This weekend is HU Homecoming & at the same time we're still partying hard for De-U.c.e. Double's B-Day all month long so you know this event here is gonna be super crazy!!! Come out tomorrow night & party with them De-U, KJE Ent., & Royal District boys DMV!!! It's FREE all night long but no athletic wear please...thanks!!!
We've got an event at Indulj Lounge being thrown by us De-U boys in association with Royal District & KJE Ent. with The Epitome Band performing live this Saturday October 3rd from 6pm till 9pm. This event will feature a few special guest such as myself, De-U.c.e. Double, & MLG. With your support hopefully this event will go down each & every week starting this Saturday!!! Make sure you slide thru to get your fix of Hip-Hop, R&B, & GoGo all in one night!!!
I will be performing my "Now Or Never" songs live with The Epitome Band in our hometown of Fort Washington, Maryland. Doors will open @ 9pm & it's FREE admission up until 11pm. Get there early because I'll be the first performer of the night...see you there!!!
Come see De-U.c.e Double & myself perform live this Wednesday Aug. 19th along side the Epitome Band!!! Solo performances by the lovely Ms. Tia Dae & Epitome as well. It all takes place this wednesday @ Indulj Lounge uptown on U street. DMV Hip-Hop, R&B, & GoGo all night long!!!
After 10 years of long hard hours of DC, MD, & VA street sales "what De-U did" has finally got us some national distribution for our first EduBasics product the original "Multiplication Hip-Hop" CD!!! It's now officially available at 50 FYE stores around the country!!! FYE has 800 stores in total so hopefully we'll get into them all with your support.
I'm helping to unify the DMV through my Baltimore connects with Round Table Music Group rep & XM Radio's DJ DNA. De-U Records & E One Letter have recently linked up with DNA & DJ Drama for his newest mixtape project. DNA & DJ Drama's new gangsta grillz edition mixtape is called "Motion Picture Sh*t Vol.3: Street Kings" & it's finally out now!!! This mixtape features DMV's own "Go Get It Boy"...E One Letter!!! His single has also been rocking da radio on XM & WPGC 95.5 lately. This man is the next big artist to come out of the DMV. Dude can freestyle or write any style of song & have it memorized in a matter of minutes!!! His EP "You Talk It I Walk It" is available for sale on cdbaby, itunes, amazon, etc...right now. He's hard at work now on his debut solo LP called "Blood, Sweat, & Tears". Like he said ya'll better check his resume...he's been at this for a while now but trust it's still only just the begining!!!
This is the video for my single off of my debut EP. I produced the video myself & De-U.c.e. Double co-directed it with me. The video features him as well as scenes with The Epitome Band & Show, MLG, Zo, Dime$, Oogie, & Sure Shot. This video's been all over the DMV & national hip hop blogs in only it's first three months, all with no marketing or promotion put into it!!! If you google me you'll find my video on at least 10 different hip hop websites but the most noteable one's of all were worldstarhiphop.com, & onsmash.com...enjoy!!!
If these dudes look familiar to you then you might have seen some of the members of The Epitome Band with me & De-U.c.e. last summer on Comcast Cable's CTV show called "It's About Time". This is the first Zo & Rik promoted party in a long time so it's only right that they're promoting Da Super Band. Zo is my cousin, De-U head producer, & lead keyboard for the band while my cousin Rik aka MLG is in a group called the F.A.M. with me & De-U.c.e. Double. Everybody with De-U Records is family directly through blood but Epitome is like our extended family so make sure you come out to Mirrors tonight & show our F.A.M. some love.
E One Letter is poised to shock the industry with his debut solo mixtape "Now Or Never" set for release in mid 09'. With influences like 2Pac, Scarface, Snoop, Jay-Z, T.I. & Lil' Wayne, E hits the scene with explosive & vivid lyrics through hard yet melodic beats. E One Letter first hit the music scene in 99' as a member of his group The F.A.M. with their underground classic "Rookie of The Year". One Letter also has some producer credits with De-U Records. Most noteable is his production on De-U's "Edu-Basics" products. These popular CD's/DVD's have been featured in schools, public libraries, book stores, malls, & on media outlets such as CNBC, NPR, The Washington Post, Business Weekly, BET News, & Black Enterprise. In the summer of 08' his solo debut "Go Get It Boy" was featured on WPGC 95.5 & XM radio. You can also find E on DNA & DJ Drama's gangsta grillz edition mixtape "Motion Picture Sh*t Vol.3: Street Kings". E regularly performs in the DMV area at open mics, local clubs, & citywide events. E's sold over 4500 units of his EP strictly through DMV street sales in one year alone. E One Letter walks it like he talks it...the true definition of a "Go Get It Boy"!!!
De-U Records was formed late in the year 1999 by our CEO & my uncle David Printis Sr. & his brother & VP Steven Printis. We got off to an exceptional start immediately with our first Hip-Hop project receiveing radio play, our first gospel artist getting inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame, & our first kids educational product recieving national press all before 2003. In the first two years alone we had already managed to get The F.A.M.'s "Da Realist" played on WPGC's DC Home Jamz segment & the original "Multiplication Hip-Hop" featured on BET Nightly News. Since 1999 the majority of our success has come from our hip-hop dept./street team, children's dept., & our gospel department. As of late alot of satellite, mixtape, internet, & radio DJ's have been giving De-U's rappers alot of attention. E One Letter, De-U.c.e. Double, & MLG's solo music in particular has recieved alot of love lately. WPGC 95.5 debuted my cousin De-U.c.e. Double & my solo singles this summer. The track "Sexy Lady" by De-U.c.e. is on "Check My Global Stats Vol.7: Hosted by Slim Thug". DNA & DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz edition mixtape "Motion Picture Sh*t Vol.3: Street Kings" features my popular anthem "Go Get It Boy" off of my "You Talk It I Walk It" debut solo EP as well. Both mixtapes are available in stores & online right now!!! D & myself were also featured on Comcast Cable all summer long on a 30 minute show for CTV called "It's About Time" along side elements of "The Epitome Band & Show". As for future plans stay tuned for my new solo mixtape called "Now Or Never" & De-U.c.e. Double's "40. Wattage: Da Ft. Washington Post". They'll both be coming to a parking lot & street corner near you in the summer of 2009...remember U've been warned!!!
I know these CD's are almost bout 5 years old now but alot of De-U fans who buy them online out Japan & locally here in D.C. at our Edu-Basics kiosk in P.G. Plaza Mall believe this LP is a timeless classic & keep asking me to post it on my blog so here you go...happy now!!!
De-U Records is a DC based indie label that's run out of De-U studios in Fort Washington, MD. De-U is mostly made up of family members & close personal friends. The F.A.M. includes three cousins myself De-U.c.e. Double, E One Letter, & MLG; along with Zo, DP, & SP we formed De-U Records, Inc. & the group The F.A.M. in the year 1999. Ever since we moved the studio out of the basement & released "Multiplication Hip-Hop" in the year 2000 we've been selling/manufacturing CD's, doing audio/video production, studio/live engineering, rapping, songwriting, live performances, voiceover work, & much more for De-U Records; as well as many other local artists. We at De-U are the original creators, engineers, producers, manufacturers, sellers, promoters, & voices behind the nationally successful "Multiplication Hip-Hop" CD/DVD/concert series & "Edu-Basics" childrens learning products. De-U Records has a wide variety of talent in many genres. Since 2000 De-U Records' Hip-Hop, Gospel, R&B, & Children's music combined has sold over 150k units 95% of which were sold by The F.A.M. themselves right out of the trunk!!! De-U's relentless parking lot & street corner pavement pounding along with the release of The F.A.M.'s debut LP helped spark the beginning of a new era of professionalism & creativeity in DC's Hip-Hop music scene. This CD is trend setting, hard hitting, & thought provoking. De-U.c.e. Double himself produced three tracks on this CD, "So Sick", "Real Life", & "Roll Wit Real". The rest of the songs are created by one of the hottest & newest music producers, Alonzo Powell (Zo) of De-U Records. The F.A.M.'s 1st group LP "Rookie of the Year" is an instant classic, it's hot, & it's a must have for any true Hip-Hop fan!!!