remember a few saturdays back when this asian dude came into the sw bar, put on a chef's apron, and just stood in the back of the kitchen taking notes? kinda weird right? then there was this rumor on chowhound. further googling revealed this. so i guess it's true. $340,000? damn homey. looks like i got out just in time. but why buy the business, why not just wait 'til the space goes up for lease? i guess north andover is the new spot?

ihookabeatup moved to a dedicated server at ihabu.com. treebeats didn't carry over any record of the previous competitions though. they put a new sample (otis clay "i can't take it") up for next week. i have not peeped it yet so we'll see if i compete.

mista mark has got this boo banger mp3  lined up for them tho. "killing it."

permanent midnight is an album recorded in the time i spent uptown, nawlins (circa 2003). the album employs a robotic woman as the tour guide (a nod to midnight marauders, one of my favorite albums), who appears here and there across the 14 tracks. i produced the enitre album myself (with the exception of track 6), using goldwave and fruityloops, and recorded it on fostex digital mixers and digidesign pro tools. the studios were 6040 prytania street and 318 broadway. aside from dubs for friends, yousendits, and hand to hand sales, it was never officially released... until now.

more than a few months ago, i signed up with tunecore to put permanent midnight up for sale on itunes, amazon, emusic, napster, etc. after paying $27, they told me that the album was projected to "go live" on or before biggie's death anniversary (sauce money says r.i.p. for me). so i log on to tunecore yesterday and lo and behold, the album is still "processing."

me to Support@TuneCore.com

darling, why isn't my album (X004247) live yet?

i've paid you already and its been saying "Projected go-live on or before: 09-Mar-2008" for something like 3 months now.

had i the budget to promote this album, i'd be pretty pissed today. lucky foryou guys, i'm starving and broke, so i'm a bit ticked but not pissed.


what's up?

chris b.

even though it was sunday, a few hours after i sent the email i received a response,

Support@TuneCore.com to me

Hey there Chris,

Thanks for writing. I'm very sorry your music hasn't gone live yet. I'm having our tech team research why this happened so we can resolve it for you ASAP. Getting your music live is my first priority. I will continue to monitor your album and keep you updated as I get news on the status.

I'll find out what's wrong and write back to you. Sorry again for the trouble, talk to you soon!

Thank you,

Taylor Simons
Customer Support and Solutions
Email: Support@TuneCore.com
10am - 9pm EST Sunday - Saturday
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i check my gmail around 10pm EST with no word from the gentleman taylor or his "tech team." today i log back in, and "processing" has become "ready to go," yet searches for "he's hers" and "permanent midnight" on itunes and amazon render shitty rock and brittany wells songs. so i hit the keyboard again,

me to Support@TuneCore.com

taylor,

thanks for looking into this.

i went to check up on things today and there was a difference- "processing" has become "ready to go," but as far as searches reveal, my product isn't for sale in any of the stores (itunes, amazon, etc) yet. i tried to see if the album was for sale on the tunecore site itself, only to find this message in the "edit my page" section: "Currently none of your albums are live in iTunes. When we have received confirmation from Apple you will be able to add albums to your page."

any word from your tech team?

let me know,

chris b.

it is around 11pm EST and no album, no response. wah wah. i hope i didn't get took-en. it's so stupid the itunes store makes us deal with these middlemen. why can't we just fucks wit' u apple?

so no permanent midnight for you (for now). the best i can offer (since it seems fitting in a fashionably late kinda way) is a biggie mix i threw together a long time ago that a few of you nawlins cats might remember. you can grab the entire mix (24 tracks, 84 mb) here zip. it's old but let me know how you like it. this is the track listing:

1. got this shit locked intro
2. dreams
3. kick in the door
4. c.r.e.a.m. freestyle
5. realms of junior m.a.f.i.a.
6. da dirty b-side
7. you'll see
8. running
9. wickedest love
10. flava in ya ear remix
11. dolly my baby
12. who shot ya?
13. brooklyn's finest
14. be happy
15. buddy x
16. me & my bitch (live)
17. real niggaz do real things
18. all men are dogs
19. gettin' money
20. house of pain
21. missing you
22. party & bullshit
23. get money
24. machine gun funk

download zip it. and rock, rock on.