Lafayette Duo to Release 'Swaggfest'

Major labels are guilty of duplicating swag. Record executives often travel to popular hip-hop spots looking to sign the next big thing, but they usually end up with the same damn thing - the same type of rap artists who have the same type of flow, the same type of style, and of course, the same type of swag.

Fortunately, there's something different brewing in Lafayette, Louisiana and hometown rap duo 51/50 is looking to introduce their unique swagger to the forefront of the hip-hop world. Signed to Precise Entertainment, the lyrical tag team (comprised of 22-year-olds Dough Boy and Young Killa) have released their mixtape debut, "Swaggfest" exclusively through 101 Distribution...

Read more about 51/50's swag here:  http://www.prweb.com/releases/Hip-Hop_Rap_Music/Swaggfest_Mixtape/prweb2379534.htm

and be sure to check out http://101d.com to take a listen to 51/50 and other great artists.

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Don't forget about our ongoing "G.O.O.D. Music Giveaway."  Scope out discussion board for more details on how to win an autographed copy of Kanye West & Malik Yusef's upcoming release "G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night," dropping 5/26/09.

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Many of today's brightest artists got their start by performing bars, coffee shops and street corners around the country, some of whom include John Mayer, Jason Mraz and Rob Thomas.

While he's just two years deep into his already blossoming music career, 22-year-old Austin Gibbs has the talent and the potential to become one of the most promising singer/songwriters of the next generation....

To find out more about Austin and his EP, read it here.

And to get "EP," go to http://101d.com

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 Download the First Single "Magic Man" ft. Kanye West, Common, John Legend & Malik Yusef

G.O.O.D. MUSIC TO RELEASE FIRST INDEPENDENT ALBUM G.O.O.D. MORNING, G.O.O.D. NIGHT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH 101 DISTRIBUTION

Kanye West is one of the most innovative and influential artists walking God’s green earth today. Within the past five years, the Chicago icon has released three full-length albums, moved over 13 million units worldwide and won ten Grammy Awards. That is simply astonishing and the Louis Vuitton Don is just getting started.

Now he is on the verge of releasing the FIRST and ONLY independent album from his G.O.O.D. Music label to date as he and Malik Yusef present G.O.O.D. Morning & G.O.O.D. Night, which is available exclusively through 101 Distribution, releasing worldwide May 26^th, 2009.

With Mr. West serving as the executive producer of Yusef’s sophomore set, G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night is two-disc collection consisting of 30 emotional tracks with each song representing a distinctive 48-minute time period of the day.

“We talk about the circular aspect of life and how things are 360. The morning and night represents one full day cycle,” Yusef explains. “G.O.O.D. Morning shows the more light aspect and G.O.O.D. Night represents the more sullen aspect of life.”

“Magic Man” featuring Common, John Legend and Kanye West will serve as the leadoff single, and the album will feature collaborations with the finest recording artists in the music industry today including Adam Levine of Maroon 5, Cassidy, Carl Thomas, Jadakiss, Jennifer Hudson, KRS-One, Paul Wall, Twista and many more.

Malik Yusef, an accomplished Emmy, Grammy and Peabody award-winning poet, received acclaim within the music industry when he released his debut album The Greatest Chicago Fire – Cold Day In Hell back in 2003. He has also appeared on Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam.

With the release of G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night, Yusef is now only inches away from achieving his primary goal. “I just want to sneak my way into the soul of people and [I want] people to allow me to be apart of their lives,” he says. “I’m just asking permission into their existence, and [I’m using] the music as that vehicle.”

G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night will be available at Best Buy, Target, iTunes on May 26^th, 2009.

For more information or to pre-order G.O.O.D. Morning, G.O.O.D. Night, visit www.101d.com.

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