Tony Martinez : The BeatMaker

 Tony Martinez, Owner of GoodFellaMuzik LLC and Super Producer, has been producing music for about 4 years now. Tony states that the more he produces, the more fascinated he becomes with music. We all know that once the music grabs you, it's hard to get away from it. It’s a full expression he can do without second guessing which makes Tony the super producer that he is. GoodFellaMuzik LLC has produced instrumentals for Jai Swift, Maurice Jones and Solid Tha Great's “Hater Proof”. Also Former Rough Ryder and Lox member J Hood which will appear on Kilo M.O.E's "Gods and Generalz" project. GoodFellaMuzik LLC will have production coming up soon in Kilo Moe’s Gods and Generals LP... Jai Swift’s Friday Night and Monster Ep, Releasing later this year and the beginning of next. Tony Martinez and K.I.L.O. Moe also have a song out called "Out Chea Winning" that they gave us some details on in the last issue of LOCKED Magazine which you can find on our direct site at www.lockedmagazine.com. We look forward to getting more details on your progress throughout your career. 

Get more on Tony Martinez by clicking on these links....

https://youtu.be/vwPAcwaxgSw

https://youtu.be/C7SLPhA5VKQ

 

Kilo MOE Talks OMG Entertainment

What was it that got O.M.G Entertainment started? At the time (April 2012), I was living in Florida and in a deep depression about my injury from my years of being an athlete. A real good friend of mine who put me on to a bunch of music connects a couple of years before in Fort Myers came through and picked me up for drinks like he usually do and had a talk with me about what I was gonna do moving forward for the future.. He showed great concern about my condition and what I was doing at the time.. So in this convo a light bulb went off and I knew I wanted to get back into music.. I was somewhat concerned about my age so I wasn't necessarily interested in rapping or even being an artist. I knew a few local artists and one in particular used to come through a spot I had in the infamous pine manor neighborhood.. He was very talented so I made him a proposition that if he would put out a mixtape I'd fund it. We rode around looking for studios for him to record in. Well I didn't like the process of how studios in the area carried their business. At that point I felt there was a void to fill in the indie music market so I took it upon myself to purchase some equipment.. I lived across from a best buy so I took some paper I had and bought up Equipment.. I even hit the Craigslist... Once I started acquiring equipment I took my guest house and converted it into an office/studio and stared recording him and his team. My goal at the time was to build a label with his artists and another I met a year or so before who had already had a situation.. From that day forward OMG was created and plans were in motion. Needless to say, none of them panned out after the money was invested and marketing plans created. So in essence I started recording again and other artists started to catch wind of what I was doing because I was putting my business cards in all the music stores.

How many years has your company been around? A little over 3 years. We've been incorporated a little over 14 months now.

What are some of the main areas that O.M.G Entertaainment specializes in?
Our company specializes in digital Multimedia publishing through our publishing entity Tha Grizz Publishing©. Marketing, promotions and sales.

Where do you see you company going in the next five years? As we stand today we are on track to producing and publishing our first track with an indie major. In the 5 years to come I see us being a force in the publishing of digital Multimedia across broader platforms to such as network Television, terrestrial radio and larger stages with our videos and music. With our social media reach now being well into the millions I can actually see the company growing its partnerships into force that can actually work as efficiently as one of the majors with reach into film and television.

What are some of your thoughts on today's music economy? Well with the decline of physical record sales and the growth of the indie sector I think one has to be far more creative in creating new revenue streams and create models based on these new revenues. My whole goal is expanding digital real estate and I do believe if you do it right and think outside of the box the money is there. On the flip side today's music econonmy is full of misguided and misinformed music business. Operating from extinct marketing plans if any and bad business. It's sort of the gift and the curse of the "direct to fan" model. Alot of "salesman" just looking to cover their bottom line if any.. Over saturation of cut and paste producers feeling entitled to artists hard earned cash. That's another conversation.

What do you think it is that makes an artist successful? To me, in this era what makes an artist successful is moving units and collecting royalties. If you're doing that then your career in my eyes is a success. That is why we are here... to create economy and grow it significantly. If it doesn't make dollars (consistently) it doesn't make sense. That in my eyes is a successful artist. Converting the fan fare into revenues.

What do you look for in a good MC?
Word play!! Not just "bars" (whatever that means nowadays) but the ability to craft a story or visualization through lyrics. Next is the delivery. Making those words cut deep into the listeners pysche. I need to be able to feel where you're coming from and the rhyme from beginning to end needs to make sense and have relevance to the hook and the artist himself or herself.

What are some of the things that O.M.G. has to offer? The main item we offer is a sensible strategy to putting out content. One in which makes sense for the particular artist. We offer social media management, marketing plans,  social media set up, seo, and social media integration. We also publish to our radio partners as well and some press.

What can we expect out of O.M.G. Entertainment in 2015? Our premier artist which is myself (Kilo M.O.E) will be dropping a new single in the coming last quarter "Ouchea Winning" and also working on a single featuring former Rough Ryder and Lox member J hood. Both of which are produced by GoodFellaz Muzik new producer sensation, Tony Martinez out of Phoenix. Also, we are upgrading some of our services and offering marketing and promotion packages along with production effective next quarter.

Any advice you want to give to up and coming artists? Sure. You gotta give it time. All of it. How much time? Alot of time. Being a "dope artist" or having "bars" isn't enough to monetize your career. You have to have a keen sense of where things are going and what adjustments you need to make along the way. In addition to this you have to be a student of this game. At all times. If any of the above sounds like alot.. Or a pain in the ass, give up now. Even if you find someone to do all of this for you basically you are walking down a path of disappointment and suffering. Thank you for having me.

Drake and Meeek Mill Beef

Does anyone else think that this Drake and Meek Mill beef is getting a lot more attention then needed? I'm still waiting to hear a REAL HIP HOP diss tracks like Nas vs Jigga, Mob Deep vs Red Man, Eazy-E vs Dre,  Busy B vs Kool Mob Dee hell even when Kendrick Lamar hit em' with that Control verse. I'm just saying, This is kiddy play here. Twitter beef isn't exactly what we would like to call "Rap Beef". Drake came with it, but what's that compared to the Legends mentioned above and how they had every one on pins and needles and REALLY hyped for good music. While the world is wrapped up in everything that's going on with Meek and Drake, what ELSE is really going on? Sandra Bland being murdered and having it passed off as suicide.... You can NO LONGER enter America even WITH a green card if you are a foreigner, once you leave... Wonder why???? But I guess this Drake and Meek Mill beef is all too important to wonder what's going on in the world our kids is growing up in. Why Hip Hop is becoming a GAY culture... and our AFRICAN AMERICAN people are being made fun of. Anyway... We really hope that Meek Mill and Drake solve their problems some time soon... Nicki has to really be enjoying the hell out of this.....

Genius Da Kidd Talks New Single "BlattaHassee"

You recently released your new single entitled BlattaHassee, Can you tell us a little about how that came into play? It started off as a way to identify the Blooods in my bity as rightfully their own. I felt what better way then a song! The name was composed by me, Flamed Up Ru, Kilo Supergoon, OZP dizzy, and several other Blooods in my bity.

What was your inspiration behind the single? A city athem, what better fan base than the people you lay your head around? Its my ideology of what the bity consist of, and I made a lot of referential punchlines throughout the song to sort of cover Blattahassee (formerly Tallahassee)

How has the proccess been for you with trying to put your album together? It's been slow, I have 7 tracks already and I have tried to give each of them their time in circulation, but something about Blattahassee captured the bity's attention and it's still growing.

Do you have any personal favorite tracks  on this album? No favorites, I like all my music. When I listen to my songs it helps me measure the growth that all artist need to make it.

How soon can we expect a release date? #Hard2KillBilly doesn't have an release date. I keep my fans with something new until their input gives me a direction on which tracks to put on an actually album, that way it won't be a listen to one track, skip a bunch of track sort of ordeal.

Where can we find your single BlattaHasse? SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/rod-boygenius-walker/blattahassee-genius-da-kidd
Video to be released on Youtube December.

Do you have a lot of collaborations on this single? None on the actual single. But KenKenKillit made the beat. Debryne Graphics on the single cover. JKing on the engineering.

Do you think this single will change your career in any way? It already has. It's open doors to more people wanting to support. Plus I feel more on my roots with this one.

You stated that you sent it to over 100 people before it was even released and that you performed the single at major clubs. How was that for you? It was amazing, I always email tracks to get input before the final copy. And the reviews were beyond the stars. I used to have to sit and think about which tracks I wanted to perform, but from the emails and different clubs, #Blattahassee has become a request from people bity wide.

Would you like to give any final comments or shout outs? Follow me on IG at GeniusDaKidd and like my FB page facebook.com/GeniusDaKiddkidd. Shouts out to my brother Da Beast. 2 times for my Billys. Y'all be on the look out for #Blattahassee video coming to YouTube! And thanks Locked, forever humbled. #2Times

Bobbi Kristina Brown Dead at 22

The daughter of the late R&B icon, Whitney Houston, died in a hospice care facility near Atlanta, according to TMZ. Bobbi Kristina was originally found in a bathtub unconscious in January, before she was soon rushed to a hospital. Ever since the incident, brown has been in a coma. The Houston/Brown families have had tension between teacher other, trying to find a way to save the 22 year old. Unfortunately, they had take Brown off of life support. One medical specialist told the family that there was no recovery, according to the post.

Our condolences go out to the Brown and Houston family. It’s definitely an unfortunate ending to both Bobbi Kristina Brown and her mother, Whitney Houston.

Renagade is bringing the heat to Hip Hop!

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   After spending almost the first decade of his adulthood incarcerated, Walter Taylor aka Renagade has returned with more skills and a deeper understanding of himself. Born Sept 4^th, 1985 in Minneapolis, MN he spent most of his childhood growing up around the twin cities area. Renagade discovered his love for rapping around the age 8-9 when his uncle had brought him and his brother to valley fair. There in a recording booth, Renagade did his first rap to a beat “I got the power” by Snap. That is when he realized his talent and seen where he wanted to be later in life. A few years later he and his family relocated to Atlanta GA where he became friends with lil Zane. This is when his passion for music grew much deeper. After only residing in ATL for two years, his family moved back to Minnesota this time settling down in Duluth. Such a small place it was Duluth seemed to help his talent shine. At the age 15, Renagade started getting in the studio more and more than hosting on the local nightly radio station 91.3 kuws with Dj Jmac. It wasn’t until a horrible tragedy in July 2003 that landed Renagade behind bars. Facing felony murder armed robbery he was sentenced 10 years in prison with 6 years’ probation. He used his imprisonment to his advantage by reading materials and writing often to expand his mind. You see he had much more “free” time then most to focus on his desire for music. After ten long years and hundreds of songs he was released back into the world early July 2013. Even though he wanted to get right back on his grind he instead took some time adapt and enjoy his freedom. Jan 31^st2014 he performed one of newest songs completed upon release “dey hatin” feat. Mac Streets at the twins bar. This was just the right come back he needed! When asked what inspired him to do music his response was “his life, so that he could express himself through lyrics”. After his first performance he began opening for artists like Layzie  Bone, Lil Flip, Bop Boyz and Bone Crusher. In June 2014 his hit single “I’m the Man” was released onto Uncle J ENT Welcome to the family album that went public. Renagade collaborated with The Rejects featuring in their hit song “Parker” also appearing in their video that aired on YouTube in July 2014. I asked him “what drives your ambition” He answered, “my struggle and the things I been threw in life. I just want the world to hear what I got to say and I won’t stop until my mission is complete. I will never stop writing music because I will always have something going on in life whether it’s good or bad”. So with that said stay tuned in because a minor setback is always  a major come back.

   
   

   

   
   

   I'm enjoying finding new talent and helping them get a little spotlight. Renagade gave me a interview and here's what he had to say: 

   
   

   How did you get your name? 

   I've always been solo my whole life and have had the renagade image since a shorty never really ran with a crowd. 

   
   

   Who influenced your style?

   Really didn't have a person I tried to sound like, I grew up listening to T.I., Tupac, Easy-E & Wu-Tang, but my uncle was the one that got me into music.

    

   Did you see music being your career as a child and on into adult hood?

   Yeah I been doing music since I was 9, I haven't stopped since. My mind is set on "they don't have a choice but to hear me" 

   How do you separate yourself from other artists?

   Everything I rap I have done or I have. I Don't do no jackin, I keep it real. 

   
   

   Describe your music in for words. 

   Everything they been missing.

   
   

   Are you looking to work with any other artists? 

    Yeah if it comes to that, but I would like to do a song wit T.I., me and him got stuff in common.

   
   

   How do you feel about the current state of the game? 

   I feel there's alot of gimmicks, I make sure to not to follow the route of alot of artists these days, but when you got money you can say and do anything wit your music. 

   
   

   If you could, what would you change about it?

   Keep doing what I'm doing sooner or later they'll make room. 

   
   

   What main stream artists currently have your attention? 

   T.I., Kevin Gates & Bone Thugs -N- Harmony.

   
   

   Do you see yourself doing anything other then music, entertainment wise? Movies ext.. 

   Yeah in the process of figuring out a business plan, music is my number one, but you always gotta have options with making money. 

   
   

   Anything big happening for you right now? 

   Yeah, I'm currently dropping my debut album "World Wide Stikk Up" with Uncle J Ent, I just had a commercial put out for my album releasing Jan 20th, also a promotion video dropping. I got a  lot of shows booked with major artist in the game now. I'll be dropping music videos the beginning of January also. 

   
   

   What's next for you? 

   I'm already in the process of putting beats together for my 2nd album, I was on the album Uncle J "Welcome To The Family 1" which had all kinds of major artist on it from Lil Boosie, Krayzie Bone and a lot more. I'll be dropping a single on the 2nd album that will be dropping around March. 

   
   

   Words to live by? 

   Never give up and you end up how you start off #work

   
   

   Great interview Renagade. Looking forward to working with you more. 

   

   
   

   You can find Renegade at: 

   
   

   www.twitter.com/renagadewalter

   www.instagram.com/renagadewalter

   www.soundcloud.com/renagade94 &

   www.facebook.com/pages/Renagade/479131828869290

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   Good luck Renagade, I wish you success!

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