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UNDERGROUND CARTEL

DROPZONE EP

NOMINATED FOR THE URBAN MUSIC AWARDS 2004

"WHATTA GOOD THING"

NOMINATED FOR THE 3RD QUARTER IN UR SCENE'S BEST HIPHOP MALE SONG see URSCENE.COM

 

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individual tracks available HERE

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MAJOR FM REVIEW HERE, AFUNK REVIEW HERE

KWOSHE REVIEW HERE BLUE COMET REVIEW HERE

HEAR CLIPS FROM THE DROPZONE EP AT THE MUSIC PAGE

INTERVIEW AT GRIND MODE MAGAZINE HERE

INTERVIEW AT KWOSHE MAGAZINE HERE

LATEST ON UNDERGROUND CARTEL

NOVEMEBER 2005

There will be two new singles in 2006. EVOLUTION and WARRIORS. EVOLUTION has just been mixed and mastered and there will be an initial low key promotion done to selected djs in the UK and overseas. Evolution has three tracks, Evolution featuring Creamo (UK), Magellano (Croatia), Brandon J Atlas (USA) and Primo (Italy. New Testament features Bleekwonder (Holland), Lock (USA), Grizu (Germany) and U OWE IT TO YOURSELF features Yukonn MC (USA), Marya (Italy) and Swiss Precise (USA) Exacr formats and release scheduling are being worked on as we speak, and there may be a special remix included by a Dutch producer.

The WARRIORS single is still in the process of being mixed, and would be released after EVOLUTION.

We hope to have clips up at the music page soon, and we will update you about which stations have the record initially. There are also possible plans for a video to be shot as an accompanyment to one of the tracks. Again the logistics are being worked out.

BELLES IN MONICA

What D'Ya Need/Skitzophonetic

NOMINATED AS BEST CLUB TRACK FOR THE 3RD QUARTER BY URSCENE.COM

OUT ON NEW DAWN RECORDS.........

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LATEST ON BELLES IN MONICA

NOVEMBER 2005

There will be new recordings made in the new year. Kruze said:

"This year's been a bit disruptive at a personal level with, among other things, the death of my mother and also a close friend, and so its affected the music side. It's taken me a while to get back into things and get the two Underground Cartel singles mixed and ready for manufacturing. However, I only got one of the singles left to mix, then in a recording sense, Im gonna concentrate solely on BELLES IN MONICA. I've been sitting on new material for a while, but not had the chance to develop it and get it into the studio, but I got the hunger back, and I really cant wait to get workin with Dema & Red again. I only just spoke with Dema on the phone a week back, and realised it was the first time for many months since we'd spoken. He's doin really well with all his different clubs and I know Red's gettin some personal stuff cleared up that's been a problem for a while, so hopefully 2006 we're all gonna have our heads back together and create somethin new and exciting. Im also thinking on doing a one-off solo record working with a couple of guest artists I got in mind, but I wanna get the BELLES' heart beatin first, cos it's time to start messin with peeps' heads again! The public's gettin off too lightly with all this bling nonsense Ive been hearin. There could be carnage!!!"

Meantime, watch out for BIM material being used on the new tv series of Rad and in a new surf dvd Rip Curl being distributed worldwide

DJ Dema has been continuing to host some big nites at his Glasgow clubs (see EVENTS) as well as working on some solo material. Freakmenoovers have also been touring around the country playing a number of high profile dates and gettin the rep as one of the best hiphop dj dous in the country.

 

 

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CONTACT EM FROM DROPZONE EP

If you want to contact any of these artists, send an email HERE stating who the email is for

FROM USA

ORPHAN FAM CREWWEBSITE HERE

RAW DIALECT CREW WEBSITE HERE

8.bliss WEBSITE HERE

crazy ballhead WEBSITE HERE

musik g WEBSITE HERE

swiss precise WEBSITE HERE (designed logo & appears on Evolution)

 

FROM CANADA

mindbender WEBSITE HERE

selfhelp WEBSITE HERE

ill seer WEBSITE HERE

fritz tha cat WEBSITEHERE

 

FROM FRANCE

beni WEBSITE HERE (appears on Dropzone & Warriors)

 

FROM UK

kruze (producer of all records)

 

EVOLUTION & WARRIORS SINGLES

 

FROM USA

LOCKNESS WEBSITE HERE

BLACK MARKET WEBSITE HERE

BRANDON J ATLAS WEBSITE HERE

YUKONN MC WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM UK

CREAMO WEBSITEHERE

T-MINUS WEBSITE HERE

MR CRF WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM ITALY

PRIMO WEBSITE HERE

MARYA WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM SPAIN/USA

EL MESWY WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM HOLLAND

BLEEKWONDER WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM ROMANIA

KONDAMNATU WEBSITE HERE (also here for JZA of Mexico)

 

FROM CROATIA

MAGELLAN WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM GERMANY

GRIZU WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM ZIMBABWE/USA

DUMI RIGHT WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM BULGARIA

MASLINAZ WEBSITE HERE

 

FROM CUBA/USA

LA NAVIE WEBSITE HERE

 

 

HISTORY

UNDERGROUND CARTEL

BELLES IN MONICA

URBANELITE PRODUCTIONS

 

Underground Cartel is the latest artist on the New Dawn label. It is an international collaboration put together by Kruze. It will be an ever changing entity from record to record designed to pool together the talents of quality underground emcees and producers from around the world, with the product released globally. The first 12" DROPZONE EP is due for international in May 2004 and represents the UK, France, USA & Canada, produced by Kruze with the exception of a track remixed by New York's Musik G of the Underground Army. Kruze handpicked those involved having heard the artists' own material from submissions given to the UrbanElite team who have played a massive role in putting this together.

This has been made possible by the goodwill & positive attitude of all those involved, with the goal being to hilight the talents that exist in every corner of the globe TO every corner of the globe. UC belongs to all those involved, whether in the past, present or the future....their contributions will live on in memorium. Real quality hiphop with integrity exists in every country, and all these artists face similar problems in gaining the publicity they deserve, due to the over saturation of hi-profile artists in the media who have the financial backing to buy their way onto mainstream airwaves and tv stations. So this is just the beginning....at a time when underground hiphop is growing globally, and with the u/g coming together, Underground Cartel represents the spirit that exists internationally.

Contributors to the Dropzone EP include:

FROM THE STATES

8.bliss.....at the time living in San Francisco, now based in New York, he also runs Omnipresent Records.

Orphan Fam, hailing from Bayonne, New Jersey, this crew include Baby Shay, Big Brother Al and La Roka

Crazy Ballhead.....a top quality emcee representin Sacramento

Raw Dialect.....an extensive crew, and in this instance represented by Tone, Danjah & RBI. Based in the Baltimore area, and about to move the game on overseas in their own right.

Musik G.....the legend from Queens...has been around for years and has performed with some of the biggest acts in hiphop, now with the Underground Army and remixed one of the tracks

Swiss Precise....an all rounder, graff artists, producer, emcee....based in Long Beach, performs with Halfway House Emcees, Discreet Merchants, Blown Celebs & many others. In this case, designed the UC logo in his capacity within the KBH crew

From Canada

Ill Seer...of the reputed Delegates of Culture, well known on the Canadian Underground and not his first venture overseas

Fritz tha Cat....artist management, journo for Viceland and a quality emcee all rolled into one

Mindbender....one of Canada's "visionaries"...from the Supreme Being Unit clan, known for his philosophical rhymin and intense lyrics

Selfhelp....another well known emcee on the Canadian underground, with many other guest appearances....has an off the wall approach to rhymin & life which makes for some unique lyrics

.....thanks also to Handsolo Records for their hook-ups

From France

Beni from Originaire du Sud in Montpellier, France. An excellent emcee, in French naturellment, just starting to get his name known in the French underground circuit...one of the largest anywhere in the world

NOW IN 2005

A new set of tracks have been recorded for two singles releases. The singles are called EVOLUTION & WARRIORS and each single has 3 brand new trax. The net was spread even further afield to bring in new emcees from more countries. Magellan represents the very healthy scene taking place in Croatia, with back up from fellow eastern Europeans Maslinaz from Bulgaria and Kondamnatu from Romania, able assisted by his boy JZA originally from Mexico. A little further west in Italy comes Primo from "Primo e Squarta" outta Rome, part of the whole Corveleno movement, and from the north near Milan, the mic is blessed by female mc Marya.

Moving a little further north into Germany comes the vocal talents of Boogieblast's German MC Grizu, sharing the verse with Dutch MC and event co-ordinator Bleekwonder from Holland. Beni from France makes a welcome reappearance, while Madrid's El meswy, now resident in Brooklyn, brings some quality raps Espanol, Meswy having already been featured in Source Magazine. A bit more representation this time from ol Blighty with some serious UK skillz on display from London's Creamo and T-Minus, while "the north" gets in on the act via Manchester's Mr CRF who may be known to you via his magazine cbmag.co.uk

Back over the Atlantic, we got Dumi Right, originally from Zimbabwe now in VA and La Navie, reppin Cuba and livin in Florida. Back up to VA, the supreme skills of Strong Quality's Black Market, matched by those of Des Moines' new kid Brandon J Atlas and New York's Lockness, the 3rd female emcee invloved (with La Navie & Marya) and nominee for the UMA 2004. The Yukonn MC outta Boston, part of My Mans n Them and countless other collabos, and brought into the fold by Long Beach's Swiss Precise, not just logo designer, but this time with mic duties. You'll know Swiss from graf's KBH crew, clothes line Coast II Coast, and crews including Halfway House Emcees, Blown Celebs, Discreet Merchants and many more...and all these cats are gettin put in touch with the original contributors so that knowledge & connects can be shared in the Underground Cartel spirit of positivity on a global scale.

BELLES IN MONICA