H-Town’s Yung Breeze: Smooth as He Wants to Be November 16, 2009
Posted by universalartists in BFG, Birmingham Alabama, Black Flock Gang, Dem Hardheadz, Dirty South, Disney Channel, DO, DTA, FAM Boy$, Gay and Lesbian, Heroin, HIV, Hood Shuttlesworth, Hood Zone, Hood Zone Productions, Joe Stern McGovern, Johnny Get Your Gun, Light Brigade Records, Los Angeles, MADD, Management, McDonalds, Miley Ray Cyrus, Ms Fame, Ms. Kesha Lee, Uncategorized, United Nations, Wealth, World Health Organization, www.endhivaids.com, Yung Breeze.Tags: AIDS, Al Loya, Armalite, Beijing, BET, Bill Gates, Black Flock Gang, Britney Spears, Casey Rankin, Catherine Kroger-Diamond, Champagne, Compton, Congress, Dachshund, Del Mar, Dont Trust Anyone, Downloads, DTA, East LA, Encinitas, Entertainment Law, Eric Zay, Fuji TV, Fujitsu, Genitals, George Bush, GLAAD, GSDBA, H-Town, Hardcore, Heavyweight, Hewlett Packard, HIV, Hobby Airport, Houston, Houston Rockets, IBM, In the Jar Studios, Italy, Jabril Smith, Japan, Joe McGovern, Joe Stern, Justin Timberlake, Kobe Bryant, Light Brigade Records, Los Angeles, Malcolm X, McDonalds, Microsoft, Microsoftt, MLK, MTV, NACCAP, NASA, NWA, Obsity, Pediatric AIDS, President Obama, Psyche Ward, Pure-Records, Rap, Rome, Seattle, Shaka, Shaka Productions, Sharpstown, Southwest Houston, Speaking in Tongues, Stern McGovern, Taipei, Terabyte, The Japan Times, The Jonas Brothers, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Tokyo, UAI, Universal Artists International, Universal Records, Universal Soldier Records, US Senate, Walmart, Washington DC, Yung Breeze
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The Sinister Yung Breeze
On behalf of our worldwide audience, Joe Stern-McGovern, global agent and President of Universal Artists, International, is pleased to announce the return of Yung Breeze, former partner of DTA of Houston’s hardcore street duo, The Brigade. Known for such hits as Degradation, Block Bleed, Krunch Time, Real Where I’m At, Mob Style, and Hands if You Feel Me, our listeners can come to expect the return of these classics to the shelves and in downloads on the coming site and charitable brainchild of Joe Stern-McGovern, www.endhivaids.com, dedicated to eradicating HIV/AIDS in our lifetime.
Produced by Joe Stern-McGovern in the earliest days of Universal Artists, International, Yung Breeze was a budding prodigy discovered through H-Town’s young producer, Mastamind, along with his cohort, B-Fly, on the hard streets of Houston’s notorious 3rd Ward. With many a scuffle and near miss with the local Texan thugs and corrupted, as well as close encounters with Harris County’s finest, Yung Breeze was molded by the environment in which he was raised.
Joe Stern-McGovern Posing with The Brigade
While Yung Breeze’s lyrics and the vehemence of his delivery are part in parcel of who he has become, his aura and essence are more of a product and statement of that which he has personally witnessed within his community and the back alleys of Sharpstown, as well as the peril he’s bourne on his shoulders rather than a radical call for violence, rebellion, and disobedience. When he cries out for justice and equality, his words ring with crystal clarity as those of an individual whose lived the life against which he protests with endurance, contempt, and integrity, and simultaneously maintains the roots of who he’s developed into as a man of pride and consequence.
If you wish to know how the other side of the tracks has lived and survived without personally endangering yourself and your future, take a quick listen to the furious tales of the dark side as portrayed on the microphone and in the studio by the genuine article, Houston’s Yung Breeze.
In spite of the anger and resentment one might expect from such an individual, Yung Breeze has developed into a rather charitable individual, donating his time and talent to Joe Stern-McGovern and Universal Artists, International’s struggle against the spread of HIV and the devastating consequences of AIDS.
Look for future production of Yung Breeze through the likes of Shaka Productions, as well at H-Town’s legendary recording hot spot, In the Jar Studios, run by the studios owner and operator, Al Loya, techincal afficianado and savvy engineer to some of hip hop’s fastest rising legends.
“When I first met Yung Breeze, he was a struggling youth who had a great sense of pride, an enormous gift of expression, and a knack for conveying his particular genius through the local street venacular of the areas hoods and ruffians. Originally recording at one of the illest and most infamous studios in the shadier side of town, Psyche Ward, Yung Breeze was picked up and developed by the genius of the wonder twins, Boss and Ripp.” Collectively, these forces of the city’s darker and far more dangerous neighborhood known as Southwest Houston, Soufwest to the locals, have come to the forefront in recent days.”
Joe Stern-McGovern can personally vouch for the validity of the young anti-hero as through his entrancing telling of the first photo shoot the act was to experience as the entity which would come to be known as the Soufwest Brigade, or simply, The Brigade, led by street veteran and surprising genius given his circumstances, DTA, “Don’t Trust Anyone”, a meeting in which the photographer was so terrified, he insisted the photo shoot take place in broad daylight in a local downtown Houston city park.
The Southwest Brigade
True to his name, DTA came to generally distrust those who held the strings to his future as well as his cohorts, and the split was made as DTA went MIA and Yung Breeze continued the journey on the road to stardom solo. For those dedicated and loyal fans of DTA, fear not, he is yet in his prime and will surely rise back to the surface given the timing, motive, and opportunity, as his tales are of equal importance to those of any and must be expressed through the venue known widely as hip hop.
Currently holed up in Al’s “In the Jar Studios”, Yung Breeze is deliberating the path of his next turn towards truth and the betterment of society and the world around him through analysis of the streets and the general feeling of the times.
“Youths such as Yung Breeze sadden me in a way,” states Joe Stern-McGovern. “He’s just about the age my son would’ve been had he lived, and upon reflection it fills me with a sense that somehow I, as a part of society, have failed our younger generations, leaving them to inherit a world abandoned to greed and the mismanagement of our leaders and botched policies of the government, an entity whose best intentions are questionable.” Those who have chosen such selfish ends will now come to face the fury and ambitions towards societal justice and self-correction from the likes of DTA, Yung Breeze, two halves of the Brigade.
For more information about Yung Breeze or DTA, please visit us at www.myspace.com/universalartists or www.universalartists.net. For information about booking either of the duo domestically or internationally, please write to Joe Stern-McGovern’s assistant at either joesternmcgovern@myspace.com or www.myspace.com/joesternmcgovern. For inquiries of the artistic nature or to explore your own future as an artist at Universal Artists, International, please write to Shaka of Shaka Productions at shaka@universalartists.net.
Light Brigade Records
For donations to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation, please visit our writer’s page at www.universalartists.net. If you are interested in either sponsoring or investing our endeavours at fighting the battle against HIV/AIDS, please write to joe@universalartists.net, or universalartists@myspace.com attention, Joe Stern-McGovern.
For information regarding the sales of Universal Artists, International’s products or charitable goals, or to download singles towards charity from your favorite Universal Artists, International artist please visit our latest site, www.endhiveaids.com, currently under construction and built by www.lubashadesign.com.
For information about our colleagues abroad, please visit www.pure-records.com or write to info@pure-records.com in Tokyo, Japan attention, Eric. Please look for our international release throughout greater Japan, Eastern Asia, and Australia in early 2010.
Now on Sale, Casey Rankin's, "Speaking in Tongues"
DO: Poet Laureate of the Streets October 24, 2009
Posted by universalartists in 731, A-Dub, A-Dub and Lil' Chase, AIDS, BFG, Birmingham Alabama, Black Flock Gang, Booking, Cash Battle, Christian Levi, Dem Hardheadz, Dirty South, DO, Drug Addiction, FAM Boy$, Freestyle, Hood Shuttlesworth, Hood Zone, Hood Zone Productions, Joe Stern McGovern, Johnny Get Your Gun, Lake County, Lil J, Los Angeles, Ms Fame, Ms. Kesha Lee, Obama, Pediatric AIDS, Rodney Smalls, Shaka Productions, Street Sales, Street Teams, Tennessee, The Bionic Rapper, Tiptonville, Tokyo, Trap House Coalition, Uncategorized, Universal Artists International.Tags: 205, 731, A&R, A-Dub, Adamsville, Alabama, Arkadelphia, ATL, Atlanta, BFG, Bill Gates, Bill O'Reilly, Billboard Magazine, Birmingham, Birmingham J, Black Flock Gang, Christian Levi, Cocaine, Conservative, Dem Hard Headz, Denzel Washington, Dirty South, DO, Dr Dre, Eminem, Facts, FAM Boy$, Federal Grants, Florida, Freestyle, Georgia, Ghetto, Grammy Awards, Hollywood, Hood Shuttlesworth, Hood Zone, Hood Zone Productions, Hoover, Human Rights, Huntsville, Irondale, Joe Stern McGovern, Lake County, Liberal, Lil Chase, Lil J, Lo, Los Angeles, Louisiana, MacIntosh, Martin Luther King, Mayor Langford, Mississippi, MLK, Montgomery, Mouf Piece of da City, Ms Fame, Ms. Kesha Lee, Myspace. Youtube, North Carolina, NYC, Obama, Orlando, Panama City, Penny P, Platinum, Poverty, Preacha Boi, Pride, Regions Bank, Reverand Jesse Jackson, Shaka, Shaka Productions, Simi Valley, Snipe, Social Status, Sony Records, SWAT, Tennessee, The Bionic Rapper, The Birmingham News, The Golden Globes, The Oscars, Tiptonville, Tokyo, Training Day, Trap House Coalition, Tuscaloosa, Universal Artists International, University of Alabama Birmingham, Wachovia, Wealth, Workplay
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DO of the Black Flock Gang
You may call him DO, you may call him the Deacon, but whichever moniker you prefer, you must pay heed to the Poet Laureate of the Streets, blood brother to Mouf Piece of da City, and one half of Birmingham’s legendary duo, Dem Hard Headz.
Word from every corner has it this enigmatic icon will soon take wing with microphone in hand, launching into a furious lyrical lashing which is certain to bring even the most jaded, hardened soul to bow down to his power and dominance. This is not idle chatter, friends, this is not bravado, this assertion is grounded in a proven track history of freestyle battles, adept delivery on the mic captured on film, and the throngs of fans who mob the dimly lit backdoors to each nightclub he plays in an attempt to catch even the briefest glimpse of the legendary and darkly mysterious icon with his corn rows down.
An elusive character often spoken of as possessing the wisdom, power, and stealth of a black jaguar in the Amazon, at heart DO is surprisingly down to earth. A creature molded by his years on the tough streets of the Magic City, his lyrics are filled with insight into the trials and tribulations of a portion of society which goes largely unnoticed and neglected, except for in the eyes of entities such as local and federal law enforcement.
Hard Headz: Blood Brothers
A solid example of his roots might be found in his coming smash hit, “Cash In”, with older brother, mentor, and all around savvy Hard Head, the oft spoken of highly and widely, Mouf Piece of da City. In the high octaine cocaine based single, DO proceeds to break down the underworld of cocaine, a realm in which the search for sheer and immediate satisfaction through “white china” creates an element of the hopeless, strung out, and addicted, as well as the accommodating dealers poised, as the song takes point of, to “Cash in”.
On DO’s mark, the field has assembled in legions to futilely attempt to trump this poet laureate. When asked how he feels about the jam up of so called opponents, the Deacon just smiles, sits back, and proceeds to pop open another chaser of Budweiser. With the nickname the Budweiser Kang, DO shows no fear of the perils of this world, as through a supreme sense of confidence, he senses no fear. Perhaps out of a sense of haughty superiority which has evolved through years of walking up and down the block stomping over the competition, his confidence is as warranted as it is appropriate.
DO: Poet Laureate of the BFG
In the debut of BFG, the CD certain to take the world by storm, Dem Hard Headz pair up with the FAM Boy$, whose ranks include Facts, Lo, and the most infamous citizen of Birmingham by way of Adamsville, the honorable and worthy Hood Shuttlesworth. The collective known as Black Flock Gang gather for a round at stardom beyond the pale of imagination.
Word has it their subsequent mind bending stab into the psyche of the general public will follow with the future release of a compilation album, brain child of Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka Productions of Universal Artists, International. Partial proceeds of the album will go to fund the agency’s concern for the issue of pediatric AIDS. Filled with a social conscience as well as the skills which level the competition, DO is filled with heartfelt kindness, coupled with pride and professionalism. He is able and ready, and promises to devastate any negativity or hate so prevalent in the field known as hip hop. His casual yet poignant manner has replaced in its stead an image of social awareness and compassion for his culture, people, and the community as a whole.
Preacha Boi: Other Half of Dem Hard Headz
For more information on DO, Dem Hard Headz, FAM Boy$, or Black Flock Gang and their debut, BFG, make sure to visit us today at www.universalartists.net, www.myspace.com/universalartists, www.youtube.com/universalartistsintl, or the acts own profile on Myspace at www.myspace.com/blackflockgang.
If you would like to book the DO and his cohorts, please feel free to either call our offices in San Diego/LA Metro at 1(619)757-1301, or write to blackflockgang@myspace.com. For international matters, please contact the office of our President, Joe Stern-McGovern at joe@universalartists.net or joesternmcgovern@myspace.com.
Fans, if you’d like to leave a message for the acts, you may either write to them through www.myspace.com/universalartists or directly at www.myspace.com/blackflockgang. When writing, please specifiy which artist you are showing particular interest in along with your comments and personal reflections or criticism.
Black Flock Gang: BFG
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For matters of production or A&R, please contact Shaka at www.myspace.com/universalshaka or shaka@universalartists.net. To donate to any of the acts particularly favorite charities, please contact us at payments@universalartists.net.
Coming before the close of the year, the ability to purchase BFG merchandise, albums, and singles will be implemented at www.universalartists.net.
We look forward to hearing from you soon, as your comments and patronage are greatly appreciated.
HOOD ZONE: Universal Artists International’s Coup D’ Etat October 2, 2009
Posted by universalartists in Hood Zone, Hood Zone Productions, Uncategorized.Tags: 36 Mafia, A-Dub, Abraham Lincoln, ACLU, Admiral Yamamoto, Adub, Affirmative Action, AIDS, Alabama, Arby's, Argentina, ASCAP, ATF, Atlanta, Axis of Evil, Birmingham, Blao, BMI, Christian Levi, Coup D'Etat, Crunk, D-Day, Deep South, Dem Hard Headz, Diamond Head, Dirty South, EMI, Facts, FAM Boy$, Florida, Fruity Loops, Gallas One, George Washington, Gothenburg, Hip Hop, HIV, Hood Shuttlesworth, Hood Zone, Hood Zone Productions, Joe Stern McGovern, Korg, KRK, Lil J, Lil Jon, Los Angeles, Ludacris, MacIntosh, MADD, Martinis, Maui, Memphis, Midway, Ms. Kesha Lee, NAACP, NAFTA, NATO, New York, Normandy, Panama City, Pearl Harbor, Pediatric AIDS, President Obama, Pro Tools, Rap, Richard Arrington, Rick Rubin, Shaka, Sir Mix a Lot, Snipe, Sony BMG, Sweden, The High Note, The Temptations, Timbalake, Tokyo, Trap House Coalition, United Nations, Universal Artist International, Warner Bros, Winston Churchill
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Hood Zone: King of the Jungle
In a move which many in Birmingham, let alone the entire music industry, call the coup d’etat of this century, Universal Artists, International’s Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka of Shaka Productions have somehow managed to ensnare the elusive big cat, the man eater of idle prey, the king of the jungle, Hood Zone of the industry’s rap and R&B notorious Hood Zone Productions fame.
A young man by any account of relativity, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions was born into this world a prodigy of unique distinction. The heir to a long blue bloodline of the musically inclined, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Production’s recently departed father was a renowned keyboard player whose claim to fame includes a stint as a player for the legendary, Temptations.
According to industry phenom himself, Joe Stern-McGovern, who is reportedly juggling a current 3 way circus in the form of a rumored buy out by EMI, Sony/BMG, or the large conglomerate of Time-Warner, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions is the key element on the chessboard introduced at precisely the right time.
Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions: The Signing
Embroiled between giants in a bold contest for the sale of the century, Joe Stern-McGovern has played his hand, pulling an ace from his sleeve in the calculated and brilliant signing of the elusive, Hood Zone of Birmingham, Alabama. With a single checkmate move, Joe Stern-McGovern has moved from stalemate to certain victory in this battle of modern day industry trench warfare.
It is reported that unbelievably, the largest signing of this decade to date went down in the center of Birmingham, where Shaka of Shaka Productions fame, Joe Stern-McGovern, and the modern day savior of the urban game, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions, met at a fast food joint of all places, where they dined on apple turnovers and sweet tea with ink pen at the ready.
Hood Zone: Nothing Less than Success
Down to earth, the trio was above the usual pomp and cirmcumstance that would usually accompany such a monumental occasion. Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions, the common man’s white knight, and black knight to the naysayer, was dressed in simple black and adorned with what was reported as black headdress. Although each of the three held enough power to level destinies, dynasties, and the idle idol, their junta was casual, civil, and yet the singular signing of the century.
What does the future hold for Hood Zone one asks? Why not simply ask the destiny of surefire success, as by its very definition, Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions implies glory and untold fortune by name and reputation alone. Is Hood Zone the crown jewel and king to pawn’s move in today’s game? The question is rhetorical and needn’t be given a second thought. His mastery of whichever genre Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions chooses to perform, as well as his adept managerial skills and concern for his fellow man, have earned Hood Zone a ranking at the top of what many consider an extremely cutthroat business at the very least.
Hood Zone: Can't Touch This
Money, money, money…does anyone have a spare wheel barrel for rent? As the single by FAM Boy$ and blood brothers, Dem Hard Headz of BFG fame, as well as Christian of Christian Levi fame’s smash single, Dis How Money Sounds implies, it’s a player’s world, and Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions refuses to rest on his certified laurels as monster publisher of ASCAP, continuing to cash in on every opportunity the market presents the contemporary Stephen Hawking with.
If you’ve ever wondered what the future looks like as it stands before you, if you’ve ever asked yourself what is the source of genius, if you’ve ever pondered the notion of the artistic sublime, look no further than Hood Zone of Hood Zone productions.
Hood Zone: An Unstoppable Force
Kudos must be given to Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka Productions of Universal Artists, International, especially in these times of economic hardship, as the trio which now includes the genius of Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions promises hope on the horizon of the lost, weary, and yearning music lover and general consumer.
What is the solution? Where did genius begin? Who will save the game? Who rules supreme and uncontested? Hood Zone of Hood Zone Productions. Bow down mortal fools to his capitalistic genius, his artistically shrewd intellect, and yet open and humble nature. Lesser gods of the distant heavens, humble yourselves as Joe Stern-McGovern and Shaka of Shaka Productions bring a king before your eyes.
Hood Zone and Shaka: It's a Done Deal
Hood Zone of Hood Zone, there can only be one!
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