, 5 media market in the country so it’s only a matter of time before we have someone that takes the nation be storm from this area.
Jessica from Dallas, Texas asks: Can you can name 10 Hip-Hop / Rap artists from our city that everyone should be watching for that doesn’t have / had any type of major deal?
“In no particular order, I believe everyone should be watching for : Colby Savage, Money Waters, Ricochet, Suavé and Elite Star Productions, Knesecary, King Ashoka, Que-P from Philly Station, Dawg Wonder from D.D.C., Gifted Tha Go-Gitta and B-Eazy. This list was in no particular order and I simply named the first 10 names that came to me.”
Oh, I forgot about G.O.A.T. That's why this is a difficult question. There are so many artists I think have the immediate talent and/or need the least molding. Thinking of G.O.A.T., shouts out to him and dj three6t as they celebrate the "Dallas Got Next" Mixtape at their Mixtape Release Party in Dallas on Saturday. G.O.A.T. has been grinding for a while and nice to see he's beginning to get his just due!
In closing, I’ll answer some more questions next week. Everyone that has supported the movement, as always I appreciate it. Continue to send the questions and comments to me. Everybody be safe out there. I’ll see you in two weeks!
Vincent Tucker aka “V.Diddy”
Founder of CWC Entertainment Group, LLC
Feel free to email me at vtucker@citywideonline.net and let me know how you feel.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Vincent Talks UnSigned The Magazine, P.P.T., KoMika and More!
What’s Going On Everybody? It’s Vincent here for the 5th installment of “Vincent’s Corner.” It’s been two weeks but I’ve kept y’all in mind. I’ve received plenty of emails and comments since my last blog entry. I know I’m supposed to answer one question per blog but due to space I’ll probably have to answer one in my next blog.
So since we last spoke, Mike Vick pleads guilty to some of the charges involved with the Dog Fighting Indictments against him and his cohorts. Vick just mortgaged his future for the “fast money.” With all of his endorsements and the $130 million contract he signed 3 years ago, Vick didn’t even need the fast money. Sure he’s going to prison, but what the judge needs to remember is that Vick not being able to play football on Sundays will hurt him more than any prison time he does. This is the time when an athlete uses the sport they play to take his/her mind off of the world’s pressures. He’ll miss all of this season, next season because of prison and then the NFL will suspend Vick for another season. When he comes out, he’ll be 31 and 3 pro seasons out of football. But in his defense, I believe he’s learned from this. One question though....... When did people killing animals become bigger than people killing people? If we had this much energy and focus on gun control, the nation would be in a better place.
Okay, so let me get off of my soap box for a moment. I wanted to mention that the best event I attended during the last two weeks, was the Unsigned The Magazine Print Launch Party. After being an online magazine for so long, Robbie Wilcox (Publisher) and Mut Asheru (EIC) have brought the magazine to print. On the first cover of the magazine, P.P.T. (Pikahsso, Picnic and Tahiti) is on the cover. I’m a HUGE FAN of P.P.T. Upon first hearing music from the trio over a year ago, I thought the group was a little bit too eccentric but I’ve learned P.P.T. is bringing back the fun to Hip-Hop music. They make good music. P.P.T. is signed to Koch Records through Idol Records and Navarre Distribution. So congrats to Robbie and Mut for going to print and P.P.T. for getting the initial cover.
On the subject of the Launch party, shouts out to Jay Fouts (Blackwerks Ent), Rage Almighty, DJ P-Nut, Jam Renaissance, Bruh-N-Law, Zach and Chris Collier, P.P.T. (Tahiti, I didn’t know you knew who I was!), HeadKrack (97.9 The Beat), Original Soul, T-Wrex (Slept on), DJ Spinn, DJ Fish and Mut (I told you I’m going for the cover!). Jay, I learned a lot from you in our long conversation, we’ll make something happen!
It was announced yesterday that I’m the DFW Booking Agent for the Harlem Starz, a novelty basketball team based out of El Paso, Texas. Similar to the Harlem Globetrotters, the Starz are a basketball team full of former Collegiate, And 1, Overseas and Globetrotters who travel from high school to high school playing the best students at the school. They also bring a drug free atmosphere and positive message wherever they go. I’m gracious that the owner Mike Gonzales reached out to me for the venture. They should be coming to North Texas in November so look out for them!
Be sure to check out the newest single from “R&B’s Biggest Secret” KoMika. The song is titled “Don’t Stop” and produced by the Evil Genius DJ Green Latern. We just sent the record out to over 200 DJs and Record pools across the country and have received positive feedback. To listen to “Don’t Stop”, click on her picture in the left hand side of the website and/or visit her online at www.KoMikasWorld.com. I’m glad that Industry Veteran Dan The Man is allowing us to work with her to help take KoMika to the next level.
Before I Go, let me say that my prayers are going out to Tonisha Johnson as her Dad is in the hospital right now suffering from an undisclosed problem i'm not at liberty to release. Tonisha gave me my first interview in August last year and made me apart of the advisory board for up-start T.O.M.I. Magazine this past February. Tonisha, Everything will be okay! (New Issue of T.O.M.I. Magazine is due this week! (www.tomimagazine.com)
So everybody until next time, it’s been great. Continue to send the questions and comments to me. Everybody be safe out there. I’ll see you in two weeks!
Vincent Tucker aka “V.Diddy”
Founder of CWC Entertainment Group, LLC
So since we last spoke, Mike Vick pleads guilty to some of the charges involved with the Dog Fighting Indictments against him and his cohorts. Vick just mortgaged his future for the “fast money.” With all of his endorsements and the $130 million contract he signed 3 years ago, Vick didn’t even need the fast money. Sure he’s going to prison, but what the judge needs to remember is that Vick not being able to play football on Sundays will hurt him more than any prison time he does. This is the time when an athlete uses the sport they play to take his/her mind off of the world’s pressures. He’ll miss all of this season, next season because of prison and then the NFL will suspend Vick for another season. When he comes out, he’ll be 31 and 3 pro seasons out of football. But in his defense, I believe he’s learned from this. One question though....... When did people killing animals become bigger than people killing people? If we had this much energy and focus on gun control, the nation would be in a better place.
Okay, so let me get off of my soap box for a moment. I wanted to mention that the best event I attended during the last two weeks, was the Unsigned The Magazine Print Launch Party. After being an online magazine for so long, Robbie Wilcox (Publisher) and Mut Asheru (EIC) have brought the magazine to print. On the first cover of the magazine, P.P.T. (Pikahsso, Picnic and Tahiti) is on the cover. I’m a HUGE FAN of P.P.T. Upon first hearing music from the trio over a year ago, I thought the group was a little bit too eccentric but I’ve learned P.P.T. is bringing back the fun to Hip-Hop music. They make good music. P.P.T. is signed to Koch Records through Idol Records and Navarre Distribution. So congrats to Robbie and Mut for going to print and P.P.T. for getting the initial cover.
On the subject of the Launch party, shouts out to Jay Fouts (Blackwerks Ent), Rage Almighty, DJ P-Nut, Jam Renaissance, Bruh-N-Law, Zach and Chris Collier, P.P.T. (Tahiti, I didn’t know you knew who I was!), HeadKrack (97.9 The Beat), Original Soul, T-Wrex (Slept on), DJ Spinn, DJ Fish and Mut (I told you I’m going for the cover!). Jay, I learned a lot from you in our long conversation, we’ll make something happen!
It was announced yesterday that I’m the DFW Booking Agent for the Harlem Starz, a novelty basketball team based out of El Paso, Texas. Similar to the Harlem Globetrotters, the Starz are a basketball team full of former Collegiate, And 1, Overseas and Globetrotters who travel from high school to high school playing the best students at the school. They also bring a drug free atmosphere and positive message wherever they go. I’m gracious that the owner Mike Gonzales reached out to me for the venture. They should be coming to North Texas in November so look out for them!
Be sure to check out the newest single from “R&B’s Biggest Secret” KoMika. The song is titled “Don’t Stop” and produced by the Evil Genius DJ Green Latern. We just sent the record out to over 200 DJs and Record pools across the country and have received positive feedback. To listen to “Don’t Stop”, click on her picture in the left hand side of the website and/or visit her online at www.KoMikasWorld.com. I’m glad that Industry Veteran Dan The Man is allowing us to work with her to help take KoMika to the next level.
Before I Go, let me say that my prayers are going out to Tonisha Johnson as her Dad is in the hospital right now suffering from an undisclosed problem i'm not at liberty to release. Tonisha gave me my first interview in August last year and made me apart of the advisory board for up-start T.O.M.I. Magazine this past February. Tonisha, Everything will be okay! (New Issue of T.O.M.I. Magazine is due this week! (www.tomimagazine.com)
So everybody until next time, it’s been great. Continue to send the questions and comments to me. Everybody be safe out there. I’ll see you in two weeks!
Vincent Tucker aka “V.Diddy”
Founder of CWC Entertainment Group, LLC
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