Showing posts with label publicity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label publicity. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 5, 2000

Millenium: Most Thorough













1. Love f
2. No Retreat, No Surrender a
3. Too Hot (The Sequel) a
4. Lust a
5. Honorable Mention a
6. E.V.O.L. b
7. Respect My Shit a
8. Intermission b
9,. Broke Nigga a
10. Trust No 1 a
11. Honorable Men pt2 a
12. Most Thorough d
13. U Think I Don't Know b
14. Hustler's Etiquette j
15. Gangsta, Gangsta j
16. Out f

Under the Executive Production and Direction of Abdul.
Associate Execs: Casino, Millenium, and Trump Tight.
All songs written by Millenium.
Millenium Manaqed by Kazi Entertainment.
Ail songs published by SOUL SHANT MUSIC, BMI

**Special Note (Producers): Songs with A = Anomaly, with B = Boog, with D = Dj Bear One, J = Jay Ball and Ron Reak, and F = The Fump.

Producers - Anomaly for Black Anom Productions. DJ Bear One for Bear Tracks, Jahmai "Boog" Gwin for Infared Productions, and Jay Bali and Ron Reak for Jay Bail and Ron Reak Productions. additional production on all songs by face Engineers - Jamil "Face" Johnson, and Mike Cross. Recorded and Mixed at MC Sounds, District Heights MD.
Vocalist on Honorable Men. Pt 2 and E.V.O.L. - Helena Johnson

Background Vocals on all songs by Millenium except on Trust No 1 - by Millenium, and Billy D 2000, on Hustla's Etiquette - by Millenium and Casino, on Lust - by Millenium and Pozest, and on Honorable Men pt 2 and E.V.O.L. - by Millenium and Helena Johnson, kid who gets beat down on "lust" - pozest.

Violins on "love" Craig Matthews.
Photography - Ted Mebane
Art Direction - The Fump
Technical support: joe mills, parris morgan, neil tevault, soomi kim, bill
mcquay, and mitch eaton.
A moment of silence for, bo, hopps, princess, aunt inez, grandma
barksdale, l. patrick mellon, byron taylor, big marti, pearline LaRose
Greene, gregory dent hilton, anastasia njeri kinuthia

GIVE THANKS

Millenium: Pop's, Melinda, Dexter (DOC), The Greene Family, Costello, Dutch Scholtz, Siegels, Trump Tight, Abdul, Jackie, Tri State Area (Home Sweet Home), E-Man, Demarcus, Douglass, The Hairstons, Dirty Des, Barry, Ill Will, Nickle Plate Nate, Split D. Jermaine, Ish, Kaiber, Kelg, Sakinah (Thanks for loving me through the good and bad times, for being an inspiration and showing me that money really doesn't matter), Jeanie, Rocwell, Eric, Desvin, J-Wan Vision, Thug Senator, Earl, David, Dathan + Josh (Two of the illest I Kno), Niche (You have been a big inspiration), Mos Dangerous, Mercenary Assembly,The Hawkins family, Tracey, Terry, Tim - (Most underpaid) The Fump, Casino - Not only my manager but my mentor, best friend, and one of the realest niggaz I know.

To all the people who believed in us ... much luv, State of the Union ... (Wed. nights-- Amphibians & Flip the Script).. Ericos- Night Breed Ent. All the magazines that gave us the flawless reviews, Pozest, Rashad (thanks fo them rides) Eddie, Milo, B.J. (Grey Caprice), to all my peoples on Benning Road,Riggs Road, Rhode Island Ave., Alexandria - Va, P.G., IT'S MY TIME TO SHINE .....

Trump Tight: 1st things 1st, I want to thank God for his many blessings. I want to thank my big cousin Chuck 4 puttin' ah niggard on. Clint, The Fump, and Abdul of Kazi Entertainment and House of Abdul Records. I want to thank Casino, Abdul, and Millenium 4 letting me be a part of history. Shout of luv out to my peoples: Tamika and Tamara (sisters), Big Cuz - Bink, Big Ray -(u r my inspiration for success), Warren - The Great One - MY BIG DOGG, My road dogs,Oral and Kaaron (pronounced ka - ronn), My girl holly,and my Brothers Courtney and Deeda Bam, Shout out ta Liberty Univ., P.G. class of "96" have taught.Uno luv to my cousins Kim, David, Felicia, Sabrina and Lil Vic... R.I.P. to big bro - Marty - I know u ridin' wit us...Ray B.

Casino: We have entered this new millenium changed ... more determined.. more focused... better! I am different - changed for the better ... my vision is clear and I can see.. I would not be what I am without the people I have around me.. Mill. and Abdul .. we have succeeded in creating another project I am proud to be a part of ... we are a great combination .. period.. Trump Tight: I am proud to put you in the mix of things and make you my right hand man... as you see time has a plan for us all and blood lines will never be broken.. welcome to the Kazi Family...Thanks to all who support Kazi Ent. and House of Abdul.. We intend to keep it tight for the new millenium.. putting D.C. in its proper light...

Rule ta live by-- Get cha papaz... Don't hate.. if it don't involve u .. mind ja own damn business.

C.E.O.- KAZI ENT. -- CA$INO

Abdul: I would like to thank Jackie, Millenium, Casino, Kazi Ent., Brother Ray, Beau, Gabriel, and Buddy. Bryan Adams (Fab Communications). Mr. Greene, Mike Cross, Koko, Face & The Co, Mom, my Brother Joseph , Grandma Bessie and Grandpa, and my little cousins who said I left them out last time. to Darryl Matthews--thanks for sharing the family. To the Mumbler & family, Liz Kendall, and Hampton University. I know this album is totally offensive. to Camille Jefferson, Lastly, thanks to all college stations, street dj's, and fans who played "Kaos Theory,"

© 2000 House of Abdul Recordings,
A Bedrock Communications, Co., Inc.

Thursday, November 4, 1999

Millenium: Rap Sheet x Y2 Kaos Theory

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com 
© 1999 House of Abdul










MILLENIUM
Y2Kaos Theory
Emerging Overground

The Y2K Bug won't to the only mark of the millenium If one Maryland emcee can help it. 18-year old Clinton Green, a.k.a. MiHenium, says he plans to blaze trails through the Rap industry with Kaos Theory, a collection of true-to-life
tales and Rap revelations.

"All I do it state the obvious," says Millenium. "I'm not preachy, but my rhymes
have morals In them."

"If you steal and rob from people, you'll get caught up.  I rap about anything from love to, deep thoughts, to anything you can think of."

Millenium mixes his morals with a style he compares to East Coast rhymers like Nas,
the Wu-Tang Clan, and the late Notorious B.I.G. But he says his style is unique in that it focuses on everyday occurrences, not glamour or trashy
tales of gangsterism.

But Gangster Rap did play a large role in Millenium's decision to pick up the mic. His inspiration - Dr. Dre's watershed album, "The Chronic."

"At first, I wasn't into music at all." Millenium recounts. "When all of that stuff came out with East Coast vs. West Coast. I didn't even know the difference. I really didn't care."

But after hearing The Chronic and later Wu-Tang's "C.R.E.A.M." single, Millenium began writing his own rhymes. His handiwork soon caught the attention of Casino, his current manager, and they began a campaign to get him signed to a record label.

"I signed to House of Abdul: an Independent label," he says. "I signed with them because they're fearless. They aren't afraid to take chances. I do anything and everything."

Millenium Juggled schoolwork at Wheaton High School with Rap, making a name for him-self among local venues in Maryland. After the March release, Kaos Theory itself is making a debut In the South as well as New Jersey.

"Right now, I'm knocking on a lot of doors," he says. "Maybe somebody major will answer." But until he gets that answer. Millenium is enrolled in Strayer University in Maryland. The Rap artist is pursuing a computer networking degree.

"I don't care what anybody says," Milleniun stresses. "nobody is going anywhere without certification or an education, I'm always going to be talented. Whether Rap success comes today or tomorrow. It's going to come. I don't want any limits on me."

--Kyra Kylan

Tuesday, October 12, 1999

Millenium: INSOMNIAC MAGAZINE

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul

The World’s Only Hip Hop Trade Publication
INSOMNIAC MAGAZINE
For Those Who Can’t Sleep On Hip Hop

Washington, DC has been known for many things throughout the years: corrupt politicians, crackhead mayors, out of control violence and the birth of Go Go music. D.C. really has never been known for its hip hop artists, until now. Meet Millenium, an 18 year old rapper who has seen a lot of things in his short life.

His flow is distinct and he paints vivid pictures with his rhymes and makes you feel his pain. This his debut album is definitely one of the premier albums of 2000. With songs like “How Far Will You Go,” I am convinced Millenium is the second coming of Kool G. Rap. The production work on this album is superior and (reminds me of Large Professor type tracks) compliment Millenium’s flow. One of the highlights of this album is the song “Fantasia” which is basically about creepin with your best friend’s lover. There are other jewels on this album, but one track I could have done without was “Gunpoint,” which incorporates a reggae feel. Overall it’s a slammin album.

–DJ Naud

Wednesday, September 1, 1999

Millenium: Right On! Magazine

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul

     It may not be the end of the world, but the beginning of the new rap generation. Youngsters whose first taste of hip hop was the Wu-Tang Clan. “I didn’t listen to much rap until I heard C.R.E.A.M.,” says the 18-years-old Millenium born in Baltimore and raised in D.C. “The joint was so beautiful, I immediately started writing.”
When Clinton Greene, a.k.a. Millenium started writing rhymes, he went out and got battle tested. He won his high school’s prestigious Blue & Gold talent show for 2 consecutive years.

     On a local radio station, he dominated their weekend freestyle battle four months straight. His record is still unblemished – no one beat Millenium, he just stopped calling. “It was getting boring for me and the station.” He then called in to WPGC, one of the top radio stations in the country, and won the rhyme battle for the night. “I did not call again,” says Millenium. “People claiming to be me started getting on the air after that. It was so foul, that I no longer go by that name.” That was one of the reasons he wrote the first single, “How Far Will You Go” from the House Of Abdul’s debut album Kaos Theory.


Monday, August 2, 1999

Millenium: Vibe Magazine

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com 
© 1999 House of Abdul


Vibe Magazine Highlights

       You know we’ve hit a strange point in history when rappers begin declaring that their introduction to hip hop was neither a late-‘70s Cold Crush tape nor the Sugarhill Gang’s 1979 “Rapper’s Delight” nor even Run-D.M.C.’s 1984 “Sucker MC’s” but rather the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 hit “C.R.E.A.M.”


       Eighteen-year-old Washington, D.C. product Millenium freely admits that the Wu’s paper-chase primer inspired him to pursue rap music seriously. Fortunately, the Chocolate City man-child has put this influence to good use. Witness Millenium’s own elegantly gruff “ Fantasia” (House of Abdul, 703-751-1313), the B side to his “How Far Will You Go” single. Celestial strings and the sampled voice of the forever-solid gold Dionne Warwick Crooning “This enchanted love of ours…” provide setting for a story line that traces young infatuation through betrayal and lost love to, ultimately, death. Life as a shorty shouldn’t be so damn difficult.

CHAIRMAN’’S CHOICE, AUGUST ’99

Tuesday, July 20, 1999

Millenium: CMJ New Music Report


Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul


MILLENIUM
Kaos Theory

       Floating with ease over a diverse set of beats and tempos, this young lyricists from Virginia attacks the mic with the combined charisma of Notorious B.I.G. and Keith Murray. From gritty jewels like “Run, Run, Run,” to the souled-out “Fantastia,” Millenium proves age still ain’t nuthin’ but a number.

By Kyle Allen

Wednesday, July 14, 1999

Millenium: Rap Sheet

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com 
© 1999 House of Abdul


   How far will you go to touch that green? That’s the question that House of Abdul recording artist Millenium asks the people of this unforgiving world.


 
    He speaks a conscious and impressionable message in this first single off his soon to be released self-titled album. Millenium credits his first listen to Wu-Tang dimepiece C.R.E.A.M. for giving him his motivation for writing. His first track “How Far Will You Go?” tests that same Wu philosophy of the mission of that mighty paper chase with a subtle flip of the script. Millenium has thought provoking lyrics that impose the pivotal rule that stupidness and negativity don’t mix. The hook asserts: “Everybody want it/ but everybody can’t have it/ it’s amazing what people will do just to grab it.” Millenium is a welcome addition to the Rap game as he comes to the bat with music that inspires. Millenium ends on this pertinent question. “ How far would you go? Far enough to die?”

-- S. Jenkins

Monday, June 7, 1999

Millenium: The Source Magazine

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul



       Slide with me to DC for a minute while we check on a young’un whose gonna blow the lid off the Capitol building like Beanie Seagal cracked the Liberty Bell.


        You might’ve never heard the name Millenium before, but ya’ might just have to if ya’ wanna keep ya’ “Hip Card” current. The 18-year old B-More born/Devil City residin’ MC’s got a 16 track portrait of the mind of an intelligent hood at a crossroads. M’mam is nice with his, point blank. And one listen to Kaos Theory, his debut on House of Abdul recordings, will show and prove why this kid won a local radio station’s weekend freestyle battle for four months straight!!!! Believe me, when you check cuts like “Run, Run, Run”, “How Far Will You Go?” and the title track, you’ll agree that this teen-aged terror’s got a very old soul.


Friday, May 14, 1999

Millenium: Never Judge An Album By Its Fractal Cover x Email

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul

The World’s Only Hip Hop Trade Publication
INSOMNIAC MAGAZINE
For Those Who Can’t Sleep On Hip Hop

Subject: Dope album!!
Date: Fn, 14 May 1999 16:02:47 EDT
From: DJ Naud / Insomniac

       What the deal??? You don't Know me but I just coped the new millennium Kaos Theory.


       I write album reviews for a magazine based in Orlando but that is worldwide by the name of Insomniac Magazine. Well this album was g1iven to me to review . I was hesitant to try it out because it looked like some other shit.  I was exactly right it was some other shit. Probably the best album I've gotten next to the new Black Moon and Black Star but that's besides the point. I just wanted you to pass on the message to Millenium saying that he's got a fan and there will be a dope record review waiting for him in next month's

Insomniac. 
Thanks.

Monday, April 5, 1999

Millenium: Kaos Theory



1. Intro    a
2. Run, Run, Run   a
3. Fantasia    a
4. She's Leaving With Me  k
5. How Far Will You Go?  k
6. Interlude    k
7. Gunpoint    a
8. Wish You Was Here   k
9. The Alphabet Song   a
10. Too Hot     k
11. All Up In The Game   a
12. Everclear    d
13. Street Wars   a
14. Ga-mingh Technique   a
15. The Remedy   d
16. Kaos Theory   a

Under the Executive Production and Direction of Abdul.
Associate Execs: Casino and Millenium
All songs written by Millenium except Gunpoint (C. Greene, A. Moss, and R.Terrelonge), She's Leaving With Me  (C. Greene, C. Stringfellow),
and All Up In The Game (C. Greene, J. Murillo).
All songs published by The Infinite Loop, ASCAP
Producers: Anomaly for Black Anom Productions. King C for Facts Men Productions, and De Compose for De Compose Productions.
Engineers: Mike Cross, Terry White, and Jay.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at MC Sounds, District Heights, MD.
Featured Artists: Spatcho-B, Jady Experience (courtesy of Depth Charge Recordings), Cas, and Rah Dee.
Background Vocals on all songs by Millenium, except Kaos Theory by Millenium, Mike Cross, and Casino. And on StreetWars by Casino and Millenium.
Keyboards on Intro: Craig Matthews
Photography: Justin Lane
Art Direction: The Fump
Millenium managed by Kazi Entertainment
Technical Support for Kaos Theory: Arron Gee-Clough
© 1998 House of Abdul
Release #: HOA24592

T H A N K   Y O U S

Millenium: First, I would like to thank God for blessing me with the gift of writing. Secondly, I would like to thank my father for always wanting the best for me. Next I would like to thank my sister for showing me how to be a fighter and not give up (I love you Meiinda), and my brothers Dex, a.k.a. Brother Numsey, and Benny, a.k.a. Bugsy, for always keeping it real with me, and the entire Greene family: Nikki, Junior, Aunt Carol, Aunt Diane, Aunt Hazel, Uncle Waiter, Uncle Vybert, Uncle Mortimer, Aunt Judy, and Grandma, because all of them helped in raising me. I would also like to  thank Casino (one of the realest niggas I know next to my brothers and father) for having faith in a nigga and sticking with me through thick and thin, Abdullah Rufus for giving me a chance and making this happen, Paul Keller, a.k.a. Juel Diamante, for showing me how to be real without being a knucklehead, Francis Fefegula, a.k.a. Andreas Costello, for always letting me know what the deal was. Big Marcus, Doug, E-man,The Empire, The Regiment (coming soon), the whole C.O.C. Spaceman, Sach, Don Ray, S.D.S. Clan, Bamboo (Rest in peace). Little E, all my peoples in D.C., V.A., M.D., B-more, and my nigga blackanomoly. And finally, I would like to thank all the people who didn't believe in me and who said I wouldn't make it, because without them I would have never tried so hard to become what I am today MILLENIUM.

Casino: As we travel along this path destiny has laid forth, in order to be able to continue to reach new goals and accomplish great feats I must remember the people and actions that took place to get me (us) to this point: My first thanks is to Mill. & H.O.A. for sharing my vision and being dedicated enough to accomplish the goal we set to achieve. This feat alone shows that we as a team are unstoppable and as long as we stay focused and straight with one another there is nothing that cannot be done. Abdul: thanks for the shot, I know we didn't let you down, no where to go but up now. Mill: I have to congratulate and thank you for a job well done - good work playa, thanks for believing in me, listening, letting me do my job and puttin your life in my hands. I also have to thank Charles and Robin for doing their best at that parenthood thing and even though they could not do all they wanted they did all they could, which was enough. Reggie -without a start I could have no ending, and I thank you for the life preserver. Warren & Bink, my  road dogs, family is always most important and I could not have done what I do on this side without the guidance to keep me focused, thanks for being in my corner and telling and most importantly showing me I could do anything, as long as I had a plan. Like U say, it's too late in the game to make new friends. My wonder twin of the other sex - thanks for being the fool you are to keep me down to earth 2x. And last but not least, I thank God 4 giving me the life I have and for the sunrise I wake up to every morning. Also, the Egertons, Palmers, and the rest of people who believed in us. Oooh yeah: If I forgot about you, you didn't do shit anyway, so what the hell do you expect? Thanks for sleepin on us, we didn't need ja anyway. Kazi Entertainment & Management for the New Millenium!! Do or Die Baby- I'm Out.

Abdul: I would like to thank Jackie, Beau, and Buddy for my moral support. It has been a pleasure working with Millenium, Casino, and Anomaly.

Wednesday, March 10, 1999

Millenimn: DJ Most Dangerous

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul

After the long wait to hear my comments on Milleniums album I finally let you know what I think. After first receiving the CD I fell in love with how well organized and put together it was. The tracks stretch from Slow jam to Get up and party.
Personally I thought the first single released could have had better selections but it still had one of my favorites the Ga-mingh Technique which I still rock on my personal tapes.

Those who have checked out the radio show Know I feeling the second single including Fantasia and believe it was a perfect choice for the second single released. As my man RBI once said There are to many rumors going around about this cat. Which is true and I hope won't stop you firom purchasing the joint at a store near you. All I can say is don't believe what you hear until you get the facts. The album is off-the-hook in my opinion and I know I'm not the only one feeling this way.

By: DJ Most Dangerous

Wednesday, March 3, 1999

Millenium: Bio Kaos Theory

     It is 1999 and everyone is talking about (the) Millenium.  It’s not the end of the world, but the beginning the new rap generation.  Not the first generation who grew up listening to funk and disco in the ‘70’s, but the youngsters whose first taste of hip-hop was Wu-Tang Clan.  "I didn’t listen to much rap until I heard ‘C.R.E.A.M.,’" says the 18 year-old Millenium.  "The joint was so beautiful, I immediately started writing."  Born in Baltimore and raised in DC, Clinton Greene has had the area watching for him like the other phenomenon of the same name.

        When Millenium started writing rhymes, he went out and got battle tested.  He won his high school’s prestigious Blue & Gold talent show for 2 consecutive years.  On a local radio station, he dominated their weekend freestyle battle four months straight.  His record is still unblemished -- no one beat Millenium, he just stopped calling.  "It was getting boring for me and the station."  He then called in to WPGC, one of the top radio stations in the country, and won the rhyme battle for that night.  "I did not call again," says Millenium.  "People claiming to be me started getting on the air after that.  It was so foul, that I no longer go by that name."  That was one of the reasons he wrote the single, "How Far Will You Go" from the House Of Abdul debut album KAOS THEORY.  "It’s a story about actions and consequences.  We often question ourselves in the quest for money -- how far will you go?"

     KAOS THEORY is a collection of vivid tales about the chaotic nature of life.   More stories about actions and consequences abound with joints like "Run, Run, Run,"  "Too Hot," and "All Up In The Game" featuring Jady Experience.  Hip-hop braggadocio is the theme on "Street Wars" and "Gunpoint" with Rah Dee and Raul.  It’s his grasp on relationships with "Fantasia," a tale about love, lust, and betrayal, that demonstrates his superior penmanship.

     "I just want to write some nice songs for the people to listen to and get something from," says Millenium. KAOS THEORY will reach the people and make sure that the young man’s words remain powerful for the next 1000 years.

Millenium is approaching!

Friday, February 19, 1999

Millenium’s Kaos Theory: Rhyme & Reason


written by Millenium

From the lp Kaos Theory
Published by The Infinite Loop, ASCAP
Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1999 House of Abdul




The intention of "Kaos Theory" was to show the youth of
today commonly referred to as "Generation X" through
detailed stories the consequences of the "fast life" and to let
them know that we got*s to change things and show
improve. The Millennium is nearing and I can't fight a battle
with blind soldiers armageddon is near! 


1. Rhyme-Run,Run,Run

Reason-I wrote run mainly to symbolize the thought process
of a confused, young, poverty stricken black male wanting to
make a better life for himself but going about it in a way that has
severe repercussion as many of today's young black males do. The
hook is the message i send to my listeners that no matter what
you do or where you go the outcome of your actions will always
come back to you.

2. Rhyme-Fantasia

Reason-Fantasia is nothing new to anyone who has ever had a
close male or female friend that they wanted to be more than just
friends with. Fantasia is a story of love, lust and betrayal that ends
in a suicide. I wrote this because I ( like many other people) was
fascinated by a female but found that a relationship is not always
the solution.

3. Rhyme-She's leaving with me

Reason-I wrote this song after listening to the late great
Notorious B.I.G. "Big Poppa" wanted to make a smooth kind
of upbeat dance song without being to "Pop". In the song i
describe an average night at the club with your usual beverages
and those familiar faces from the past.

4. Rhyme-How far will you go?

Reason-In writing this song i wanted to send a message to
those young and old who choose to chase that "Fast" lifestyle
that it's not worth it and the outcome can be very harmful. lnstead
of just coming out and preaching to them i told a story in which
the character in it pays the ultimate price for the lifestyle he .
chose. I felt that this would get through to the listeners better that
an old fashioned "don't do wrong" speech would.

5. Rhyme-Gunpoint

Reason-This is a direct insult and threat to all mc's who want
a challenge. I wrote t^s because m4he rap game if you don't
make it known that your not taking anything from anybody other
artists and critics will take shots at your credibility and worth as
an artist.

6. Rhyme-Wish you was here?

Reason-I had to write this song to express my sympathy and
show that i know what my peoples is feeling when they use a
loved one in the struggle between good and evil. I was inspired by
the death of a very close friend who did not die from doing the
wrong thing but died trying to make a better life for himself the
right way.

7. Rhyme-Too hot

Reason-I was inspired to write this song after listening to yet
another song from the late great Notorious B.I.G."Somebody's
Gotta Die". The story line of that song was so vivid it was as if you
were actually going through the situation. This is why i chose to
write this song and a majority of my other songs with so much
detail so that i too could captivate the audience as he did with a
story so surreal you have to remind yourself that you are
listening to a song and not living it.

8. Rhyme- All up in the game

Reason -This song was written to show the depth and
ambition of a young male to be financially stable and at the same
time confront the hunger within himself on a mental level. While
the featured guess speaks on the actions of a "wanna be
hardcore" rapper.

9. Rhyme –Everclear

Reason -Everclear is the story of what it took for me to get
where i am at and where i might be going. I wrote the chorus with
a message to those wanting to pursue a career in the hip-hop
industry telling them that there is a price to pay but if you go
about your business right all hard work will be rewarded.

10. Rhyme-Street Wars

Reason-If somebody crosses me or any of my peoples i strike
back a million times harder than the blow that was dealt me. It's
the law of the land. You harm me and mine than consider your
life a memory

11. Rhyme -Ga-mingh Technique

Reason -The Ga-mingh technique is a message to all young
women out there who take pride and pleasure in sleeping with
various partners and turning their backs on friends and common
sense. Basically I wrote it to let the females know that men are
not the ones who should be faulted every time for cheating. We all
have to take our share of the blame. I was inspired to write this
song after listening to Nas' "black girl lost".

12. Rhyme -The remedy

Reason-This song is the code of the streets. All I did was
bring it to a bigger stage using a story of revenge to entangle my
listeners and bind them to the song hoping to make known to the
world that this is why having heart means respect and respect
means royalty.

13. Rhyme-Kaos Theory

Reason -This was a look into the struggle inside the mind of a
young man trying to get a grip on reality or at least a shred of
sanity. wrote this because at times i have had thoughts of suicide
and questioned my own mental state as many others my age
struggling do.

Friday, December 11, 1998

Millenium: Washington City Paper

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com
© 1998 House of Abdul

Go for Broke
Eighteen-year-old MC Millenium's
manager and producer bet a
bundle because they believe
in his music. That makes
two of them.







       The alley outside the Spy Club is still empty. Doors opened at 10 p.m., but as of 10:15, the crowd for the night's "hip-hop kulture" event has not yet arrived. Anticipating their arrival, Louis "Fahim" Smith patrols I Street NW with an armload of paper, strategically placing bright yellow posters on lampposts up and down the block. Fahim (Smith, he says, is his "government name") is co-owner of D.C.-based Ofphspringg Entertainment, a prospering local promotions company. He flacks for major rap acts such as Helter Skelter and the Cocoa Brovaz as well as for the hiphop magazines Double XXL and Rap Pages.

Read more...

By Neil Drumming • December 11, 1998

Monday, July 13, 1992

Mello Dred: Everything Is Mello

Mello Dred Music, BMI
House of Abdul Recordings ( c ) 1992
Release: HOA 90210









Verse 1:

Here I come with somethin ' funky, flavorizing all the rap fans,
Dred is in effect . . . . full affect with alot-a-plans
Pushin' on the pins, for the ins & the spins . . . it begins from within.
So it started like this . . . .

The rhythm and rhyme you heard before, is nothin' like this
here-one-here. I demonstrate, and create, somethin' simple.
Yet it's complex . . . . enough to motivate the mental . But for you
to bug out & feel the funky vibe is the purpose of my mission ,
so my mission must be liver . . . . Than the others, or the brothers
tryin' to do this pursue this . . . . you missed, got dissed , and now you pissed . . .
Because I was waiting for the prime-time to proceed, and what,..
My rhymes are swinging like the beeds around my neck....
Rhyme-a-rhyme on time... Come correct , and g et respect
Cause I'm nice with this , sample o f my commentary
Ask me if it was smoov, and I would have to say very....

Chorus 1 (2x):

Everything I s M e l l o...
Come & Feel The Positivity

Verse 2:

Since I got time on the reel for verse two...
When I start to get the groove. Let me show you what I do...
Pull out my nap sack, where I pack-party-favors ....
They come in many flavors , and I pass'em t o my neighbors . ..

Everything is mello ...  I feel the positivity...  I ' m blessed ..
t o address with the vocalized abil1ity- so... conjunction-junction...
Hear me for the function... Lately, I 've been lunchin ' writin ' rhymes,
eatin ' -brunchin '... Buhdaseas & bone... and thinking of ways t o make $$$$$$$ ...
for the fat-rat living gotta get, but for the giving...
If the gets-not legit, then your shit ain 't shit.....
So records they can play on.. I shine like rayon, color it like a crayon,
so pass the mic I stay on... On for the duration of the words that I speak....
Time to rollin' to the rhythm when the rhyme is complete.....

Chorus 2 (2x):

Verse 3:

The purpose, reason... or the cause for the action.... applause,
while I pause my jaws for satisfaction...
Is immense, intense, and hence I give thanks...
Thanks to the most-high, he is the provider.
Thanks to my moms & pops, they here to gotta....
Youth-to-a-team, to a man, with a mission.. preparing for
the world, so you steppin' in position 2.... terminate
the negativity and all that non-sense, condense, causing incidence
of war for the people... pushin ' for a positive path, and I'm pissed
so I pack a microphone in my fist...

This is the structure, you' ll find me at the steeple, writing
funky rhymes that could motivate the people..
Verbalize them from jump, that we got saved by the bell.
They can't endure, nor can they explore my dimension.
A rhyme so smoov, my groove alleviates the tension...
So open up your aura, naturalistically and flow, with the
essence of the dome, where everythingis mello...

Chorus 3:

Come & Feel The Positivity
Everything Is Mello
Come & Feel The Positivity
Come & Feel The Positivity

Saturday, February 23, 1991

Mello Dred: CMJ New Music Report x The Dome

Publicity Contact: arufus@houseofabdul.com 
© 1991 House of Abdul



futures
jackpot!
F.Y.I.


The song of the week, "The Dome," comes from rap newcomer MELLO DRED, whose cassingle comes to us "under the production & direction of Abdullah F. Rufus," presumably the force behind the newly formed House of Abdul Recordings (Rt. 3, Box 318, South Boston, VA 24592).  In an articulately rhythmic style mirroring the low-key raps of Q-Tip or Posdnuos, Mello Dread explores the strange relation between head wear, hairstyle, thought processes and identity, ending up with a single that's one big wonderfully long, elaborate and addled mixed metaphor hats off...


--D.I.Y.