Star Persons Releases First Single

March 6th, 2010 | By 608

EXCITING NEW ELECTRO-HIP-POP BAND RELEASES FIRST SINGLE “SUPERNOVA” B/W “BANANA BANG”, PLAYS PREMIER CONCERT

Star Persons is a six person, fully electronic pop band that combines catchy hooks and dance rhythms with futuristic soundscapes and thoughtful lyrics to create a sound that is fun, fresh, and fascinating. Their first single “Supernova”, which captures the essence of their style, was released in early February as a free download from their website (www.starpersons.net) along with “Banana Bang”. Both tracks will be on the upcoming Star Persons album, “Just Visiting”, due out later this year.

Though the band is Continue Reading

New Mixtape from JDante

March 1st, 2010 | By 608

James Gavins     A.k.a JDante

Hometown: Chicago,IL      Current Location: Madison,WI

Feature Project: Moses Presents JDante’s FallingUP Mixtape Pt.1

JDante’s style stems from two of his biggest influences, Lupe Fiasco and Drake. Continue Reading

Blue Jeans and Nikes

February 1st, 2010 | By 608

Recently a new local group, Superior Webbs, released their debut mixtape “Blue Jeans and Nikes.” Consisting of 17 songs, the mixtape features original beats from one of their members, Too Shade. With an original sound and creative lyrics Superior Webbs brings a new side to the Madison’s local hip hop scene. Besides self produced beats their mixtape includes a remix to “A million and One Questions” by Jay Z, “Finally Moving” produced by Pretty Lights and “Uncommonly Cold” produced by Joe Dean. As a local group it is important to understand where the artists grew up. The following paragraphs give a short bio on the two artists and their background.

Superior Webbs consists of two mc’s, Cody Banks, aka Too Shade, and Tyler Olson, aka TO. Their collaboration began when the Continue Reading

Romey – Rising Son

January 29th, 2010 | By 608

“If Wisconsin was a province,” boasts rapper Jerome “Romey” Hunt, “I would be the Rap Prime Minister of it.”

As Romey shows me around his Soundcheck Studios on the lower level of the Genesis Enterprise Center in Madison, the 6’7” rapper is relaxed, funny, focused, introspective and self-assured. But his prime minister boast begs for a follow-up question: Do you have to have a tremendous ego to be a good rapper?

“I don’t have a big ego, but I do have a lot of confidence,” Romey says. “When your head gets too big, it makes people not want to work for you and not want to root for you. But with that being said, you do have to have a certain swagger and a certain confidence to be a good rapper.”

Having had to face an enormous amount of adversity in his Continue Reading

I Need A Raise Records

January 25th, 2010 | By Steven Potter

Created by emcee Mic Virus in 2003 while living in Milwaukee, I Need A Raise Records has become one of the definitive Madison Hip-Hop labels since he moved it here just a few years ago.

“Ask anyone who’s into Hip-Hop around here — they might not like us all as individuals or whatever, but they know we’re out here,” he says. “They know we grind, they know we hustle.”

Indeed. As one of the best-known labels in town, INAR regularly cranks out albums, mixtapes and other projects while performing almost restlessly around and outside of Madison. “We’re a known presence,” he adds.

THE ROSTER AND INAR’S BEGINNINGS

Currently, INAR serves as the outlet and vehicle for a roster of nine members, including Mic Virus, NV1 Continue Reading