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Headed to South Carolina --

Indie Planet will be in Greenville making sure the world gets to see all the talent in South Carolina.

I'm glad I ran into Shera and Marcus (event organizers) backstage in Atlanta last month or else I might have found out about the event too late to properly plan for it!!

We'll be delivering some quality event photos and interviews for our viewers and members of the site once we get back. My thoughts are that we have way too much exclusive interviews and footage… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on July 24, 2008 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Music Business: 4 Pillars of the Band/Fan Relationship -

Thought this was interesting due to the fact that most artists are still trying to figure things out in the New Music Business. Here's a simple list from my friends over at Hypebot.

4 Pillars Of The Band & Fan Relationship

1) Attract

2) Communicate

It's a two way conversation

3) Build Loyalty

Keep interest with new songs, videos, shows & more

4) Monetize

Each fan (casual, active, fanatical) will want a… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 24, 2008 at 9:58am — No Comments

Five Deez Releases Table Noise Album Cover

Table Noise Vol. 1-3 released 7/22/08 on Scratch-N-Mixxx Records

Art done by: Dalek

"For the first time ever, Five Deez' famous Table Noise break beat vinyl-only series is available on CD. Compiled by Fat Jon, Pase Rock, Mr. Dibbs, and Tim Henderson, the first volume was originally released in 2000. The two follow-up LPs were put out in 2001 and 2005 respectively. The CD features original cover art by street artist legend… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 24, 2008 at 9:43am — No Comments

Music Business: 50 Cent Sues Taco Bell

Rapper 50 Cent sued Taco Bell on Wednesday for making him an unauthorized spokesman for the chain in a recent ad campaign, Reuters reports.

The news organization obtained the legal papers, filed in Manhattan federal court, in which 50 and his lawyers allege that the restaurant chain engaged in some unjust promotion. Taco Bell released a letter addressed to 50 in which the company suggested he change his name for a day to "79 Cent," "89 Cent" or "99 Cent."

"We… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 24, 2008 at 9:38am — No Comments

FILA Signs Nasty Nas for Campaign, New Line in the Works

Nas Campaigning for FILA, Creating New Line

Nas has long been known for his fashion sense and style that he brought to the game. Apparently sneaker giant FILA feels the same way as Nas has been tapped to campaign the Fila Italia Collection and Nas will be

putting out a new line through FILA.

Official Press Statements:

"FILA will incorporate NAS into the marketing campaign of the Fila Italia Collection that will be available at athletic specialty… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 24, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Doomtree Collective Unites for Highly Anticipated Group Album!

Doomtree finally unites featuring tracks produced and performed by all of the nine member producer and emcee crew.

The five rappers and four producers that make up the Doomtree crew have been powering through the underground community since their inception, with critically acclaimed releases from their home-grown label, including their own False Hopes series of EPs, and the release of P.O.S.'s Ipecac Neat (named "Best Album of… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 23, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments

Tech News: Electronic Arts Launches New Music Division Artwerk!

Gaming company Electronic Arts today announced it has entered into a joint venture with Nettwerk One Music to form the new full-service music company, Artwerk. The initiative brings together Nettwerk’s management, publishing and digital delivery expertise with the global marketing power made of EA’s blockbuster games.

The Artwerk label will sign and develop both new and established artists for publishing, master recording and sync deals, as well as digital and… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 23, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Shawty Putt Signs New Deal, Hits the Road To Support Hit Single

Shawty Putt has a new deal on the table w/ Independent label Razor and Tie Ent via BME.

Look to see the promo everywhere for his single "Dat Baby (Don't Look Like Me)," ft. Too Short

The song has already charted at #5 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. Currently on tour through July, below is his tour schedule for August. You can view Shawty Putt on

the "Isis-Hood Hard Day" episode of Indie Planet TV in the Episodes section.

Shawty Putt Tour…

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Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 23, 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments

Tech News: Beats By Dr Dre HD Headphones Now Available!

Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine, and Monster put the new isolation headphones on the market and launched a new website beatsbydrdre.com. Producers,engineers, is the $349.95 worth the price tag??!!

Legendary artist and producer Dr. Dre, Interscope Geffen A&M Chairman Jimmy Iovine and Monster®, the leader in audio/video accessories, announced that their new Beats™ by Dr. Dre™ high definition powered isolation™ headphones will be available on July 25th at Apple® retail and online…

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Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 23, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Slim Shady Prank Calls LL Cool J on Shade 45

Eminem, who was a HUGE LL fan growing up, calls SHADE 45 as "Jason from Miami" and gets LL to play "Name that tune" featuring little known songs from his earlier releases.

Good to see artists be humble and admit who influenced… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 23, 2008 at 12:40am — No Comments

Mr.Shadeed Interviewed by Days of Hip-Hop TV (Greensboro, NC)

Caption: Ms. Irena, Host of Days of Hip-Hop and Mr.Shadeed

Days of Hip-Hop Television based in Greensboro, NC ran into yours truly right after my panel presentation on How to Make Money Using the Internet in Charlotte, NC as part of the third Hood Hard Day Conference. Pretty good interview, focus on the words delivered, not the picture quality.

Link to the interview is right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Dw3MUovGM

Photo…

Added by mr.shadeed on July 22, 2008 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

Mr.Shadeed Interviewed By Illmuzik Radio

Montreal based hip-hop production site Illmuzik.com interview with me. One of the top dogs on Illmuzik.com - Relic (who is also a member of this site) runs Illmuzik Radio from out of his base of operations in Charlotte, NC.

Just so happens that I was in Charlotte to speak at an music industry conference known as Hood Hard Day so we got together and did an interview and hung out.

We covered lots of good ground such… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on July 22, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

The Smoking Gun Verifies Rick Ross' Past as a C.O.

The Smoking Gun went in and verified "The Boss of Miami's" history as a Correctional Officer.

Despite nonstop denials of his past, when The Smoking Gun does its research, its hard to deny!

They got records and official documents to verify.....Details below.

JULY 21--Apparently desperate to distance himself from any affiliation with law enforcement, the rapper Rick Ross has recently denounced as fake photos… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 22, 2008 at 10:40am — 5 Comments

7/21 - Presentation on Social Networking Sites for Your Business Feedback...

I always enjoy speaking about Social Networking sites and how to integrate them into your businessplan both as an Entertainment entity and as a "traditional" businessperson. The questions were good and we even went over an extra 20 minutes just answering questions.

The entire presentation was filmed in High Definition and I may distribute a few segments to my online outlets that I do written columns or radio segments, we'll see how that lines up.

The entire… Continue

Added by mr.shadeed on July 22, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments

K-Swift R.I.P.

K-Swift is and will forever be a larger-than-life personality in the city of Baltimore. Plain and simple, she RAN this city and had a Pitbull lock on the Club scene. She truly was the Club Queen at a young age too. Big, Big loss.

BREAKING NEWS: DJ K-Swift Dies In Baltimore

By Nolan Strong

Popular female DJ K-Swift died this morning (July 21) in a swimming pool accident in her hometown of… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 21, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Wordsmith Premiers Day In a Life Video Blog

Baltimore based MC Wordsmith is most definitely on the grind. In this clip, he shows other artists, fans, etc. a day in his life on the grind. Look for more behind the scenes footage of Recording Sessions, Interviews, Shows, Music Videos, Revolt Radio Episodes, Discussions, Tours, and Much, Much… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 21, 2008 at 9:57am — No Comments

Shawty Lo Interview (Shouts to Necole Bitchie)

Earlier this week I reported Atlanta Rapper Shawty Lo “reportedly” got beat down and his chain snatched at T.I’s Club Crucial last Saturday. Although, Shawty Lo denied the incident ever happened, a guy by the name of Meatball came out and said he was the one who beat Shawty Lo up [catch up on the story here]. I was confronted by Shawty Lo’s manager today who scared the sh*t out of me when he came up accusing me of telling lies about his artist. He told me he… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 20, 2008 at 9:15pm — No Comments

Shawty Lo Clears the Air on T.I. / Fight on Bankhead/ Meatball

Shawty Lo had some strong words for T.I./Grand Hustle as he sat down and conducted an exclusive interview with Hah Caught Mag and basically cleared the air on several topics.

*Rumors he got jumped on Bankhead at Crucial

*His side of the situation with Meatball

*His views towards T.I. and the entire Grand… Continue

Added by Mumbo Sauce on July 20, 2008 at 8:31pm — No Comments