No sleep till Brooklyn!

There are few left who do not need an interview and who are known just because they were there when it all started. One of these legends is King Dome, the man who whiteness the birth of hip hop at first hand, right there in it's mecca, Brooklyn NY! 

Having rolled with the biggest names in the industry, this man knows what he is talking about, hip hop is not just music, it's a life style that younger audience has never really experienced in the way it touches the old school souls. 

King Dome is peace loving, always chilled and a massive Knicks fan, born and bread Brooklyn dude, without a doubt with the endless love to his home town. He lives, breaths and loves hip hop and is spreading the love to the rest of the world through his own radio station King Dome Radio. Running four stations is a busy life full of music with a taste for everyone: there is a selection of old school, Gospel, something for more modern taste buds and then the ever greens. Love to the music is in his blood.
" Radio allows me to do things the way I want to do them without anyone looking over my shoulder. I have a unique chance to play my favorite Gospel music and spread the hip hop I grew up with.  Music puts me into the zone of feeling the freedom.  "

" Me being one of the Brooklyns' first families to start hip hop in Bushwick Brooklyn, I was raised by the hip hop culture. My brother started with the disco stomper a 70's disco group. He would throw jams in the parks. People have seen, in the park was Eddie Murphy and Charlie, because they lived up the block. You might see Bushwick Bill or Scarface drinking of fourty ounces of beer. There were many. Those were the days. "

" I am glad to be a pioneer of hip hop and glad those who enjoyed my stage entertainment as well as the craft of writing rhymes. I had fun and memories of a life time. Just me and Biggie in a cypher of  rhyming. In 1986 I went to graphics  high school in Manhattan, NY already writing rhymes. You might see RnB singer Gerald Maxwell singing to the ladies in a class room, because their teacher was out.  The family boot camp click Sean Price, Tek & Steele were going there too. They would stand outside my class, so I can get a bathroom pass and we could rhyme in the bathroom. We would have some one banging a beat on the wall by the toilet. I would stay for a minute but I had to get back to the class. That was the birth of a lot of greatness. "

" When RZA talks in his rhyme about P.S 309 in bed stuy, he is referring to the battle contest my family used to have in the early 80's."

King Dome Radio is not just offering the entertainment for free online, it also gives a chance to the underground artists to get their work heard and appreciated. Promotion is the key to any starting artist and this man understands the value of radio; what better way to spread the beats around than have them on air pumping to the whole wide world.

To build a radio station is not easy, but why to stop there when you can do so much more? King Dome is also running his own branded gear in Cafepress, from where you can check out the latest designs and novelty items. This busy man does not stop and there are no limits.  http://www.cafepress.com/kingdomeradioblueflames

So how can you get the King Dome radio? That's just simple, you can go to King Dome Radio website (link below) and download one free app to your device, search the station, or you can just click the link on your laptop/pc, and start listening! It really is that simple! If you fancy earning from listening, you can join Radio Loyalty, collect your points and redeem the prices. There are some pretty hot items to claim from T-shirt to I Pads!

" I'd like to thank my brother Bushwick Brooklyn 1st MC Mike Jay, DJ Slick and Sly, Barry Jay, MC Reesie D, All mighty Kay Gee & The cold Crush Brothers, Godfather Afrika Bambattaa & the whole Universal Zulu Nation, Radio Raheem, my Divine Sounds Family, my brother Disco Richie & DJ Mike Music, my kids and family, all my fans and God for the support of the stations. " 

Related links to King Dome Radio

http://kingdomeradio.webs.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/487752781291275/?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/groups/542756749126175/?fref=ts

http://player.radioloyalty.com/station/9148.html

The day of the producer

Music is always changing and molding into what people want and need. Being a producer means that you have to recognise those changes and be a trend setter rather than a follower. I've had a chance to follow one man, who is setting the trends.

Me: Who are you and where are you from? 

Pusha: My name is Shawn Mullings. I go by The Pusha (Beatz). I'm also known by my rap moniker Micah Don. I was born in Jamaica and raised in The Bronx, New York & South Florida. 

Me: How did you get into the music business? 

Pusha: I grew up in The Bronx and as a kid my older brother was involved with the rap group Fresh Mc's. They had a song called "F.R.E.S.H." that took off. As a kid from the neighborhood seeing limousines come through  with acts like Run- Dmc  to pick your people up to perform that feeling resonated with me. From that point on I think I've been involved with music to some degree. I started out as a rapper. Then it got to the point I started making my own beats.

Me: Tell me who inspires you? 

Pusha: I'm really inspired by artists and producers as well as businessmen. Top of that list would be Jay-Z for his mastery of the art and his  consistency. Nas for keeping hip-hop grounded with some sort of message and 50 Cent for his business savvy and sense to do it that much better. Producer pioneers like Dr. Dre, Dj Premier, Dj Scratch, Eric Sermon, Timbaland and the list goes on. Other than Teddy Riley those would be my top five producers. As far as executives I would say Lyor Cohen and Jimmy Iovine.

Me: What does Pliny Artists do?

Pusha:Pliny Society Foundation (Pliny Marketing)  is basically a marketing company and branding agency a couple of my colleagues and I created to help push artists and ventures we're affiliated with. We pretty much start with a artist through the first phase  of their career and together we develop a overview and then the product. PLINY gets its name from a song called "Party Like It's New Year" from an artist we brand and do marketing for, Chitty Bang. Make sure you hit us up on facebook/plinyartist on soundcloud/pliny-marketing and youtube/plinymarketing

Me: Who have you been working with (big names) and what is coming on in the future?

Pusha: I've did production for LL Cool J on the track "NY Gangsta'z" that ran as a single and got substantial airplay on Hot 97, Kiss FM, Sirius/XM radio and dozens of other radio stations across the globe. I did production on the Rick Ross feat. Sleepy Brown "Neverland Ranch". My camp did the Jay-Z feat. Lil Wayne "Hello Brooklyn". I'm currently shopping music to Wiz Khalifa, Wale and some other surprises. Right now check out Mike Dub, Chitty Bang, Jinx Cruz and Micah Don for consistent bangers from me.. 

Me: So many people want to be a part of the music business now a days, what advise would you give to them? 

Pusha: My advice would be pick something about the game you're most passionate with. Once you find out what that is, like every storm you have to ride it out. If you have a regular job you might have to keep that for a while to help you finance  that studio time to make quality music.

Me: Where do you see the industry going? There is a lot of talk about the morality of the music industry, and how does it influence on the youth. what are your thoughts about it?

Pusha: I think that everything has it's time. I believe rap music and in particular the hip-hop culture itself has a good pulse on what's going on in that current day to day environment. Artists I believe are kind of programed by that environment and to me  that's how a song  or particular artist can resonate with so many people at the same time. As for the content. It's easy to push aside real issues and have some fun. But with all the drinks you put down, tomorrow you're sure to wake up with a hangover. 

Me: What in your opinion does a good artist have? 

Pusha: I would say Wordplay, Delivery, Stage Performance and Consistency make a great artist. Now a days its a plus to work with someone with a little business sense or willingness to learn,

Me: Tell me about the high light of your carer so far? 

Pusha: To me every opportunity to work with different people is my highlight. When a artist embraces your work and adds their poetry to it it feels like the universe put that together. I do this for that feeling.

Me: How do you relax? music is all around you, all the time, how do you take the time off? 

Pusha: I never really took time off. I'm consumed by music. I'm fortunate to be doing what I love to do all the time.

Me: So you seem to be very busy, why don't you tell me about your regular day?

Pusha: I sleep for maybe four hours. I'm usually up like 4:30- 5... Some days I go jogging then get a little reading and meditation in. Then I'm on line following up on posts, checking analytics and stats. Usually someone I work with is finishing up a session so I head to the studio to help sort out the mixes. (Smoke break). Make sure all my equipment and hard-drives make it to studio on time if I have a session that day. If not I'm networking. Matter of fact, I'm always networking!!

Star In The Hood Ent offers artist developing and managing, beats and is a full house package to any artist to consider. If you have a professional interest to their work, you can reach from these links:-

 facebook/plinyartist 

soundcloud/pliny-marketing

youtube/plinymarketing