It's a sad day for Cubans, all Latinos and all who have passion for music! The Salsa Queen Celia Cruz, as most of you should know by now, has passed on. So from everyone at Crazy Hood Productions...thank you for your passion & may you rest in peace the great Celia Cruz! Anotherlegend to have passed is, Barry white, may you also rest in peace and thank you for your music! With that said, back to the world ofCrazy Hood! Make sure you pick up the new DJ EFN Vol.29 "Tropical Storm" hosted by David Banner due out within a week or so! We got some special treats on there for you to savor! Reminder to peep The Source 15th anniversary issue which features DJ EFN Vol.28 in "Tales of the Tape". Garcia is just about to hit the streets soon with his debut album "Anti Social" but ya'll already know that cuz ya'll stay tuned toCrazy News! RIGHT! The word is gettin' around that Heckler of DA ALL will be workin' on solo material (check out his solo joint No Joke off of the Crazy Hood mixtape), and the word is right. Heckler has just started to put together material on yet untitled solo album. Don't think that means no more DA ALL or that you won't hear plenty of DA ALL on Heckler's project, as well as on Garcia's debut album. Check out some of the new mp3's we posted up on the site and make sure to hit us with feedback, shout outs, or just plain ol' bullshit on our Crazy Hood Forum! Shouts out to: always killa Deed!, the whole THC Fam!, Lil' Jon, Teach, Dro @ the305.com, P.M., Banditz and everyone else out there holdin' us down!
MTV here we come! lol If you missed the first time DJ EFN was featured on MTV , we hope you got to peep last nights show. MTV's "Mixtape Monday" on Direct Effect shed some light on DJ EFN's "Built For This" Vol.28 mixtape. Another mixtape that was spot lighted was the Graff Gear compilation mixtape which features an exclusive joint by Garcia. You can get the Graff Gear cd free with any purchase of Graff Gear Apparel. In other media related news peep the new issue of Ozone Magazine & Urban American news paper in which it features reviews on DA ALL's "Who's Crazy?" album. Many things going on in the world of Crazy Hoods so make sure you keepÊcyber pimpin with us! Also look out forDJ EFN's Vol. 29 "Tropical Storm" hosted by David Banner!
Well the Hoods were at it again, puttin crazy miles on the Hood Mobile! Making there way up the road to New York city to tend to business and make some music. Big up to New York but damn do we miss Miami when we're out of town! That mothafucka makes you feel claustrophobic with all them buildings practically on top of eachother! Let me stop being a F.O.T. towards NY cuz we dont like it when they do it to us! lol....None the less NY showed the Hoods mad love! One of the main reasons we went out there was to record some music for Garcia'salbum with Thugged Out Ent. producer SPK. All of our peoples showed up to the studio to show us love. The song ended up featuring Final Chapta (Team 5/7), Willie Stubz, Heckler (of DA ALL) and Complexions (Complexions mostly known for singing on Akinelye's "Fuck Me For Free" and have been on C-N-N & N.O.R.E.'s albums). The joint is fuckin' Crazy! Also while in New York the Hoods got to meet the legendary Kool Herc as well as bumping into the Wonder Twins, C Rayz Walz, Breez Evahflowin, Johnny Blanco, and N.O.R.E. Look forward to seeingCrazy Hoods on MTV, & The Source Magazine very soon. Well thats all for now but shouts to everyone who held us down in NY: SPK, Jenya(Def Jam), Fams (good looks on the studio dog!), Shan, MJ & Gotti (The Source Magazine), PO (Ruff Ryders), all the people at the Roosevelt Hotel (for puttin up with our shit! lol), and everyone else we met up with!
You heard it first here!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy News (for obvious reasons! lol) has the exclusive news on the new Crazy Hood Productions Mixtape. Not to be confused with the world famous DJ EFN series. Crazy Hood Productions has released a mixtape of the entire A-Double-L Family. Oh did we mention it's hosted by the world famous DJ Kay Slay aka The Drama King aka Slap ya favorite DJ aka New York's Mixtape king! Yup, NY's mixtape king and Miami's mixtape king finally come together to properly introduce the entire A-Double-L Family to the rest of the world! Just for those who don't know; the A-Double-L Family is DA ALL [Heckler, Drain, Weird Thoughts & EFN], GARCIA, & DJ EFN. The mixtape has past mixtape joints the crew has done and a bunch of new exclusive mixtape bangers! If your not already impressed then be impressed by the guest appearances by Sean Paul, N.O.R.E., Capone, Joe Budden, Iconz, Royal Flush plus it wouldn't beCrazy Hood without Miami's top notch MC's like Wrekonize, Elohim, SLP, Diamante, Illseed, & Dynas. Make sure that you get this before its gone cuz this mixtape is sure to be the fuck out! Oh and in other news (got carried away with the mixtape! lol) DJ EFN alongside Nick "Fury", Drunk Drew, Brim Stone, DJ Greo, & Semp were all guest judges for a MC Battle on the TV show "The Roof" on the MUN2 network. Well, trust that the Hoods are up to no good and got more surprises coming up so keep cyber pimpin and hit us from time to time! Shouts to: Elohim, Nick "Fury" Lewis, Iconz, Kay Slay, and the entire Crazy Hood staff!!!!!
Crazy news back again after almost a month hiatus! After the first week in May that Crazy news left you at, the Hoods embarked to nearby Orlando Florida. After a week in Orlando the Hoods came back to become the first annual The305.Com basketball tournament champions!!!! You can read and see more PICS about the games @ The305.Com. Then Miami prepared for the invasion of the F.O.T.'s (Memorial Day weekend) in which Crazy Hood Marketing & Promotions is heavily involved in. Making sure the outta towners new whose hood it was DJ EFN's volume 28 was released along side a wave of Miami's hip hop talent. Crazy Hoods, could be found on such mixtape's like Kastaway's "Welcome to the magic city", Slp's Filthy Rich mixtape and THC's new mixtape release. Crazy Hoods marketing & promotions division took care of labels such as Def Jam and Ruff Ryders. Working projects such as D-Block, Swizz beatz, Def Jam Vendetta Tour, Diplomats, Joe Budden & 2 Fast 2 Furious. Talking about 2 Fast 2 Furious, CHP started the holiday week with the official 2 Fast 2 Furious party @ Code. The party was also the official release party for DJ EFN's vol. 28 mixtape and CHP's Eddie "Gigs" & EFN's birthdays. Some of the guest appearances were Clipse, Dead Prez, Head Rush, Fat joe, Remy Martin, Tony Sunshine, Armageddon and many more. In the midst of this crazy weekend CHP ran into many friends such as N.O.R.E. , Capone and the whole Thugged out camp, Complexxxions, Bun B of UGK, David Banner, Keith Murray, and Iconz, to name a few. Well, that will end our quick recap of the months events (which its virtually impossible to write everything that went down!) . Shout out to: Mercedes & Strictly streets crew from Orlando (thanks for your help!), Martin Moor, Nore, Biz, Ant Live (Roc-A-Fella), Def Jam South, Jenya (Def Jam), Mookie (Rookie of the year), PO (Ruff Ryders), Eppy (thanks for ya help homie), Deed, David Banner, Kay Slay, Domingo, Eddie "Gigs" (for holding it down), Greenburg, and everyone at Crazy Hood Productions!!!
Wussup, fellow hip hoppers, thugs, gangstas, playas, or average run of the mill hustlers! C.H.P. never rest; not rain, snow (thank God we never have any!), war, or hurricanes! Da All "Who's Crazy?" is out but yall knew that already.....RIGHT!!!!! If you're reading this right now go ahead and click on The305.com and read the full feature on Da All. Look out for a new single from Da All and more write ups to come. Up next to bat on the Crazy Hood team is the long awaited release from Garcia(aka Gambit) "Anti Social". Garcia recently recorded the intro for the world famous Baka Boyz (formerly of Los Angeles Power 106), which aired for the first time today. DJ EFN has completed volume 28 of his world famous mixtapes. The mixtape is titled "Built For This" and is hosted by Def Jam / Def Squad recording artist Keith Murray. The mixtape features new songs by Da All, Skillz, 50 Cent, Ghostface Killah, and many more. Also check out Ozone Magazine or the pick up the print copy which has a write up on DJ EFN's vol. 27 hosted by Guru. Shout out to Deed, Baka Boyz, Violator Mgnt., DJ Reconn@Slip-n-Slide, and Nick
Crazy Hood Productions would like to thank all of our fans, supporters and all those that just came across the album for helping us spread the word of Craziness! These past couple of weeks have been crazy and things are just gonna get Crazier! Shout out to all the MC's which signed up and battled at the Crazy Hood / Warner Bros. films Mc Battle. The night was a total success not to mention that some MC's really did there thing. The highlight of the night was Heckler's (of Da All) brother (Big O) helping to fill a gap in which we needed an additional MC. Big O actually got to the finals where the nights winner Wreckonize took the win. Last week was also a very busy week starting with Wednesday with CHP, Def Jam video release party for Joe Budden's new single "Pump It Up". Then Thursday Garcia rocked the mic @ Miami's Slak Lounge, performing his single "None of Dem" along side Weird Thoughts (of Da All) and DJ EFN. Finally Friday night with last minute notice Da All & Garcia hit the stage at Levelnight club for DJ Epps b-day bash along side Joe Budden, and Bootcamp Clik. Shouts to: Sway (MTV), Slak Lounge, Earl Thomas and everyone @ Code, Adee, Phil Cordona, Rob Dinero, Denace Da Menace, L Smoothe, One Trak, Flow Officials, DJ Epps, 4 Horseman Ent., & Drea @ Buzztone. Also make sure you check out our all new online store. You can purchase Da All cds & 12"s, DJ EFN mix cds, Garcia 12" & Da All "Who's Crazy" poster with the fresh artwork by Skam2?. We will be selling "Who's Crazy" t-shirts within the next 2 weeks. Support. DJ EFN was also featured in the Joe Budden "Pump It up" video which featured several other DJ's like DJ Clue, & DJ Enuff.
Finally Da All "Who's Crazy?" has hits stores worldwide. Don't forget Crazy Hood is still and indie label therefore stores have limited copies. The album can definitely be purchased at Specs, FYE, Tower Records, Brandsmart, Virgin Mega stores, and many other chain and mom & pop retail outlets. For all you cyber hoods you can also buy the album on the online stores we have previously mentioned. Crazy Hood Productions has been doing there rounds to promote the release and is traveling to selected cities. In other Crazy Hood news; Garcia is putting the finishing touches on his debut album "Anti Social" which features production from Drain, Nick "Fury", PRO, as well some production from NY's SPK of Thugged Out Millitainment and Philly's Chops of Mountain Brothers. You can also find Da All, Garcia and many other Miami artist along side top notch national artist on DJ EFN's new mixtape Volume 28 with special guest host TBA. On events news, come party with the Crazy Hoods Monday, April 14th "Def Jam Party" @ Oxygen in Coconut Grove and Wed. April 16th at "The Big City MC Battle" @ Code 14th & Washington South Beach sponsored by Warner Bros. Films new comedy "Malibu's Most Wanted". Also Wed. April 23rd "Joe Budden video preview party" @ Code 14th & Washington. If you take a close look at Joe budden's new video for the song "Pump It Up" you might see Charlie "Skinz" & DJ EFN doing there thing! Shout out to everyone we have coming across while traveling; DJ Enuff, Joe Budden, Nitti (on top ent.), DJ Envy, Keith Murray, Erick Sermon, Redman, Lil Jon, AV (Def Jam), Rob Love (Def Jam), Da Brat, Mercedes (strictly streets promotions), Greg G (Orlando), Jesse Jazz, Baker Boys (103.5 the beat), De La Soul, and everyone else out there showing Crazy Hoods love!
Well, while the world around us is going absolutely berserk, what better time for Crazy Hood Productions and Da All debut full length release to officially hit stores worldwide! Not even war can stop this historical moment for Crazy Hood Productions, therefore March 25th "Who's Crazy?" hits retail stores everywhere! If you cant wait till the 25th you can pre-order the album from websites like Amazon.com,fye.com, BestBuy.com, TowerRecords.com, DetonatorRecords.com, Sandbox, HipHopSite.com, and many other sites. Make sure you reserve the album at your favorite retail spot before there off the shelves! On other news, DJ EFN was high lighted on MTV's "Direct Effect / Mixtape Monday's" hosted by DJ Clue, La La, & Sway. Sway spoke on EFN's/ Volume 26 "Miami's Mixtape King" hosted by N.O.R.E.. Aside from EFNon MTV you might catch a glimpse of EFN & Charlie "Skinz" in the new video "Pump It Up" by Desert Storm / On top / Def Jam recording artist Joe Budden. Big up to everyone we worked with and bumped into these last couple of weeks Rob Love (DEF JAM), DMC (of RUNDMC), DJ ENUFF, Joe Budden, DJ Envy, AntMan, Tony Galvin, Sab & Tony Touch, Timbaland, Steph (Urb Magazine) & everyone else we linked with!
Wussup hoods and hoodette's! We're back in your grill with all the new info and news in & around Crazy Hood Productions. First off make sure you pick up the new Source magazine (March issue) in which they mention DJ EFN in the article about Justo's Mixtape Awards. We here at Crazy Hoods are calling the month of March "March Madness". March is a big month for Crazy Hood Productions with the official release of Da All's debut album "Who's Crazy?" on CHP/Detonator Records distributed through Caroline worldwide distribution. Da All'srelease is just the beginning of official releases from Crazy Hood Productions. Garcia is really cooking up a crazy buzz with his promo singleNone Of Dem. The buzz is just a prelude to the album that Garcia is working on to be released in late May/ early June. For those that are worried about CHP going completely official, not to worry EFN has released his latest mixtape volume 27 "Mastermind" hosted by the legendary Guru of Gang Starr. The mixtape features new music by C-N-N, Mobb Deep, & M.O.P. to name a few. Also still on and poppin is Def Jam Wednesdays @ the Marlin Hotel every Wednesday night from 10pm to 3am. So come and network with Miami's finest and if ya got some mic skills, make sure you hit the open mic! Shout out to Scott Storch, Mr. Cheeks, Heather Hunter, LS-1, and everyone else checking us out on Wednesday night!
Crazy news been up and down all over Miami and abroad with the Crazy Hoods in the past few weeks. Still in full swing is "DEF JAM Wednesdays" @ The Marlin Hotel Bar & Lounge. Every Wednesday night some of Miami's elite come to network and just enjoy a total local hip hop friendly environment. This past week Garcia hosted an open mic, which should develop into an ongoing thing at DEF JAM Wednesdays. Also this past Wednesday Da All & Garcia held it down at Miami Dade community college's Kendall campus. The show started off with DJ Irie (99Jamz) on the 1's & 2's right into Garcia along with fellow Miami MC, Dynas. Da All ended the show with the song "F.O.T.'s Pt. 2" also accompanied on stage by Dynas, Skam2? & Deja. The entire show ended with Miami's own DJ Epps on the turntables. This past week ended with Garcia doing a local appearance @ the Whitlee Miami's 2k3 car show with fellow local artist like Iconz, Kastaway, SLP, Peedo, THC and many more. Many things are going on under the radar over here at CHP but in the near future look for events with Mun2 television show "The Roof", DJ EFN's new mixtape release Vol. 27 hosted by Gangstarr, Da All's debut album to hit stores nationally March 11th, and new singles byDa All & Garcia. Shout out to THC crew, Luis Durran (Def Jam), Guru, Eddie @ the Marlin, Chester @ MDCC, DJ Epps, DJ Irie, DJ Suicide (99Jamz), Boogah (Iconz) and all who held Crazy Hood Productions down these past few weeks.
It's official Da All & Garcia will be performing in their hometown of Kendall in Miami, FL. The performance will be Wednesday, January 29th @ Miami Dade Community college Kendall campus. The performance will be from noon to 1pm and will feature special guest appearances by Dynas, DJ Irie, DJ Epps, and more to be announced. Shout out to Garcia for holdin' it down in a live performance this past Wednesday on Mun2's The Roof television program. Garcia performed his single None Of Dem along side DJ EFN and producer of the track, Nick "Fury". Lastly Crazy Hood Productions is gearing up for the official release of Da All's debut album which is due out in stores March 11th. Click on our photo page for some new pics from Def Jam Wednesdays.
Well the Crazy Hoods are at it again and it seems after years of being the underground underdogs in the Miami radio scene the tables are turning. Garcia's single None Of Dem has started getting some burn locally on commercial radio especially on Power 96. If your in So. Florida don't stop the bombardment of request to 99 Jamz, Power 96 & the beat 103.5 FM. The growth of this song did not happen out the blue, None Of Dem has been getting burn on Radiate 88, WVUM 90.5 FM and mixtapes all over the place. Also the video for the song has been in constant rotation on Mun2, Video Mix and other video shows. If your not in the Miami area you can also request the song in stations around the country. Also locally Da All & Garcia are tentatively due to perform in there home town of Kendall @ Miami Dade Community College January 29th. Keep checking back @ CrazyHood.Com for details on show times & locations. Last but not least if in the 305 area come out to Def Jam Wednesdays @ the Marlin bar & Lounge 1200 Collins Ave south beach from 10pm - 3AM. Def Jam Wednesdays is a networking party for anyone in the urban entertainment industry. Well, that's it for now but make sure to drop us a line at our forum and sign up to be on our e-mail list to get all the latest Crazy Hood Production's news!
Well here we go again another year comes again and it's business as usual! Crazy News has been caught up in trying to keep up with all the movement in the Crazy Hood camp and that's not such an easy task! Since EFN's victory at Justo's Mixtape Awards, much press has come to EFN & Crazy Hood Productions. Coverage and press from radio & television to magazines & newspapers. DJ EFN appeared on the new urban Latin TV show The Roof on Mun2 which also featured Tony Touch. Also on the "The Roof" you can vote to see Garcia's None Of Demvideo which has been voted in the top 5 and even number 1. Garcia's video & song is starting to impact across the country and most of all locally in Miami. Also locally you can check out a write up about EFN's award and C.H.P.'s new networking night "Def Jam Wednesdays" in this weeks issue of Street newspaper. For all those who don't know about "Def Jam Wednesdays" its a networking party that C.H.P. has put together for persons in the entertainment business to gather & network with each other. DJ's from the South Florida area can also pick up all the latest wax from Def Jam, Def Soul, Def Jam South, C.H.P. and many other labels. So for all those who either wanna network in the industry or just wanna hear some good music "Def Jam Wednesdays" is Wednesday night at The Marlin bar & Lounge 1200 Collins Ave South Beach from 10PM - 3AM. So make sure you check us out next Wednesday, January 9th 2003. Click here to see some footage from "Def Jam Wednesdays". Also make sure that if you haven't picked up DJ EFN's volume 26 "Miami's Mixtape King" that you do so while supplies last! Happy New year from everyone @ Crazy Hood Productions!
Well it's been a very interesting and progressive couple of weeks for the Hoods. We will begin with a road trip to New York with the Hoods and the addition of DJ Epps to attend Justo's annual mixtape awards. Not only did they have to weather very cold temperatures and a sleepless night driving, there was nothing stopping DJ EFN, and friends from reppin' the bottom at the awards. It almost seemed as if CHP was never meant to make it to the awards. From getting lost in Manhattan, wrong address, cold weather, DT's on the hunt, crazy crowd, and unorganized entrance, EFN and the guys almost gave up. Finally made it in only to find out that half the awards had gone by. The only highlight was Primo giving a speech of the state of mixtape DJ's. Crazy Hoods held it down for the South with the likes of Kid Capri, Kay Slay, Gang Starr, Kool Herc, Tony Touch and many others. The awards ended with some kind of altercation between Kay Slay and another unknown dj. EFN& the fellas didn't let that stop there fun and when on to Jimmy's Cafe (new spot uptown) and did the damn thing with Def Jam, CNN, Complexions, & Jimmy himself. To everyone's surprise the next morning, the news of EFN and other winners came loud and clear on New York's Hot 97 radio station. So if you haven't heard, EFN is 2002s "best new mixtape DJ". Even though EFN been doing his thang for about 10 years now, him and CHP are grateful for the recognition. If that was good enough while in New York, CHP linked up with their dog Coltrane from Ecko clothing which laced them with mad shit! While EFN & the fellas were freezing there asses off, Garcia's debut video None Of Demmade the top ten locally on Video Mix and Jams TV. Also Da All's single starts to climb the charts. Also here's a bonus.. check out the Da All'snew straight to web video Star Shine directed by Garcia. Well that's it for now but shout outs to Rob Love (Def Jam), DJ Meddafore, Buhda, Justo, Dirty South, Gotti (The Source), PO (Ruff Ryders), and everyone else we kicked it with in NYC.