HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

2007 is official tissue. Look out for the TEAM TEAM at a club, stage, after party then hotel lobby near you.

So if you missed RIDE OUT @ Warehouse, Bristol on the 15th...

Big Touch just come off the stage


your boy Coffee with Big O's (who came out and did his thing) and security.lol


Kwams with a female fan


Money posted up


Logic played the background


NoWay & Real Bigg supporting


T.D. leaving the spot


the conversation at the after party


the hotel lobby

... get at us and make sure the team has a fixture at your local ground!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE!!!!

Back from the commercial break...

TRUTH DOCUMENTED IS BACK WITH AN EXCLUSIVE... WATCH YA BREDDRIN ON MICHAEL JACKSON'S NEW TRACK...



LOL. Nah, but I bet if you would have closed your eyes you would have thought it was Mike and as always 'ya breddrin' Truth's on point.
Anyway its Daniel Michett 'I Want U' featuring TRUTH DOCUMENTED and K-Force.
Why the guy thinks he's Mike I don't know but don't pretend you ain't done the same thing in your living room.
Anyhow, what do you think: will there be another Mike... 'anyone Jordan, Jackson, Tyson'?

Truth's Documentary pt 1

Ride Out's Truth Documented performed with Beatnik at the re-opening of the Apple Mac flagship store on Regents Street last month.


T.D. works closely with the duo (Dj Nikki & Statis) and features on their upcoming album.



Beatnik is a brother and sister duo consisting of Dj Nikki & Statis. The group has its own 'fly-on-the-wall' documentary on B.E.N. The programme focuses mainly on the life of Dj Nikki - past shows have seen her playing at the Jay Z GQ award party and the Williams v Harrison fight night after party.

Their dubbed the British urban White Stripes... it's funky stuff check it out...

Hip Hop Is Dead

HIP HOP is now a billion dollar industry; last year alone it out-sold rock music, filled more concert halls than opera and was nominated for more gongs than pop. Sadly though, on the way to the award show hip hop was involved in a bad accident and died…

With his latest album Nas has claimed that hip hop is dead and I have to say I agree with him. Apart from the Team Team there is not a lot out there that gives me the chills.


The problem is the game has lost its creativity. I think Saigon summed it up perfectly when he described hip hop’s current state as ‘monkey see, monkey do’. Somebody will come across a successful formula and the rest will follow.


You’ll notice the game now has seasons: one quarter everybody’s a pimp; the next all gangsters; and I think this season everybody’s got a new dance. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with each of these elements but if you’re gonna do it be creative otherwise it’s just tired. Remember there’s nothing new under the son so it’s not what you do but how it’s done.

Was there ever a golden period? I don’t know but I remember when you could pick up an album and it was not a replica of the hottest thing out at the time. How many current tracks do you think you’ll be able to listen to five or ten year’s down-the-line? I know I can still listen to tracks like ‘Can I Live’ Jay Z, ‘Picture Me Rollin’ Tupac, ‘Slippin’ DMX (the list goes on) and still get goose bumps. That’s that timeless music!!!

To blame this decline on the fact that hip hop is now big business is a cop-out. Artists like Kanye West have proven that the market is crying out for creativity. To be honest I think the game has just gotten lazy. In a time of declining CD sales artists love to bang on about how much work they need to do these days to earn a buck. It’s true… But in all their effort they’re forgetting one of the most important aspects: it’s an art so you gotta be creative. In addition they’re getting too comfortable doing what has been proven as successful. Guys that claim their hustlers and done this and that are too afraid to take a risk, shake it up a bit.


Like a driver falling asleep at the wheel it’s this attitude that’s gonna kill hip hop.

Peace in the middle east.

The Story So Far...

Way back in 1998 a young man had a dream. Lynn ‘Janeiro’ Manuh envisaged that he would be the head of a successful record label. Remembering one of the few good rhymes he himself had written, Janeiro decided to call his label Ride Out.


Janeiro with Big Touch

In 2000 Michael-Kojo adopted the term - after being motivated by its meaning - as a banner for club nights he was running while at uni. Having booked circuit performers such as So Solid and Oxide & Neutrino before they went mainstream he realised his younger cousin’s dream was an achievable target.


Michael-Kojo

With the monies raised from his promotions Michael started paying for artists (his younger siblings) he had been working with to record their songs.

The label introduced itself to the public in 2006 when it released the promo and The Product Of Hard Work mixtapes simultaneously. The promo also included the street video R.I.D.E. which received regular spins on Channel U and Passion TV.

Later the same year the label was involved in a joint venture with upcoming mixtape producer DJ Ames. Together they released the Raw Talent Vol 1 album, which featured their own artists alongside some of the best and well-known talent in the UK.

“We are unique in that every artist is his own manager. We do not just give these musicians an outlet to express their art we give them ownership of their destinies,” says Michael-Kojo, chief executive.

CLICK TO SAMPLE MUSIC FROM LATEST ROR RELEASES

The Met's Most Wanted

Dear Fraudster,

I saw this and I thought of you...

An eBay seller was surprised to receive an email from the Metropolitan Police placing him in their top 10 most wanted list when, suspecting a deception was afoot, he did not send out items brought from him on the auction site.

Surprise soon turned to laughter and by the time he had finished reading the message it had become clear that the fraudsters were not going to give up easy.

Below is a transcript of the original email (spelling mistakes 'n' all... enjoy!):
From: metropolitan police
Date: May 25, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: WARNING..................Metropolitian Police ..............(uk)
To: xxxx@gmail
This is to inform you Mr XXXX that we have received a complaint in conjuction with PayPal about a payment made for an item bought from you recently, We received the complaint that the payment has since been approved and that you haven't taken the neccessary step which you are suppose to take in other for the payment to be transferred to you.
We are informed that you are suppose to make the shippment of the item to the buyer and send the tracking number to the payment company(PayPal) for shippment verification which is secure for interest of both the seller and the buyer from been scammed.
All your information has been forwarded to us and we have already contacted the nearest Metropolitian Police office nearer to your address about your case and they will immediately start the investigation.They may come to your home for more information about what happened and they may also require you to follow them to the station for more query.We have also forwarded your full contact information to the IFCC {Mr XXXX, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom} which you sent to the buyer for the payment to Internet Fraud Complaint Center(IFCC) about this case.
According to (Section 1001, Title 18, U.K. Code) of the criminal law quote,which says that and i quote "Unshipped paid merchandise must be sent to a six month Imprisonment".
So we implore you to go and make the shippment immediately and send the tracking number to the payment company(PayPal) which is safe and secure for making and receiving payment worldwide.We are assuring you that you are 100% safe with the payment and we will want you to go and make the shipment.Make sure you send the copy of the Royalmail tracking number to us immediately the shippment is made in other for us to cancel the complaint leveled on you.
Here is the shipping infomation which you are to ship the item to,
MR IBAJESOMO
UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
DEPARMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
AKOKA
YABA
LAGOS
23401
NIGERIA
Note:88
If the shippment is not made in the next 72hrs of this message to you,we will immediately order your case permanent for proper investigation and immediately forward your full contact address to the press for publish.You are already among the Metropolitian Police most wanted Fugitives of this week for quick investigation and execution.But the only solution to remove you from the 10 most wanted fugitives is to follow the steps given to you and we assure you that you wont have any regret in making the shippment.
We hope to hear from you immediately you see this message for quick processing of your case or you will be immediately be prosecuted.We thank you for your cooperation
Thanks
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