Posts Tagged ‘Fat Beats’

Today’s Audio Jump is something special. New tracks from Rock of Heltah Skeltah, Akrobatik, and a mash up of Gym Class Heroes and Hall and Oates from the creative geniuses over at 5G Productions (J.J. Brown and Dan “The Deacon” Maier). This jump off also includes a video interview from Rock about his incarceration and a link to download the whole Gym Class Heroes mash up album. So hit the jump and get to the audio goodies.

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02/19/08 - Drunk was the way of the walk. I started drinking back in Rhode Island (where this adventure started) just to calm my nerves. You would think having seen Akrobatik rock a show as many times as I have, that this event wouldn’t be as big a deal for me, but I have to say for some reason this show had me very excited. I have seen Akrobatik more times then I can count (or well at least remember), But if you factor in the new album, the new record label, the New York back drop and the team-up with Mr. Lif, Therapy and DJ JayCeeOh it adds up to a fanboy experience.

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… it better be Absolute Value, the new album from Akrobatik. In Stores February 19th, 2008

Akrobatik, Boston mainstay and one-third of critically acclaimed hip-hop collective The Perceptionists, is set to release his new album Absolute Value on Fat Beats Records on February 19th, 2008.

Absolute Value is the long awaited follow-up to 2003’s Balance, which established Akrobatik as an essential part of the Boston hip-hop scene. In 2005, Akrobatik translated his regional acclaim into national success as part of The Perceptionists. Their DefJux release, Black Dialogue, was acclaimed for its resounding criticisms of bandwagon pop culture and the Bush regime and became the only indie-rap project to register on Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Records of the Year list. Akrobatik’s success then led to a recording contract with Fat Beats Records, who will be releasing Absolute Value. (more…)

KOCH EXPANDS URBAN ROSTER WITH FAT BEATS

(Port Washington, New York) October 30, 2007 – KOCH Entertainment Distribution today announced that is has signed an exclusive physical and digital distribution deal with Brooklyn-based hip-hop label Fat Beats Records. Under this new agreement, KOCH is the exclusive physical and digital distributor of the label’s catalog and forthcoming releases in North America.

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Successful and independent emcee, producer, and business man, One Be Lo will be releasing his second solo album, The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. via his own Subterraneous Records and Integral Music Group on February 19th, 2008. The R.E.B.I.R.T.H., (Real Emcees Bring Intelligent Rhymes to Hip-Hop) is the end product of growth and the obstacles he’s overcome since the release of his last album, S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M., which sold over 22,000 units in 2005. (more…)