okay okay okay - so its been a long time...what can I say? I've been busy. Anyways, Da Riffs just got nominated with Spiderloc for "Best Original Song in a Video Game" @ The Spike TV Video Game Awards.
The night was CRAZY fun, and ironically, G-Unit Boss, 50 Cent was also
nominated for the same award. 50 won, and brought Spider up on stage,
shouted him out, and gave the award to him. It was PRETTY DOPE, I must
say, and naturally, Spider was excited!! 50, Mase & Missy
performed. David Banner, Snoop, and others were in the house.
Ras Kass' album/mixtape, Institutionalized,
came out last month after rave reviews in every publication &
MTV. Da Riffs have 2 joints on there, Expect Me, and U Ain't feat.
Xzibit, Chamillioniare, and Krondon. You can cop it at
www.HipHopSite.com
Da Riffs & MOP are putting finishing touches on a new song that may
feature a long time never mcee from Brownsville as well.
Video games, and now advertising. Da Riffs created the music for the new national Budweiser
campaign, in fact, Budweiser decided to build their whole campaign
around the music, so we shall see whats in store when that surfaces.
As we know, Madden and NBA Live both came out this summer. Da Riffs
had over 12 joints in Madden, including the urban NFL remixes, dat have
NFL & Madden junkies doin headspins- plus songs with Spiderloc,
Slim Thug, Papoose, Tech N9ne, and Jay-Z signee, Sam Scarfo.
On the basketball tip, NBA Live features songs with Bishop Lamont, Spiderloc, Chamillionaire
Da Riffs have been working with Proof, Lil Flip, Chamillionaire, Jayo
Felony, Quan, and more. STAY TUNED FOR 2006!! PEACE, BLESSINGS AND SAFE
HOLIDAYS!
Da Riffs have been busy working on tracks for the 2006 EA sports games.
NBA live '06 features 3 songs produced by Da Riffs with west coast own
Bishop Lamont, Universal artist Chamillionaire, and G-Unit recently
signed artist Spider Loc . Madden '06 Da Riffs tracks feature Slim
Thug, Kay Slays artist Papoose, Sam Scarfo (Jay Z's first artist
signed to Def Jam), and G-Unit's Spider Loc,
Da Riffs also remixed 10 of the original NFL Films songs and are being
used as sound score for Madden 2006. These tracks will also be playing
in all the NFL sports stadiums around the US. You can hear some of the tracks at EASports.com
West Coast lyrical legend Ras Kass recently did a 3 song EP with songs
produced by Da Riffs and Rick Rock. The A-side is"Bars Up" produced by
Da Riffs and the B-side is "Deformed Pretty Boys" also produced by Da
Riffs, as well as an added bonus cut produced by Rick Rick called
"Caution". This record will be released mid July on Landspeed. You can
check out the "Deformed pretty Boys" track at www.hiphopgame.com or
purchase the record at www.BrickRecords.com.
Da Riffs were featured in an online interview which you can check out at
www.Ballerstatus.net. Shouts to Ruben for the interview.
WELCOME HOME RAS
KASS!! Ras Kass is free,
and his FIRST stop on the hip-hop train since liberation, was
Red Room Studios, where he came and laid down some CRAZY HEAT with
Da Riffs. Xzibit stopped thru
to show his homie some love, and blazed a firecracker with Ras & Da
Riffs.
Mad songs in the can, and more on the way. Stay tuned folks!! Shouts
to Scipio who's got some heat for the streets coming your
way very very shortly. And BIG UPs to all the heads who
came through this week. Julio G, Ryan Ford from The Source, Chace
Infinite, Dow Jones, DJ Strong, DJ Tung Ha, Krondon, Ret 1 of www.wcrydaz.com ,
and DJ Warrior. Speaking
of the Cali Untouchable Mixtape Don, DJ Warrior, he's got mad tapes in
the works, and soon to drop.
Peep his new mixtape line-up.
1) Cali Untouchable Radio Pt. 5 w/ DJ Strong - Kurupt, Roscoe & Y.A.
2) Mash Up Radio Mixtape w/ DJ Muggs (Rock vs. Hip-Hop)
3) Cali Untouchable Radio Pt.6 - Welcome Back Home Ras Kass;
w/ Ras Kass,Scipio & DJ Strong
4) ILL Street Dues Pt.3 w/ PNC Mixtapes' Abby 1-iLL (Hosted by Talib
Kweli) prod by Da Riffs
5) West Coast Mixtape Kings w/ DJ Strong - Hosted by Kam & Julio
G - prod by Da Riffs
6) Rap Legends exclusively produced by Da Riffs & Midi Mafia
Westcoast OG, Kam, came through to lace up a Riffs track for Warrior's
Westcoast Mixtape King Tape. Shouts to Kam.
EA Sports' Need 4 Speed; Underground Vol. 2 came out in early December,
and SOLD over 7 million copies worldwide in less than 6 weeks. Da
Riffs
produced "I Need Speed" for Capone of QB famed group
CNN, MTV's favorite pick off the game. You can peep this
song on www.MTV.com. Capone
was also rewarded with a customized Capone car, that players can
select as their ride in the game. Peace
to Capone & Raydon!
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EA Sports NFL Street 2 will be available on December 26th. Da Riffs did
4 exclusive tracks for the game featuring Rock, Royce Da 5'9",
Bishop Lamont, and Planet Asia. You can listen to the music here .
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PNC Presents:
Coast Control Volume 1: Defend your borders |
Mixshow Power Summit DJ of 2004 Clinton Sparks West Coast Mixtape DJ of
2003 DJ Warrior show their coastal love w/ host Stat Quo and Da Riffs -
exclusives from Fabolous, Game, 2pac Eminem, Jadakiss Fat Joe, Method Man,
Clipse, Biggie, Balance, N.O.R.E., The Riflemen, Busta Rhymes, Planet Asia
East to West Coast love.
Check the exclusives page
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Da Riffs were recently featured in a couple of online news sites- Dubcnn.com and Wcrydaz.com You
can also check out an interview they did at Hiphopgame.com.
Da Riffs recently scored a voting campaign commercial for David
La Chappelles 'Declare Yourself' PSA's. This commercial
can be viewed on MTV with Planet Asia playing the lead in the background.
Check out what their doing at www.declareyourself.com.
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Main Flow
HipHopulation |
Mainflow's HipHopulation,
released on Brick Records, is receiving widespread
acclaim, and he's been welcomed by a string of sold out shows all over
in Europe. Shouts to Flow for doing his thing!! Peep The Wire, Such
A Fool, Delivery Tactics, Never Imagined. See what HiphopDx has
to say about Da Riffs!!
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| Talib Kweli dropped
by Red Room Studios to host DJ Warrior's ILL Street Dues Pt. 3,and laid
a crazy freestyle over one of Da Riffs bangers. Crooked
I, the westcoast'smost underrated emcee, came thru as well
to light up a track for PNC's Coast Control; Defend Your Borders with DJ
Sickamore & DJ Warrior, and also our homegirl DJ SupremaOne's new mixtape,
Are You Talking To Me?.Big Shouts to PremaOne!! |
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The trailer for EA
Sports NBA Street v.3 is up and is featuring Da Riffs music. Click here and
click the View Trailer button.
Da Riffs have been contracted by EA Sports to
score all music for NBA Street, both hiphop & drum'n bass riddims, along
with scoring 4 rap/rock hybrids for NFL Street. Royce
da 5'9, Rock (Heltah
Skeltah), underground legend Planet Asia,
and west coast newcomer Bishop Lamont were
selected to perform these rock songs with Da Riffs.
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In
other EA Sports news, peep our song with JR
Ewing "Time to Get Dirty" featured in Madden
2005.And, keep a look out for Need 4 Speed 2005, as we have the title
song for the game with Queensbridge-bred emcee, Capone,
from Capone N Noreaga; entitled "I Need Speed". Along
with the title song, a custom Capone car has been designed for the game. Vrooooooooooooooooom!!!
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Da Riffs have begun working on music for several new EA Sports game
titles including:
NBA Live 2005- Track featuring Stat Quo
Madden 2005- Track
featuring J.R. Ewing
NHL 2005- Several
rock and orchestral tracks
NBA Street Vol.3-
Several hip hop tracks
NFL Street Vol. 2-
Several Rock/hip hop tracks featuring Royce Da 5'9, Rock, Planet
Asia, and Bishop Lamont
Need For Speed 2005-
Title track featuring Capone
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DJ Scene
Any Day, All Day |
DJ Scene just dropped a new mix tape called ANY DAY, ALL DAY, featuring
Planet Asia and Young Zee'- "Smack
Da Shit Out You" as well as Stat Quo and Rocks "We
in the house". You can check out more of DJ Scene at- www.DJ-SCENE.COM
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emcee, Ali Vegas, who banged
out 4 songs to jumpoff the full album collabo between him and Da Riffs. Additionally,
Ali cut a record called "I'm 2 Street" for Ea Sports' NBA Street. |
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finishing touches on their collaboration LP - entitled King
Medallions, Planet Asia's street alterego. |
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 Mr
Complex
"Twisted
Mister"
"Emotional" Featuring Dave of De La Soul
"380 Lady" Featuring
Latoya King
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 ILL
STREET DUES 2
DJ Warriors sequel to Ill Street Dues 1 features "One
Love- featuring AZ"
2004 remix produced by Da Riffs.You can download and listen to the track here on
our exclusives page.
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 Stat
Quo
Underground Atlanta Vol. 3"Wanna Fight?" Prod.
by Da Riffs
This is Stat Quo's new mixtape release hosted by Eminem. This track is
also featured in EA Sports Fight Night.
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 FIGHT
NIGHT
Dirty South tracks featuring Stat Quo (shady-afternath) and J.R. Ewing
(Interscope). This is the sequel to the E.A. sports Knockout Kings video
game series.EA's Steve Schnur discusses the boomin' in-game soundtrack. Click
here to read.
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 TONY
HAWK UNDERGROUND
Da Riffs and RA the Rugged Man collaborate on"King of the Underground" for
the most recent Tony Hawk video game. Da Riffs also produced several background
music tracks. The game recently recieved an MTV moon man award for 'Best
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A LEAGUE OF OUR OWN 2
Exclusive tracks featuring Brother Ali, RA the Rugged Man, Hot Karl. Mixtape
coming soon... |
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