Me'Aze Millioni - Music Without Voice - Instrumental Album (Jam Eazey Entertainment)

Me'Aze Millioni is someone I've known in the Baltimore scene for a few years now, since back when she was known as "Bosslady," as a promoter and label owner and generally just a person doing a lot of different things related to music without being an artist herself. But in the past year or two, she's shown some ambition as a producer, and I think she's collaborated with some MCs here and there and gotten some beats out there, but I hadn't really heard her work much until I got this new all-instrumental album she just released, which is available on CDBaby.com. It's kind of along the same lines as Ron Rico's instrumental CDs, but a little less developed, aesthetically or technically, since she's a less experienced producer. I don't know if she's got an eye on selling these beats to artists or if she completely intends them to be heard as they are here, as instrumentals, but it's an interesting record, 24 tracks covering a pretty wide variety of sounds, mostly mellow synthy beats.

Me'Aze Millioni - "Instrumental 18" (mp3)
This is the one I can probably most easily hear an MC on, it even kinda has separate sections that feel like a verse and a chorus.

Labels: Bosslady, mixtape/album review, mp3

various artists - B-More Vibe Magazine presents Watch This! (mixed by Musse' Mus)

The timing of this post is pretty unfortunate, because a couple months ago B-More Vibe Magazine released its first mixtape, and put on a great release party show for the occasion, but I'm now getting around to writing about the CD here just a few days after it was announced that B-More Vibe is no more. You can read the full announcement here, so all I'll say is that I have a lot of respect for what Rogue and Me'Aze Millioni tried to do with the mag, but knowing what the market is like for print publications these days, I totally understand their decision. I only contributed to B-More Vibe a little bit and always wished I did more, but it is what it is. Let's talk about what they did accomplish, though, because this CD is pretty dope, with new material from D.O.G., UnReal, Ms. Stress, Tha Profitt, B.O.M.B, PenDragon, and even Rogue herself. I was impressed that they got virtually every artist on the mixtape to perform at the release party, too.

Remstarr - "Know Me" (mp3)
I have to admit that the real reason I'm posting this song is that about 28 seconds into the track, Musse' Mus says "Government Names dot Blogspot dot com." I've heard my government name shouted out on mixtapes a couple times now, but this is the first time I've heard Government Names itself shouted out, which is pretty cool. The song is good, too, though, I've never posted anything by Remstarr before but I see dude all over MySpace all the time.

Labels: B.O.M.B., Bosslady, D.O.G., magazines/newspapers, mixtape/album review, mp3, Ms. Stress, Musse' Mus', Tha Profitt, UnReal

The DMV Entertainment Music Awards were held this past weekend honoring participants of music scenes in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Viriginia. Congratulations to the winners representing Baltimore: Kelly Connelly (for Most Supportive Media) and B-Fly of Brown F.I.S.H. (for Best Spoken Word Artist). And also, congratulations to the other Baltimore nominees: Em Sea Water, Bossman, Shaka Pitts, Me'Aze Millioni, ShellBe R.A.W., Musse' Mus' and Sonny Brown.

Labels: B-Fly, Bosslady, Bossman, Brown F.I.S.H., Musse' Mus', ShellBe RAW, Sonny Brown

So the folks at Hip Hop 101 decided to start this thing called the Blammy Awards for the Baltimore hip hop community, and they're letting the public decides who should win. I wish them all the best in getting a great turnout, I have pretty mixed feelings about the polls I've tried to do on this site in the past and haven't really decided if I want to do one at all this year. But the nominees and all the information on voting and deadlines from Sonny Brown are listed below. I bolded the names of the people I'm voting for, just to let you know what I think and who I endorse if you're having trouble deciding (don't be mad at me for any of my opinions, I'm just being honest!), but obviously I'm biased about the "best media award," where Government Names is a nominee. Email your ballots to CASTITNOW@gmail.com

DECEMBER 3rd HIPHOP 101 BLAMMY AWARDS

THESE ARE THE NOMINEES.. VOTE ONE TIME FOR EACH CATAGORY. THE POLLS WILL BE THRU EMAIL, ACTUAL POLLS THAT ARE BEING WORKED ON NOW THAT WILL BE PLACED ON MY PAGE AS WELL AS SHAKA PITTS PAGE. I WILL ALSO HAVE SOMETHING SET UP AT HIPHOP 101 EVERY WEEK . VOTING DEADLINE ENDS NOVEMBER 30TH.. THE BLAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

BEST EMCEE MALE
SKARR AKBAR
CADDY THE DON
BACKLAND
OGUN
VISION

BEST EMCEE FEMALE
MS STRESS
NIK STYLES
CREAM
TUFFLON DONNA
SYMANTEX

BEST GROUP
G.E.M.
1ST FAMILY
RAW DOC
KARTEL
DIRT PLATOON
TRIUMPHANT MUSIC GROUP

BEST RNB MALE
CHE RAY
MYKEE
BRANDON

BEST RNB FEMALE
TYREIKA
KIA CALLAWAY
KIESHA STARR
LYNEE MICHELLE

BEST MIXTAPE
BACKLAND-THIS IS ME
OGUN-BMORE HERO
CADDY DA DON- 2.5
VISION- DONT GET IT MIXED UP
UNREAL - THE FUCK ELSE YOU WANT FOR FREE
COMP-THE MAN WITH THE HAND

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
JBROWN
CADDY THE DON
KG
TY-GUDDA
YOUNG SAC
ONLY
TRIGGA

BEST MIXTAPE DJ
DJ BOOMAN
DJ JABRIL
DJ BIG REL
DNA
DJ ME'AZE MILLIONI

BEST LIVE SHOW
COMP
KG
CADDY THE DON
OGUN
DIRT PLATOON

BEST BEATMAN
AKIRA
D-BANKS
JFUNK
SPEILBERG
EWATTS
GMAJOR
REINA WILLIAMS
KANG KONG

SPIT FIRE AWARD
SAVAGE
TRIGGA
VERB
MANIAC DRE
MS STRESS

NEXT 2 BLOW AWARD
MULLYMAN
BOSSMAN
TIM TREES
HULI SHALLONE
D.O.G.
B.O.M.B
SKARR AKBAR

BEST MEDIA AWARD
STRICTLY HIPHOP 88.9
MUSIC MONTHLY
GOVERNMENT NAMES
REALTALK WITH SPITTS MCMAN
BMOREVIBE
DEEPFLOW TV/RADIO
STREETZ MAGAZINE
BMOREHH.COM / J5
MALDOTCOM

HIPHOP 101 AWARD-SQUIRRAL WYDE

Labels: B.O.M.B., Backland, Bosslady, Bossman, Comp, D.O.G., DJ Booman, DNA, G.E.M./Tha Plague, Hip Hop 101, Huli Shallone, Kartel, Ms. Stress, Mullyman, Ogun, Skarr Akbar, Sonny Brown, Tim Trees, UnReal

Labels: 5 Seasons, B.O.M.B., Bosslady, D.O.G., flyer, magazines/newspapers, Ms. Stress, UnReal

IT'S GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT
5 SEASONS 830 N GUILFORD

WITH PERFORMANCES BY

RAY VICTORY
WELDING ENTERTAINMENT
HOODSTRUCK
EWATTS
CADDY THE DON
TIM TREES

AND A WHOLE LOT MORE!!!!

TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT

HOSTED BY SQUIRRAL WYDE
DJ ME'AZE ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL

$10 FOR THE FELLAS
$5 FOR THE FEMALES

INTERESTED IN PERFORMING? CALL 443-850-1572 AND ASK FOR MR. WILSON!!!

DONT WORRY I'LL BE BACK SOON ENOUGH!

-Sonny Brown

Labels: 5 Seasons, Bosslady, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Tim Trees

STAR STATUS ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS

THE BEATMAN BATTLE II - MONDAY SEPT. 10TH, 2007 @ THE 5 SEASONS, 830 N. GUILFORD AVE. BALTIMORE, MD. 21202. DOORS OPEN AT 10PM

COME SEE THE HOTTEST MUSIC PRODUCERS IN B-MORE BATTLE IT OUT.

HOSTED BY: SONNY BROWN, MUSIC BY: DJ ME'AZE "BOSSLADY" MILLIONI

Labels: 5 Seasons, Bosslady, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Sonny Brown

HIPHOP 101 TOMORROW NIGHT
PERFORMING LIVE
ONLY
TONKA TUCK
RON G
BLUE GATES
DUECE WILD
SONNY REDDZ
FLAMES O FIRE
COKANE COPELAND
VISION
SHUG ROCK
3RD INF
MAXXXMILLIONZ
S.DOT
HOT HOOD!

AND TWO SPECIAL GUEST THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE LOOKING OUT FOR!!!!!!

EACH AND EVERY MONDAY AT THE 5 SEASONS 830 N GUILFORD

THE BOSSLADY DJ ME'AZE ON THE WHEELS

SONNY BROWN AS YOUR HOST

2 SONG LIMIT SO IF SHIT GOES RIGHT, THERE MAY BE A OPEN MIC AT THE END OF THE NIGHT

$10 FOR THE FELLAS
$5 FOR THE FEMALES

DRINK SPECIALS AND FOOD AVAILABLE

MAKE SURE YOU GUYS GO TO THE NEW RESTARAUNT PROVIDED BY STARSTATUS... SOULMANS!

TOMORROW NIGHT ITS GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN

Labels: 5 Seasons, Bosslady, Hip Hop 101, Sonny Brown

PERFORMERS

OGUN
SOUTHPAW
YOUNG SAC
NIC SOPRANO
VISION
SONNY REDDS
BOMB
TY-GUDDA
TYREIKA
NAVY SEAL
JAY LYNN
VEREADY GRACE PRESENTS RON G
FIRST FAMILY
TWIN DESERT EAGLES
BLUE GATES

NETWORKING MONDAY @ THE
5 SEASONS

$10 FOR THE FELLAS
$5 FOR THE LADIES

Labels: 5 Seasons, B.O.M.B., Bosslady, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Ogun, Sonny Brown, South Paw

Hip Hop 101/Old School Mondays
August 5th, 2007 - Five Seasons
830 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 - ladies $5, guys $10

AT THE 5 SEASONS!

WELCOMING DJ ME'AZE ONCE AGAIN AND HONERING HER FOR ALL OF HER ACOMPLISHMENTS!

830 N GUILFORD STREET 5 SEASONS!

PERFORMING LIVE
SYMANTEX
AZONA
UNREAL
OGUN
JADEFOX
KG
CADDY THE DON
TIM TREES AND EWATTS
HSC
TEAM 50
REINA WILLIAMS
KALIKO
GEM

MUSIC BY DJ ME'AZE
HOSTED BY SQURRIAL WYDE AND SONNY BROWN

DRINK SPECIALS, FOOD.. MAN IT'S GOING TO BE ON AND POPPIN

MALES $10
FEMALES $5

IT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING FOR FUTURE DATES HIT ME UP ON HERE AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK!

WESTSIDE LOUNGE IS STILL CRACKING.. WANT TO HOLD YOUR EVENT THERE? GET AT ME.. LOW LOW LOW RATES ON RENTING OUT THE CLUB.. THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS, AND SATURDAYS IT'S GOING DOWN THERE AS WELL

-Sonny Brown

Labels: 5 Seasons, Bosslady, flyer, G.E.M./Tha Plague, Hip Hop 101, Jade Fox, Ms. Stress, Sonny Brown, Tim Trees, UnReal

Labels: Bosslady, flyer, G.E.M./Tha Plague, Hip Hop 101, Jade Fox, Ms. Stress, Sonny Brown, Tim Trees, UnReal

The Making The Right Moves Entertainment Conference is this weekend at the Baltimore Convention Center, and it's shaping up to be a pretty interesting event, I can't remember anything like this ever being done before here, at least on this scale. As I mentioned last month, I've been invited to appear as a panelist on two panels, which I believe will be on Saturday at 12 noon and at 3PM. So I'm gonna go check it out, meet some people, try to contribute to the discussion, and hang around and maybe see some of the speakers and showcases, and probably write something about the experience for the City Paper's Noise page. I put pretty much all the info I have about it below, and there's more at http://www.milestonemediaonline.com. I hope the turnout's good and the whole event lives up to its potential, it'd be cool to have a conference like this every year.







July 27-29, 2007
@
THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION CENTER
Panelist include
, DJ Heat(Justo Award Winning DJ, WPGC 95.5 FM,Kelly Connelly( Music Monthly,Frank Johnson ( Alantic Records), Wil Roc( UnRuly),Rogue Versatile( Bmore Vibe Magazine),Mike MacIntosh( ARS,Architentects Ent) Antonio Motts ( U Turn Marketing and Promotions),Al Shipley ( Government Names Blog, Baltimore City Paper) Adeniya Omisore, Cheryl Slay ( Business Law attorney with a particular focus on Intellectual Property and entertainment industry matters) and many many more

KEYNOTE SPEAKER SATURDAY 4PM- 5 PM
ICE T
( NEW JACK CITY, LAW and ORDER, Multi- Platnium Recording Artist)

DIP SET/ BYRD GANG RECORDING ARTIST
NOE
Deshawn Taylor ( Author, CEO Real Hiphop.com, BET's Ultimate Hustler Contestant
Liris Crosse (Best Man,The Source, XXL, Music Videos,),
Gary Gentles ( CEO/ Founder SingersRoom.com)
Venom ( Hot 103.9FM SC)
The WILD CHILD DNA ( Rountable Ent, Rooftop Ent XM66 RAW Radio, Mixtape King
DJ LIL MIC( XM,WEAA 88.9,KJAM 105K Tulsa OK, WQIZ 93.1 The Beat Amarillo,TX,Raheem Devaugh Tour DJ)
David Ivory ( Grammy Award Winning Producer, Songerwriter),
Pork Chop ( 92 Q, Big Phat Morning Show, Billboard Charted Artist)
TOVE COOPER ( Author Of LADY B. MOORE and Founder/CEO of GOOOD Books
CEO, Actress, Studio Owner, Promoter and Host her own Series of Street DVD's
BMORES TRUE BOSSLADY

Paul Gardner

Since Attorney Gardner began the Gardner Law Group to specialize in entertainment and business law matters. Attorney Gardner has been the legal advisor to some of the following sample high profile clients like Actor/Comedian Tommy Davidson; the Prince of Fashion Travis Winkey; and many

Mike Williams

Publisher of Exclusive Magazine. Exclusive Magazine is an urban music publication with distribution in 10+ US markets as well as overseas in Germany with over 20,000+ readers. They have produced shows for television and college radio in the Hampton Roads region of VA. The TV show was called The Fixxx which aired on WVBT Fox 43 for 6 months and the Radio show was on Old Dominion University and was called the Block with the 1st Lady of College Radio which aired for 2 years on WODU AM 1630

JUST ADDED... STAY GETTIN ENTERTAINMENT

WE NOT DONE YET ............ More will be added this week

FRIDAY
MEET AND GREET PARTY @

Sponsored by ORIGINAL INC. Clothing
Music by DJ SPONTANEOUS
9-2 AM
TASTE INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX

4314 Curtis Avenue Baltimore, MD 21226

Phone: 410-354-5566 Fax: 410-354-5567

Performances start @ 10
Baltimore's Best Sound System

PERFORMING ACTS

- BOMB
- POETIC
- CAPO
- GRAMZ
- MINISTER DaUrbanledjen
- UnREAL
- Greenspan
- Bree Ft. Adonna
- S.I.- Buck Head Records
-Sudden Distraction - Buck Head Records
- The New Familia - Buck Head Records
- Kasper aka Young NOVA
- Broadway the Governa
-The Head Bangers
- Cyndiva
-Tydale Clayton
- O.D.R.
- Fat Dog
- C BAN

and many many many more suprises

Saturday

JUST ADDED FOR SATURDAY HIPHOP WORLD.NET

Registration

Conference, Panel Discussions and Fashion Show

SITE: Baltimore Convention Center

1 W Pratt St

Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone:(410) 649-7000

Rooms 302 and 303

Staff 8:45 am

Check In 9.00 am

TIME WHERE EVENT

10 am Room 303 Fashion and Imaging

11 am Room 303 Get Your Business Started the Right Way

12 pm Room 302 Are you Using the Internet to Fully Market Yourself

1 pm Room 303 Touring on a Budget

1 pm Room 302 What are the Alternative Outlets For your Music

2 pm Room 303 Women in Media

Intermission 3-4

3 pm Room 302 Street Team and Gorilla Promotions

3 pm Room 303 Manager or Agent Whats Best and How Do I Get Legal Representation

4 pm Room 302 How to get distribution for My Product

4 pm Room 303 Demo Listening Session I

ROOMS WILL BE COMBINED

6 pm Key Note Speaker Ice-T “How to Hustle the Industry”

7 pm – 8 pm VIP Reception
Sponsored by EGO Productions

8 pm – 10 pm Fashion Show Presented By:

Avon Dorsey and Fashion 101

VIP Reception for ICE- T 5 PM to 6 PM

Fashion Show Powered by
AVON DORSEY &Style 101
www.style101.com

DOORS OPEN 6 PM
@ The Convention Center
Advance Tix 15.00... Get at me for Tix...they are going fast...
VIP 50.00
MORE AT THE DOOR

For Tickets contact
AVON 410-926-5184
HOWARD 484-347-7898
REGGIE 410-900-6380

AFTER PARTY & ARTIST SHOWCASE
@ 5 Seasons

830 Guilford Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202

The Mount Vernon Plaza

next to Dunkin Doughnuts

- Sluggerz Entertainment
- BOMB
- POETIC
- CAPO
- GRAMZ
-MINISTER DaUrbanledjen
- Karon
- Beat Box
- Bree Ft. Adonna
-Sudden Distraction - Buck Head Records
- The New Familia - Buck Head Records
- S. I Buck Head Records
-The Head Bangers
- Cyndiva
-Tydale Clayton
- O.D.R.
- Fat Dog
- C BAN
- TONEY BONE
- Heavy Gold/ HG Stay Gettin Entertainmnet/ Arabz

Sunday
Staff 8:45 am

Check In 9.00 am

TIME WHERE EVENT

10 am Room 302 Music Publishing for Songwriters

11 am Room 303 Another Way to Make the Big Time

12 am Room 303 Target Songwriting

1 pm Room 302 Demo Listening Session II

2 pm Room 303 Kids in the Industry

2:30 pm Room 302 Independent Film and DVD’s

3 pm Room 302 The Power of Video Exposure

4 pm Screening “ How Hip Hop Saved My Life “

Labels: 5 Seasons, 92Q, B.O.M.B., Bosslady, DNA, flyer, NOE, Stay Gettin', UnReal

HIPHOP 101 and the 5 SEASONS HAS PARTED WAYS!

Yes it's true. we will no LONGER be at the 5 seasons.. If you already know, the Health Department and BCPD shut the club down last FRIDAY.. BUT it will be open next week AND sad to say HIP HOP 101 will no longer be in the building. We figured that maybe we need to do or own night in our OWN CLUB! thats right Next week and the weeks to come we will be doing or own shit at our OWN CLUB! WESTSIDE BAR AND LOUNGE 2578 HOLLINS street off of FRANKLINTOWNE RD.. directions will be posted soon. The club has three floors a balcony, a game room, pool tables, and a closed in backyard with a built in grill with picnic tables ect.. a bar and a dancefloor... the club is HOT! as DJ ME'AZE said.. we are upgraded.. We will have different nights jumping off so if your interested in doing a night you can mos def holla at myself, ME'AZE, MR.WILSON, or Shaka Pitts and we can make something happen.. This monday we are giving back to the hiphop community by throwing a FREE party with plenty of hiphop 4 you so come on out and support... The WELCOME TO HIPHOP 101 PARTY for ME"AZE MILLIONI will still be going down but at our new location as well.. Thanks for the support we guys showed and I hope to see you at the new location! HIPHOP 101 will never die... We just been upgraded!!!lol

Directions Distance
Total Est. Time: 9 minutes Total Est. Distance: 3.30 miles
ONLY 9 MINUTES AWAY FROM 5 SEASONS

1: Start out going SOUTH on GUILFORD AVE toward E MADISON ST. <0.1 miles

2: Turn RIGHT onto E MADISON ST. 0.1 miles

3: Turn LEFT onto ST PAUL ST / MD-2 S. Continue to follow MD-2 S. 0.2 miles

4: Turn RIGHT onto E FRANKLIN ST / US-40 W. Continue to follow US-40 W. 1.6 miles

5: Take the US-40 W ramp. 0.2 miles

6: Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto W FRANKLIN ST / US-40 W. 0.3 miles

7: Turn LEFT onto N WARWICK AVE. 0.4 miles

8: Turn RIGHT onto HOLLINS ST. 0.1 miles

9: End at 2578 Hollins St

Baltimore, MD 21223-2018, US

Total Est. Time: 9 minutesTotal Est. Distance: 3.30 miles

Labels: Bosslady, flyer, Hip Hop 101, Sonny Brown

UnReal - Da F$$k Else U Want 4 Free (UnReality Ent.)

The last time I saw UnReal perform at the Turntable Club a couple months ago, he told me he was working on something big, and more recently he stopped by to drop of a copy of his new project. Apparently he's been kind of expanding his international audience, hooking up with DJs from France and shit, getting internet radio spins on "Making A Fool," and decided to put a free mixtape out on the internet to reach out to that audience. So you can click on a banner on his MySpace page and download the whole thing for free. And as I mentioned last week, he's got something happening with HipHopGame.com where he'll have ads and shit on their site, I guess soon, I don't see anything about him there yet. But I really think he's onto something, I respect the mixtape grind and actually going out and selling them, but giving that shit away for free seems like the way of the future right now. Ever since the DJ Drama raid, even the biggest DJs and artists are just giving new mixtapes away on the net, and while it's not really the same situation for unknown independent artists, I think we're gonna see more and more of that.

It's only 40 minutes long, and I don't rate it as highly as his last mixtape (which was, in my opinion, the 4th best Bmore hip hop CD of 2006), but like the title says, it's free, what the fuck do you expect. Aside from a handful of freestyles, there's a lot of good original beats by Akira, Me'Aze Millioni, and Top Secret (who did a lot of my favorite tracks on Dat Boyz A Problem). Anyway, the mixtape's free, so you can do download, and you should do that now, I think it might be just for a limited time only, but I'm gonna give you one track to preview first like I always do. I also really reccomend the track "It's Time" on his MySpace player.

UnReal - "Got 2" (mp3)
This is the last track, and at the beginning the host of the mixtape, DJ Vlad, does some shoutouts and my name in there, making this my 2nd mixtape shoutout to date that I know of, after this one. That's not why I'm posting this song, though, I'm posting it because it's one of my favorite tracks and it's produced by Akira The Great, who deservingly won the Great American Beatman Battle recently.

Labels: Bosslady, mixtape/album review, mp3, UnReal

Me'aze "Bosslady" Millioni just announced this very unfortunate news about a man who is very important to Baltimore hip hop, Sonny Brown:

TOMORROW IS A BIG NIGHT AT 5 SEASONS BUT THE GUY WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN WILL NOT BE IN THE BUILDING.

SONNY SUFFERED A MINOR STROKE AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. MYSELF, UNREAL, HGE, AND A FEW OTHERS WENT TO VISIT HIM THIS WEEKEND AND HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER. NOT SURE AT THIS POINT WHEN HE WILL BE RELEASED BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE SOON.

HE WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW HE IS A SOLDIER AND WILL BOUNCE BACK IN NO TIME.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WISH HIM WELL OR GO VISIT, HE CAN BE REACHED AT # 443-527-4572

REMINDER: WHILE OUT THERE ON THE GRIND, REMEMBER "HEALTH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WEALTH"

ONE LOVE,

ME'AZE MILLIONI

Thank you to Me'aze for spreading the word about this, here's wishing Sonny a full recovery. I was just talking to him about his long-awaited solo project recently and he sounded really excited about it, so we need him in good health to drop that joint and keep hosting all these shows.

Labels: Bosslady, Sonny Brown

Labels: Bosslady, flyer

Supa Producer Mus' and Me'Aze Millioni - Baltimore's Most Wanted: Hunt For The Best Emcee (Uniquity Productions/Jam Eazey Entertainment)

A few months ago, Musse' Mus' sent me a mixtape that I wrote about here. But already by then, his new project with Me'Aze Millioni, formerly a.k.a. Bosslady, was on the way and I'd been looking forward to that too. The first copy of it that I got was messed up, so I didn't finally get to hear it until I got another copy from Me'Aze this week, but it's nice to finally hear it. It's got some artists I heard for the first time on Mus's last mixtape (B.I.G. Status, Fort Knoxx, Mossburg), some artists I was already familiar with (Labtekwon, UnReal, M.O.L., Ms. Stress, Sonny Brown) and a few that I've never really heard before (Billy Lyve, Kardair, Lil Trife), so it's kind of a nice mix on there. Mus' just produced a handful of the tracks but there's some other good original beats on here too.

Sonny Brown - "Gingabread Man Freestyle" (mp3)
I was kinda hyped to hear this mixtape partly because Me'Aze told me that Sonny Brown shouts me out by name on it, and sure enough, he does in an ad lib during the first chorus of this track (and also on the "Sonny Brown Speaks" track that follows it on the CD). That's never happened to me before so I'm kinda geeked out about it. Thanks for that, Sonny!

Labels: B.I.G. Status, Bosslady, Labtekwon, M.O.L., mixtape/album review, mp3, Ms. Stress, Musse' Mus', Sonny Brown, UnReal

B.I.G. Status - Green Day (12/12 Enterprises)

You might remember the B.I.G. Status track I posted from a Musse' Mus' mixtape a few weeks ago (he was also on the Bosslady mixtape I posted about recently). I thought the song I posted was bananas, so I was looking forward to hearing a whole project by him, and I wasn't disappointed by this. There aren't many clear standouts I like as much as "Line Up," but it's pretty consistent. His voice is strong and clear and not particularly unique, but he can flow and it's just straight up aggressive all the way through, might really be one of the best Bmore mixtapes I've heard lately. Comp even makes a little cameo on here. Dude is performing at Coppin State on February 26th and March 3rd, and Kevin Vega from his label, 12/12, has a show on Deep Flow Radio now.

B.I.G. Status - "The Life" (mp3)
Some great original production on here, particularly by Donland Hitmen, and this track is one of my favorites.

Labels: B.I.G. Status, Bosslady, Comp, mixtape/album review, mp3, Musse' Mus'

Bosslady - On Da Grind Vol. 4 (Jam Eazey Ent./House-Of-Platinum Records)

Bosslady, a.k.a. Me'Aze Millioni has made a lot of moves in Bmore as a label owner, host, and show promoter over the past couple years, including the Baltimore State Of Grind compilation. But she's always repped the whole region, including the rest of Maryland and Washington and Virginia, and she covers that whole territory with the latest installment from the On Da Grind series. There are a handful of Baltimore artists on here that I'm familiar with (UnReal, Ms. Stress, Teop, Unstoppable Nuklehidz, Mossburg) and some D.C. artists I know of (Mr. White Folkz, Raheem Devaughn), but a lot of it is unfamiliar folks to me, who I figure are mostly from D.C. or VA. The CD opens with a nice intro track for Bosslady that blends a nice choice of beats (Slim Thug's "Like A Boss," Shareefa's "I Need A Boss," Kelis's "Bossy"), good idea, maybe Bossman should get that track for a freestyle. Look out for Bosslady's new mixtape with Musse' Mus' dropping real soon as well as her new DVD, Pass Da Mic.

Drakkar - "Who The Fuck I Am" (mp3)
Drakkar is the teenage rapper who won Rod Lee's talent search last year. Nice to finally hear some of his music, I'm kinda impressed by this track.

Labels: Bosslady, mixtape/album review, mp3, Ms. Stress, Rod Lee, Teop, UnReal

Musse' Mus' presents Rep Ur State Vol. 1 East Coast City Edition (Beats The Hard Way Music/Uniquity Productions)

Musse' Mus' (which is apparently pronounced like Moosey Moose) is a producer who e-mailed me a while back about his music. Last year he released a various artists mixtape on which he produced most of the tracks (aside from "Post Up" by Dirty Hartz, which was produced by Debonair Samir), similiar to Darkroom Productions' two Hamsterdam mixtapes. He's got another mixtape dropping soon, hosted by Bosslady, called Baltimore's Most Wanted, again with most tracks by Super Producer Mus', but this one has been out since last year. There are some artists I'm familiar with on here like Mr. Whitefolkz and Don Brody, as well as a hot track with Bossman and Grafh on it, along with a lot of MCs I haven't heard of, some of whom are pretty good and I might have to start checkin' for. Check out Musse' Mus's label Uniquity Productions for more info.

B.I.G. Status - "Line Up" (mp3)
Bosslady actually send me a mixtape by B.I.G. Status that I haven't listened to yet, but it looks like this track isn't on it, and it's probably my favorite track on this CD.

Labels: B.I.G. Status, Bosslady, Bossman, Debonair Samir, Dirty Hartz, mixtape/album review, mp3, Musse' Mus'