LAMN is pleased to announce Power 106 as a sponsor of its Urban Music Contest to launch June 23. We are thrilled! As part of this alliance, a Power 106 personality will act as a talent judge at our urban series finale on August 25.
In an interesting twist, Power 106 VP / Program Director Jimmy Steal will judge talent at LAMN Jam’s Rock Music Finale on August 11.
The following executives will judge talent at Urban Music LAMN Jam Contests:
- Brian Shafton, Partner, RBC Records
- · Joe Jenkins, Head of Promotion, Stones Throw Records
- Mike Caren, Senior VP of A&R, Atlantic Records
- · Russell Redeaux, Stampede Management
- · Violet Brown, Director of Urban Marketing, Trans World Entertainment
More to follow. For detailed description of prizes you can win (runners-up and Grand Prize), click here .
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO PERFORM FOR THESE PROS:
Click here to register now for our upcoming Urban Music LAMN Jam Contests, which launches June 23. LAMN members pay no submission fee ($25 fee for non-members to submit).
Don’t miss it!
ABOUT OUR JUDGES:
Brian Shafton, Partner, RBC Records
Brian Shafton is a partner at RBC Records. With over 44 years’ experience in executive positions at Priority Records between the two of them, he and his partner Bob Grossi helped build the careers of Jay-Z,
Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Mos Def, Master P, N.W.A, Mack 10, the Geto Boys and a host of others, as well as such labels as Death Row, No Limit, Rawkus, Ruthless and Rap-A-Lot.
RBC works with distribution entities such as Navarre, Fontana, Universal, EMI, Atlantic, RED, Asylum, Caroline, ADA and Select-O-Hits to help make Jill Scott, E-40, Raphael Saadiq, Public Enemy, 8Ball & MJG, Tech N9ne, Layzie Bone, DJ Quik, C-Bo and others reach their full retail, sales and visibility potential.
Recognized by The Source in the magazine’s Power 30 (2007), RBC received props for aiding in Hip-Hop’s move towards independence and offering established artists the infrastructure for their indie labels. RBC allows its artists to retain 100 percent interest in their masters and their company. To date, the company’s biggest successes include Jill Scott’s “Words and Sounds Volume 3” which has sold over 600,000 copies and Tech N9ne’s Absolute Power and Anghellic albums, which have shipped more than 250,000 units each. RBC titles from Raphael Saadiq, The Game, Do Or Die and DJ Quik have also shipped more than 100,000 units each. In fact, RBC delivered Fontana its first No. 1 independent record in 2005 with DJ Quik’s Trauma. In 2006, RBC helped Tech N9ne’s Everready (The Religion) debut at the No. 2 spot on the independent albums chart. Other RBC clients include Jill Scott, Public Enemy, Nappy Roots, EPMD, Dipset, 8 Ball & Devius, C-BO’s West Coast Mafia label, MSC, Fall Thru (home of the Ghetto Fights, Ghetto Brawls) and more.
“We’re able to penetrate retail on an urban level above and beyond what anyone else can do,” Shafton says. “We have relationships with everybody from radio to streets to press to television buying. We’ve been doing this a long time, so we feel that we can look at a project, examine it and really put forth the best marketing plan for it.”
It’s a proven formula. “We have watched the majors fall apart, such as MCA, Priority, Loud and the Capitol/Virgin merger,” Shafton says. “At the same time, the independent companies we manage continue not only to exist but to thrive in this incredibly competitive marketplace. They are making money.”
Joe Jenkins, Head of Promotion, Stones Throw Records
Bio forthcoming.
Mike Caren, Senior VP of A&R, Atlantic Records
Bio forthcoming.
Russell Redeaux, Stampede Management
Bio forthcoming.
Violet Brown, Director of Urban Marketing, Trans World Entertainment
Bio forthcoming.
SOURCES FOR MORE INFO:
REGISTER NOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO PERFORM FOR THESE PROS:
Click here to register now for our upcoming Urban Music LAMN Jam Contests, which launches June 23. LAMN members pay no submission fee ($25 fee for non-members to submit).
Don’t miss it!
