The Movement Fam on www.TheMusic.com.au

Big shouts to Christie Eliezer from TheMusic.com.au for featuring The Movement Fam in his music industry blog, Industrial Strength, which is in the Top 10 Music Industry blogs in the world. Christie spoke about The Fam getting signed to HiPNOTT Records in the USA, the recent projects from Cee & Bekah, upcoming projects from Notion and our distribution deal shopping spree. The look was much appreciated!

Also, anyone in Australia can find the mention in any given street press magazine around the country.

Oh, and while we've got you...go grab yourself a FREE copy of Cee & Bekah's 'The Soul Movement Volume 3: The Final Chapter' mixtape if you haven't already!!

Cee & Bekah - The Soul Movement Volume 3: The Final Chapter OUT NOW!

So it's here. Finally. Over a year's worth of work has culminated in Cee & Bekah's third and final mixtape (before venturing into EP's, albums and wherever else their musical journey takes them), 'The Soul Movement Volume 3: The Final Chapter'.

After working with the biggest names in Australia on their last mixtapes, there was nowhere left to go but the USA. Cee & Bekah linked up with Mick Boogie and Terry Urban, respected American DJs who have produced, mixed and hosted official mixtapes for the likes of Kanye West, Little Brother, Skyzoo and Idle Warship (Talib Kweli, Res, Graph Nobel), and critically acclaimed mash up mixtapes with Adele and Jay-Z/Coldplay.

This is our first release since being signed to Miami, FL based blogger Kevin Nottingham's label, HiPNOTT Records, so this is a very exciting time for The Movement Fam.

'The Soul Movement Volume 3: The Final Chapter' is a landmark release for Australian 'urban' artists (a term Cee & Bekah don't like to use, as they coined their own genre, 'Soul Hop'), as no other artist in this genre has even attempted a mixtape of this scope, let alone made it happen.

Download the mixtape for FREE from Cee & Bekah's Bandcamp page, and grab a copy of Volume 1 and 2 if you haven't already.

The Movement is here!

Cee & Bekah - Say (produced by Infinite Archetype)

Aight y'all...it's nearly here. The final leak from 'The Soul Movement Volume 3' is an original joint. 'Say', produced by the homie Infinite Archetype outta Perth, is a smooth, soulful cut that really summarizes our sound.

Download Cee & Bekah - Say (produced by Infinite Archetype)

Also, peep the video. We laced this real quick, mad rough, no editing, just us speaking on the new mixtape, working with Mick Boogie and Terry Urban, the new project and everything that we have going on.

Thank you all for you constant support and cop the mixtape this Tuesday 10th November!!!

Latest Leak from Cee & Bekah's Soul Movement Vol 3 [Hosted by Mick Boggie & Terry Urban]‏

Oh, we just keep on giving. It's Christmas up in this bitch. Freebies all day, son. ONE WEEK TIL THE MIXTAPE DROPS!

"We are just one week away from the official release of Cee & Bekah’s Soul Movement Volume 3, hosted by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. This is the third (and best) of the Soul Movement series and the first being sponsored by my label, HiPNOTT Records.

For the next leak, we bring you “Too Dope,” featuring The Understudies from the San Fransisco Bay area. If the beat sounds familiar, it should, as they go in over the Black Milk banger “Motown 25″ (originally done by Elzhi and Royce Da 5′9).

So check out what everyone Down Under is raving about… and check out their updated profile page at hipnottrecords.com where you can also download the first two volumes of the Soul Movement series.

Download Cee & Bekah - Too Dope feat The Understudies

The Soul Movement 3 leak - Cee & Bekah - The Last Hope feat Notion

So after all the Bangs hype, we gotta get back to the real!

Peep the latest leak from our mixtape, The Soul Movement Volume 3, which is dropping on November 10th! This joint, The Last Hope, is quite possibly my favourite on the mixtape, it features Notion and it's our take on the Drake and Kardinal Offishall joint off Drizzy's first mixtape. Holla. Oh and did I mention it's mixed by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban?

Download - Cee & Bekah - The Last Hope feat Notion

New LEAK - Cee & Bekah - 'Save Myself' feat Tommy Gunnz

Oh yes, it's time for another leak. The homie Kev leaked this latest cut this week just passed, another joint from Cee & Bekah's upcoming mixtape 'The Soul Movement Volume 3'. This one is over CunninLynguists' 'K.K.K.Y.' beat (produced by Kno, AMAZING beat), entitled 'Save Myself', an anthem with a strong political overtone.

Cop the joint from the link below, and know that we're not far away from dropping this one...

Download Cee & Bekah - 'Save Myself' feat Tommy Gunnz

KevinNottingham.com Presents…Beat It: A Musical Tribute to Michael Jackson [Mixed by DJ Grain]

That's what's up. The Movement Fam's own DJ Grain has put together his first solo mix...peep game...

"June 25, 2009 was a sad day for a lot of us. Michael Jackson had passed at the age of 50, just two months shy of his birthday. There were a ton of tributes going around for the King of Pop and everywhere you went, you heard Michael Jackson music playing in the street, in the clubs, or in the car next to you at the stop light.

To help ease the pain suffered from members here on the site, we held a beat contest. Producers came from everywhere to sample their favorite MJ song and to help pay tribute.

Today we celebrate the birth of Michael Jackson; he would have been 51. Out of the hundreds of beats that were submitted, we narrowed it down to the best 25. Then I let me man DJ Grain go to town, mix them and put his spin on it. Grab the mix after the cut. As a bonus, I’ve included a download of all the winning beats, unmixed."

1. Ain’t No Sunshine, Maria [prod by Cehashi]
2. Brought Back Ben [prod by Isbjerg]
3. Earth Song [prod by M. Will]
4. Got To Be There [prod by T.A.T.E.]
5. Human Nature [prod by M. Will]
6. I’m Glad It Rained [prod by Lakim]
7. In The Closet [prod by Hotbox]
8. Lady In My Life [prod by M. Will]
9. Maria [prod by Dkelloway]
10. Never Say Goodbye [prod by Iceman Beats]
11. One Day In Your Life [prod by Phurcat]
12. She’s Out Of My Life [prod by Fun-Kee J.]
13. With A Child’s Heart [prod by Stevie Shorey]
14. Baby Be Mine [prod by Jon Baylor]
15. Can’t Help It [prod by Mass Appeal]
16. Caribbean Girl [prod by Bidimridim]
17. Dear Michael [prod by Young K]
18. Beat Matrixx – Euphoria
19. Give It Up [prod by G.C.]
20. I Want You Back [prod by DJ ReMike]
21. Lookin Through The Windows [prod by S.2]
22. Ready Or Not (Here I Come) [prod by Mastam!nd]
23. Rockin Robin [prod by Rodloos]
24. Take Me Back [prod by Glitch]
25. I Am Love [prod by Clarkwork]

Download KevinNottingham.com Presents…Beat It: A Musical Tribute to Michael Jackson [Mixed by DJ Grain]

Halftime Hip Hop Show Interview with Kevin Nottingham

Another thing I'm slippin' on. Kev worded me up about this, totally forgot. About to check it now. Big ups to DJ BlacqueStarr for supporting both Kev and HiPNOTT Records, we're mad excited right now. Check what Kev had to say:

Friday night, DJ BlacqueStarr of WUOG 90.5 FM (the University of Georgia’s radio station) dedicated a portion of his show to HiPNOTT Records. We premiered the second single from Nobody Famous‘ Order Up! Vol 3, “Electric.” DJ BlacqueStarr also played some new music from Cee & Bekah, as well as a track from G.C. and Tokyo Cigar’s new EP, The Cave Kingz.

But the highlight of the night was when I called into the show. This was my first on air interview and I’d like to thank DJ BlacqueStarr for giving me the opportunity and giving my artists some shine. We spoke for at least a half an hour about KevinNottingham.com, the label, our upcoming releases, the site’s remix contests, and we even delved into the future of music, digging, etc.

So in case you missed the show, you can listen to the interview after the cut. If you wanna check the whole show, which I highly recommend, you can do that here.

Download the Halftime Hip Hop Show Interview with Kevin Nottingham

Cee & Bekah - Can't Get Enough (The Soul Movement Volume 3 leak)

I can't believe I didn't post this last week. I'm slippin'.

The homie Kev leaked our second joint from 'The Soul Movement Volume 3' last week, called 'Can't Get Enough' (produced by K-Os, over his 'Love Song' joint) and a few other blogs picked it up (see below), which was great to see.

Check it out on Kevin Nottingham's blog. So it seems we're dropping the news that none other than Mick Boogie and Terry Urban are mixing our new joint, which is fucking huge to say the least. And it's dropping through HiPNOTT Records, followed closely by The Soul Movement Originals, an album of all our original beats from The Soul Movement mixtape series (as Volume 3 is the final drop).

Download Cee & Bekah - The Soul Movement Volume 3

More blog links:

Missls.net
OGHipHop.com
StreetHop
Wake Your Daughter Up!

HiPNOTT Records Presents… A Taste of HiPNOTT

Oh it's on now! The biggest thing to happen to The Movement Fam this year was being signed to Kevin Nottingham's HiPNOTT Records. So now that we mufuckin' offishall, Kev done put together a nice sampler of what y'all can expect from us. Peep game and get your DL on and spread the word! From Kev:

"Ever since I announced the formation of my new label, HiPNOTT Records, I have been wanting to give you all a "taste" of what's to come. The music really is THAT GOOD... and the music is the sole reason I put the label together.

So I compiled a sampler, if you will, of music from all the artists currently on my roster. Some tracks are brand new and being premiered here first, while others are some of the best that these artists have had in their vaults.

At any rate, A Taste of HiPNOTT should give you a good idea of what the label will sound like and what's to come this year.

Don't forget to visit us at www.hipnottrecords.com for more music!

Download A Taste of HiPNOTT 2009 Sampler

In addition, anyone that's in the L.A. area, I'm gonna head out there this weekend for Nobody Famous' album release party. So if you're in the area and wanna hang, check the attached flyer! Any promotion of the party is appreciated also..."
-Kevin

The Movement Fam Blog on your i-Phone!?!?

Bloggers, what it do? Mac geeks, what's crackin? i-Phone, i-Pod Touch rockers... LISTEN UP!!!

I stumbled across this site on the lovely Google after a mate told me how to crack or "JailBreak" my i-Phone.. ahem.

Now, everyone that has an i-Phone or i-Pod Touch can make links on their Home Screen for their favourite pages on the web.

I found something REALLY sick for our regular visitors, and new comers to the blog can use, so they can keep in touch with us on the run, anytime, from their i-Phone's! I made a nice 'lil logo for yall to add too :) Aawww...

Go here & watch the video:
http://www.ziphone.org/

Then and ADD this .png file to it below, so it looks all pretty for yall!
(looks like this)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=D8OXPA6G

Any issues,
Holla!!

We should all be tourists once in a while...

So, I went to Nimbin and Byron Bay for a week…something we should all do once in our lives!

It’s the place to visit. Full of backpackers from every corner of the globe, the area fills you with an energy that lifts your spirit up and makes you smile. It's not often that you get a real feeling for what its like to be a foreigner/tourist in your own country, but this is the place to do it.

Apart from what you've already heard from mates and the interweb, this place has an abundance of artists of all types, from eclectic mini-gallerias to street coroboree's that inebriated as you are, it's possibly the best concert that you’ve seen at that point in the night. Then the sobering reality of a half eaten kebab, your undies on the outside of your jeans, and a whole bunch of people around the hostel know your name and smile the next day. You've already paid for a weeks accomodation and you say 'What the hell, it’s a holiday', and the next two days are a blur of hotel rooms, smiling cocktail waitresses, street performers and beer, cheesy nightclub tunes and over-zealous bouncers who like nothing more than dishing out their justice to unsuspecting tourists.

Then you sober up just long enough to wash down a double espresso, some bacon and egg concoction served to you by some out of town hottie, then jump in the car for a 7km trip to Nimbin. Now in your head you have the visions of Amsterdam in Oz, while in reality it's more like the remnants of the well meaning community hispter types, and misrepresented Indigenous folks who embody the essence of a free society where there is no 'mine and yours', it's just ours.

After drinking a special hangover drink, looking at local art, indulging in the local fare, 'kies from the local ladies in the alley, a visit to the museum showing a video of the local constabulary 'raiding' the place, various posters, pics and vids showing you the ills of modern conformity and ways in which to live outside it, it is a place where you can get lost, caught up and eaten up in food, art, culture, craft and community being.

Sitting at a café on Main St watching people walk by, I can see that this is a place that people gravitate to; it has a certain 'je ne se quois' that talks to your soul and makes it comfortable.

HiP-NOTT Records Official Announcement

Finally...we can talk about this! Peep the official announcement, people.

A lot of you may have heard rumors of a new record label starting… the rumors are true. Today I am officially announcing the launch of HiPNOTT Records! Working on this site has given me the opportunity to work with a lot of great artists and I’ve decided I want to do something more to help get their music heard. The HiPNOTT Records website is currently under development, but once launched, it will include all of our artists’ information and music. Hit the jump for the official press release and the label’s full artist roster.

Kevin Nottingham Partners with Diamond Music Group to Launch HiPNOTT Records

Kevin Nottingham, owner of the SOHH.com award winning KevinNottingham.com hip hop website, has announced the formation of a new digital record label, HiPNOTT Records, which will distribute music exclusively through the Diamond Music Group (parent company to Coalmine Records who also brought you The Foundation by Shuko & DJ Dutchmaster). This announcement marks the first time a hip hop blogger has branched out to form an independent label. HipNOTT Records’ goal is to continuously build their artists’ resumes and consistently develop an image that hip hop will have no choice but to admire. With Kevin Nottingham at the helm, a man who certainly respects the past, present, and future of the genre, it is hard to deny the capability of reaching these goals amongst others.

“HiPNOTT Records is an artist’s label. I’m not in it for the money, but to try and get good music to be heard,” said Kevin Nottingham, owner of HiPNOTT Records. “All of my artists are artists that I personally believe in and I will do whatever I can to promote and market their music.”

Though rumors of Nottingham forming his own label may have surfaced months ago, this is the official announcement of HiPNOTT Records. “The timing was just right,” said Nottingham, “I have been working hard on building a roster and solidifying contracts to make sure we go about doing things right. I didn’t want anything done half-assed. I’ve put off officially announcing the label, because I just wasn’t ready yet. A few of my artists have projects that we are about to release, so now’s the time.”

The official HiPNOTT Records website [http://www.hipnottrecords.com] is still under construction, but the label’s current artist roster can be found below:

Cee & Bekah / The Soul Movement Volume 3 (Mixed by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban) coming 4th quarter ‘09 / The Precedent coming 1st quarter 2010
Dasha / debut album coming 4th quarter ‘09
G.C. / compilation album coming 4th quarter ‘09
Has-Lo / In Case I Don’t Make It coming 4th quarter ‘09
Nobody Famous / Order Up Vol 3: Chicken & Waffles coming in July
NoTiOn / Corner of Notion & 9th coming 4th quarter ‘09
Speek Greene / The Long Look coming 4th quarter ‘09
Tommy Gunnz / Garden State Warrior coming 4th quarter ‘09
Trav Williams / illTravis out now! New project coming 4th quarter ‘09

The label still wants to keep things relatively small. “I hadn’t really expected the roster to be as big as it is now starting out,” said Nottingham. “I want to be able to be personally involved with each and every project we put out. So, until I can clone myself, these artists will be the face of HiPNOTT Records.” With that said, truly, HiPNOTT Records seems to be a label for the artist, a rarity in 2009 hip hop.

K-Rudd Money! **Exclusive by NoTiOn**

What's good yall?

Who hasn't got their K. Rudd money??

Well when you do, you'll be bumpin' this joint flatout! Due to our recent recession, the boss of the country, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, decided to fix up the majority of Australians with a little boost to the bank account. $900 to be exact. I basically wanted to rap sing about it, so here is a timely flip of "A-rab Money" by Busta Rhymes, "K-Rudd Money!" by Notion.

Click the picture to go to my Myspace to Download :)

"Who got some K-RUDD MONEEEYYY??!!!"

DJ Grain - Get Well Soon!

First up, no homo on the pic. It's all I could find on short notice. Give a mufucka a break. :)

It's been a hectic month or so in The Fam. Bekah has been in and out of hospital (she's all good now), and now the homie DJ Grain is stuck in the hospital in Atlanta with some other shit. Goddamn. Nothing is serious, he's all good, just wanted to shout my boy out and hope you get well soon brother!!

Send some love to Grain by commenting this post, at djgrain1@yahoo.com, or hit up his MySpace (links to your right).

And to top that off, I ain't have the net at home right now (fuck a phone company) so the blog posts are finna be held down by the rest of the crew, yet again. Goddamnit.

Another Public Service Announcement From The Movement Fam...

Infinite Archetype on the 1's and 2's

This is an oldie but a goodie. The homie Iyae did this little blend back in 2006, so it's a tad old and his skills done stepped up since then but it's still freshhhhhhhhh.

Oh and it's my birthday today so buy me stuff.

Public Service Announcement from The Movement Fam

DJ Grain Ear to the Streets Weekly Hip Hop News Wrap Up - March 21st 2009

What it do, people? Ya boy Grain is back yet again with another week of Hip Hop news.

Kid Cudi has called off his retirement. Last week Cudi said he was hanging up the mic to focus on his acting career. Man, he hasn't even dropped his first album yet!!!

Memphis Bleek has officially left Roc-A-Fella Records. He said that Jay gave everybody an opportunity when it came to rhyming. Bleek said that he saw the breakup of the label coming. Also, he stated that money changes folks and it definitely strained the relationship between him and Dame Dash.

Kanye West and his manager have been charged with misdemeanor battery, grand theft, and vandalism. If convicted, they could each face up to 2 1/2 years in jail.

Rap beef is going to far these days. People are starting to go after folks' mothers, children, baby mamas; enough is enough. Man, this stuff is getting wild!!!

We have a little audio from Rhymefest about his feelings on Hip Hop, Charles Hamilton and life in general (peep the clip below).

Until next week folks,
Grain.

DJ Grain Ear to the Streets Weekly Hip Hop News Wrap Up - March 14th 2009

What's happening folks? It's been another wild week in the world of Hip Hop. Hit the jump for audio and highlights.

Camp Lo are back in the studio working on a new album called Stone & Rob: Caught on Tape. The album is named after two characters in the movie Cooley High. Be on the lookout of the album droppin' later this year, it should be pretty dope.

No Limit artist C-Murder violated his house arrest order and has been sent back to jail. C-Murder is currently awaiting trial for the murder charges against him for the murder of a 16 year old outside of a night club in Louisiana.

The Republican Party is working hard to get young hip voters, and they are starting to reach out to the Hip Hop community and work on improving relations with groups that normally are not favorable to their party. No comment on this!!!!!

Coolio was busted at LAX with crack cocaine, after going through a security check before boarding a flight. Note from Cee: The man was also robbed of his jewelery and kicks at his recent Melbourne show. Dude is on fire.

Nick Cannon has been appointed to the position of Honorary Chair and Development Consultant for TEENick, a spinoff of Nickeloden. His job will be to work on broadening the range of the TEENick audience. Shouts to Nick for making some serious moves.

'Til next week,
Grain.