On Jay-z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail, Track 15 entitled “Family 1st”, Jay Z made a few questionable references. He starts the verse discussing how his team is his family, and his ninja’s are his brothers. Most Kanye / Jay Z fans know the Kanye & Jay Z have a big brother, little brother relationship.
He state’s not Justin Good times that’s that sucker shi. But in war times. Kanye has made statements about Jay-Z’s move to tour with Justin Timberlake, as well as dropped his album less then 2 weeks before Jay Z dropped his. These things plus other things provide a war type theory.
Most importantly toward the end of his verse he tells these dudes to pull their skirts down, he can see your ovaries. We all know, and some of us criticize Kanye for sporting different Skirt like items? Was this a diss or just a huge coincidence you decide.
Starting August 3rd Beta Radio will be conducting a top 10 indie count down, chosen by the people. Its open to all Genre’s and all indie artist. The Count Down will air live on Saturdays 2p-3p during Beta Radio on 89.5 the wave.
How to get on the Count Down.
1.Artist must have radio ready single and for proper email address tweet @whobeta
2.must be following the following people on twitter @whobeta @damoent @welivendirect @unsignedhype @dj_lavish . These people will be helping keep Tally of the Votes.
3.There will be a voting link, If your favorite artist is not on the poll tweet @whobeta and your favorite artist will be added to the poll with in 24 Hours.
4. In addition people who tweet @whobeta this phrase: I want “artist name” on the weekly count down. (once a day). Will be counted as a vote.
5.1 more way to vote is to sign up for word press and leave a comment under this blog with who you believe should be on the count down.
5.All votes will be counted, Friday night, Sometimes Saturday Morning, their will be a tweet made to let people know that counting for countdown has begun.
6.This platform isn’t perfect, and may be flawed, please give your input, to make this process as far as possible thanks.
1st off this is my opinion, my opinion only, and not the opinion of any affiliated parties. There may also be a few misspelled words and incomplete thoughts. Also, even though this is a list of things I believe African Americans should do, I understand that people of all races feels that this verdict was bull.
5.Stand Up for Marissa Alexander
A lot of you may say who is this and what’s the fight. Well, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for standing her ground in the summer of 2010, against her abusive husband who beat her while she was pregnant. After yet another beating, Alexander fired a warning shot that days prior to the incident. Alexander was trained to use a weapon and received a concealed weapons permit. She didn’t kill or even hurt anyone, receives 20 years, while George Zimmerman killed an innocent child and goes home. All the while we won’t stand up for her because its not in the headlines.
To learn more about her fight click picture.
Boycott Florida4.Boycott the State Of Florida
If you ever been outraged about any court case in Florida,( Casey Anthony trail,Elliot Gonzales, the 2000 election, the list continues) and this was the straw that broke the camels back, boycott the state of Florida, a system that allows a victim to go un just. Stand up against Florida, no Miami Heat, no Disney Land, Sea World, no Rick Ross, etc, etc, until their justice system, provides real justice for all. But of course we like what we like and won’t be boycotting anything in Florida, even though its not safe for African American boys to walk the suburbs of the state, we will spend $1000 +, 20 miles of away from Travon’s Final destination at Disney World, or Universal Studio’s.
3.Encourage the President and Attorney General to seek federal charges against George Zimmerman
The Sate of Florida already gave their opinion on how this case should end, but it is far from over. If you want justice for Trayvon Martin, or against George Zimmerman, support organizations that are applying pressure to the Attorney General & Barrack Obama to seek federal charges. Not to forget, the family is also seeking a civil suit, against George Zimmerman as well making it impossible to make money off of his brutal story. Stand behind them and give them the support you have given them for over a year.
2.Fight for any other African American murdered regardless of the race of the gun man.
Everyday, George Zimmerman gets away with murder. He’s not just white, he’s the drive by shooter, he is gang retaliation. If you are upset about George Zimmerman, be enraged about the innocent killing of any. But then again, we have a code of silence and we all know snitches get stitches.
1. Be Prepared,
When you can stalk an unarmed teen, kill an unarmed teen, and receive 0 punishment anywhere in the United States, that scares me and makes me believe that this could happen any where else in the United States of America. Lets watch, protect, and give out futures as much as we can to protect them from future travesties.
The awkward moment when NBA finals reach game 7, and lands on the Thursday of your event, you ask yourself. Why me oh lord why me, lol. Frantically, you reach of for support near & far, & your end result is as followed.
Thursday June 20th, Another Level Sports Bar, Berkeley, Mo, 930 Pm Walks inside venue loos left, looks forward, looks right, and find my self in a situation in which it is just me, the bartender, & security, & its half time for the NBA finals.I feel relieved no one has beaten me to this empty venue, while nervous that the turn out, might be minimal.
Midway through the 3rd quarter the bars population grew, 2 by 2 they spewed in, until we had about 20 – 25 surrounded by the flat screens of the bar, with only 1 concern (not the Show case),who will win the finals.At this time 1 group of artist, who traveled from St.Joseph, Mo was lost & and at another level sports bar in East Saint Louis.(WTF), my host & photographer could not make it because of childcare & transportation, & Big Heff who stated earlier that day he was going to watch half of the finals then head to the venue, were not present as the 4th quarter made way.
During the final 6 minutes of the game everything started to make sense, supporters were present, all performers were present, and spirits were high and of course were ready for (not the show case to start) the new NBA champions to be crowned. After what ever team won, Big Heff sent a text saying he was on his way (wtf happened to 2 quarters lol).
After all the Cheers & boo’s, & social post about the finals were over, we began the Showcase which feature Hussoulman, Pooh Naz T & Nap Dogg ( From Saint Joseph, Mo). Traestl (From St.Roberts, Mo),Gifted Dance Crew (St.Louis / St.Charles Area) Surprise performer Peety Weestro, last event winner & St.Louis natives King Cakes, who took on the responsibilities of hosting (thank God), King James (no relation to Lebon Jamies) who was celebrating his 22nd B-Day with a concert & from Pittsburgh, Penn K-Mitch.
After all of the performances took place, Big Heff decided to pick 2 winners 1 being Trae Stl, & the other being Peety Weestro, who wasn’t officially in the contest but gave a dynamic performance of his hit song Pull up, Shut it Down.
With the events attendance being no more then 60 I would say the crowd was one of the best crowds I have seen in a while, filled with only people who wanted to be there. It wasn’t over drowned with performances, and gave a good indication on were the local scene stood. I want to thank everybody who attended the event, King James, King Cakes, Traestl, Gifted Dance Crew, O’Reginal Ent, & all of their friends,family fans, & supporters, Will Victory, Mos Precious / her label, Dj Smooth of 90.7 Fm Peoria, Ill, and of Course Big Heff & K-Mitch. Last but not least Sho’Me records President Jay B, & the Staff at Another Level Sports Bar.Thank you all once again.
The competition is heating up for the Big Heff Industry Tour Studio 618 stop, were their will be a package given away that includes a digital distribution deal, a placement on allhiphop.com , as well as placement on livemixtapes.com . To sign up for the Big Heff Industry Tour Studio 618 Edition contact Dj Whobeta (314) 6296404. Artist who have already signed up include artist from all across Missouri & the Midwest including Cincinnati,Oh, Kansas City, Ks , Troy, Mo & of Course Saint Louis, Mo.
Get to know the artist & their stories.
Train Wrecka – St.Louis With his military career, he’s been across the world including Japan, Iraq,& Afghanistan. But of course there’s no place like home,& St.Louis is headquarters for Train Wrecka a hip hop artist who got his start when is Aunt Passed away. He wrote a poem that eventually became one of his 1st songs. Since then he’s opened for major artist such as Lil Wayne, Twista, Ludacris, & the list continues.His newest project entitled, “DARK DAYS BRIGHT NIGHTS,” is expected April 15th. But right now heis focused on the Big Heff Industry mixer at Studio 618, & his newest video Turn the Bass Up.
KING CAKES- FESTUS, MO 26 YEARS OLD Has been elevating his game since 2012. Opening up for Lil Wyte, Jose Guapo, Yung La, and even 1 of his child hood Idols Project Pat. With over 100 shows under his belt, he’s been known to “take his belt off” with his new single ” Pootie Tang.” King Cakes is also no stranger to winning show cases or fans just last month he won a show case for $100.00 . He got his start in 9th Grade writting poems & battle rapping at Cleveland High School in South Saint Louis. He started taking his rap career serious & to the next level when his best friend, Kevin went to school for studio engineering. Since then he has released tons of material, including mixtapes, singles, merchandise including, hats, shirts, & more. Most of this can be found were ever you see King Cakes, who views hip hop as his 24/7 hustle and what motivates him is his children, family, & the people he has touched through his music.
Prophit Smith- Long Island Ny (18) , Spend childhood in New York, with the typical east coast hoop dreams of making it to the NBA. Had a minor college stint in which he realized college wasn’t for him & some how ended up in Saint Louis (who does that lol ). At 26 years old he’s been rapping for 15 years with over 400 shows according to the New York Native, including his greatest performance oppurtunity inside theVoodoo Room at Harrahs casino. Prophit Smith (not his real name, smh), Started taking his music serious after his his father was departed to Jamaica, on drug charges, died shortly after. His mother, native to Trinidad, told his to pick up a hobby & the only thing Smith could chose from was dope & hip hop. Seeing the demise of his father from froms he decided instead to rap, & Penned the label Legal Money Gang, showing his dedication to staying legit. Besides rap Prophit is a full time catering but on the entertainment side he’s been atttempting to also break through the industry as a model, & actor, attending 100’s of casting calls. He is hoping this year is his year with the release of his newest mixtape Black Roses Pt.2 , & kicking off 3 day 3 city tour including Studio 618, & diamond club for the Big Heff Industry showcase, powered by We Live N Direct. Of course he hopes to win, but also he hopes to make some good connections, & build some momentum before the spring.
More info will be added later to day but for now vote.
White Eagle – Troy, Mo TMA Male Artist of the year finalist, Top 10 artist for Saint Louis on Reverbnation. I (Whobeta) consider him the most Hated artist in of Saint Louis, & St.Charles County. In his latest video he warns all competition that we is coming for all awards, contest, & fans. He admits to being new to the rap game, while learning all the ends & outs, but is in rare form surviving off of Hip hop merchandise with hoodies, hats, t-shirts & of corse cds. I have I made several trips out to the 636 to drop off tickets as he has rumored to have sold more then 75 so far for the event. Catch him posing with fans, white Eagle has rumored to sold more than 50 tickets for the event, & considers his fans as a part of Eagle Nation. Catch his new mixtape which should be ready for the summer Titled Alpha & Omega with numerous features including some from this competition.
King Jamez – NoCo, Mo THIS BARBER TURNED RAPPER HAS BEEN AT IT FOR LESS THEN A YEAR BUT BELIEVES HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO COME OUT ON FEB. 28TH WITH A WIN. HOW CRAZY WOULD IT BE FOR AN ARTIST WITH ONLY 1 PERFORMANCE TO TAKE HOME THE PROMO DEAL. HIS BACKGROUND INCLUDES SINGING & PLAYING DRUMS AT CHURCH. HE MIGHT BE THE FRESHEST FACE IN HIP HOP STARTING OFF AS A HOBBY FOR THE YOUNG BARBER WHEN HE USE TO GET HIGH & FREESTYLE WITH CLASS MATES, WHO KEPT TELLING HIM HE WAS NICE (OF COURSE WHILE HIGH LOL ) HE JUST STARTED RECORDING LATE 2012 & HIS ONLY PERFORMANCE EVER WAS IN LATE OCTOBER. YOU CAN HIT HIM UP ABOUT HAIR CUTS OR HIS NEW EP ENTITLED “KICK YOUR FEET UP” 314-740-4747 . IF HE COMES EVEN CLOSE TO WINNING THIS EVENT HE WILL BE CONSIDERED ROOKIE OF THE YEAR IN MY BOOK.
“E1 (Deep Thawt Ent),30 year old Chemist (not what you think), from Cincinnati, Ohio. He’s be taking his career serious since 2010 with the help of people like Judy Jones. Since then he has rocked roughly 10 shows, including the biggest of his career with Greg Street’s Ciroc party. After breaking stage fright last summer he feels he is a top contender for this winters Big Heff Industry events in both St. Louis, Mo & Jackson, Tn, although he is not expecting to win either event. He explained winning as having fun networking, & reaching new people. He wants everybody to look out for his new single, “Sip Sip”, which can be heard throughout Georgia, Fayville, Nc, of course 89.5 the wave with Dj Whobeta, and more, with video on the way soon.
EVERY YEAR SINCE ABOUT 2007-2008 XXL HAS HAND PICKED 10 ARTIST THAT SHOULD BE RELEVANT IN THE COMING YEARS. THROUGH OUT THE FRESHMAN CLASS ERA THEY HAVE PICKED SOME OF TODAY’S BIGGEST STARS SUCH AS LUPE FIASCO , J COLE, BIG SEAN TO NAME A FEW. THEY ALSO PICKED A FEW DISAPPOINTMENTS WHO WILL BE NAMELESS. AFTER LOOKING AT THE LAST 5 YEARS OF FRESHMAN I DECIDED TO PREDICT THIS YEARS.
Out of the 50 candidates none or from my home town of Saint Louis. So just for kicks I will attempt to connect each artist to my city.
1.Ca$h Out
CLICK THE LINK TO READ WHAT CASH OUT HAD TO SAY ABOUT SAINT LOUIS IN A 2012 INTERVIEW
is definitely on the list, he had on of the biggest hip hop records of the Spring (hands down) , and has been consistently dropping music that his audience likes .
He came to St.Louis twice in 2012. Once at Sj 2012 which he mentioned was one of the highlights of his career. The second time he came to St.Louis was a few weeks after SJ 2012 at The Broadway (now closed). Due to lack of media coverage there is evidence this show took place.
Also, random fact , there was a guy telling local artist he was Cash Out & that he was doing collaborations for the low. Was it Cash Out I doubt it as I don’t recall any local features with Cash Out. (IJS)
2.Chief Keef if he’s not on the list that’s that shit I don’t like, lol. But seriously he had one of the hottest rap songs of the year, so hot that Kanye West had to put his entire team on it.Besides constant bangger’s Chief Keef is always in the headlines whether its for parole violation , child support claims, or his twitter being allegedly hacked. He is also 1 of few of the 50 official nominee’s to drop a national released project (for sale).
Has not came to St.Louis, there were several rumors of possible bookings in 2012 in which in all cases promoters backed out for similar reasons. There are now several diss songs from St.Louis artist opposing Chief Keef, Lil Reese, & the GBE, #300 movement, which started after Lil Reese allegedly tweeted FUCK ST.LOUIS, after a show in which the promoters & fans both reported that he showed up to the venue sooner then 25 minutes before the venue closed.
CLICK THE LINK TO GOT TO PHOTO
3.Hit-Boy out side of the rapper box he has to be on this list check his resume. Production credits in 2012 include Jay z, Kanye West, Rick Ross & more. He’s also signed to Kanye West label G.O.O.D music (why would XXL disappoint Ye’ ). Any producer that can excite people about Nigga’s In Paris might have a few more tricks up his sleeve.
CLICK THE PHOTO TO FOLLOW HITBOY ON TWITTER
There are no records of Hit-Boy coming to St.Louis on anything music related & I cant think of any ST Alien who has even mentioned buying a beat from him. I’m sure he does’t care though, he’s G.O.O.D .
4. Kirko Bangz
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, of course he’s on the list he had one of the 1st hot songs of 2012 with “Drink In My Cup.” Constantly coming with new music & new features & is definitely a music maker to look out for in 2013.
To my knowledge and personal attempts, a few promoters we attempting to book Kirko but each time it seemed as if they were stalling and waiting on the big pay check. He came to Saint Louis once to my knowledge and was not highly attended.
CLICK LINK TO HERE RITTZ INTERVIEW WEEKS BEFORE SIGNING TO STRANGE MUSIC
5. Rittz they guy is cosigned by the biggest independent artist of our time. Not only that Rittz has came along way in 1 year from being a virtual unknown to being promoted on 100’s to 1000’s of platforms. Now people are starting to know the name & image.
He had a great show in St.Louis at the Atomic Cowboy with Royal 1 management in which we got a really dope interview & back story to Rittz who was flipping burgers no less then 8 months prior to our interview. Side note was probably high as hell and probably is now.
6.Tito Lopez
CLICK LINK TO SEE INTERVIEW OF TITO LOPEZ WHILE IN SAINT LOUIS
a black guy with the Spanish name. One of the only rappers signed under major label capitol records, with 2 songs peaking on BET’s 106 & Parks count down. He’s cosigned by fellow Mississippi artist Big Krit as well as dope behind the scene hip hop head who don’t even need to be mentioned.
He came to St.Louis twice last year. Once with Big Krit & Slim Thug to a fantastic show at the Old Rock House in the Summer, & again in the fall for a more personal meet & greet with Saint Louis dj’s , bloggers, & taste makers.
7.Trinidad James, Since the summer has been one of the most talked about new comers, signing a $2,000,000 deal with Def Jam, & noticeable yet unique wardrobe.He is the poster boy for Livemixtapes.com with thousands of small brained rappers thinking that was the look that elevated him.
CLICK LINK FOR SAINT LOUIS CONCERT DETAILS
As much as they love/hate/ talk about him in Saint Louis, he has yet to visit Saint Louis & his 1st official concert will be Febuary 22th at the old rock house.
8.Stalley From a political stand point MMG has 3 artist on the short list for Freshman certification. Being that Rick Ross is one of the most trending rappers and is alligned with alot of other important people I know that can’t resist putting at least 1 of his artist on the freshman cover if not 2. My heart is praying that Gun Play is not considered a freshman, he his over 30 has at least 5 years under MMG being featured on major songs, complilations, & mixtapes , way before 2012. Rocky Fresh is too new with little to boast when compared to his fellow label mates & freshman candidates
.Both midwest natives Stalley & Rocky Fresh have both performed in Saint Louis. Stalley came back in 2011 when he was 1st signed to MMG & Rockie Fresh came in August of this year weeks after signing with the label. I have no insight to Gun Play being in Saint Louis but being one of Rick Ross’s right hand henchmen maybe he came with Ross back in February.
9.Chris Webby
All I really need to say on this one is dude is sick but of course no man can make it on skill along.
Getting a lot of dope placements dude’s everywhere and he’s from Connecticut. We all know that Hip hop’s new theme, Rappers coming from new unexpected places like Pittsburgh ( Wiz Khalifia ), Alabama (Yelawolf) , Gary, Indiana ( Freddie Gibbs) all previous Freshman Class Rappers.
November 10th, 4 Days after the U.S.A. selected Barrack Obama to serve another term Beta Radio was Live N Direct on 89.5 the wave. With all my guest (who won’t be named) cancelling out at the last moment the only thing I could do is lean on the love of fellow Dj’s.
Click to hear entire interview.
The weekly music review, which until this time was a segment in which artist gave feed back to other artist who have submitted their music to Beta Radio, Stared Gary, Indiana’s & Midwest Pocket Pool Dj Stanun. He gave a lot of insight of all the great artist who came from his city including the Legendary Micheal Jackson & CTE’ s (Young Jeezy’s Label ) Freddie Gibbs. During the Music Review he listened to music from Enforcer, White Eagle, Jzanell, Ray Goss, & Reik Rivers, giving out 2 outstanding Green Lights (Dope Tracks) & 2 screeching red lights (Bad Tracks) going as far as saying you couldn’t pay him to play certain track & even on accident confused another artist as a female rapper. Besides passing judgement on selected music he talks about the positive work going on with his record pool/ dj coalition midwestpocketpool.com and how to sign up as an artist/ dj . Before rapping up the interview he gave 5 plus minutes of shout outs im which he covered just about everybody in the industry it seems from shouting out Dj Drama, to shouting out Santa Claus, & everybody who paid their taxes on time. For full interview & music review click photo above.
As a bid to piss every and anybody who voted for Mitt Romney, I vowed personally to play Young Jeezy’s – My President at least once a show. Side note both Jay Nixon (Democrat) & Claire Macaskill (Democrat) Both won in Missouri by more than 10 % of the vote while Barrack Obama loss by more than 10 % in Missouri. I feel racism some where in that considering they all have similar beliefs, & political views any way next paragraph.
With my 2pm guest cancelling I reached out to beautiful Cool Running Dj, Coast to Coast Dj, Fleet Dj, the list continues forever Florida’s own, Tampa Mystic. We talked a while about her ties to the lovely city of St.Louis, her pet peeves when it comes to artist/ dj relations & alot more. We even had a chance to play music from an artist she’s currently pushing by the Name of TBS (not the tv network). To check out part 1 of this interview click on either her or Dj Smalls below
Click to Hear Pt.1 of My interview with Her
To sum up the day had 2 dope djs on the show, make sure you follow their movements online & in the streets. We have 4 more years of a dope president. Make sure you submit clean music for the music review after following on twitter @whobeta. Tune in every Saturday 12p-4p 89.5 the wave http://www.stlcc.edu/kcfv also on I tunes, shout cast, and alot more.
BEFORE I START I WANT TO 1ST APOLOGIZE TO SENSITIVE ARTIST WHO READS THIS, I WILL ALSO LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE WHO WAS EXPECTING ME TO KISS THERE ASSES, DISS THEM OR EVEN SHOUT THEM OUT. THIS IS MADE ONLY TO PREPARE SOME FOR THINGS TO COME IN THE NEAR MONTH.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR ALOT OF TOP 5’S 25’S ETC COME OUT ON WHO IS AT THE TOP OF THE RAP GAME AND A LOT OF ARTIST GET MAD WHEN THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERED FOR SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS HONOR. FRIENDS BECOME ENEMY. SECRECTS BECOME PUBLIC. THE MURDER RATE INCREASES AND SHIT GETS REAL LOL. THIS YEAR IM GIVING ALOT OF YOU HEADS UP ON WHY YOU ARENT THE TOP RAP ARTIST IN THE LOU EVEN IF YOU ARE MENTIONED IN YOUR BEST FRIENDS TOP 5-10-25 BEST ARTIST OR 2012.
1. WHO’S SHOW MONEY
IF YOU HAVE DONE LESS THAN 20 SHOWS THIS YEAR OUT SIDE OF ST.LOUIS YOU MIGHT NOT BE ON THIS LIST, EVEN IF YOU ARE HITTING THE ROAD IF YOU ARE STILL PAYING TO PERFORM WHETHER ITS OPEN MICS ORMAJOR SHOWS YOU MIGHT NOT BE ON THIS LIST
2. CAREER
HOW DO YOU FEED YOUR FAMILY? IS IT FROM RAP OR IS IT FROM YOUR 9A-5P THATS NON ENTERTAINMENT RELATED. NOTHING AGAINST ANYONE WITH A GOOD JOB IF ANYTHING I SALUTE YOU. BUT IF YOUR MUSIC CAREER CAN’T FEED YOUR FAMILY YOU MIGHT NOT MAKE THIS LIST.
3.FACE TIME
HOW IS YOUR MUSICAL MESSAGE BEING BROADCAST? ARE YOU SPAMMING ON SOCIAL SITES OR DO (REAL FANS) POST YOUR LINKS ARE WEBSITES AND BLOGS PICKING YOU UP BECAUSE YOU ARE BEGGING THEM OR DO THEY SEE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IN CARRYING YOUR PRODUCT
IF YOU ARE A SPAM ARTIST (THROWING YOUR LINK AROUND FACEBOOK TWITTER) YOU MIGHT NOT MAKE THIS LIST
IF BLOG SITES & WEBSITES REFUSE TO FEATURE YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT MAKE A REAL TOP RAP ARTIST LIST
4. WHO IS PAYING FOR THE PRODUCT
COLLABS, SHOWS, MERCHANDISE, ARE YOU MAKING MONEY OFF ANY OF THIS? IF NOT WHO CREDITABLE IS PUTTING YOU ON ANY TOP LIST OF ARTIST?
5.CASHING THE REALITY CHECK
IF YOU STILL THINK THAT BEING THE BEST IS DEFINED BY HAVING THE (DOPEST BARS), OR YOUR BOYS JOCKING YOU, OR EVEN THINKING HAVING A SONG ON THE RADIO IN YOUR LOCAL TOWN MATTERS, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ON THIS LIST BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE GAME IS ABOUT
OF COURSE THERE ARE A LOT OF LIST THAT POP UP MOST OF EM OR NOTHING MORE THAN POLITICAL PICS OR PEOPLE’S ASSES THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO KISS
YOU’LL NEVER BE AT AN ELITE LEVEL WITH OUT HAVING A BUDGET (REAL BUDGET), AND A STRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN YOU SO EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT ON THIS LIST DOESN’T MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
September 15th on 89.5 the wave was a unique one. Guest included call ins from Trey Song’s former backup singer Jason Little & a Spokesperson of greenforall.org Julian (something), & in studio guest Solo (formerly of the group St.Louis Group 3 G).
The day was supposed to start with Julian calling in roughly around 12:15 pm but do to time zones and time & stuff like that he didn’t call right away, but Jason Little was able to call in early. While talking with Jason Little, he gave us a brief history of his musical background, which mainstream success started with former group Ol Sckool (discovered by Kieth Sweat). After the group disassembled he moved to New York were he was able to land the gig as the rising star Trey Songz back up singer. Hear the entire interview & here his new song “She Wanted Me” by clicking on photo with guitar.
Right after the call with Jason Little ended we were back to back with now Julian of Greenforall.org. He explained how going green could help beautify our communities, as well as help our economy. He also talked about briefly about major musicians that have worked with their organization, including: Wiz Khalifia, Drake, and much more. This interview will be available on sound cloud shortly check for updates.
Last guest of the day (who arrived extremely early) Solo, came by to release his new Track which features Chingy, Murphy Lee, & Fresco Kane (Gena). He didn’t hold anything back in this week’s edition music light. He gave 2 out of 5 songs a reviews which may be the 1st time that has happened, he even went as far as requesting that one artist fire their engineer. He also gave 2 artist the green light (go). Shout out to Kapitol & Brian Lockett. After the traditional 5 song game we went in to overtime and he shot down 1 more song & gave 1 more praise. After his interview their were callers against his opinions & those who supported his opinion. To hear his entire interview click photo with Solo & Dj Whobeta.
That was the majority of the show. Even though it was congested it worked out well don’t forget to check out the show every Saturday 12p-4p on 89.5 the wave, stream us live http://www.stlcc.edu/kcfv , & add me/ follow me facebook.com & @whobeta.
Saturday September 8th on Beta radio it went down in a major way with our in studio guest, from the great state of Texas, our phone in interview with an up & coming artist of Major label Def Jam, award show announcements, and even a surprise call about a multi-platinum artist.
1st we kicked things off with our new homie Big Sid out of Texas. He reviewed tracks from local artist such as Ali ( R & B singer), Motre ( R & B group), rap artist Ace Boog, & Clay L, & also Cleveland, Ohio artist Mookie Montonio. Overall he gave 2 tracks great reviews & 1 bad reviews. He also told us about some of his good & bad times as an artist. He stated that one of the worse parts of his career was ever signing a deal, while the best part of his career was working with Killer Mike, being a big fan of his & and the dungeon family growing up. To hear the entire interview click picture to your right.
Next hour we prepared for our call with Def Jam’s new artist & Cleveland, Ohio’s own Ray Jr. as we aired his new single Lic Lac on our station for the 1st time. We discussed his situation with Def Jam, why he got pulled off stage at one the the summers biggest concerts in Cleveland and more. We brought up the beef between Chief Keef & Lupe Fiasco & if there was any major beefs in Cleveland, Ohio. He told us that he wasn’t aware of there beef & stated that there wasn’t many rap beefs in Cleveland because they don’t have enough money to beef out there. Before we debuted his new single Lic Lac he let us know it was a party joint which basically means straight liquor no chaser & that’s how they do it in Cleveland, he tell’s us. Follow Ray Jr. on twitter at @Rayjr216 & here entire interview & single by clicking photo to the left.
After all the excitement of our 1st two guest we were attempting to announce the 20 nominees for Hip Hop imagery award at the Remix Awards going down October 26th at Pure ultra lounge (previously junk yard bar & grill), when we received a call from Chingy’s Represenative telling us about the release of his new Sphilka Vodka at Randalls Randall’s (Jefferson & 44) St.Louis, Mo. After the call in we continued on with the announcements of nominess for the Remix award show. For complete nominess click on picture of Chingy below.
After all said and done another chapter of Beta radio came to an end. What can we expect next week on Beta radio maybe a throwback R & B artist, & a R & B new comer. You never know make sure you follow the show every Saturday on 89.5 the wave, & follow @whobeta facebook/twitter/instagram.
Both midwest natives Stalley & Rocky Fresh have both performed in Saint Louis. Stalley came back in 2011 when he was 1st signed to MMG & Rockie Fresh came in August of this year weeks after signing with the label. I have no insight to Gun Play being in Saint Louis but being one of Rick Ross’s right hand henchme
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