St. Lunatics Cohort Penelope Jones Readies Long Awaited Debut Album
 
(Brooklyn, NY September 27th, 2006) St. Louis emcee Penelope Jones is putting the finishing touches on her debut album. As yet untitled, the album is slated for release on November 7th on Universal Motown Records. Penelope enlisted two high-profile collaborators for the lead singles of the album; Lil Wayne on “Miss Me With That Foolishness” and Mya on the R&B tinged “No Matter What They Say”".
 
Although only 24 years old, Penelope’s debut has been in the works for a long time. Penelope’s love for hip-hop began as an adolescent as she performed gospel raps in her church. By her early teens she found herself recording her first demo with The Crew From The Lou, and later opening for the likes of 2Pac and Ice Cube, whenever they came through her town. In 2000, as Nelly was reaching superstardom, Penelope recorded “Jang-A-Lang” with the St. Lunatics and began recording for her own solo debut. Penelope’s rising star was put on indefinite hold as she was convicted of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking for relaying a message of an incarcerated family member.  She began a 48-month prison sentence and found herself rethinking her plans for the music business. By the time she was released, she had earned a degree in business and become a certified personal trainer. She began working at Gold’s Gym, but her love for hip-hop persisted, and she soon re-entered the recording studio. The result was a cover version (and ode to her city) of the Kingsmen’s “Louie, Louie.” If anyone had doubted that Penelope’s star-quality would not endure her stint behind bars, their doubts were immediately dashed as the popular song ignited a bidding war for the lyrist’s service.
 
Universal Records won the war for Penelope and sent her into the studio. The result? St Louis’ best-kept (and most in-shape) secret will be revealed to hip-hop fans nationwide on November 7th.
 
Contact: Michelle Mayumi McDevitt
718.768.7275 or Michelle@audibletreats.com

9/27/2006- New York, NY- On September 28th, 2006 DJ Poun’, DJ Enuff , and Grafh will be performing live at the most anticipated Myspace party of the year “The Myspace Jumpoff Party”. DJ Poun’ the official 40/40 club DJ and CEO of Caked Up Entertainment has teamed up with Hot 97’s Heavy Hitter: DJ Enuff and New Yorks very own, Grafh to give the hottest myspace party of the year. Grafh will be performing his cyber anthem “Myspace Jumpoff”. This song is earning the attention of radio stations. Mixtape DJ’s, the hip hop community, and most importantly myspacers. “Myspace Jumpoff” has the cyber world buzzing and has been placed on the profile pages of nearly 130,000 myspacers, and sold nationally on the Myspace Jump Off Mixtape hosted by Clinton Sparks. Myspace Jumpoff will also be featured on DJ Poun’x Street Series Mixtape Vol. 7, scheduled for release in late September. With radio spins in Texas, Florida, Washington D.C, California, and Baltimore, New Yorkers will be able to see it performed live on September 28th, 2006. The popular song just recently earned placement on MTV’s Sucker Free show in late July. Music for the party will be provided by Caked Up Entertainments DJ Poun’, and the hosted by Enuff. The Jump Off party will include special guests such as Just Blaze, DJ Lazy K, Cocoa Chanelle & D-Nice. The party jumps off at 9:00 pm at the Manor in Branch Brook Park in Belleville, New Jersey. Caked Up Entertainment is expecting attendance of 1500 or more myspace partiers.

DJ Poun’ the “Trendsetter” was born Daren Smith in Paterson, N.J. Smith has been the official DJ for the 40/40 club since 2004. DJ Poun is the CEO of Caked Up Entertainment and manages 3 associate DJ’s as well as a staff of 10 employees. The company provides professional disc jockey services as well as production, engineering, stage lightening and other services. Poun’s career history spans over 15 years and encompasses an A-List clientele that includes Jay- Z, 50 Cent, Just Blaze, Beyonce, Lebron James, Usher, and more. For more information on DJ Poun please visit the DJ online at www.myspace.com/djpoun. For media inquiries please contact Tiffiany Vaughn at tiffiany@infusion-marketing.com

DJ Enuff was raised in the Lower East Side and Flatbush, Brooklyn. Enuff came to HOT 97 in 1998. In 2000, he switched to his current Rush Hour slot, where he enjoys breaking music, playing party music, and just having fun.He is EL PRESIDENTE OF THE HEAVY HITTER CREW. The Heavy Hitters help launch careers everyday from artists to DJ’s. His crew is the number one DJ crew in America. They have every genre covered from hip hop to reggaeton.

Grafh was born Phillip Bernard 24 years ago in the Southeastern section of Queens, New York. Grafh hit the rap circuit on a mission and it wasn’t long before word of his raw talents reached the office of Black Hand Entertainment, a Jamaica, Queens based record label with strong street ties. Grafhs songs represent the grind, hustle, and pain of real urban life. His music also argues that life is not always about struggle it is somewhat akin to a kaleidoscope.

For Media Inquiries:

Tiffiany Vaughn
Infusion Marketing Media, LLC
tiffiany@infusion-marketing.com
1.800.424.2710
856.608.1299

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Full Album to be released Online Exclusively on October 24, 2006

September 27, 2006 (New York, NY)–Queens born and bred hip-hop group Black Sheep releases “Who Dat?”, the first single from their 3rd album 8WM/Novakane, now available digitally via Bumrush Records/The Orchard. The Orchard distributes to online music retailers such as i-tunes and AOL music. At a recent show for journalists-only in NYC, Black Sheep received strong accolades regarding their return; Rollingstone.com stated the group “is ready for a comeback” with “fresh-cut tracks.”

Re-emerging fifteen years later, Dres returns with amazing production from well-known producers such as Showbiz, Dinky Bingham, Vitamin D, BeanOne and Wendell Haynes. Sammy Bee of the Jungle Brothers also joins Dres as a guest DJ for all events and shows.

Black Sheep’s entire album will be available for download on October 24, 2006. For more information and updates, please visit www.myspace.com/blacksheep. For press inquiries, please contact Nicole Price of Priceless Media at 646-785-3586. For bookings please contact Christopher Robbins of Dream Entertainment at 917-325-0906.

About Black Sheep

Known for innovative music and thought-provoking lyrics, Black Sheep returns after a decade of silence with 8WM/Novakane, their 3rd Release to be distributed exclusively online via Bumrush Records/The Orchard beginning October 24, 2006. Featuring Sammy Bee of the Jungle Brothers as guest DJ, new tracks, show dates and other pertinent information on the group can be found at www.myspace.com/blacksheep.

Priceless Media.
Publicity/Marketing/Events
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nicole@priceless-media.com
646-785-3586 (cell)
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New Las Vegas Company Markets the Best of Hip Hop Culture to Mass Audience

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ — H3Enterprises, Inc. announced today that it has retained R&R Partners to handle various public relations projects. H3Enterprises is a new Las Vegas firm that packages and markets the most positive aspects of the popular Hip Hop culture, cybergames and related business ventures.

H3Enterprises embraces the worldwide popularity of Hip Hop culture as an engine for job and wealth creation, education and cultural transformation. Currently located in New York City, the firm is moving its operations to Las Vegas, the Entertainment Capital of the World and home to its new CEO, UNLV All-American basketball legend and entrepreneur Jackie Robinson.

Robinson’s background makes him ideally suited to lead this new company, having enjoyed success in the food and beverage, credit, real estate and construction industries. Most recently, he served as chairman and CEO of RLLW, Inc., a franchisee of 67 Pizza Hut restaurants. In 2001, he was ranked 52nd in Black Enterprise Magazine’s “Top 100 Business People.” Previously, he spent 10 years as chairman and CEO of the largest administrator of federal tax credit programs in Nevada for major casinos. He also served as a manager for the Aladdin Hotel & Casino.

R&R Partners builds innovative brand relationships across a wide range of audiences through such integrated services as advertising, public relations, government & public affairs, research, media and digital marketing. A world leader in travel and tourism marketing, R&R received Brandweek’s coveted “Grand Marketer of the Year” award for the Las Vegas “What happens here, stays here” campaign — the first agency ever to receive this honor. Ranked among the top 10 regional agencies in the U.S. by Adweek magazine, R&R Partners reports annual billings of $230 million and maintains offices in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Reno and Washington D.C. R&R also specializes in utilities, healthcare, telecommunications and transportation marketing. For more information, visit www.rrpartners.com.

Source: R&R Partners

CONTACT: Betsy Ward of R&R Partners, +1-702-318-4229,
betsy.ward@rrpartners.com

Web site: http://www.rrpartners.com/

Bands will submit songs to compete in online voting contest with a grand prize of $5,000.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 — Salon.com is looking to unearth the greatest act in America — and they’re harnessing the power of the Web to find it. On Sept. 25, Salon launched a new music contest, Salon Song Search that looks to find the best song you’ve never heard, with the help of music artists like Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) as well as top music bloggers, and other surprise guest judges.

Salon is soliciting one original song from any unsigned musical act in America — one song that will compete against thousands of others for fame, glory and the $5,000 Salon Song Search grand prize, plus two $1,000 second prizes. Any genre, any style goes. At the end of the submission period, a panel of Salon’s critics and the Web’s top music bloggers will whittle the hopefuls down to 10. And then the world gets to vote.

“For more than a decade, Salon.com has helped discover some of our best and brightest new writers,” says Joan Walsh, Salon’s editor in chief. “Now we’d like to help find the next great songwriters.”

Beginning Monday, October 30, two new songs will be released every week on Salon for five weeks. Readers (and listeners) will vote online for their favorite, while celebrity judges like Thomas, Wall and other surprise guests will weigh in with their own choices. In the final week, the five winners will face each other in a victor-takes-all round of online voting, with the champion taking home the Song Search crown and the $5,000 grand prize.

To submit a song, visit the Song Search home page at http://salon.com/ent/audiofile/song_search/2006/index.html/?id=songsearch

Sponsorship for the contest is being provided by Infiniti.

For press inquiries, call: Kerry Lauerman, New York Editorial Director, 212.905.6124

About Salon

Salon, the award-winning online news and entertainment web site, combines original investigative stories, breaking news, and provocative personal essays along with quick-take commentary and staff-written blogs about politics, technology, culture and entertainment. Committed to interactivity, Salon also hosts two online communities, Table Talk and The Well. A leader in developing editorial products since 1995, Salon’s latest features — Video Dog (video parodies and shorts), Audiofile (downloadable music), the Daou Report (opinionated blogosphere guide), and automated Letters to the Editor have helped grow Salon’s audience. Salon is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Washington D.C.

Bringing South-West Heat To The Streets… B-Storm Enterprises/Fontana UMVD Sets To Releases Its Most Promising Hip Hop Artist

(Los Angeles, CA) … On October 10, 2006, YOUNG QUON officially takes his seat in the Hip Hop game with his solo debut release, “DOIN IT… MOVIN”, also the title of the first single produced by Don Vito (“Do It To It” Cherish), Christian Strickland helmed the video.

Young Quon born DeQuon Stovall by way of Louisiana-via-Arizona-via-Texas native, with his distinctively “south-west” sound sets fire to the airwaves with his single “Doin It … Movin’”, igniting the streets. Recording half the album in Phoenix and the other half in both Dallas and Houston’s famed Studio 7303, where A-Listers such as Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Pitbull, BUN B, George Clinton, and R&B songstress LeToya Luckett have recorded hit records; Young Quon’s solo debut album promises to have something to satisfy rap music fans and industry professionals alike. Guest appearances on the album include Houston’s own Paul Wall, the ambassador of The Bay Area E-40, and newcomer Jiggolo.

By his pre-teen years, with strong musical influences in his own family, Young Quon knew that a career in music was his future. A passion to share his gift and voice was a dream he needed to fulfill. “Growing up, I heard everything from blues – like Bobby Blue Bland – and soul to gospel. Because of my family being so much into music, I can name stuff that cats my age wouldn’t know nothing about. My mom was a great singer who just happened to never do anything with her gift.”

Radio’s KPTY Houston, KNDA Corpus Christi, WJUC Toledo, XM Satellite radio, and more, have already have begun to fuel the blaze with a new video soon to follow. Texas natives will be the first to catch Young Quon at Fontana Day at the Music Depot in Houston at the Greens Point Mall on October 7th, with a promotional tour starting in Little Rock, Dallas, Mississippi, with more cities soon to be confirmed.

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For more information, or to schedule an interview with Young Quon, please call Laura Troy at (818) 987-1155 or via email at starzpromo@aol.com – www.myspace.com/youngquonmusic

Contact: Laura Troy
Star Beatz promotions & Publicity
P (818) 987-1155
E starzpromo@aol.com

Dec 1-3, 2006 – Miami, FL
Florida’s Most Important Entertainment Networking Event

(Miami, FL) — The 2nd Annual Florida Entertainment Summit will be held
from Dec 1-3, 2006 in Miami, Florida. The summit was created to provide
a networking outlet that assist with brokering deals, interacting with
influential decision makers and understanding opportunities that exist
in the digital world. The summit encourages entertainers to cross
promote and collaborate with other entertainment entities to maximum their
reach.

The Florida Entertainment Summit will include panel discussions for
actors, recording artists, film makers and models. This year, the summit
is proud to announce the addition of the Artist/DJ Drop Lounge and the
Artist Boot Camp. The drop lounge was created to provide artists and DJs
an environment to share drops, free styles and create exclusives. The
Artist Boot Camp is an intense (3) day, artist development workshop
spearheaded by Producer Donovan Knowles, who Russell Simmons refers to as
“the encyclopedia of the entertainment industry”.

In addition to the Artist/DJ Drop Lounge and the Artist Boot Camp, the
Florida Entertainment Summit has also implemented a college tour which
will kick off on Sunday, Oct 15 in Daytona Beach, FL during Bethune
Cookman’s College Homecoming and end on Nov 2nd in Tallahassee, FL on the
Campus of Florida State University; other cities on the tour include
Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, West Palm Beach & Miami.

The 2nd Annual Florida Entertainment Summit will not be short of prizes
and surprises. Bigga Rankin of The Core DJs, Vice President of The
Hittmenn DJs and Florida Entertainment Summit 2005 Record Breaker of the
Year has agreed to award one lucky recording artists their very own Bigga
Rankin hosted Mix CD which will land them inclusion on the highly
sought after RNR Mixtape series which include artists such as Young Jeezy,
Juvenile, Boyz In Da Hood, Rick Ross, Plies, Gucci Man, Ray Cash, Jacki
O, Young Cash, Squad Up and a host of others; Independent film makers
registered for the summit will have an opportunity to win an advance
screening of their project during the summit; and (1) actor/model will win
an opportunity to grace the cover of the Official Guide to the Florida
Entertainment Summit.

The Florida Entertainment Summit is organized and founded by E. Mason &
Associates, a public relations and events management firm based in
South Florida with clients in entertainment, corporate, non profit and
political arenas. The firm was responsible for event management and/or
publicity for various events this year including DEMP Week in Tallahassee,
FL, The Core DJs Retreat presented by Rap-A-Lot Records in Houston, The

Core DJs Retreat presented by So So Def/Virgin Records in Atlanta,
Dwayne Wade’s Official MVP Party, Trick Daddy’s Trick Luvs Da Kids Back to
School Supplies Giveaway and a host of others.

Additional Florida Entertainment Summit information may be obtained on
the official web site www.FloridaEntertainmentSummit.com or by
contacting E. Mason & Associates 305-755-9272 or info@emasonassociates.com

Sept 25th, 2006
The Truth Shall Set You Free… With a moniker like that, and a mixtape titled like this, you probably get what Ludacris is hinting at. With one of the most powerful mixtapes in recent history, DJ Green Lantern, Michael 5000 Watts and Ludacris team up with MixUnit.com to bring you Pre-Release Therapy: The Truth Shall Set You Free, an official MixUnit.com Collabo.
Five albums deep into the six-album deal he signed back in 2000, Christopher Bridges aka. The Multi-Million Man has helped Def Jam Records sell more than 10 million albums during his tenure. With his sixth, and possibly final, album with Def Jam right around the corner, the man that started as animated ATL radio personality Chris Lova Lova (Hot 97.5) stands on the verge of becoming the most sought-after free agent in Hiphop history.

But before Luda can cross that bridge, he’ll have to drop one final record: Release Therapy. And before he can do that, he decided he must serve his fans and followers with this underground release, a mixtape titled Pre-Release Therapy, a collaboration with ‘The Evil Genius’ DJ Green Lantern and yours truly, MixUnit.com.
A Team Invasion / DTP / Swishahouse / MixUnit.com collaboration, Pre-Release Therapy is already being billed as a front-runner for ‘Mixtape Of The Year.’ Judging from the participants, it’s not hard to see why.
With a little mixtape therapy session courtesy of the baddest mixtape DJ ever and the baddest screw DJ in the game; Ludacris lets it all off his chest and opens up to the fans for this monster mixtape of all-new and exclusive music.

Available at MixUnit.com, Release Therapy: The Truth Shall Set You Free is the official mixtape prelude to Luda s Release Therapy album.

Tracklisting and credits for Ludacris Pre-Release Therapy

1  DJ Green Lantern Intro
2  Im The Truth
3  You Dont Know
4  Supastar Boy
5 – Luda (Interlude)
6  He Man
7  Jump Off The G4 f/ I-20
8  Cannon f/Uncle Murda
9 – Interlude
10  Large Amounts
11  Shakedown (produced by The Neptunes)
12 – Piggyback
13  Just Bought Me A Plane f/ DTP
14  More, More, More f/Jadakiss
15  Duffle Bag Boyz f/Playaz Circle
16  Rob The Robbers f/Young Buck & I-20
17  Hot 97 Interlude
18  In The Ghetto (remix) f/Busta Rhymes & Rick James
19  Gangsta Niggaz f/Scarface
20  Yeah Mufucka!! f/David Banner
21 – Outro
22  Coochie Bangin f/O.D.B.

# # #

To obtain a copy of Ludacris Pre-Release Therapy please contact:

Matt Conaway@  Movement Marketing
Business #: 410- 360 -5957
Cell#: 410-903-7568
E-Mail:  Matthewbrn@aol.com
AOL IM:  Matthewbrn

More information on Ludacris and MixUnit.com are available at:
http://www.mixunit.com/prereleasereg.html
www.mixunit.com

(Brooklyn, NY September 26th, 2006) Hieroglyphics crew member Del the Funky Homosapien will be headlining a nationwide, 44 date tour this Fall in support of his recently released DVD and forthcoming CD The 11th Hour. Souls of Mischief emcee A Plus will back Del’s set as his hype man. DJ/ multi-media mastermind Mike Relm is the featured special guest for the tour, bringing his own personal film festival to stage as he simultaneously manipulates records and video. They will be joined by fellow West Coast emcee Motion Man, who will be rocking material from his latest release and collaboration with Kutmaster Kurt, Pablito’s Way. Also gracing the stage on select dates will be Chicago’s Psalm One, in support of her most recent record, The Death of Frequent Flyer. Rounding out the line-up is the multi-talented skater/bowler/graf artist/emcee Bukue One.
 
Dates:

Wed-Sep-27

SAN LUIS OBISPO,CA

DOWNTOWN BREW

Thu-Sep-28

SANTA BARBARA, CA

VELVET JONES

Fri-Sep-29

WEST HOLLYWOOD

KNITTING FACTORY

Sat-Sep-30

POMONA, CA

GLASS HOUSE

Sun-Oct-01

SAN DIEGO, CA

HOUSE OF BLUES

Mon-Oct-02

TUCSON, AZ

RIALTO THEATER

Tue-Oct-03

FLAGSTAFF, AZ

ORPHEUM THEATER

Wed-Oct-04

PHOENIX, AZ

CLUBHOUSE

Thu-Oct-05

ALBUQUERQUE, NM

SUNSHINE THEATER

Fri-Oct-06

AUSTIN, TX

EMOS

Sat-Oct-07

HOUSTON, TX

WAREHOUSE LIVE

Mon-Oct-09

TALLAHASSEE, FL

BETA BAR

Tue-Oct-10

ORLANDO, FL

THE SOCIAL

Wed-Oct-11

CHARLESTON, SC

THE VILLAGE TAVERN

Thu-Oct-12

ASHEVILLE, NC

ORANGE PEEL

Fri-Oct-13

CARRBORO, NC

CATS CRADLE

Sat-Oct-14

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA

STARR HILL MUSIC HALL

Sun-Oct-15

BALTIMORE, MD

SONAR

Mon-Oct-16

PHILADELPHIA, PA

TLA

Tue-Oct-17

NEW YORK, NY

BB KINGS

Wed-Oct-18

NEW HAVEN, CT

TOADS PLACE

Fri-Oct-20

BOSTON, MA

THE PARADISE

Sun-Oct-22

BURLINGTON, VT

HIGHER GROUND

Mon-Oct-23

BUFFALO, NY

BUFFALO ICON

Tue-Oct-24

ANN ARBOR, MI

BLIND PIG

Wed-Oct-25

COLUMBUS, OH

LITTLE BROTHER

Thu-Oct-26

BLOOMINGTON, IN

BLUEBIRD THEATER

Fri-Oct-27

CHICAGO, IL

ABBEY PUB

Sun-Oct-29

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

FIRST AVENUE

Tue-Oct-31

LAWRENCE, KS

GRANADA

Wed-Nov-01

BOULDER, CO

FOX THEATER

Thu-Nov-02

DENVER, CO

CERVANTI’S

Fri-Nov-03

FORT COLLINS, CO

AGGIE THEATER

Sat-Nov-04

PARK CITY, UT

SUEDE

Mon-Nov-06

BEND, OR

DOMINO ROOM

Tue-Nov-07

BELLINGHAM, WA

NIGHTLIGHT

Wed-Nov-08

SEATTLE, WA

SHOWBOX

Thu-Nov-09

PORTLAND, OR

ROSELAND

Fri-Nov-10

EUGENE, OR

WOW HALL

Sat-Nov-11

CHICO, CA

Theater

Wed-Nov-15

SPARKS, NV

NEW OASIS

Thu-Nov-16

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

THE FILLMORE

Fri-Nov-17

SANTA CRUZ, CA

THE CATALYST

Sat-Nov-18

SACRAMENTO, CA

THE LIBRARY

Contact:
Michelle McDevitt
Audible Treats
718-768-7275 / michelle@audibletreats.com