Since I have been HARD AT WORK perfecting the structure of the label YEAR ROUND RECORDS, I have been neglecting my BLOG to my fans who wanna stay in the loop of what we have next in store for you…..For one, I am about to finally set up a new YEAR ROUND RECORDS Website….As you know the other one was shut down to make new adjustments in making sure that our merchandise, and other products serve you THE FANS 100% in the best interest of keepin' you satisfied….We will keep you posted on that……SHOUT OUT TO MY LABEL MANAGER, Biggest Gord…….
Now, I am releasing a series of Digital and Vinyl Only product courtesy of SEED Digital(Big Up to A.J . Finizio and Lily Lu) which is Available August 26th, 2008….any local Vinyl stores(i.e. Fat Beats,Big City Records, etc….) it is called :"BEATS THAT COLLECTED DUST"….The Vinyl contains an insert sheet explaining why I am releasing this series..Vol. I, II, and III…
They contain OLD beats that either were NEVER gonna be used and also beats that Artist's turned down and they would have not seen the light of day….the rest you can read for yourself….
FINALLY, I have completed the First Street LP for BLAQ POET and it is called "THA BLAQPRINT"…The official LP "THE BEST THAT NEVER DID IT" is still being recorded so we did not want the fans to wait….So we decided to release this album which will include some of our previously released mp3's such as "VOICES, HOOD CRAZY, DON'T GIVE A FUCC, S.O.S…….The LP will also include 8 new cuts all produced by me, except for one joint that actually my assistant "GEMCRATES" produced called "SICHUWAYSHUNZ"…. The first 12inch single to be released is called "Aint Nuttin' Changed" and it will also come with an unreleased B-Side not available on the LP….Sticking to Tradition of how I was brought up in this HIP HOP CULTURE….
We are pushing for a late September Release date so be on the lookout…..ALSO IN THE STUDIO, NYGz have started their new LP "PROS N CONS" and I will be producing the ENTIRE LP myself….Khaleel is putting the finishing touches on his new LP as well as the newest member outta new Jersey, NICK JAVAS who is starting to record his LP "DESTINATION UNKNOWN"….
Gonna be a good day in HIP- HOP…Get Used To Us !!!!!

Donda West

by: M.J. Rosenberg


My kids are both hip hop aficionados and have been since they were small kids (they are both adults now) so maybe that explains how badly I feel about the death of Kanye West's mother.

Kanye is one of the real good guys in the rap world, managing to become one of the top two or three rap artists in the world without indulging in paeans to violence, guns, and too much emphasis on bling.

To me, he always seems like a sweet kid playing the role of tough guy, and not that convincingly. A subtext to the Kanye West story has always been his relationship with his mom, Dr. Donda West, who died at 58 the other day after minor surgery. She was a professor who gave up her career to manage her son's.

At the time of her passing, she was involved in pretty much every aspect of his life and career. Of course, prior to Kanye's rise, she was a single mom balancing family and job and successful at both. Kanye West not only owes his life and success to his mother but he let the world know it at every opportunity (one of his biggest hits is a tribute to her).

Like Elvis Presley, Kanye was almost over-the-top as a loving son -- which hopefully gives him some comfort now. She sure knew how he felt about her.
But Donda West was about more than being Kanye's mother. Her passing reminds us of the amazing accomplishments of African-American women.


Slavery may be ancient history for some of but for African-Americans, it is yesterday. It was only a half dozen generations ago that African-American men, women and children were sold on the auction block.

Beyond all its other horrors, slavery by definition destroyed the family. How can family exist when its individual members are bought at sold. What authority can parents have when they themselves are chattel? And slavery (unlike virtually every other horror of modern history) was no passing thing. It lasted 250 years in this country, certainly long enough to eradicate the black family as an institution.

In fact, African-Americans were slaves on this continent for about a hundred years longer than they have been free. Imagine. And yet African-Americans (like the Jews, another miserably oppressed group) have managed not only to survive but to pretty much define American culture.

So many of the good things this country represents to young people around the world comes from the African American community. And that is thanks to women like Donda West who, somehow, managed to build great and strong families despite the residual effects of slavery, racism, poverty and all the ugliness white America has inflicted on black America.

As I said, I feel terrible about a good kid like Kanye losing his mother. But, as an American, I am grateful to her and to all the other women like her. I hope Kanye West survives this loss. I know he will because of what his mom taught him and his faith. But he is also blessed because he can recall his mother without guilt. He never missed an opportunity to tell her not only that he loved her but that he owed her everything. A good lesson for us all.

Lyrics to Hey Mama By Kanye West

Hey Mama), I wanna scream so loud for you, cuz I'm so proud of you. Let me tell you what I'm about to do, (Hey Mama)

I know I act a fool but, I promise you I'm goin back to school
I appreciate what you allowed for me
I just want you to be proud of me (Hey Mama)

[Verse 1]I wanna tell the whole world about a friend of mine
This little light of mine and I'm finna let it shine
I'm finna take yall back to them better times
I'm finna talk about my mama if yall don't mind
I was three years old, when you and I moved to the Chi
Late December, harsh winter gave me a cold
You fixed me up something that was good for my soul
Famous homemade chicken soup, can I have another bowl?
You work late nights just to keep on the lights
Mommy got me training wheels so I could keep on my bike
And you would give anything in this world
Michael Jackson leather and a glove, but didn't give me a curl
And you never put no man over me
And I love you for that mommy cant you see?
Seven years old, caught you with tears in your eyes
Cuz a nigga cheatin, telling you lies, then I started to cry
As we knelt on the kitchen floor
I said mommy Imma love you till you don't hurt no more
And when I'm older, you aint gotta work no more
And Imma get you that mansion that we couldn't afford
See you're, unbreakable, unmistakable
Highly capable, lady that's makin loot
A livin legend too, just look at what heaven do
Send us an angel, and I thank you (Hey Mama)

Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Forrest Gump mama said, life is like a box of chocolates
My mama told me go to school, get your doctorate
Somethin to fall back on, you could profit with
But still supported me when I did the opposite
Now I feel like it's things I gotta get
Things I gotta do, just to prove to you
You was getting through, can the choir please
Give me a verse of â€--You, Are So Beautiful To Meâ€?
Can't you see, you're like a book of poetry
Maya Angelou, Nicky Giovanni, turn one page and there's my mommy
Come on mommy just dance wit me, let the whole world see your dancing feet
Now when I say Hey, yall say Mama, now everybody answer me (Hey Mama)

Chorus]

Bridge]
I guess it also depends tho, if my ends low
Second they get up you gon get that Benzo
Tint the windows, ride around the city and let ya friends know (Hey Mama)



Verse 3]
Tell your job you gotta fake em out
Since you brought me in this world, let me take you out
To a restaurant, upper echelon
Imma get you a jag, whatever else you want
Just tell me what kind of S-Type Donda West like?
Tell me the perfect color so I make it just right
It don't gotta be Mother's Day, or your birthday
For me to just call and say (Hey Mama)

Peter Rosenberg Hot 97 WQHT New York

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Wuddup to all my Hip Hop HeadsSorry im so late at hittin the Blog up, but I have been on such a grind that even I dont know where I am most of the time..But, it is because I have been in the studio HARDCORE getting this music done so that YOU THE CONSUMER,  has some hot shit to spend ur money on without getting jerked.  We dont do things like these other labels that shortchange your trust to get quality music served.  Big shout to one of my best friends in the world Mr. Gordon Franklin(aka-Biggest Gord, Biggest G, Man-A-Lo, or like me and Keeb call him, Side-Bo !) for kickin me in the ass about stayin on top of my business.  I hope that all of you who choose to be a BOSS, will have a true soldier by your side to keep you on point.  Otherwise, you will fall down repeatedly without notice.  It has happened to me for almost the last four years although I am tough as nails to get bacc up and fix my shit.  Juggling a career in music and Juggling your personal life is crazy if you dont balance the twoMovin on to the matters at hand, The TEF album is finally on its way to completion and its gonna be ill.It is called Contraband and we are recording a joint with Cassidy which I will be producing, and of course the World Famous M.O.P. will be coming in to do the last song to make the album complete.  OH BOY!!!!!!!  We will keep you posted on the date of its release and I will be leaking out some new joints that I did on the album to get u ready for it.Also August 15, 2006 will be the date for the Christina Aguilera album Back To BasicsIt is a really dope album and I think even the Hip Hop Heads will love the Double CDI did 5 joints on the LP and big up to CharlesThe MixologistRoane for being a part of the project with me and getting a tracc on the album entitled F.U.S.S.(lets see if you can guess who shes talking about on that record when you Respectfully picc up a copy at ur local music store...The finishing touches on the NYGz LP is underway and its gonna be so good for East Coast Hip Hop and for the true heads everywhere who picc it up.Also, the Blaq Poet LP is almost done and I am crazy excited about the album he is putting together with meLook out for the Tef single in stores in August as well as the new FABID single,( both produced by u know who) on Works Of Mart records(Yes, we have Year Round and Works Of Mart), gotta work,work,work!!!

Be on the Lookout for the new remix of Termanology(Watch How It Go Down) which will also feature Lil Fame of M.O.P. and Papoosewe aint playin..Big up to my dude Statik Selektah.And checc me out in the new video of the original version, as well as the new single I  did for my dude Agallah of Purple City, called NY RYDER MUSICWe shot the video in BKLN yesterday and the whole hood was out to support..Believe me people, good music is bacc to hurt sumn this year and next yearI wont let you downNew mix CD on the way..i will have it ready by the weekend.Till next blog, Head Up, Eyes and Ears Open!!!! Word Iz Bond!!!

 

 

                                                                                       Mean Joe Preem..3:31PM

                                                                                       July 26, 2006

Whut Up my people...sorry im been gone so long but a hard workin man like myself gotta make these records so that you the listener can be fed some pure uncut raw hip hop tha way itz supposed to be cooked. Not only that, I have been bacc on the road with SCION doin some DJ gigs....First I did Wash. D.C. , St. Louis, and Detroit. As usual, the shows were bangin and I followed it up rite here in Brooklyn at the Triple Crown Bar....That was like a concert, the crowd was lined up around the door and I was blown away by the amount of love and respect I received for getting my scratch, cut, and mix on..Big up to Jeru The Damaja who was there for a few to checc thangs out....For all of you who had time to chill and get ur cue on, (Bar-B-Cue ...am I being too Black rite now?), I had to be in the studio finishing the last two Christina Aguilera joints for her album which comes out on August 15, 2006....Believe me, she made me a fan once I heard the album. No joke, its really that good..I did 5 joints on it and im proud of every one of them..Shes tha shit. Got mad love for her and her husband Jordy for putting me where I need to be....And Jordy gets xtra thanx for hookin me up with the recent Wal-Mart commercials that ran on BET during the awards last week.. Oh yeah, I do commercials too. Versatility is key in this business, and im all that and then some....Big Shug is also on the voiceovers for them and we still keep it HIP HOP when we get busy. Now, be on tha lookout for the new Blaq Poet joint called VOICES. Its so ghetto, that only real people can relate to this shit here. I feel sorry for the new batch of artists and producers that think they can rock like me this year and next year.....Im gonna be so strong with music(Damn!! I gotta take a second to breathe). Big up to Agallah who laced me for the TEF LP with a dope remix. He gave us a tracc years ago and unfortunately, Memph Bleek and M.O.P. did the same tracc by coincidence and we had to change ours......All good. Bleeks my man.BTW.....im goin in with The Mash Out Posse finally this coming week to start updating their album and getting the show on the road......Be on the lookout for my followup MIX CD to "GOD vs THE DEVIL" entitled "Tell The Truth"....I promised Gordon that I would have it ready by the end of the 4th of July weekend....I gotta start bangin them at least once a month....i love makin them still after all these years. Lookout for the new J. Hood joint I did called Never Be(well thats the tentative title)....New AZ-The Format....Big up to Termanology for the Hip Hop Quotable in The Source Magazine for our song "Watch How It Go Down". Big up to Statik Selektah. Oh and cant 4 get my SCION DJs that rocked with me(DJ SCENE, Platurn from the Oakland Faders).
Till next BLOG STAY REAL....HEAD UP, EYES AND EARS OPEN!!!!!!
WORD IS BOND !!!!!!!

Preem..

Bacc frum Cali...this time was from a show that wuz unfortunately rescheduled for June @ club Fluid in San Fran...anyway i decided that since i do not have time for a vacay, i would make it into a weekend chill out time for myself and get bacc to some serious work on behalf of the artists that i have on deck to produce:Lemme name 'em to you...Termanology,AZ,J.Hood,NAS,NYGz,Blaq Poet,
TEF,MC Lyte,Lady Of Rage,Christina Aguilera,FABID,Royce 5'9,Nicky Javas,and yes im bacc in the lab with Can-I-Bus.......
Now, this iz how i used to bring it bacc in 1993-1998, and i had to re-invent tha funk and do it all over again....Feel so good to still love the Hip Hop culture as i do....Itz so serious to me and the DJ's of today are still frontin' on that real......Cold days in hell are not fun from whut i heard and so many of you will be there for messin up and not havin' a passion and respect for our Ghetto Music.....Stay tuned....................................Premier

Just Started my UK TOUR of England, Ireland, Germany, and Belguim..
All I gotta say is that I HATE BRITISH AIRWAYS.First Snoop Dogg, and now my Black ass!!!! These assholes have lost all of my records for two days and it happens everytime that I fly on their airline.. I had to have the promoters and my tour manager Biggest Gord tracc down DJs that would let me borrow records in order to do 2 shows in the same niteOne in Newcastle, and then drive to Sheffield which was another 2 hour drive and borrowed more records from other DJs thereI spun till 5:30 am and then had to drive bacc to Newcastle to pray that my records had come bacc on a morning flight to find at least 2 crates.(ONE MORE TO GO!!!!!)Gotta love it.It was the one(AND I MEAN ONE)time that I wish that I had a hardrive.But not anymoreOne day I will use itBut not yet!!!!!!

Much Love to all the DJs that brought me vinyl to play last niteDJ Paul for the crate in Newcastle.Big up to DJ Adam H, DJ Toddler, and DJ OP for the vinyl in Sheffield!

LATA FOR NOW..Preem