“I-Rate” Chosen Few II: The CD that broke UBO’s rack?

UBO closed its doors in late ’06, the end of an era (or is it?). One of, if not, the first U.S. based “Urban” record labels to capitalize on what was the tail end of the Latin explosion of the late ‘90’s. Regardless of the crap I have seen the UBO logo on many good projects came out of the company, could this be one?

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Can Diddy Make a strong return by just pressing play 10/23/06

Here we go again, another soup of names put together by the man with the most connections in the business. Nineteen tracks of which four are solo including two interludes and the intro, the rest feature a few of Diddy’s MTV friends ...

http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Music/Can-Diddy-Make-a-strong-return-by-just-pressing-Play.6268

PAYOLA - Who's Playing Who?

Pay for Play is a topic the attorney general of New York Eliot Spitzer has been tackling for some time now. He has challenged the “Big Four” (EMI Music North America, Sony, Warner Music and Universal Music Group) for bribing radio executives to play their material. He brought it to Sony BMG Music Entertainment in July 2005 by making them pay $10 Million in fines for bribing radio employees to feature its artists.

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http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Music/Who's-Playing-Who.6269

Reggeatoneros Snub Calle 13 for Being Greedy at the Latin Grammy's

All hats off to the new comers and their 1st album “Calle 13”. All self proclaimed “Kings” subjected that knight to the jesters of the game.

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http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Music/Reggeatoneros-Snub-Calle-13-for-Being-Greedy-at-the-Latin-Grammies.7456

Free “LA KALLE”

Many up and coming latino artists in New York City, Chicago, Houston, L.A. and Miami were pleased when Univision decided on a programming change from the traditional latin mix to 100% reggeton and latin hip hop music 24 hours a day 7 days a week. This meant more opportunity to be heard; now the "streets" had their own radio station. Boy were you all fooled!


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http://www.quazen.com/Arts/Music/Free-La-Kalle.6420