Even though “Tha Throwback” has just been released and is still in the promotional stage, work has already started on the third Cartel album, entitled “The Motown Years”. With this album I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to tell a story and I’ve always been a fan of movies detailing the [...]

This has been an interesting week for me. “Tha Throwback” is out and I’ve been garnering some press, not as much as I would have liked. I chalk that up to me losing my original press database and having to start from scratch. A slow and tortuous process to be sure. Album downloads at the [...]

By now most of you already know that the Cartel - Tha Throwback, is finally available for download. I can’t describe how happy I am to finally get this music out there since it’s was supposed to be released about four months ago. Yea, I know that four months is nothing, especially in the major [...]

I’m really excited about the upcoming release of the “Cartel - Tha Throwback” album. Seeing as how it was supposed to be released a few months ago, I’m anxious to get it in the hands of the people. The “success” of the first one caught me totally off guard. I mean, even though the album [...]

My original intent upon starting this blog was to give outsiders a look into my efforts at starting an running an indie label. Note that this is not the first label I started. I’ve launched an run 2 record labels before this (Mad Street Records, Hoodgrown Records) with varying degree of success, the most monetary [...]