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Camo design with gold and brown embroidery

BCC & DUCK DOWN RECORDS are marching as hard as ever to the beat of their unapologetically indie baseline. Their latest ventures include a license deal with sports fitted hat giant NEW ERA and a music distribution partnership with iTunes. CLICK TITLE 2 ORDER A CAMO FITTED CAP. Below are more details about the iTunes deal via updates@duckdown.com.



The first two albums under the direct deal were the recent titles from KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT (Survival Skills) and Skyzoo (The Salvation). Recently Duck Down re-uploaded back catalog from artists on the roster, including Sean Price, Smif N Wessun, 9th Wonder & Buckshot, Boot Camp Clik, Black Moon and more, so these artist's older releases are being handled direct from Duck Down to iTunes without the use of an aggregator.

Drew (Dru Ha) Friedman had this to say about the deal, "We view our direct deal with iTunes as a true achievement. While many Indies may have secured direct deals in the past, with the abundance of music on iTunes it has become increasingly difficult to be accepted as a direct partner. As with our physical product, where Duck Down manufactures and markets, and which is solely distributed by E1, going direct to iTunes privileges Duck Down to retain a greater percentage of sales and will immediately impact our Artists who will benefit by avoiding paying additional aggregator fees. It also offers us the ability to explore Digital Distribution Deals for Artists who are in need of posting their music on iTunes for sale."

2 Turntables And A Microphone - The Life and Death of Jam Master Jay - Official Trailer (In Stores 12-1-09)

We're highly interested in this doc. Mike TV has his own theories about JMJ's murder and they revolve around the 50 CENT/SUPREME McGriff beef. Mike recalls reading that McGriff forbade stateside (or at least NY) recording studios to record with 50. JMJ recorded with 50. It's pure speculation that these two incidents are connected.

Thank you Brian & THINKTANK MARKETING.

Method Man & Street Life perform ODB's classic song "Brooklyn Zoo"

We @ RFM firmly believe that METHOD MAN is one of the top ten best live hip hop performers in history. He is an MC in the truest sense of the term and the ODB tribute w/STREET LIFE is just a small reason why.

CLICK TITLE 2 PRE-ORDER OBD's NEW LP "Message To The Other Side (Osirus Part 1)"

Lil Cease & DJ Delz Presents Junior Mafia – The Lost Files [Mixtape]

Skee.TV catches up with Wale

...we fux w/SKEE & WALE...

...Story to Tell

Reclined in the back of a bus en route to Austin, TX, J. Cole, of "STAR IS BORN" (BP3) & 'THE WARM UP' mixtape fame, scribed an exciting letter to HONEYMAG.COM concerning his once in a lifetime experience on JAY-Z's BP3 tour. CLICK TITLE 2 read the entire piece; my favorite parts are the backstage celebrity run down from the LA set & the 'Best' list.

Side note: JAY-Z & LIVE NATION actually canceled the remaining BP3 '09 dates, which would have included stops in Lubbock, Texas, Albuquerque, N.M. and El Paso, Texas, due to 'scheduling conflicts,' according to Theboombox.com. The BP3 Tour reportedly will resume in Feb. 2010 @ the Toyota Center in H-Town.

Dear Honey:

I have officially lost track of time. One thing about being on tour is that every other day you find yourself in a different time zone, and keeping up is too difficult. So it’s currently 11:20 pm EST and that’s all I care about! Right now, I’m laid up in the back of the tour bus on the way to Austin, TX. My album (so far) is playing in the background. Mannn. That’s all I can say.

Performing in front of a packed arena with close to 20,000 people is ... like having sex with the baddest chick, but bustin’ in one minute!

Shout out to everybody at Honey and everybody reading! They’ve been on my ass about writing a journal for ya’ll, so here we go. I’m just gonna jot whatever comes to mind as it comes. This reminds me of college. Damn, I miss school!

GUCCI MANE "WORST ENEMY"

The interview w/MS. INFO sets up the viral viewing experience perfectly.


RFM likes this new GUCCI a lot! So coherent and direct. And the editing is awesome! We're provided with different picture frames and TVs filled with re-created images of the world GUCCI wants to simultaneously leave behind and lift up. His solo shots are dynamically lit. Of course "WORST ENEMY" is aimed at GUCCI's ATL/industry rival YOUNG JEEZY, but RFM is hard pressed to deam the track a 'diss' record. But don't take my word for it, lol.

Ol Dirty Bastard 'Say NO' MP3

I must admit that I appreciate ODB much more now that he's gone. It's intriguing to compare/comtrast the handling of OBD's post-mortem material with that of BIGGIE & TUPAC; converse to the rushed, superficial mash-ups forced on us in the name of the latter two fallen legends, WU TANG CLAN, RZA and those controlling the RUSSELL 'ASON' JONES estate are doing a classy, creative job of releasing hot, meaningful verses and commentary by the late rapper also known as 'BIG BABY JESUS' & 'DIRT MAGURT.'

CLICK TITLE 2 hear a darkly funny, snare driven anti-drug parody that finds ODB rapping & crooning alongside the DEADLY VENOMS. Shout out 2 THINKTANK MARKETING & MONEY MAKER ENT.


“Message to the Other Side - Osiris Part 1” (in stores 11/17) features 21 tracks, is executive produced by Allah and features Wu Tang Clan’s ODB, The RZA, Method Man, Masta Killa, along with affiliates 4th Disciple, Brooklyn Zu, Allah, Free Murder and others. This record has the support of Dirty’s family and the entire Wu-Tang Clan, as a bonus there is a 20 minute DVD excerpt of the soon to be released film “Dirty,” a Rapumentary about ODB.

ODB’s solo career began in 1995, making him the third member of the Wu-Tang Clan to release a solo album, following GZA’s 1991 debut, Words from the Genius, and Method Man’s 1994 effort Tical. Released in 1995, Return to Chambers: The Dirty Version spawned the hit singles “Brooklyn Zoo” and “Shimmy Shimmy Ya”, which helped propel the album to gold status. The album’s sound was as raw and gritty as 36 Chambers, producer RZA creating beats even more minimalist and stripped-down than on the group’s debut. When ODB died in 2004 he left behind a growing fan base and a legacy as the most talented and unique of the entire Wu-Tang Clan. This record recently uncovered deep in the vaults of the Wu-Tang chambers is a record that will satisfy his fans and is an official ODB album and not a tribute album. This is ODB’s music raw and to the point.