These photos are from our recent trip to New York City to appear on PNC Radio. Shout out to everyone that’s holding us down in NYC. There’s a lot of love in the Big Apple for USM.
DUMBO
E Major checking his Twitter
DJ Kraff on the wheels playing that E Major shit!
Zen
A King holding down the live stream
Top 10 Albums
1. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
2. The Black Keys & Guests – Blakroc
3. Melanie Fiona – The Bridge
4. Drake – So Far Gone*
5. Wale – Attention Deficit
6. Diz Gibran – Soon You’ll Understand*
7. Raekwon – Only Built For Cuban Linx II
8. U-N-I – A Love Supreme*
9. Paramore – Brand New Eyes
10. BLK JKS – After Robots
*These were released as mixtape free downloads, however they played out like albums and the quality of the music was far to good to leave them off the list.
Top 3 Films
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. The Hangover
3. Black Dynamite
It’s officially 2010 but we want to thank you all for helping Under Sound Music have a successful 2009! Last year we released Eddie’s Sound Wandering EP and we released two amazing videos for “Paper Runnin” and “Make It”, which was directed by Zu Keeny. We traveled to NYC for CMJ week and were featured on PNC radio. E Major & DJ Impulse created a huge buzz with “Paper Runnin” and it spawned several remixes. DJ Booman’s remix made it to the airwaves with heavy rotation on 92Q!
We Partnered with Pedestrian for several dope events and a dope New Era snapback collab. E Major collaborated with several dope artists on various projects/mixtapes and he opened for artists such as Phife Dawg, Brand Nubian, Camp Lo, and Black Milk. He was also invited to perform at yet another annual J Dilla tribute and was also featured in the hip-hop documentary, Paused In Time. We accomplished so much and we appreciate your continued support.
We have lots in store for 2010 so continue to check out the site for updates on shows, events, music releases, videos, merchandise etc. Also, be on the lookout for E Major’s upcoming release The Major Major Mixtape coming out real soon!
Peace & many blessings to you all in the new year
-Zen
Zen with Pac Div
Oddisee of Diamond District
Pac Div on stage
So last night was dope! I went down to Drom on Ave A to check out Brooklyn Bodega’s CMJ showcase. It was a pretty good turnout and there were some great acts performing. I ran into Von Pea and Donwill from Tanya Morgan who were also added to the lineup. They had a short set but they did their thing! There were some good R&B sets from Kimberly Nichole and Jesse Boykins III but the crowd really seemed to be excited to see Diamond District and Pac Div. Diamond District killed it and it was dope to see a DMV group get so much love in NYC. Pac Div were really fun to see live! The crowd went nuts when they performed “Mayor.” Shouts to those guys… I had a chance to chat with them for a sec and they were super nice, very down-to-earth
-Zen-
Eddie (who’s now taken on the name Wells Goodington) is up in NYC right now taking in CMJ’s. He’s definitely on his grind, meeting artists, passing out beat CDs, networking etc… And while he’s up there he decided to link with the beautiful young songstress Nirvana Savory to lay down some music. She’s working on her own project and will also feature on Wells’ new project that is in the works. He sent over some photos so share with you all. Check ‘em out below.
Also make sure you tune into PNC Radio tonight during the 8 o’clock hour. Our own Young Zen will be on promoting the label and playing some of our music. I’m heading up to NYC tomorrow to link up with everyone so check back with us here for more fun and updates.
