The contract had too many clauses and required I stay and record in NYC only. So I never pursued the deal or signed with Bad Boy Records or Island Def Jam. The CEO of Island/Def Jam is Jay Z & home label to G.O.O.D Music CEO Kanye West
Celebrity European Super Model Chenai Rochelle now available for Bookings
In 1975 there were only ten comedy clubs. There were some in LA, a few in New York, and a few scattered in-between. Around 1986, something happened. Comedy became increasingly popular. A&E introduced an hour long special called, A&E’s An Evening At The Improv. Within less than a decade we went from ten full time comedy clubs, to almost 350. Part of comedy’s popularity was because of the Tonight Show. Performers like Robin Williams were becoming huge draws for the Holy Zoo in San Francisco. Leno was working the circuit in New York. Even newcomers were getting decent paychecks. The increased number of clubs meant more competition, and a need for headliners, features, and openers. And, the market responded.
1989: The Comedy Boom. Bill Cosby is a famous story teller. Paul Reiser is headlining in New York. Eddie Murphy is the next Richard Pryor. And Chris Rock has already decided he wants to be the next Eddie Murphy. A & E’s an Evening At The Improv plays three times a day, every day. Some people watch it all three times, and then video record it and watch it again. HBO has the young comedian’s special. Showtime has their version of the same show. And Cinemax, handles every comic whose not good enough to get an HBO or Showtime special.
1992: Comics have gotten their own sitcoms. Others have dropped the club scene and began playing auditoriums and amphitheaters. Saturday Night Live still didn’t have writers. Robin Williams was making movies. Sad to say, so did a lot of other comics played the “Road to Fame” Game and failed
1994: Most comics who didn’t have their own sitcom, wanted one. Big Name comics like Roseanne, Bill Cosby, and Robin Williams didn’t need to play comedy clubs to earn a living. That really hurt the clubs Big names comics stopped playing clubs, club owners used talen that were not ready to fill up spots. People started noticing they could watch better comics on TV . TV added the Comedy Channel to the cable box. That’s when clubs started closing left and right. In 1993 a quarter of the comedy clubs nation were shut down. Phoenix had 5 comedy clubs, only 2 are left. The biggest one, the Improv, was constantly on the verge of bankruptcy.
By 1995, the Improvs in New York, San Diego, and Chicago had all closed. Headliners were taking jobs performing for corporate executives. Others took jobs as radio DJs. And a few other comics ended up asking McDonald’s if needed entertaining people to work the drive-through microphone. TV saturation has to end. Stand-up comedy can become fresh again. That will only happen if people are not overwhelmed with it every night. Fortunately, this has already began. It would also help a lot if big name comics keep playing the comedy clubs. One night with The BIG NAME people in town could draw a lot of people who don’t usually support comedy clubs. Finally, the next generation of super-comics have to return to the industry and quit acting rich.
“Music executives and bloggers need to stop leaking music, stealing beats, and create false albums using someone else’s Brand name like Meek Mill Dream Worth More Than Money album, it should not have leaked. The release date was set for September 9, 2014, not A 7/24/2014 midnight leak release”
~CEO Terence Lipps
WQHT – HOT 97 – ROTATION TRACKING REPORT
July 14th – July 20th, 2014
SPIN BREAKDOWN
Label
Spins
Major Label Spins
1561
Independent Label Spins
5
10 MOST PLAYED SONGS OVERALL
Title/Artist
Label
Spins
2 ON – TINASHE FEAT. SCHOOLBOY Q
Sony
112
BELIEVE ME – LIL WAYNE FEAT. DRAKE
UMG
107
FANCY – IGGY AZALEA FEAT. CHARLI XCX
UMG
106
NA NA – TREY SONGZ
WMG
105
TROPHIES – YOUNG MONEY FEAT DRAKE
UMG
74
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT – DJ SNAKE & LIL JON
Sony
46
LOYAL – CHRIS BROWN FEAT. LIL WAYNE & FRENCH MONTANA
Sony/UMG
44
SHOW ME – KID INK FEAT. CHRIS BROWN
Sony
44
MAIN CHICK – KID INK
Sony
40
WE DEM BOYZ – WIZ KHALIFA
WMG
37
ALL INDEPENDENT PLAYS
Title/Artist
Label
Spins
THRIFT SHOP – MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
Independent
3
CAN’T HOLD US – MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
Independent
2
SPINS BY LABEL
Label
Spins
UMG Plays
859
Sony/UMG Plays
93
Sony Plays
377
WMG Plays
229
UMG/WMG Plays
0
UMG/SODMG Plays
0
Independent Plays
5
E One Plays
3
ALL SPINS
Title/Artist
Label
Spins
2 ON – TINASHE FEAT. SCHOOLBOY Q
Sony
112
BELIEVE ME – LIL WAYNE FEAT. DRAKE
UMG
107
FANCY – IGGY AZALEA FEAT. CHARLI XCX
UMG
106
NA NA – TREY SONGZ
WMG
105
TROPHIES – YOUNG MONEY FEAT DRAKE
UMG
74
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT – DJ SNAKE & LIL JON
Sony
46
LOYAL – CHRIS BROWN FEAT. LIL WAYNE & FRENCH MONTANA
Busta Said “Nothing happened in a negative way,” he stated. “I was there for two years and the opportunity was a great opportunity at the time because of the type of deal that was done. For me, with this particular project and all of the sacrifice that went into it—recording the album for five years, I lost Chris Lighty making this album, I lost my father making this album—the shit that I was putting into this album, I’m not compromising my vision for it”. No hard feelings though! Stay tuned!”
July 7-8: Houston (USA): Houston Global Basketball Summit: International coaches in attendance! Last year top players went on a tour team to Mexico and that is being put together again. For more info visit our website: http://www.mcneilevents.com/index.php/events/houston and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/basketballsummit or call 832-304-9556. Camp Location: University of Houston Rec Center.
July 13-16: Las Vegas (USA): The Worldwide Invitiational Camp:
July 14-16: Las Vegas (USA): MSA International Summer Invitational: For more information and to submit an application, please visit us. Camp Location: UNLV Student Rec Center.
July 15-16: Las Vegas (USA): (Women) Hart Sports Management 3rd Annual International Exposure Camp : More info HERE or contact Michael Hart at 732.278.9058 or email
July 16-18: Las Vegas I (USA): Eurobasket Summer League (ESL): #1 international summer pro league for pro and semi-pro players looking for overseas job. For more info please visit ESL website
July 18-20: Las Vegas II (USA): Eurobasket Summer League (ESL): #1 international summer pro league for pro and semi-pro players looking for overseas job.
July 18-20: St.Petersburg, FL (USA): Hard 2 Guard 2014 Summer Exposure Camp: For more info H2G4life@hotmail.com
July 19-20: Philadelphia, PA (USA): iBall Pro Combine: Visit our Website or view brochure More Inf: iball@iballunited.com or 470.238.9876
July 19-21: Las Vegas, NV (USA): Bridgewater Academy Summer Showcase Camp:
July 21-23: Las Vegas (USA): 2014 KBL Pre-Draft Tryout & Draft:
August 8-10: Memphis (USA): Eurobasket Summer League (ESL): #1 international summer pro league for pro and semi-pro players looking for overseas job. For more info please visit ESL website
September 19-21: Atlanta (USA): Eurobasket Summer League (ESL): #1 international summer pro league for pro and semi-pro players looking for overseas job. For more info please visit ESL website
“Only the strong survive. The one’s willing to listen have a career normally longer than the players who believe that they will have a long career and don’t listen”