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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 

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A.P.E. swings into the scene with an endless hip-hop flow

By Makenzie Rosengreen

PRINCE Jaheem, Saadeio, Duke Gritty, Shooter McGavin and Dre Kash all attended school together in San Jose. Driven by their passion for music, they grew up making beats and writing rhymes in their apartments. Their goal was to produce as many songs as possible. Eventually, they formed the hip-hop group A.P.E.—short for Action Pack Entertainment—and their focus turned to touring and being heard.
But their grind mentality hasn't changed. Their latest album, Apes on Grapes, took them 16 months to record. It's a 15-track album with a solo from each artist, a few collaborations and one group joint. The A.P.E. set wanted to make sure they showcased everyone's individuality.
"A lot of groups don't do that, because they're scared to show their individuality. We're all individuals. We just come together because we sound so much doper together, but we want to show that we got it on our own too," says Prince Jaheem.
"The fans out there can get a taste of each one of us, and get to know us personally," says Duke Gritty. Their group joint, "Don't Touch My Cup," also serves as their single. It's an alcohol anthem for the clubs. "It's a nice little party lick. A smooth blues lick idea. Something universal. Something for the party people," says Saadeio. It's also a reflection of Action Pack Entertainment's efforts to make music fun again. The group steers away from being hardcore and all about the streets.
"We're just trying to bring the love for hip-hop music back so everybody can just have fun and party," says Duke Gritty. Of course, in a business like the music industry, everything isn't always going to be smiles and daps, especially for a group in the process of building its fan base. A.P.E. admits it can be rough, but there are things that make their hustle a little more bearable. "A lot of times it's not the immediate people on the microphone, it's the people around you that keep the movement going. So it's hard, but it's easier if you have a movement," says Prince Jaheem. Duke Gritty says the toughest part of the business is simply the day-to-day hustle, but he keeps his eye on the prize, or in his words, "On the gold pot at the end of the rainbow."
The A.P.E. set has performed throughout the Bay Area, as well as Nevada, the Northwest and Southern California. It's now in local stories and online, but they want to get their music out everywhere—when they joke about how you can even purchase their album at liquor stores, you can tell they wouldn't mind.
"If you listen to the album you're going to get 100 percent of how we are in real life. Were some normal guys out here,"
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE JACKA from NICK PEACE and the MILLION DOLLAR DREAM TEAM

 

THE JACKA IS THE WINNER OF THE

2008 OZONE MAGAZINE 'PATIENTLY WAITING' AWARD (CALIFORNIA) for best independent artist on the cusp of blowing up!

 

KEEP REPPING THE BAY AREA & HIP-HOP TO THE FULLEST, JACK!

 

BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE JACKA & LEE MAJORS' AS:

 

THE GOBOTS coming soon on MILLION DOLLAR DREAM

And

Look for THE JACKA on the classic thematic MOB TRIAL TRILOGY (featuring Husalah, AP.9, Fed-X and Rydah J. Klyde) also available from MILLION DOLLAR DREAM!

 

THE MILLION DOLLAR DREAM TEAM
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Friday, May 30, 2008 

Category: Music
Thanks for the love and continued support of MILLION DOLLAR DREAM and The MOB Figaz... as a result of our fan support, the streets and the radio... we have broken the TOP 100... thank you....

MOB Trial 3 in stores and on your radio!
MOB Trial 1 and MOB Trial 2 now available!

The Million Dollar Dream Family & Nick Peace

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 

Category: Music
The masterpiece trilogy concocted by Bay Area Superproducer/Executive, Nick Peace is finally coming to a highly anticipated conclusion... MOB TRIAL 3 hits stores on May 20th!!!

The MOB Trial Trilogy has been an amazing piece of work that has married the forces of MILLION DOLLAR DREAM with the invincible MOB Figaz for a three disc set of Gangsta, Glory and Redemption on the streets!  The recording of MOB TRIAL 3 has witnessed and endured the incarceration of three MOB Figaz, captured the essence of maybe raps most underrated MCs and definitely the most slept on creative mind in Rap - Nick Peace.  The overall creative direction tells a story over three dope albums, finishing the lessons and love of the game with MOB TRIAL 3!  

Real Hip-Hop & Rap...

www.milliondollardream.com
www.millioindollardigitalonline.com

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Sunday, May 11, 2008 

Category: Music

The Jacka (Bay Area Artist of The Year) and Lee Majors have joined forces and signed a deal with Million Dollar Dream to release the exclusive 'Gobots' project with Nick Peace to oversee the project.

 

'Gobots' is a flashback to the '80s era of Hip-Hop with The Jacka (of The MOB Figaz) and Lee Majors adding a ton of Bay Area flavor to the hardcore project.  With all original tracks and lyrics, 'Gobots' delivers a gritty, grimy and grand sound of Bay Area life.  "This is a good project – whenever The Jacka and Lee Majors combine, it's a good project", says Nick Peace, CEO of Million Dollar Dream.  "Jacka and Lee got together and rapped on Mob Trial 3 (Summer 2008) with 'Made Men' and the combination is potent."  'Gobots' is slated for a late summer release.

 

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Monday, April 07, 2008 

Category: Music
Bay Area Legend, Executive & Producer, NICK PEACE, is back with his second installment of his beats/instrumentals series, SAN NICO INSTRUMENTALS...  IN STORES APRIL 22, 2008!

SAN NICO INSTRUMENTALS picks up right where Dope Tracks 4 Rap Cats left off... more dope, dark and dangerous Bay Area bangerz from one of the most respected beatsmiths on the west coast.  Peace’s music has been sought from New Jersey to Germany and his recent work has found its way on tracks with dope MCs like The Jacka, AP.9, Andre Nickatina, Husalah, Smoov-E, Equipto and more.

Also, SAN NICO INSTRUMENTALS features six (6) bonus tracks with vocalists: The Jacka, Andre Nickatina and more...

Don’t sleep on SAN NICO INSTRUMENTALS - fresh for 2008 YOU SUCKAZ!

IN STORES APRIL 22, 2008!!!


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Thursday, February 07, 2008 
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 

Category: Music
MOB TRIAL 2... The Saga Continues starring The Jacka, Rydah J. Klyde & Fed-X is hitting store shelves on September 18, 2007... be on the lookout for the second edition of THE MOB TRIAL TRILOGY featuring star testimony from Husalah, AP.9, Pretty Black & Rob Lo... you get quality like this from only one team... MILLION DOLLAR DREAM.

Million Dollar Dream... Puttin' Slump In Your Trunk Since '92...

Peace,

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Wednesday, August 29, 2007 

Category: Music
Fire!
Check for new music on Myspace.com/MILLIONDOLLARDIGITAL from AP.9 and MSee featured on the new posse album, MILLION DOLLAR DIGITAL 1.0: LOCK-N-LOAD. AP.9 locks heat in the chamber with "The Black Top" fresh out the pen and spittin' game on what's really! MSee is an emerging young firespittuh, off the blocks of Berkeley, CA - straight from Tha Yay! He's 13 years old and smashes leaving gashes with his laced up swagger on "Trick I Go"... Peep The Game, Know The Name - MILLION DOLLAR DIGITAL!

Check for:

AP.9 "The Black Top"
&
MSee "Trick, I Go"

Both on MILLION DOLLAR DIGITAL 1.0: LOCK-N-LOAD... Coming Fall 2007!!!
Also featuring Smoov-E, Jimmy Roses & LUVVA J...

Also coming...
EQUIPTO - Forever In A Day & Forever In A Nite (September 18, 2007)
Nocturnal Hustlers - After Midnight & 'Til Sunrise (Fall 2007)
AP.9 - MOB Star (Fall 2007)
Mike P - Frisco Fogg (Winter 2007)
LUVVA J PIMPIZZI as Golgo 13 - Assassin Psychology


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Sunday, April 08, 2007 

Category: Music
Freshly free and on the streets, MOB FIGA and head of MOB SHOP Records, AP.9 has touched down is collaborating once again with Nick Peace and Million Dollar Dream in Oakland. "We're glad to have AP.9 back in the studio - he brings a flavor that no one else has and he is always hungry," said Nick Peace, CEO of Million Dollar Dream. AP.9 and Nick Peace collaborated on the new classic, MOB TRIAL Part 1 in the summer of 2006 with The Jacka, Husalah and Andre Nickatina. "We are all glad to see AP safe and stompin' back in The Bay - he's a sincere MC and man... seeing AP is always a pleasure," said Luvva J, Executive Consultant with Million Dollar Dream.

"It's good to be home, baby," Said AP.9 during a recording break at Million Dollar Dream Studios West. "Prison is no place for a man... no place for a player."

AP.9 is managed by DJ Pimp and will be releasing his as yet untitled solo album in 2007. MOB TRIAL 2 will be in stores summer 2007 and MOB TRIAL 3 is scheduled for a fall 2007 release.


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