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Speech of Arrested Development

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PEEZI &

JAY PHIE

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JAYMALL

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CHRISTHUNDA

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STREETREAPAZ

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K.BUTLER

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS

GET IT OFF YA CHEST:

KAMIKAZE......... PAGE 12

BIG K.R.I.T. ......... PAGE 28

RODNEY PERRY.... PAGE 22

MODEL MENA MONROE........PAGE 19THE #1 SPOT....... P

AGE 16

Current Top Hip-Hop and R and B Singles/Ringtones

HEALTH MATTERS......... PAGE 15

Researchers Identify 10 Risk Factors For StrokeFUTURE BILLIONAIRES..... PAGE 14

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT.....PAGE 26

DJs TO CHECK FOR ..........PAGE 20

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JJay Phie, what’s happening ?

JP: Awh, man we just started this new label called 832

Entertainment. I’m the Executive Producer. My first artist,

Peezi is about to drop his new mix tape, and gone let him

introduce

Peezi: I’m Peezi the giant killer. I’m bought to give the game

some nourishment. We got the Peezi vs Goliath mix tape com-

ing out soon man. We been working on it for a minute. 832

Music... we coming. Without my man Jay Phie, none of this

would have done.

JP: It’ll be out

in about a

month; just

dropped that

new single,

Fresher Than

a Mannequin.

It’s buzzin’

round here in

the delta real

hard. It’s end-

ing up on a

whole lot of

mix tapes, too.

The mix tape

will be hosted

by DJ Vlad

out of New

York.

What can we expect on this project ?

Peezi: The next generation of swag. You know what

I’m sayin ? It’s gonna surprise a lot of folks in

Mississippi. My man Rizzo, Yung County, and L.J did

production for us. My man Blaze, he the one who did

the Fresher Than A Mannequin for me. He from

Arkansas; that boy cold man. We also had Denali the

Great and Mr. Mott. Man... we were just reaching out

to a lot of producers in our area. Oh, and I can’t leave

out S.P. up in Cashville, and Pean Skean up in

Michigan.

JP: We got a whole lot of things about to go on

around here. We bought to do some radio promo, hit

the clubs, and we got something special we bought to do. I

can’t let the cat out the bag just yet. Shouts out to Greenville

and Rosedale, MS; Twisted Family; Mott Music; Bigg V.,

Ventures Lounge, Jody Floyd; Base and Street Diamond; Big

Hooch; Denali; Shortie Bubble, Jay Mall; 180; B Dot Jack; 9th

Chyld; Ne Ne Sum Serious; Bastard Child; DJ Dynamite; DJ

Kenji P; DJ Sugabear, and DJ Drop.

www.twitter.com/peezi662

www.twitter.com/jayphie

www.facebook.com/peezimusicpage

www.myspace.com/832music

www.reverbnation.com/peezi662

WWhat’s happening with ya ? I’m

good. I’m good.

What part of the Mississippi are

you originally from ? I’m from

Cleveland, Mississippi. I’ve been

recording for 3 and half a years.

Talk about some of the projects

you’ve recording and released in

the past. I just recently released

the Pre-Season mix tape. I’ve got a

hot single on there called “Candy

Paint Drippin.” It’s produced by

Equalizer. It’s been featured on

some big mix tapes, with DJ Holly

Grove (of Swisha House). I’ve

been some mix tapes where I was

the only unsigned artist; like The

Coast 2 Coast DJs and G-Boogie’s

mix tape. I’ve bben nominated for

2 Southern Entertainment Awards:

2009 and 2010’s Slept On Artist Of

The Year. My next mix tape will be

out January 2011. It’s called Truth

Be Told.

Who will you be working with

on that one ? The producers are

Equalizer, Denali, Hood Famous,

and Mr. Mott.

Going the mix tape route, is it

something that’s paying off for

you ? There are a lot of people

who are saying they want to see me

do an album, but I feel that it’s

working for me. The CDs that I am

doing, they could be an album

because it’s all original music. On

The Pre-Season, I did use 2 indus-

try beats.

How many mix CDs have you

released so far ? About 6.

I’ve noticed that you do a lot of

club performances in your area.

How are you received by the

people ? I would say good. I pack

it out when I perform in my area;

and you konw it’s hard to get your

people from home behind you

sometimes. I’m all over my area,

and I’ve just done a show at Magic

City (Atlanta strip club). There’s a

dancer out there who feel in love

with my song, “Candy Paint

Drippin.” She was cool with DJ X-

Rated, and put him onto it. So he

got me out there.

Do you get much suport from

your local DJs ? Yeah, Bigg V.

supports. I got a couple of songs

on the radio. DJ Spin That on 97.7

(Jackson, MS) been playing by

“Body Language” track like crazy

for a while now. They bought to

start spinning new track, “Brand

New Chick.” I did a radio inter-

view recently. Man, it’s a lot of DJs

messing with my tracks right now.

I’m a consumer too. So I’m gonna

try to give you quality work. I

wouldn’t put out anything that I

wouldn’t buy myself. I’m on i-

Tunes, DatPiff.com, Twitter,

Facebook, and Reverbnation.

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KAMIKAZE

MMississippi has been abuzz with the recent news that Meridian native Big Krit inked a deal with Hip Hop's "Godfather of Labels"

DefJam. Almost instantly, a maelstrom of excitement engulfed the magnolia state. Artists began jockeying for position. DJ's com-

mented. Music Journalists pontificated over Krit's seemingly endless upside. With all the talk came the questions. Who is Krit?

Why are the state's industry OG's seemingly throwing all their support behind him now? What about the other artists that are

working? My mind harkened to a similar situation almost 7 years ago when Mississippi was at the cusp of finally unleashing its

music, its style on a nation gorging itself on southern hip hop. But alas, like a mother wolf eating its young, we missed an oppor-

tunity due to backbiting, egos, and disunity.

See, I'm not new to Krit. I met Krit 5 years ago in Meridian while preparing to release the 2 Broke 2 Ball album. I'd run into him

in passing before then with David Banner on one of our many shows in that area. Virtually unknown to most folks in Mississippi,

KRIT appeared then to be focused on making quality music. He was producing and mixing his own records and in true artist fash-

ion he didn't ask to be "put on". He put HIMSELF on. He asked no quarter and he gave none. And in the interim crafted some

refreshing, soulful music that has caught the ears of folks all across the internet, the south, and the country at large.

What I knew 5 years ago, the world is now about to see. And again it presents another chance for Mississippi to get its "run" like

Atlanta and Houston have had before us. But guess what? It won't happen if we duplicate the same mistakes of the past. The

OG's say they're not getting their proper respect and the new Blood says their grind is not being acknowledged. And both are cor-

rect. But If we have the same attitudes, the same grudges of the past from 2003, 2004, 2005... we will fail. A new wave of talent

has emerged and if we don't unite behind KRIT, elevate him, and follow up with more, those of us who paved the way and gained

your respect: the Kamikazes, the Banners, the Boos, the DJ Finesses, the Charlie Braxtons, the Azziatik Blakks, the Scrap Dirtys,

and the Anthony Coloms of the state will have sacrificed for naught.

I've made no secret of my disappointment with the music Mississippi has produced lately. Its one of the reasons why I put the mic

down 3 years ago. But I will always champion that which is us and that which is dope. This is not to say that there are not

OTHER artists that are working. This isn't to say There aren’t OTHER artists with good music to push. There are! And they are

too many to name here. And in time they will deserve a unified push as well. This isn't to slight you. But what it DOES say is that

at this moment Big KRIT has the best opportunity to grab the hip-hop spotlight and shine it on Mississippi. And we need to do it

without ulterior motives or selfish expectations. Let's help him not because there's a free beat or free verse in the future. Don't join

the campaign because you want Krit to sign you or pass your CD along to some exec. Don't support because you want the promo-

tions account or the afterparty or a spot on his next album. That's what killed us last time. Support because you support

Mississippi. Because you support quality music that will make us all look good. Support because if KRIT makes it, you increase

the chances that someone else makes it......with hard work that is.

MISSISSIPPI:CAN YOUHEAR ME

NOW ?

Words by Kamikaze

Photo by Anthony Colom


GET IT OFF YA CHEST

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Michael JordanBasketball

Estimated net worth: $500 million

Former Chicago Bulls wonder earned $90 million in salary during his playing

career. Most of his fortune now derives from endorsement deals with his bigg-

est sponsor, Nike; he raised his stake in the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats to 80%

this year.Scott Halleran/Getty Images

Tiger WoodsGolf


Assumes $130 million in career prize money and $900 million in revenue from

endorsements, appearance fees and golf course design business since 1996. His

agents, the tax man and recently divorced wife Elin Nordegren have all gotten

pieces of those earnings. But he will make it to 10 figures if he starts winning

again and sponsors return.Andrew Redington/Getty Images

Tyler PerryMovies, TV


Perry writes, directs and stars in his work (which has a huge audience with black

Americans), owns his two TBS sitcoms (House of Payne and Meet the Browns)

and negotiates a cut of his movies' earnings. He opened his own studio in 2008

and recently purchased a 58-acre estate in the Atlanta area for $7.6 million.Tom Watck / Photomizzi

Jay ZMusic


Jay-Z has elevated hip-hop to rock arenas, packing ballparks with Eminem this

summer. If he keeps selling out monster shows money will rain down on all his

ventures: the Roc Nation label, a back catalog (ownership reverts to him in

2014), Rocawear clothing royalties, a stake in the New Jersey Nets. He'll score

nicely if a suitor buys Carol's Daughter, a hot beauty care line backed by Jay-Z

and other celebs. He and wife Beyoncé Knowles may already be music's first

billion-dollar couple.Albert Chau/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Source: Forbes.Com

Ten simple and modifiable risk factors for

stroke, including high blood pressure and

smoking, comprise 90% of a person's

risk, a study shows.

The findings from the INTERSTROKE

study are published in The Lancet.

High blood pressure was the leading risk

factor for all

types of stroke,

the study

shows.

"Our findings

suggest that ten

simple risk fac-

tors are associ-

ated with the

90% of the risk

of ischemic

and intracere-

breal hemor-

rhagic stroke

worldwide," the

s t u d y

r e s e a r c h e r s

c o n c l u d e .

"Targeted inter-

ventions that

reduce blood

pressure and

smoking, and

promote physi-

cal activity and

a healthy heart,

could substan-

tially reduce the

global burden

of stroke."

There are two main types of stroke: an

ischemic stroke occurs when blood flow

to the brain is blocked; a hemorrhagic or

bleeding stroke occurs when a diseased

artery within the brain bursts, allowing

blood to leak into the brain.

The new study compared risk factors

among 3,000 people who had a stroke to

those of 3,000 age- and sex-matched indi-

viduals who did not have a stroke. Study

participants came from 22 countries.

The 10 risk factors that account for

90% of stroke risk are:

History of high blood pressure

Current Smoking

Abdominal obesity

Diabetes

Lack of physical activity

Poor diet

More than 30 drinks per month or binge

drinking

Ratio of blood fats known as apolipopro-

tein B (apo B) to apolipoprotein AI (apo

AI)

Heart disease

Psychosocial stress/depression

While all of these risk factors were associ-

ated with an increased risk for ischemic

stroke, just high blood pressure, smoking,

abdominal obesity and diet increased the

risk of hemorrhagic stroke, the study

shows. Nine of these risk factors were

also associated with heart attack in a relat-

ed study on heart risks.

In an accompanying editorial, Jack V Tu,

MD, PhD, of the Sunnybrook Schulich

Heart Centre at

the University of

Toronto, writes

that these impor-

tant findings

should help to

inform stroke

p r e v e n t i o n

strategies around

the world and to

reduce the global

burden of

stroke."

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The nutrients from the snack will help

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Study Shows High Blood Pressure and Smoking Are Among the

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WWhat’s been going on with your label

since our interview earlier this year ?

We’ve been trying to get a lot of projects

rolled out. One of the cats that I’m mess-

ing with out here in Houston, Na Meen,

we’re working on a project for him right

now. It’s still untitled right now. Yung

Havak of Street Reapaz has a solo proj-

ect coming out called Mr. Gone Getem

Done. We’re finishing the recording on

that right now. We’ve got Street Reapaz

new mixtape coming out the beginning

of next year called Soul of The Streets.

We’re trying to get into some touring to

get the name out there a whole lot more.

We’ll be doing some shows in the

Mississippi delta area, and expanding as

we go along.

What kind of problems do you find

yourself facing as an independent

label nowadays? Trying to manage and

motivate artists and keep them focused. I

try not to show one artist or group more

attention than the next one. I try to

devote an equal amount of time to each

artist.

Someone has to be first. How do you

decide who gets that push ? It all

relates back to their work ethic. You’ve

got to be ready to grind. You’re gonna

have to help push the project.

The old label mold, for the most

part, has been shattered; being a

small recording label, what are you

doing to try and stay relevant ? Since

day one, my focus has always been

online. I still get the CDs cause people

in the streets still want em even though

the industry is heading away from tradi-

tional record stores. I don’t really

go the DJ route because you know how

they are in our state. It’s kinda back-

wards. They’re quick to play music from

outside the state by someone they don’t

even know. It’s gonna take more than

Big K.R.I.T. and David Banner to get

this state on, but no one seems to

wanna come together and change it.

Where can we find your music ? The

Rising is our current mixtape. You can

find it on iTunes, Rhapsody, and pretty

much anywhere online where you can

download digital music. Our mixtape

includes our label’s entire roster. It rep-

resents what Mississippi really is.

(832)466-5933

facebook.com/thundastorm.ent.ceo

[email protected]


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Age: 24

Hometown: Detroit, MI

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1. Where are you from ? West Point, MS

2. How long have you been DJing ? 7 years

3. What format do you prefer? mp3s, CDs, or vinyl ? Mp3s

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7. What genre of music do you play ? Hip-hop, r&b, house, trance, etc.... Hip-Hop & R&B

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2. How long have you been DJing ? 5 years

3. What format do you prefer? mp3s, CDs, or vinyl ? Mp3s

4. What type DJ are you? Radio, club, or mixtape ? All of em

5. Where do you work? Catch me every Friday at 5pm on Hot 97.9 in Meridian, MS

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LAUGHLEARNa

nd


HHey, talk a little about yourself, and

what it is that you do.

Well.... it’s all about Illaa Music. I am the

producer. Right now we’re working on

completing the Ill Talk Series. It’s a

compilation of hot artists from around

the state of Mississippi, as well as sur-

rounding states. The first series is gonna

be hosted by Dub G. (from the

Mississippi gulf coast). The second

series will be hosted by DJ Higg of The

Warrior DJs. He’s from Missouri.

Why do a compilation ?

Man, because of all the talent in the

area. A lot of artists around here don’t

have an outlet for expression, and those

that do, always try to rap over industry

beats. What we’re doing is compilation

of original beats; plus a lot of up-and-

coming producers were trying to charge

them an arm and a leg for beats. So I

figured I try and take it on; you know,

basically giving them a platform to get

their shine on, and at the same time, put

myself out there as a producer.

Who’s on the compilation ?

I got one of my partners out of

Jackson, Mississippi: Rah Fontaine; local

guys like TZ and Winks Ripper. Man,

there are a lot of cats on it.

How will the public be able to get it:

online, CDs, what ?

Yeah, both. We plan on hitting The

Southern Entertainment Awards.... hard.

As an independent producer, what

are you doing besides the compila-

tions to help create a buzz and a

demand for your production

services ?

I try to hit every venue that I can.

Actually, I just hooked up with another

cat named Showkase. He’s from Las

Vegas. He just signed to Interscope

Records; so congratulations to him. We

just finished up one of the singles for

the Ill Talk Series. It’s stupid.

Everybody wants to be a rapper

nowadays. What make you want to

be behind the scene as a producer ?

I got that from my dad. I consider him

a master-musician. He can play almost

every instrument that you put in front

of him. So watching him, that kinda

gave me that push to wanna do it. I

don’t read music, but I can play by ear.

For those artists or record label

execs reading this right now who are

looking for original music, how

would you describe your sound ?

This might sound crazy, but I would

just say “hood pop.” It’s a mixture of

hood, street, r&b, and pop. I try not do

tracks that sound the same. You hear a

lot of that from producers today. I’m a

singer, so that makes it easier for me to

come up with melodies.

How long have you been writing and

producing ?

I started seriously in about 2004 when I

moved to Virginia. When I moved

there, I got exposed to a lot of different

genres; that really opened my ears and

my ears.

Are you working on anything else ?

Yeah, I’m working on my group project.

The group is Tha Bill Collectaz. They’re

from the Mississippi delta; they’re super

hot. Remember the name K. Butler

cause you gone hear it again.

Illaa Music Entertainment, LLC

(662)609-4686

www.twitter.com/illaamusicgroup

[email protected]


YYung Havak: We got our name from 2

cliques that merged in Greenville,

Mississippi called Street Clown

Mobsters and The Reaped-Out Soldiers.

We grew up together. I did my first

track around ‘94. Me and my homie

been together since 2000. We’ve been

knowing each other since we were kids.

When we were coming up, we were

honor roll students; you know, the top

of our class. So people have always

kinda seen us as nerds. That’s been one

of the hurdles we’ve had to overcome

as artists. Coming from our hood, we

earned our stripes. The O.G.s are the

ones who said we had talent. Around

here, if you ain’t out trappin’, and you

workin’ a regular job, people are less

likely to get into your music. We ain’t

dopeboys. Right now we’re working on

Street Reapers Vol. 1 - Soul of The

Streets. We’ve done a couple of mix-

tapes under the Thunda Storm label. We

did The Rising; that’s on datspiff.com

and reverbnation. Me, I don’t do the

dopeboy music. I’m on giving people

knowledge. I also do songs for the

ladies. My cousin Yung County does our

beats. My homeboy’s cousin, Fred Rizzo,

also does our beats. I’ll do my own beats

sometime.

King Miny: I’m down here in

Hattiesburg right now. I’m working with

some groups doing some party promo-

tions. We’re gonna start trying to break

some songs around here. This includes a

few DJs around here also. We’re gonna

do my solo song, a few local artists, and

some of Thunda Storm Entertainment’s

artists. We’re just moving around every-

where we can. You know ? That’s what

you got to do. I grew up on that U.G.K.,

Three 6 Mafia, Do or Die, and things

like that. You know, those cats that

started with a huge underground follow-

ing first. Around my city, I use to listen

to that Eastside Mafia. That was the

local group in the neighborhood. That’s

who really put us on in the city. I was

like, ok, they doing they thang, and I

wanna do that, too. I figure I’m a pretty

versatile artist. I can go from tracks for

the ladies to something dark and

gloomy. We real hungry right now. I’ve

been at this for a little while now. I live

for this. This is my passion. New artists

inspire and motivate me to keep going

man. We’ve come too far now to stop.

CLASSICNEW POWER

ARRESTEDDEVELOPMENT

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SSpeech, what’s the group up to these days ?

Well.... we have a new album called Strong that we’ve just released. I have

a solo album called The Grown Folks Table that was released last year.

We’re still promoting it. That’s two great projects that we’re really excited

about.

Does the group still consist of the original members ?

We’ll we originally started off with 6 members, now we have 8. The two

people that we added use to tour with me as solo artist.

How has Arrested Development’s music changed since the earlier

stuff that you released ? Or has it changed at all ?

I think the whole entire industry has become a whole lot more dispos-

able; where music isn’t as appreciated as it use to be. The exciting thing is

distributing music digitally, and that has some very exciting parts to it. I

think you just try to change and adapt the best way possible.

I noticed that your recordings after your first couple of albums

seemed to sell better overseas; and your album, Since The Last

Time, was released internationally. What was the decision behind

not releasing it in the United States ?

Well... I released my first solo album in 1996. It didn’t do well in the

United States. Unknown to me at the time, it was number one in Japan.

So once I found out it was doing so incredibly well over there, I decided

to start touring there. Since my support was so strong from the japanese

fans, I decided to release that album over there as well. My music has

done very well over there. So when Arrested Development got back

together in 2000, we decided to release our internationally as well. It just

seems that the best thing for us has been to continue to release music in

Japan. We then started to expand it to Europe, Australia, Africa, and

now, of course, we’re back in the United States. Our album sells are still

greater outside of the U.S., but we are focused on marketing our albums

to our U.S. audience and fans. The message is for people who have lived

this U.S. experience; especially African-Americans. We want to reach

them as much as possible. We’re excited about this new album. I think

it’s our best yet. Hip-hop has been very unbalanced, and this new breaks

that balance down. We’re not afraid to break the balance. There aren’t

any groups out there talking about issues going on in the world; yet our

world is going thru some of it’s most intense times in hundreds of years.

It’s definitely important that someone speak on these issues.

I know that there was a lawsuit awhile back concerning the Fox

television show, Arrested Development. How did that play out ?

They had used the name even though we had it trademarked. So we had

to take them to court over it. We settled out of court. So we have no

beef with them at all right now.

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