Well EFN and some of the Crazy Hoods are off to NYC not to just freeze their asses off but to rep the lower east coast section @ the annual mixtape awards. If you haven't voted yet then you actin' up, so log on to Justos Mixtape Awards to vote. While your online check outRap Attack Lives for this weeks national radio charts in which Da All's new single "That's Crazy Pt.2" becomes the #1 most added record in the country. Also coming soon are new mp3s, pics & video updates to the site.
What up hoods & hood'ets, we're here given ya the low down on the Crazy Hood lifestyle! It's official Da All's 12" single is out and for sale at all your vinyl hot spots. Also available at all your online hip hop shops like UnderGround Hip Hop, HipHopSite, Sandbox and others.Garcia's single is gettin such an overwhelming response thanks to a loyal Crazy Hood fan base and Garcia's good work ethics. Also check out the official Mixtape Awards nominees here in which DJ EFN is nominated for three catagories, vote if you havent already being that it's the last week to do so! Also check out the exposure that the awards are gettin at MTV.Com which mentions EFN as a nominee. This past weekend DJ EFN, Da All, Garcia and the rest of the Crazy Hoods showed love and respect by attending a fundraiser for J-Pure of SLP. It was good to see some of Miami's underground hip hop elite and up & comers showing there support. From most of Crazy Hoods to DJ Craze, Dynas, Skam2?, DJ Epps, Nick Fury where there to support the cause. Also this past weekend Crazy Hoods hung and ran into many of their industry friends such as Coltrane from Ecko clothing, Talib Kweli, Cuban Link, & CO of Slip-N-Slide records. Added a few photos taken @ the J-Pure fundraiser. Again prayers & blessings for JP's recovery go out to J-Pure, his family, and friends.
For you industry heads check RapAttackLives.Com under "tales from the tape deck" in which this weeks featured mixtape is DJ EFN'svolume 25. Also if you haven't voted for EFN for this years annual Mixtape awards, do so at Justo's Mixtape Awards. DJ EFN is nominated for best new Mixtape DJ (we all know he a OG though!) as well as some other categories. The awards will be held December 3rd at the legendary Apollo Theatre. While on the subject of websites check out Public Wizard.Com for updates on promo news for current projects & The305.Com for a full feature on Garcia (aka Gambit) and other local Miami hip hop. In other news....busy weekend for Crazy Hood Productions, and this pace doesn't seem to be ending any time soon! First off Friday night Crazy Hoods did the Def Jam thang while doing it up at the Red Star party held by Def Jam & Heineken @ club Rain in South Beach. Big up to my dog Eric Cohen from Heineken, DJ Irie WEDR 99 Jamz, Luc Duc (Iconz), and everyone else who came out to the party and did the damn thing! Now flip it to Saturday night and we're back in party mode this time doing it Crazy Hood Productions style! C.H.P. in conjunction with B.C. Ent., Def Jam, Def Jam South, & Def Soul put it down at club Static on South Beach. The party was a total success and even when out with a banger when the VIP area became the WWF and ended the night with a royal rumble! Fuck it! The night was ending anyway and what counts is that no one was seriously injured! Big up to DJ Denace the Menace, Phil "the mayor" Cordona, club Static & the whole Crazy Hood street team.
It's been a tragic past couple of weeks, not only has our dog J-pure of the group SLP been in a tragic car accident but we also lost a hip hop pioneer Jam Master J of Run DMC. First off everyone from Crazy Hood Productions would like to send out there support & prayers to J-Pure, his family & SLP in this time of need! Also if you haven't heard already Jam Master J of the legendary group Run DMC was shot to death in a Queens, New York studio. I don't know about ya'll but it seems to me that our culture is the only one that murders its best! In lighter news Crazy Hoods linked up with long time friends N.O.R.E. and the rest of Thugged Out Millitainment while covering the "Paid In Full" tour in Boca Raton, Florida. Along with N.O.R.E. was Cam'ron, The Diplomats, & M.O.P. In more local news Weird Thoughts of Da All & Garciaattended a local hip hop town meeting put together by Algorithm. The meeting covered many topics which plague Miami's hip hop scene and open a line of communication between many groups & crews in Miami. It may not have solved the problems but was a good start for these local acts to network & make contact with each other. We look forward to another one with more attendance and more ideas to be put on the table. Well, that's all for now, just look out for Garcia's new single None Of Dem & Da All's new single "That's Crazy Pt.2" on radio & mixtapes near you + Garcia's video coming to a television screen near you soon!!!!!
Been a minute since we got back to ya'll and we like to keep everyone posted on what's going on in & around Crazy Hood Productions. Since our last update it's been business as usual with the Crazy Hoods. Da All did there thing at the first annual Latin Fest. Big up to our old friend Teddy T from Miami's Power 96 FM for rolling up on stage with us and showing us support! Not only have Da All been rocking stages but Garcia is starting to put the buzz on his upcoming single "None of Dem". Garcia performed "None Of Dem" this past weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe in Downtown Miami. Shout out to DJ Megamix and all the cats that put that together and also to SLP, Illanoise, PM and all the other local acts that rocked the stage that night! In other news, DJ's around the country should keep there eyes open for new 12" singles from Da All & Garcia. If you involved in radio you should be getting serviced from Papa D @ Landspeed. If you don't usually get service show support and pick up Da All's new single in stores. Garcia's single "None Of Dem" is only being services to Radio and selected DJ's but will eventually be available in stores as well. If you are a DJ that charts & have any questions concerning these singles, get at Papa D about Da All's single and Semp (Public Wizard) for Garcia's single. As you can read CHP is hard at work and with the help with our loyal fans aren't planning on slowing down. So keep logging on for more Crazy News on in stores developments, Garcia's video release, DJ EFN new mixtape, and any and all new project from the Crazy Hood / A-Double-L family!!!
Wut up hoods n hoodets! Crazy news comin at ya with what's popin in & around Crazy Hood Productions. Check out the November issue of The Source magazine (Lil' Kim on the cover) which highlights DJ EFN's volume 24 "Im Da General" mixtape. You can find it under "Tale of the Tape" where they write about the months hottest mixtapes. Also while your thinkin' about DJ EFN make sure you log onto Justo's Mixtape Awards and vote for EFN so he can bring an award from the one and only mixtape awards. Keep in mind this is not the first time EFNhas been nominated, so lets make sure he brings it home this year! Also check out the new issue of Insomniac Magazine which has a small but tight review of Da All's album "Who's Crazy?". If your in the Miami area this weekend check out Da All & Garcia live @ the 1st annual Latin Fest also featuring Angie Martinez, Tony Touch, Orishas and many more....
Damn times a passin real mother fuckin fast! Well Da All & Garcia just came back from some show dates and other business ventures. Knocking out a decent venue in Baltimore and doing it up in New Jersey & New York at a couple of spots. Work and no play is Crazy Hoods anthem....not really, more like work and some Bacardi! CHP knocked out some moves that should be coming to light soon and it's business as usual! While out of town CHP kicked it with WC, DJ Absolute, Pumpkinhead, Thugged Out, Koch Records, The Source Magazine, Doo Wop, and all of our dogs from Def Jam! Also the buzz on DJ EFN's Volume 25 "The Gods Must Be Crazy" hosted by Ghostface Killah is real strong and even spilled over to all the spots we were at! So you know we repped MIA and held it down while O.T. doing our southern thang! Remember to pick up Da All's album which is in stores now + look out for Garcia's new 12" single. Request both on your local radio stations. Check our pics page soon for pics from our trip.
It's been gettin' crazy busy over here at Crazy Hood Productions. C.H.P. has been preparing for the arrival of Da All's debut album"Who's Crazy?" in stores. Da All & Garcia have been hard at work in the studio, doing shows and doing some press. Crazy Hood Promotions has also been busy in the past weeks doing tour support for anger management working closely with Ludacris and his new group D.T.P. which is releasing their debut album September 16th. DJ EFN's new mix cd "The Gods Must Be Crazy!" Volume 25 is out and is a must have! Finally our photos page is back up with some updated photos and new video downloads available. Last but not least Garcia had his hands full with the taping of his debut video for his single None Of Dem. Shout outs to all who came out to support the video and the staff for holdin us down!
Big shout out to Mandy, Slick Ricks' wife on her campaign to help her husband in the situation he is in. If you don't already knowSlick Rick was detained by U.S. officials and is being held without bail awaiting a process that would deport him back to England. His wife reached out to DJ EFN to help her in her campaign to bring awareness of an online petition on DefJam.Com to put pressure on officials to release Rick and keep him in the United States. Locally Mandy has already stated her plea on 99Jamz, Power96 and WVUM. Eddie Gigs, EFN and the rest of the Crazy Hoods have also spread the word and are doing what they can on the part of Crazy Hood Productions. So please log on to DefJam.Com , sign the petition and get more detailed information on this situation. Let's show the world that the hip hop community can stand together, especially for all the legends that help build hip hop. Shout out to Mandy for all her hard work she's doing for her husband and shout out to 99Jamz, Power96, WVUM 90.5fm, FIU's Radiate 88.1 fm, Teddy T, Super Cindy, Miss J, and everyone else helping out and spreading the word!
It's been a minute since we last gave you the scoop on what is going down with Crazy Hood Productions and the music world around them. A lot has been happening and we'll give it to you short and sweet not to kill them eyes reading this shit on a computer screen. This past week was a big musical week in Miami, not so much for underground hip hop or local hip hop but nonetheless was a big week. The Billboard convention and awards were going down and bringing with it all the big willies, ballas and playas! So in other words.. who cares! Well CHP got to hang out with their dogs C-N-N, Musaliny and the fam. N.O.R.E. performed at Level night club on Monday of last week in a full Crazy Hood Gear get up. N.O.R.E, Capone, & Musaliny did they thang on stage with a special addition of Pharrel of the Neptunes. Also big up to all the opening acts who did there thing like Picalo, Rick Ross, Poe Boys and everyone else reppin' that MIA! CHP was doing business as usual meeting and greeting all the out towners and making sure none of them slipped! CHP found themselves in an industry party with the likes of Rodney Jerkins, The Neptunes, Rockwilder, DJ Twins, Beyonce, Bubba Sparxx, some dude from Nsync, the vice president of BMG and a host of others. The only person which CHP really cared about and was happy to see was none other then MIA's own DJ Craze! Craze let us know about some upcoming things for him and some ideas he has for the future, so check back with us for more on DJ Craze in the coming months. Also CHPhung out with Juvenile and his crew UTP which were some cool as mothafuckers! We got to hear there new album, which can be purchased anywhere in the hood! In exchange Juvenile and crew got a listen to Da All's album and some CHP t-shirts! Movin' on to the rest of the weekDj EFN did a lil' some thing at Billboard Live with Usher, Kid Capri and special guest Jadakiss. That night CHP linked with Big Gipp of Goodie mobb, who told us that Khujo is doing real well and that Goodie Mob is still doing they thing. Gipp himself was working on some stuff with Mr. Cheeks while in Miami. Also Garcia held down a tight lil' performance at OpenZines' own KiKi Valdes's art show which was a success! Check out Openzine.com for more info and pics on the show. To end the week Da All did a small cameo performance at the Tampax tour which featured Truth Hurts, Queen Latifah, & Free of BET's 106 & Park. All in all it was a crazy week locally, excuse me for probably misspelling a lot of people names and its not that we hatin on these successful people but we would rather see local cats enjoying there own city like these peeps were and in the same successful positions! Big up to the Iconz who were presenting at the Billboard awards, also shouts to Mike Mills from Atlanta, Martin Moore, Uncle Wise, The UTP crew, Buggah, Billboard club staff, Kiki Valdes, DJ Khaled, Level night club staff, Larios bartender for makin them dope mojitos, Beyonce for lookin so fine, and everyone else we met or looked out this past week!
Crazy news wants to thank everyone showing Da All mad love on there debut release. Even though its not officially out the overwhelming feedback and support Da All is getting is unbelievable. Also showing us support is Miami's own Openzine Magazine. Thay have been holding down Miami and really putting the shine on the Local Scene. If you don't know about Openzine then you must be under a rock somewhere! So peep out there website and check out the write up in the New Times about Openzine. Also look forward to exclusive interviews with Crazy Hood Productions in Openzine.
Da All just came back from putting in work in Tampa and Orlando. If you want to find out where you can see Da All live just e-mail us, we might be coming to your city soon. We would post the dates but all dates stay tentative til' the last moment since Da All is doing promo shows. So don't hesitate to E-mail or call Crazy Hood Productions for info on shows or booking on Da All , Garcia & DJ EFN. The word is getting out on Da All and Crazy Hood Productions thanks all our loyal fans for supporting us. Talking about exposure check out the write up on Da All's debut album in this weeks RapAttackLives.Com Nasty news. For those that don't know about RapAttackLives.Com it's a west coast based industry insider website created by former Hits Magazine hip hop editor Nasty Nes. Nasty Nes gave Da All's album an A+ rating and wrote "it must be heard"! Shout outs to Nasty Nes, Landi Lakes, DJ Nasty, DJ Prostyle, and everyone who showed us love in Tampa and Orlando, Fl.!
First and fore most Crazy Hoods would like to thank all of our fam who came to support C.H.P. and Da All at Da All's album release party this past Saturday, June 29th. Crazy Hood Productions wanted to celebrate the completion of Da All's debut album "Who's Crazy?"which has been a project in the works for many years. The night started with an exclusive album listening party followed up by the sounds of DJ Irie and DJ EFN on the turntables. Da All also performed "Battle Crazy" and for the very first time ever "Blow". Crazy Hood Productionssurprised Da All with a plaque of congratulation on the completion of the album. Da All's album is still looking towards a tentative fall release nation wide but C.H.P. wanted the opportunity to celebrate with friends and family on the long awaited completion of the album. We want to thank everyone for the overwhelming support and feedback on "Who's Crazy?". Thanks to DJ Irie (99Jamz), DJ Snow White, SLP, Whole 9, Luna Empire, Ikv, Nick "Fury" Lewis, Dynas, SKam2?, Miss J (90.5fm), Deed, DJ Anonymous (88.1 FM), CO (Slip-n-Slide), DJ Epps, Bandits, B-Dope and all our other friends and family that came out to the party. Also shout out to Too Savvy Entertainment and Raw Elements for helping us put this together!
The shit hit the fan now! The motherfuckin album is available and the streets is ready for Miami's premier underground kings and they asking everyone Who's Crazy?. Now is the time to be a true supporter of Da All & Crazy Hood Productions and get that album. If you get your hands on the album you will be part of an underground movement, moving its way to the top fast. This album is only available on Crazyhood.Com and locally, but Crazy Hood Productions is negotiating a national distribution deal with a tentative Fall 2002 release. So if you live in Miami or just a Crazy Hood fan get at the Hoods, for further info contact us @ 305.971.9921. Big up to everyone we ran into at DJ Irie's b-day bash @ Club Level this past Monday. Good lookin' on all the shouts and album plug ins on the mic! Shout out to DJ Irie, DJ Khaled, 210Jack, DJ Suicide, and all the fine ass females that were cockin'!
If you thought that Garcia (aka Gambit) was just a talented rhyme sayer then you will be surprised that Garcia is mastering his skills in filming as well. His passion for film and the world of movies is another forte that Garcia is slowly about to reveal. You can now see DJ EFN feat. Da All & Garcia "Salute" video directed by Garcia. The song is the freestyle intro to DJ EFN's latest mixtape "DA General" Volume 24. So let us know what ya think, who knows you might see Crazy Hood Films one day!