Nike Dunkin On Reindeer Commercial Featuring KRS-One & Lupe Fiasco

Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx have combined forces to bring fans a serious dose of hardcore Hip Hop. The eXXecution is entirely produced by Marco Polo with Ruste Juxx providing gut-wrenching vocals over heavy hitting drums. Album In Stores March 23rd, 2010 on Duck Down Records

Marco Polo explains that a "simple studio session to play beats turned into Ruste Juxx recording 9 songs. The joints came out so crazy that we said let's turn this into a full-length album. Working with Duck Down all these years it was only a matter of time before Juxx and I got to a specific project. The best part is the work happened organically. Nothing was forced. Ruste came through, heard beats, wrote, recorded...done deal. March 23rd is The eXXecution!"

The album, which is being finished in the studio before the new year, features Buckshot, Sean Price, Freddie Foxxx, Rock of Heltah Skeltah & DJ Revolution with additional guests to be confirmed.

Ruste Juxx describes the album as "straight eXXecuting. I'm killing off wack MCs and Marco's murdering the producers. I couldn't help but to write some killer shit to the beats Marco made. If I wrote something wack to his production, then it's a wasted beat. I can't have that! "

Geo of Blue Scholars joins KRS-ONE, Buckshot and Talib Kweli on the official remix for "OH REALLY," produced by Marco Polo, off KRS-ONE & BUCKSHOT's Survival Skills album.

The track will be available at iTunes this Tuesday, December 15th.

Hip Hop Karaoke Championship 2 judged by Buckshot Co-CEO of Duck Down Records

Friday, January 29th
Irving Plaza (17 Irving Pl)
8PM Doors - Show at 9PM
$13 tickets in advance, $15 at doors, 16+ event


Click Here to Purchase tickets

DJ Jayforce and DJ Rastaroot from Subsoniq Radio on Sirius / XM ran this 2 Hour Special last night...

Classic Example : DuckDown Takeover with Jayforce & Rasta...

Classic Example

This Holiday Season Kidz In The Hall are treating their fans to an early gift in the form of a free album entitled The Professional Leisure Tour presented by L-R-G. The 13 track freEP features all original music from the group which was mostly recorded last month on the road during Kidz In The Hall's National US Tour.

The Professional Leisure Tour is a prelude to Kidz In The Hall's next studio album, Land Of Make Believe, currently scheduled for a March 9th, 2010 release date. Today, "Jukebox," the lead single from Land Of Make Believe, is available at iTunes & all digital retail outlets.

Click Here To Download the FREE Mix CD

"Jukebox", the lead single from Kidz In The Hall's upcoming Land of Make Believe album, in stores March 9th, is now live at iTunes & all other digital retail outlets.

Click Here To Purchase "Jukebox" at iTunes for 99 cents

In an continued effort to craft the ideal independent record model, Duck Down Music has inked a direct deal with iTunes for Digital Distribution of its complete catalog of music.

Duck Down now has the ability to easily control and manage its content through the iTunes Producer software, as well as receive up-to-the-day statistics on how content is performing.

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."

Sirius/XM "Classic Example" Duck Down Takeover

During the "Classic Example" segment on Backspin's The Subsoniq Show, DJ Rasta Root will be holding a Duck Down Takeover. Tune in Sirius 39 / XM 65 / DirectTV 846 tonight December 8th @ 11PM Eastern Standard Time to hear your favorite classic Duck Down hits!