Live With Prince Po #AnimalSerum

If you are a true HipHop head, like myself, you know who "Organized Konfusion" is... 

Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch (Queens, NY repping) made up the 2 man group, that was one of the most respected and highly acclaimed underground groups of the late 1990's. Originally called "Simply II Positive MCs", later changing their name to "Organized Konfusion" on the advice of Def Jam's Russell Simmons, had a slow start in their early career. Eventually signing a deal with the label "Hollywood BASIC", Organized Konfusion released their first full-length self-titled album in 1991. The single "Walk Into The Sun" peaked at #15 on the Hot Rap Singles charts. Their 2nd album "Stress: The Extinction Agenda" released in 1994, featuring childhood friend, O.C. and Tribe Called Quest's "Q-Tip", was more widely acclaimed, with the stand-out single "Stray Bullet".  After several years of featuring on other projects, Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch released their 3rd album, "The Equinox", in 1997. The concept-based album received less critical acclaim, yet charted higher on the Billboard than the previous 2 albums. 

Wanting to preserve the name built for their group, the duo parted in the late 90's. Prince Po focused on his own company of artists and Pharoahe Monch branched out as a solo artist. Since then, both MCs have released solo albums, the most current for Prince Po being "Animal Serum" with features from Monch, O.C., Sadat X and Production by Oh No (Stones Throw Records, credits Gangrene, The Alchemist, MadLib, Mos Def). The album reached #1 on National College Radio charts and has received high reviews from HipHop based blogsites and reviewers. A definite must have for us true "hiphopheads"! 

Check out the "just released" video from Animal Serum..."SMASH" featuring O.C. and Pharoahe Monch...

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Descendent (The MC)

It's always an honor to watch an emcee grow and embrace his/her talent. Ira "Descendent" Bond is one of those emcee's from the Raleigh/Durham area that has continually grown into his craft. He has used advice from mentor's such as Chaundon (Justus League) to find himself in his music and has set personal goals to use his words to inspire those who listen, especially the generations coming up behind him, to believe in their own dreams and to use the tools that God gave them to accomplish whatever they set their minds on. 

Descendent learned from his father and uncle's to really pay attention to the lyrics in songs because there's a story behind every artist that can be heard in their rhymes. He feeds off that knowledge when he writes his own verses and you can hear his story through every line he spits. He is currently working on a new project titled "Road To Greatness: Journey Of A Lost Soul" due to release end of April 2014. Watch for it! "I just want to make good music for the people to spread the truth. Hear my heart, feel my pain! Hopefully you will like what you hear and continue to support me." Descendent

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"Hardcore" by The Jake feat. Sonyae & Jordan

Okay, so I'm a few days late on this...it's hard to catch everything, but this is something I definitely had to share! I'm very familiar with The Jake from his work with one of my North Carolina favorites, J.Gunn. Jacob Hirata was raised in a military family, whose travels introduced him to a variety of music genre's. What he noticed was music all shared one common element that stuck with The Jake, "Good music makes you feel something" and that's what the goal behind his music is...to make you "feel" something, whether good or bad, through his music. 

Sonyae is an instant favorite to anyone that hears her. Still a newcomer to the scene, but she hasn't wasted any time showing what talent she has to offer to HipHop. Also laying bars on this track is Ohio emcee Jordan. "Hardcore" is the 1st single from The Jake's upcoming Mixtape titled "The Black Hibiscus Tape".

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#LadiesOfNCPRomo "Girl Song" Contest Ends March 1st!!

North Carolina can't Unite! Nobody wants to work with each other! North Carolina has no support! All of these words have been used to describe the failures of the North Carolina music scene, and I've felt this way many times. It's inevitable that not EVERYONE is going to feel the need or desire to work with another artist, to support another artists or to reach out to another "Team", but I assure you, there are some of us that ARE! The #LadiesOfNCPRomo team came together in a matter of hours! In a random spontaneous moment I wanted to find a way to get artists to reach out to a "guaranteed" fan base, the female, so while conversing in a feed with other Ladies in the same line of work as myself, we came together with a contest to inspire our NC Artists to reach further than their normal mixtape/street tracks. We would offer a "Free" push to every outlet we have for the most liked, marketable, and best put together song "for the ladies", all that was needed was for artists to send us their songs. Out of that, and in a matter of days, with the help of Tia aka "Meet The Connect PR" and Kischa Pena, we launched our Facebook Fanpage, Twitter and Soundcloud social pages to pass the word. So far we have had over 30 submissions from artists around North Carolina, and the #LadiesOfNCPRomo group has grown to 15 members!! Within 48 hours, our fan page had over 200 "likes"! I'd call that a pretty decent "network"... The song contest deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2014, so you still have a couple days to submit. 

One sure thing that every good and dedicated artist needs is someone that can reach beyond their neighborhood and city, a team, a Public Relations specialist that can be the bridge between the artist, radio stations, blog sites and influential persons within the Music Industry. So if you are willing to invest in your dreams, your career and your future, we've brought together 15 of the best Ladies in PR and Promotions from your state!! No, we do not provide our services for free, but we are willing to work with your budget. Network in the group, find out who offers what your looking for and keep posted for future contests and offers. We all want to see our state and our beloved scene thrive!! #LetsWork

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Jozeemo "True Identity"

Jozeemo, the CEO of Blockhuggerz Entertainment, East Durham residing MC, has been shaking up the Underground Hip Hop scene of North Carolina for some time now.  Jumping into 2012 with the successful release of his newest album, "True Identity", Jozeemo  has Tweeted that it will be his last album. Don't believe everything you read tho! There is too much talent within this one man to set it aside now. It is evident on every track of "True Identity" (Available on iTunes now). The intended single, Adrenaline, gives you a taste of the hard-hitting side of Jozeemo, where as tracks like "Call Me" and "Somethings Gotta Change" show you he isn't all "gansta".  2011 added another credit to Jozeemo's profile with his self-edited video "Steam".  So, be sure that things can only get better for this NC Favorite! 

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