Outdoor Venues Announced for 10-City Summer Tour; Tickets on Sale Now

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 30 /PRNewswire/ — Old Spice has signed on as the presenting sponsor of this year’s AND 1 Mix Tape(R) Tour, the original street basketball entertainment tour featuring the world’s best playground players. Embarking on a nationwide 10-city tour from June 16 through August 25, the AND 1 Mix Tape Tour tips off in New York City and will travel across the United States with its best team yet playing against summer league all stars from city to city.

As presenting sponsor, Old Spice will have a prominent presence in the AND 1 Mix Tape Tour’s marketing including national print ads, the ESPN show Streetball: The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour Presented by Old Spice, and online at www.AND1.com. Old Spice is the latest brand to join the AND 1 Mix Tape Tour sponsorship lineup, which also includes Gatorade, Wrigley’s and ESPN as the television partner. Also joining the marketing mix are SLAM Magazine and XXL, who have been tabbed as the official media partners for this summer’s tour. These partnerships will result in heavy cross-promotion across both properties and will be reflected via print and online campaigns.

Returning to its blacktop roots this summer, the 2007 AND 1 Mix Tape Tour will be held in high-profile outdoor venues at each of the tour’s 10-city stops. Tickets for each stop are on sale now. For more information, check out www.AND1.com.

"We are thrilled to bring the tour back outdoors to the blacktop," said Mark Woolsey, AND 1 General Manager and CMO. "At the end of the day, it’s the fans that will benefit the most. By going outdoors, fans will be closer to the action and tickets will be more affordable and accessible."

  The 2007 AND 1 MIX TAPE TOUR SCHEDULE*

  City             Venue                   Date
  New York         Coney Island            6/16/07
  Boston           Bayside Expo Center     6/23/07
  Atlanta          Turner Field            6/30/07
  Philadelphia     Festival Pier           7/14/07
  Washington D.C.  City Center Parking Lot 7/21/07
  Detroit          Cadillac Square         7/28/07
  Chicago          Soldier Field           8/04/07
  Dallas           Star Parking Lot        8/11/07
  San Francisco    TBD                     8/18/07
  Los Angeles      Queen Mary              8/25/07

  *  Schedule subject to change

Now in its eighth year, the AND 1 Mix Tape Tour has celebritized streetball players and made them international icons, including original AND 1 streetball legend Skip to My Lou (also known as Rafer Alston of the Houston Rockets), who will be making guest appearances throughout the summer. AND 1′s series of basketball videos and DVDs known as the ‘AND 1 Mix Tapes’ have attained cult status among hard-core ball players. AND 1 Mix Tape Volume 10 will launch this summer.

About AND 1

Founded in 1993, AND 1 makes basketball footwear and apparel for players with serious game. The company that first made its mark in the apparel industry with a line of "in your face" trash talk tee shirts now offers a complete product line for basketball players, including on-and off-court performance shoes, shorts, tees, sleeveless tees, pants, team uniforms, licensed collegiate gear and accessories. AND 1 endorsers include 2006 – 2007 NBA Most Improved Player Monta Ellis of the Golden State Warriors, and star of AND 1 Mix Tape(TM) Volume 1, Rafer Alston of the Houston Rockets.

About P&G (NYSE:PG)

Three billion times a day, P&G brands touch the lives of people around the world. The company has one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Pampers(R), Tide(R), Ariel(R), Always(R), Whisper(R), Pantene(R), Mach3(R), Bounty(R), Dawn(R), Pringles(R), Folgers(R), Charmin(R), Downy(R), Lenor(R), Iams(R), Crest(R), Oral-B(R), Actonel(R), Duracell(R), Olay(R), Head & Shoulders(R), Wella, Gillette(R), and Braun. The P&G community consists of over 135,000 employees working in over 80 countries worldwide. Please visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and in-depth information about P&G and its brands.

Source: AND 1; Old Spice; Gatorade; ESPN

CONTACT: Carlos Manzanillo, +1-323-988-4672, carlosm@carryonpr.com

Web site: http://www.and1.com/

Harlem Hip-Hop Tours (H3 Tours), a New York City-based tour company, has combined the best of historic Harlem’s charm, and unrestricted access to the "behind-the-scenes" corners of New York’s hip-hop culture to create a one-of-a-kind experience for New York City visitors. H3 Tours’ new suite of Black Culture Tours allows participants to explore African-American culture in New York. Guests can choose from a variety of activities such as visiting Harlem’s historic attractions (e.g. the Cotton Club, Apollo Theater and Striver’s Row), touring popular recording studios used by many established hip-hop artists, and taking hip-hop dance lessons.

New York, New York (PRWEB) May 30, 2007 — Harlem Hip- Hop Tours (H3Tours), a premier tour company based in New York City, has launched a one-of-a-kind experience for visitors, offering customized activities around New York City that immerse guests into Harlem’s culture and New York’s hip-hop scene.

H3 Tours’ new suite of Black Culture Tours allows, participants to explore African-American culture in New York. Guests can choose from a variety of activities such as, visiting Harlem’s historic attractions (e.g. the Cotton Club, Apollo Theater and Striver’s Row), touring popular recording studios used by many established hip-hop artists, and taking hip-hop dance lessons.

The Black Culture Tour packages also give visitors an inside look into the latest in hip-hop fashion in New York City, as well as the opportunity to experience a variety of African-American hairstyles at one of Harlem’s top beauty salons. Additionally, tour guests can take a "slanguage" class where they learn the meaning and pronunciation of the latest slang used in black culture and hip-hop today. Guests can even round out their cultural experience by requesting a night on Broadway to see Fantasia in the much celebrated African-American musical, "The Color Purple."

"We want to give visitors unprecedented access into African-American culture and way of life in New York City," said Adrienne Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Harlem Hip -Hop Tours. "We hope that these tours will encourage a newfound understanding of a culture that millions of people around the world are fascinated by and embrace."

Pricing for the Black Culture Tours ranges from $30-$90 per person. In addition to these tours, Harlem Hip-Hop Tours also offers Premium and School tours. The Premium tours cater towards groups of friends and family visiting New York City who are looking to spend a day being transported in stretch limousines and receiving VIP treatment at each tour destination. H3 Tours’ School tours are more educational in nature and teach students and youth groups about the history of Harlem, its landmarks and economic revival, as well as providing a behind-the-scenes peak at New York’s hip-hop industry for those aspiring to be the next rapper, producer, or record executive.

Harlem Hip-Hop Tours was founded by two Columbia Business School grads and residents of New York City, Adrienne Smith and Shannon White, who endeavored to fill a void that New York City tourism lacked – an authentic taste of New York’s Harlem and hip-hop culture.

Harlem Hip-Hop Tours operates Monday through Saturday, year-round, and all tour packages are conducted in English or the native language of tour guests. For more information about the Black Culture Tours and other packages, please visit www.harlemhiphoptours.com.

Press:
ADRIENNE SMITH
Harlem Hip-Hop Tours
http://www.harlemhiphoptours.com/
212-769-9047

Kompoz, a Web 2.0 social networking site for creating multitrack songs online with other musicians, has emerged from beta with new social networking features such as member blogs, private messaging, member-to-member chat, song ratings, embeddable flash players, and more.

Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 30, 2007 — Kompoz.com today released a new version of its music collaboration platform, officially marking its emergence from beta. Kompoz is an online community for musicians creating new independent music based on the open licensing models of the Creative Commons, which promotes sharing, re-use, and derivative works, while still retaining fundamental attribution and other rights for the original artists. Kompoz provides the platform, Web-based tools, and social network for musicians to collaborate with other musicians anywhere in the world.

"Kompoz now includes top social networking features to make it easier for our members to connect and collaborate," says Raf Fiol, founder of Kompoz. "We’ve built a strong community that will help shape the new vision for open collaborative music creation, mixing, and publication."

Kompoz’s social networking features include:

    * Personal Member and Community Blogs
    * Meebo Chat (meebo)
    * Member-driven rating system
    * Public track commenting
    * Private Messaging
    * Project and public discussion forums
    * "I’m Kompozing With" Friends feature
    * YouTube video integration (API)
    * Public and private playlists
    * Embeddable Flash players
    * CustomURLs for member profiles
    * Google member maps

Core Features Include:

    * Individual project workspaces for each collaboration.
    * Upload tracks directly to each project (hosted by Kompoz) without FTP or special software.
    * Download a single file, an entire track, or an entire project with one-click for import into a multi-track recorder such as Pro-Tools, Sonar, GarageBand or any other offline digital audio processing software.
    * All uploaded files are automatically encoded for fast online streaming playback.
    * Support for MP3, WAV, and WMA formats. Others comming soon.
    * Search for music projects by genre, artist, tags/keywords, license type, and more.
    * Create and share online profiles with the global music community.
    * Create friends lists, favorite project lists, and more.

For more information, please visit www.kompoz.com, or e-mail collaborate @ kompoz.com.

Raf Fiol
Kompoz
http://www.kompoz.com
(305) 439-2938

Live and On-Demand Media Streaming Distributes Content for New Entertainment Outlet; Online Advertising Services Monetizes Assets

May 30, 2007
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), an Internet solutions provider of choice for business, today announced that the Black Coffee Channel, a new online platform created to deliver Black cultural and political news, music and other entertainment, will broadcast live and on-demand video and audio with Internap’s VitalStream content delivery network (CDN).

“Internap is bringing functionality to the Black Coffee Channel, enabling me to stream my own talk show online,” said Cedric Muhammad, chief executive officer of Black Coffee Channel. “We believe so much in the promise, potential and power of the Internap platform that we’re bypassing terrestrial radio and adopting an Internet-first presence. We believe the future venue for audio and video is the Web, and we needed a major, premier partner we could trust with the Black Coffee Channel’s livelihood. Internap’s reliable, secure VitalStream CDN will enable us to stimulate, inspire, inform and entertain, around the clock.”

“Our innovative and unique product set, pairing delivery of live and on-demand Flash content, with insertion of contextual, in-stream advertising to monetize that content, enables the Black Coffee Channel’s mission to entertain large audiences online,” said Philip N. Kaplan, chief strategy officer of Internap. “We look forward to continuing to work with Cedric and his team as the Black Coffee Channel’s audience and specialized content grows.”

The broadcast channel, founded by popular political radio personality and music guru Cedric Muhammad, is dedicated to capturing, receiving and presenting the most diverse collection of Black, English-language content. The site will use Internap’s Flash video streaming to continuously deliver audio and video entertainment. Music videos, specials, blogs, documentaries and features, combined with up-to-date news and provocative, political commentary, will be available in real-time to fans across the globe.

A customized Flash video player created by Internap’s Professional Services group, a team of technology specialists, will enable the Black Coffee Channel to extend and leverage its internal resources. The station will have access to manageable XML-format playlists it can update for future audio and video and integrate with previously created content. Web visitors will be able to view music videos through the player using the channel’s own trademarked Self Music™ format. The station will play an eclectic mix of hip-hop, rap, jazz, reggae and R&B.

Internap was the first Adobe partner to power streaming services for Flash. Its proprietary VitalStream CDN solution includes MediaConsole®, a workflow management toolset, which integrates with all streaming formats and includes a media manager, pre-built video skins and a real-time reporting dashboard. The CDN’s MediaOps™ software development kit is a library of Flash software and Flash-developed objects that enables developers to quickly and easily implement their projects and accelerates its customers’ Flash application development.

Internap’s proprietary advertising software solution will insert in-stream advertisements into the station’s live and on-demand broadcasts to target specific listener demographics, enabling advertisers to reach the most engaged opt-in audio and video audiences seamlessly. Campaign management and ad-results reporting complete the comprehensive solution, enabling the Black Coffee Channel to leverage its digital assets through the generation of new revenue streams.

Internap is transforming the way media and entertainment companies deliver and monetize their online content. In providing end-to-end IP and data center services, including streaming media, Internap is a premier provider to organizations in need of reliable methods for delivering rich-media online. Its advanced reporting and in-stream ad solutions enable any event – live or archived – to turn online audio and video into revenue streams.

About Internap

Internap is a leading Internet solutions provider that manages, delivers and distributes applications and content with unsurpassed performance and reliability. With a global platform of data centers, managed IP services, VitalStream content delivery network (CDN) and content monetization services, Internap frees its customers to drive innovation inside their business and create new revenue opportunities. More than 3,000 companies across the globe trust Internap to help them achieve their Internet business goals. Internap is “Making Innovation Possible.” For more information visit www.internap.com.

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(PRWEB) May 30, 2007 — Designed for Remixers, DJ’s, and Producers, Remix Toolkit (www.RemixToolkit.com) has released Dirty South Vol.1, a unique collection of radio-ready drum samples covering the sound of today’s Hip Hop & RnB.

Dirty South Vol.1 contains 128 individual "one-shot" drum samples professionally mixed, mastered and meticulously edited.

http://www.remixtoolkit.com/products/dirty_south01.php

All individual sounds are organized into 8 complete drum kits. Each complete drum kit has been created “in-the-spirit” of a specific artist or producer on the charts today. Dirty South Vol.1 includes the following kits; Lil Jon Kit, BunB Kit, Ying Yang Kit, Lil Rob Kit, Pitbull Kit, E-40 Kit, ¬Juelz Kit, Sparxxx Kit.

Released in 16 bit / 44.1 stereo wav format, the Dirty South V.1 Drum Sample Library is compatible with all major software and hardware samplers including Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, MachFive, EmulatorX2, Battery, Guru, NN-XT, Akai MPC Series, Roland Fantom Series, Yamaha Motif Series, Korg Triton Series, and many others.

Helping to level the playing field between aspiring producers and seasoned professionals, RemixToolkit sample libraries provide music makers the necessary sounds needed to compete in today’s competitive music industry. By reducing the time, effort and expense in searching for the right sound for a particular style of Hip Hop & RnB, today’s Remixers, DJ’s, and Producers can now take their music to the next level and enjoy the confidence knowing that their productions sound multi-platinum and radio ready.

Born out of the idea that hi quality professional sample libraries should be accessible, affordable and authentic, Remixtoolkit.com provides today’s Remixers, DJ’s, and Producers instant access to premium sounds that deliver all the flavor of today’s hottest hit’s.

The Dirty South V.1 Drum Sample Library is available for instant download. Prices start at $29.95

For more information, audio demos, and free sounds, visit www.RemixToolkit.com

Colin Maxwell
Director Of Marketing

RemixToolkit.com
480-458-5915 P
480-458-5916 F

$280 Million Acquisition Gives CBS One of the Largest Social Platforms with More Than 15 Million Active Users In More than 200 Countries

NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS.A) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:CBS) has acquired Last.fm, a global, community-based, music discovery network, it was announced today by Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation. CBS purchased the property which is one of the largest social platforms online for $280 million in cash. Last.fm currently has more than 15 million active users in more than 200 countries. This acquisition follows a number of CBS Interactive announcements including the purchase of Wallstrip.com, investments in Joost and Spot Runner and the recent expansion of the CBS Audience Network to include a total of 25 online partners.

"Last.fm is one of the most well established, fastest growing online community networks out there," said Moonves. "They have a great management team that understands how to build an engaged and passionate community where users learn, discover and share music globally. Their demographics also play perfectly to CBS’s goal to attract younger viewers and listeners across our businesses. Last.fm adds a terrific interactive extension to all of our properties and also is a huge step in CBS Corporation’s overall strategy of expanding our reach online to transition from a content company into an audience company."

As part of the acquisition, the Last.fm team, including founders Felix Miller, Martin Stiksel and Richard Jones, will continue to independently run the online network. The Last.fm management team will work with all relevant CBS divisions to apply their community-building and technology expertise to extend CBS businesses online and within the mobile space.

"We looked at a lot of companies to provide a base for CBS’s investment in online reach, and found Last.fm to be poised at an inflection point – balancing fast growth, a sticky community and the opportunity for monetization that does not distract the user," said Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive.

"This is an exciting new opportunity for Last.fm," said Felix Miller, co- founder and CEO of Last.fm. "We have been delighted with the way the site has grown in terms of users and the services we offer. CBS understood our strategy from the first meeting and realized how our platform could ultimately apply to all forms of media. Last.fm and CBS share a vision of intelligent, personalized media and smarter social networking. This partnership will help us push these innovations even further and provide huge benefits to our community. Together, Last.fm and CBS will offer a new way for people to consume media."

Added Moonves, "Music has the unique ability to unite large groups of people and engage them around a shared passion. Part of our interactive strategy has been to build communities around all of our properties. CBS Radio has given us a powerful way to create such communities for decades, and it continues to do so. With Last.fm we’re adding a next-generation platform to allow audiences to communicate with us and each other as never before."

Founded in 2002, Last.fm creates communities around music by bringing together listeners, artists and music. Through its unique "scrobbling" technology and social recommendation engine, Last.fm builds a comprehensive profile of each user’s musical taste and leverages each user’s song list to make highly personalized recommendations, connect users who share similar tastes, provide custom radio streams and other music related community features. In addition, the site has an "Events" listing that can recommend over 200,000 festival and music events globally.

Last.fm has a sizable global footprint spanning more than 200 countries with the largest concentration of users in the United States, Britain, Germany, Poland, Brazil, and Japan. Last.fm’s large and growing user base is predominately young, engaged and very involved on the site.

Last.fm has partnership arrangements with many major music labels and is dedicated to providing its service in compliance with its agreements with applicable rights holders.

Last.fm has received funding from Index Ventures as well as select individual investors such as Stefan Glaenzer, Reid Hoffman, and Joi Ito. To find out more about Last.fm, go to http://www.last.fm/

CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS.A) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:CBS) is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW – a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products) and video/ DVD (CBS Home Entertainment). For more information, log on to http://www.cbscorporation.com/.

Source: CBS Corp.

CONTACT: Dana McClintock, +1-212-975-1077, dlmcclintock@cbs.com, or
Shannon Jacobs, +1-212-975-3161, sljacobs@cbs.com, or Karen Mateo,
+1-212-846-7638, karen.mateo@cbsradio.com, all of CBS; or Christian Ward,
+0044-207-780-7080, christian@last.fm, or Marc Ambasna-Jones,
+0044-122-546-1459, marc@monumentpr.com, both for Last.fm

Web site: http://www.cbscorporation.com/
http://www.last.fm/

Famous is one of the largest independent music publishers in the U.S.

NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire/ — Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:VIA.B) today announced that they have signed an agreement for Sony/ATV to acquire Famous Music LLC from Viacom. Sony/ATV Music Publishing is co-owned by Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson.

"The Famous Music catalogue is a world-class asset filled with evergreen songs that people know and love," said Martin N. Bandier, Chairman and CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing. "The depth and breadth of the catalogue is what truly makes it great, and I strongly believe that the addition of the Famous catalogue and its songwriters to Sony/ATV is another step in our long-range growth plans. In addition, we are pleased to be entering the production music business through Famous’ Extreme division. Extreme’s valuable creative team and unique business model will be a terrific complement to our core music publishing business."

"Famous Music is one of the iconic names in music publishing," said Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom. "We are very pleased that Sony/ATV Music Publishing has recognized its great value and potential. We have benefited greatly from the talent and experience of the very able management team at Famous Music, particularly its long time CEO, Irwin Robinson, as well as Ira Jaffe, President and Chief Operating Officer; and Margaret Johnson, Executive Vice President Finance and Administration. We know that Famous and its fine executives have many great days ahead and want to thank them for their tremendous accomplishments."

"Famous Music is one of the world’s largest independent music publishers, and this acquisition, following on the heels of the Leiber Stoller acquisition, further enhances Sony/ATV’s position in the global music publishing industry," said Rob Wiesenthal, Chief Financial Officer, Sony Corporation of America.

"This is a milestone event for Sony/ATV Music Publishing," said Michael Jackson. "The diverse collection of songs in this catalogue range from timeless classics to contemporary hits, and I am pleased to add the acquisition of Famous Music to Sony/ATV."

Founded in 1928, the Famous Music catalogue includes 125,000 songs and sound cues, including such hits and classics as "Footloose," "Moon River," "Take My Breath Away," "It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)," "Satin Doll," "Silver Bells," and "That’s Amore." The catalogue, founded originally to publish music from "talking pictures," also includes the widely recognizable movie themes from Braveheart, The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Mission Impossible and the "Axel F" theme from Beverly Hills Cop. The catalogue includes contemporary hits such as "Bad Day" (Daniel Powter), "Hips Don’t Lie" (Shakira), "The Real Slim Shady" (Eminem), and "Beautiful" (written by Linda Perry – performed by Christina Aguilera). The company also owns the Bjork, Duke Ellington, Dave Grusin, Bush and Boyz II Men catalogues, and songs from smash Broadway shows such as A Chorus Line and The Producers.

Famous Music’s roster of songwriters includes Shakira, Akon, Linda Perry (who has written for Pink, Gwen Stefani, and Christina Aguilera), 7Aurelius (who has written for LL Cool J and Mariah Carey), Fred Jerkins III (who has written for Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston), Dave Tozer (who has written for John Legend), Mike Mangini (who has written for Joss Stone and Baha Men), Charlie Midnight (who has written for Hilary Duff and James Brown), Darrell Scott (who has written for Dixie Chicks and Faith Hill), Modest Mouse, Jet and Ozomatli.

Through its Extreme division, Famous Music is also is a major supplier of high quality recordings and musical compositions for use in television and radio advertisements, film and television productions, trailers, and major network and cable broadcast promotional announcements throughout the world.

This transaction is subject to customary approvals. Viacom was advised by UBS Investment Bank and Shearman and Sterling. Sony/ATV was advised by Morgan Stanley and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

About Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Sony/ATV Music Publishing was established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and trusts formed by Michael Jackson. Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns or administers over 500,000 copyrights by such artists as The Beatles, Beck, Brooks & Dunn, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Mann, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Richie Sambora, Stephen Stills, KT Tunstall and Hank Williams, among others. Sony/ATV recently acquired the Leiber Stoller catalogue. It is not part of the Sony BMG Music Entertainment venture. On the web: http://www.sonyatv.com/.

About Viacom

Viacom is a leading global entertainment content company, with prominent and respected brands. Engaging its audiences through television, motion pictures and digital platforms, Viacom seeks to reach its audiences however they consume content. Viacom’s leading brands include the multiplatform properties of MTV Networks, including MTV: Music Television, VH1, CMT: Country Music Television, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, and more than 130 networks around the world, as well as digital assets such as MTV.com, comedycentral.com, VSPOT, TurboNick, Neopets, Xfire and iFilm; BET Networks; Paramount Pictures; DreamWorks; and Famous Music. More information about Viacom and its businesses is available at www.viacom.com.

Source: Sony Corporation of America

CONTACT: For Sony/ATV Music Publishing: Lisa Gephardt, +1-212-833-6826,
Lisa_gephardt@sonyusa.com; For Viacom: Kelly McAndrew, +1-212-846-7455,
kelly.mcandrew@viacom.com

Web site: http://www.sonyatv.com/
http://www.viacom.com/

From the Bay Area to Manhattan, a new bomb is set to blast with the long-awaited release of the provocative debut album from Charlie Manhattan.  Titled "The Manhattan Project," (named after the top-secret engineering project that developed the atom bomb), the disc is set to detonate on June 26, 2007. The album is slated for release by Laid Black Productions and The Pen, a division of Jaggo/RNB Entertainment Group, and it will be distributed by Fontana.

Born as Charles Wiliams, with San Francisco as his Ground Zero, his wickedly proficient, bone-crushing seventeen blazing tracks on this album will make weaker MCs take cover. Prior to this release, Charlie was dropping explosive joints on Bay Area compilation albums such as "Killa Tay Presents The Murder Show Soundtrack," "11-5 Presents: Grind And Post," and "Theme Music To Drug Dealins And Killins,"(which featured the likes of Young Noble of The Outlawz, Guce and Cold World Hustlers).

Growing up in the tough streets of the Bay View Hunters Point section of San Francisco certainly impacted Charlie’s rhymes.  Manhattan’s life has also been shadowed by an extremely tough break: throughout his entire life, his own father has been serving time in prison. Charlie’s harsh surroundings, however, convinced him to drop bombs that are creative, rather than destructive.  Charlie says, “I have seen gang violence, drugs, pretty much everything. It has influenced me in my music.  But since I’m a really down to earth person, I’m not segregating myself off to one section of the city or part of Cali, or one part of anything. My experiences have impacted my music, through the things that I’ve seen, been around, and things that my family members have been through.”

Producers on this explosive album are Laid Black Productions, comprised of Mr. Laid and Chill Black, with additional contributions made by Slo Burn of BAISS Entertainment the newest addition to the now expanding Laid Black Production Team.  Featured guests include U.D.I., Pho Balo, vocalist Calita Talley, R&B singer Omari Jelani, and Charlie’s younger brother, Lil Brah.

Key tracks on the album include the single “Two Occasions” which features a sample of Baby Face vocals as performed on the original “Two Occasions” by the Deele, “Thinkin Bout U” featuring Omari Jelani and “TAXI,” which features the sultry vocals of Calita Talley. Club bangers like “Traffic” which feature Charlie’s younger brother “Lil’ Brah” and “Right Here” are destined to make this album ghetto gold.

A song titled “F.W.A.H.S” is pretty much self-explanatory as to how Charlie feels about negative comments from haters. Charlie says, “Haters usually hate on what they can’t understand or be a part of.”

Charlie has performed a number of live shows, and already has experienced performing in another Country. He points out, “The fans in Germany were the testing grounds for some of the material on my album, and it was well received there so I am hoping the fans at home feel the same.” “I’ve done a lot of competitions with my camp. I remember a performance, a show we did with Mac Dre that was huge, about two and a half years ago. It was real shocking when he died. He was part of the Bay Area music scene, contributing for so long. The reaction to his death really showed how important the Bay Area is to people in hip-hop. It was felt far and wide, which meant a lot to us.”

The fallout from The Manhattan Project will be universally heard, and will be felt from Charlie’s hood to yours.

TRACK LISTING

1. F.W.A.H.S.feat Lil Brah
2. I’M TALKING
3. CATCH EM’ ROLLING feat. Da’ Falcon & Black Steve
4. RIGHT HERE
5. TWO OCCASIONS
6. NOW/LATER feat. Big Quint and Da’ Falcon
7. MAKE EM’ CLAP
8. I GOTTA GO
9. TAXI feat. Calita Talley
10. TRAFFIC feat. Lil Brah
11. CHRISTYNE
12. PARTY GIRL feat. U.D.I.
13. GO GIRL
14. HOT SHIT
15. DO U LIKE THAT
16. THINKING ABOUT YOU feat Omari Jelani
17. BUMP

Media Contact: Phyllis Pollack
Def Press Public Relations
Route66@socal.rr.com

LOS ANGELES, CA –May 29, 2007 — Master P announced that the release 
date of the first father-son hip-hop album titled "Hip-Hop History" 
will be September 4, 2007. The date was not chosen to compete with 
Curtis Jackson’s delayed release, but rather to create balance in the 
marketplace and give kids a freedom of choice. Master P will be 
mixing it up with Chamillionaire, Silkk The Shocker and other rappers 
that want to continue making street music but without the explicit 
lyrics. "Hip-Hop History" will be a collaboration between Master P 
and his son, Romeo, and will be produced by platinum producer Mike 
Diesel, Chip, and Hood Noise.

"This record isn’t about making money, it’s about providing a choice, 
changing, and hopefully saving lives," said Master P. All proceeds 
from this record will go towards a foundation and scholarships for 
underprivileged kids that want to further their education by going to 
college.

"Guaranteed Success," Master P’s book on how people can achieve and 
maintain financial success, will also hit bookstores on the same date.

Master P is challenging to the media to devote their time and 
airwaves to the positive side of hip-hop. It would make a difference. 
"Before we condemn others for making a change, we should take a look 
in the mirror and ask ourselves, ‘what are we doing? Are we a part of 
the problem, or are we a part of the solution?’" said Master P. "Take 
A Stand Records, the movement."

From the song "Let The Kids Grow"
I heart you flipped stacks
Yeah I did that.
My brother’s dead; cousins, friends
Can’t get them back.
And since I changed,
I guess they think I got sauce.
I guess you hard when you’re dead
Or locked behind bars.
Let the kids grow,
Let the kids dream.

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Dave Lindsay
dave@godigitalrecords.com

MAY 29th, 2007
Hip-hop community and social media website RapSpace.TV has selected Brooklyn-based rapper, Ceemore Dollarz as the winner of their much-hyped N-Bomb contest. Chosen from over a hundred entrants, Ceemore Dollarz’s performance "Call Myself a Nigga" caught the jury’s attention with its tight flow, strong political viewpoint, historical references and insightful analysis of the use of the word reinvigorated by faux celebrities Paris Hilton and Michael Richards.

Launched when New York City Council banned the N-word and talk show mogul Oprah Winfrey blamed rappers for celebrity faux pas like the recent Don Imus “nappy-headed ho” controversy, The N-Bomb contest “gave our community of rappers a chance to analyze it themselves and to explore why they use it or why they don’t,” says RapSpace.TV CEO McLean Mashingaidze-Greaves (MMG). “Ultimately, we needed to get it out of our system and to move onto bringing hip hop back to what it used to be – a progressive, educational, socially responsible and enlightening art form by the people. Censorship does not change the world that these artists live in.”

Thousands of votes from all over the world were cast for Ceemore Dollarz – including voters as far as UK, South Africa and Asia. Contest finalists also included Connecticut rapper/producer Al Boog whose track “N Bombers” featured clever wordplay coupled with a nice hook and historical references. Third place went to Seazonall from Orlando, Florida who recorded a beautiful combination of vocal melody and smooth rhyming in his moving entry, “I’m a Black Man”.  All performances were recorded live on RapSpace.TV and are available for viewing through its search function.

“As the contest showed, RapSpace.TV is a hip hop community that’s all about goodwill,” explained MMG. “It’s a positive vibe reminiscent of old school hip hop. This is the kind of flavor that’s needed to bring rap out of its current creative and low-sales stagnation derived from relying on a mindless formula we’ve all grown tired of, ‘booty, bling and blunt’.”

RapSpace.TV’s current contest Spit Ya Jazzmatazz targets the international hip hop market’s German-speaking MCs to perform rhymes over a sampled hook provided by Guru with the winner scoring a chance to perform with the legend in Cologne, Germany.

ABOUT RAPSPACE.TV: Launched in November 2006, RapSpace.TV is a leading social media website where rappers from around the world record and publish performances for a thriving community of hip hop fans. MySpace + YouTube + a drum machine = RapSpace.TV. It’s the best in web 2.0 technologies allowing hip hop heads to create, connect with each other and discover the next Nas, Mos Def or Jay-Z.

http://rapspace.tv/member/mmg/blog-entry/n-bomb-contest-winner-announced

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