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Five/5ths Inc. Featured Artist: ALBe Back

The phrase “Renaissance Man” is thrown around way to often now days in this industry, no one embodies the phrase like ALBe. The MC/Actor/Poet/Producer/Writer/Director is most noted for his infectious humor as “Brooklyn” in the critically acclaimed film, Warner Brothers “ATL”. ATL’s Director, Chris Robinson, had known Daniel’s since he was a fifteen-year-old production assistant on his music video shoots in New York.

His instantly recognizable voice and look cuts through the current urban music landscape as he pours lyrical dynamite over every track that he approaches. ALBe rarely does two songs that sound alike, thus producing music that appeals to the core hip hop listener as well as to a more mainstream music market. ALBe does this by inviting you into his own unique colorful world of double entendres and metaphors that make your brain maneuver in every direction to capture every single meaning, pushing the boundaries of what we are used to listening to, combining a varied source of influences, all while still appealing to a very commercial audience as well as the core hip-hop fans.

Five/5ths Inc. Featured Artist: Amanda Diva

Amanda Diva isn’t crazy. She’s just not like anybody else you’ve ever met. And her work follows suit.

Amanda Diva Reel from amanda diva on Vimeo.

Straight to the point lyrics with a comedic edge, sang in her raspy from the gut voice over big production combining live instrumentation with an alternative kick, she defies genre, and expectations of what a popular female artist is “supposed” to be. She’s spunky, she’s sharp, and she’s got jokes for days. Her live show is like a venerable stand up routine coupled with soul moving music that is undeniably innovative, spontaneous, just plain awesome.

But music wasn’t always the goal. Starting off as a young actress on Nickelodeon sitcom, “My Brother and Me” Diva is no stranger to the madness that is showbiz. Moving to New York in 1999 she was exposed to the hip-hop culture in a completely new way than that of her hometown Orlando, FL and she was hooked. Soon she was writing and performing on the spoken word poetry scene before being chosen to appear on Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam (’02 & ’05). While performing at a political fundraiser she was discovered by a Program Director at Sirius Satellite Radio and was quickly hired as a radio personality right out of college where she continued to thrive from ’03-’08 with her morning show “Breakfast at Diva’s.” During that time she also obtained a Master’s in African American studies from the prestigious Columbia University and served as the face of hip-hop on MTV2 interviewing close to every relevant hip-hop/R&B artist of the last 10 yrs including Jay-Z, Nas, Mariah Carey, Pharell, and even acting heavyweights like Tom Cruise and Jamie Fox. Her love affair with the small screen continues to grow as currently she serves as comedy commentator and music expert on VH1, writer & creator of “Diva Speak TV” a weekly humor based news/sketch comedy show featured on the extremely popular ThisIs50.com & “Diva Diva Ya’ll” an interview based lifestyle show rooted in showing audiences another side of their favorite artists/personalities and exposing them to some and cultures that they should know featured on heavily trafficked Karmalooptv.com. In addition Deev is also an accomplished visual artist who shows in exhibits, does live painting events, and has a hand-painted bag line, Spectrum, available on Karmaloop.com and AmandaDiva.com.

EA Sports & Mick Boogie - NBA Live Mixtape

01. Mick Boogie “Intro”
02. Mick Boogie featuring Kidz In The Hall, Donnis & Daytona “Class Of Our Own”
03. 88 Keys featuring Colin Munroe “Wake Up Call”
04. Dead Prez “Still Bigga Than”
05. Afrika Bambaataa featuring Why G, Mickey Factz & The Fort Knox 5 “Zulu!”
06. Snoop Dogg “Lodi Dodi 2010″
07. Pete Rock “When I Need It”
08. Matt & Kim featuring De La Soul “Daylight”
09. De La Soul “La La La”
10. Mickey Factz & B.o.B. “Mind Got Blown”
11. B.o.B. “Champion”
12. Zion I “Go Hard”
13. Murs featuring Kurupt & Jay Rock “We Ballin’”
14. Laza “Crank It Up”
15. Grand Puba “Get It”
16. David Banner & GQ “S.P.I.T.”
17. Xzibit featuring BJ The Chicago Kid & Poo Bear “Fanatic”

Download: EA Sports & Mick Boogie - NBA Live Mixtape

Five/5ths Inc. Pic of The Week