Scarface To Release First Mixtape, "Dopeman Music"
March 27, 2010 04:03:00 PM CDT | by Edwin Ortiz
After a career that spans two decades and 11 albums, Houston rapper Scarface will be releasing his first official mixtape, entitled Dopeman Music.
“I always wanted to drop a mixtape on my own,” he explained to MTV. “So I just said, 'Let's drop an independent mixtape.' I feel that I should be as an adult and musician and pioneer – that's what they call me – I feel that I need to move on to another stage with the way I deliver my music to the public."
With his last album, Emeritus, released back in 2008, Scarface stated he’s been holding back on his musical knowledge. “I got a lot of shit and I'm using about 3% of what I know about music. I'm not using it all…I am music. I can play that shit long enough for a real musician to catch it and feel me, where I'm going, and we make magic like that.”
Dopeman Music is tentatively scheduled for a spring release.
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10903/title.scarface-to-release-first-mixtape-dopeman-music
Gorilla Zoe Looks Back On His 28 Mixtapes In 28 Days Feat
February 28, 2010 12:02:00 PM CST | by Krysten Hughes
Rapper Gorilla Zoe, who released one mixtape per day, for the entire month of February, took some time to speak with Ozone Magazine about the venture, upcoming projects and his label situation.
When asked what his favorite mixtape is of the 28 released, he replied "They all got jewels on them, every last one of them got a jewel on them, and some got more than others. Definitely after the 28 mixtapes are done I’m going to compile my own personal out of all of them, now that’s going be crazy."
Currently, the Atlanta rapper is signed to Block Entertainment and Bad Boy, but that may change shortly. Gorilla Zoe told Ozone, "Bad Boy isn’t with Atlantic anymore, but Atlantic decided to keep me. So, Block and Atlantic are going through negotiations right now."
Upcoming plans for Gorilla Zoe are in the works, including a studio album that is currently being negotiated by his label, but don't expect another day to day mixtape release. "I’m going wait for a while until the people say they want some more music then I’m going go in again. Never will I do this again, and never will it be done, not this way anyway. Niggas do a lot of swag jacking – I gave niggas the blueprint, and I can do this 365 days a year."
From HipHopDX.com
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.10730/title.gorilla-zoe-looks-back-on-his-28-mixtapes-in-28-days-feat
