Yes, finally we are in business officially! WORLD OF BEATS RECORDINGS[/b] is now in effect, with the release of the debut record by G.U.N, "The Greedy Ultimate E.P." (which you may have heard and heard about previously on Soulstrut). We have the E.P. available on vinyl and cd, PLUS there is a limited edition promo-only G.U.N / 9th Wonder mixtape as well (which is so crazy to me right now... please excuse my biased hyping of this mixtape, I just can't help it!).
Some of y'all may remember my lament about the quality of the vinyl pressing- well, they recut the thing and the 2nd test pressing sounded a little better, but still... they didn't do a great job with the sound of the vinyl, for whatever reason. At the time I was dealing with the passing of my Grandmother and couldn't really be bothered with making sure this sh*t was 100% right, so it just is what it is. It's loud as f**k, though, I'll say that much! I'll just chalk it up as a learning experience. The good news is, one, the packaging looks great! (thanks to the incredible Tsega Dinka and Mike Davis... you may have heard of them, they're really good) Two, there will almost definitely only be 1,000 copies of this vinyl pressed up, so it will be an instant raer that may one day be worth hundreds and hundreds of dollars!
As I've stated previously, I will be giving these out free of charge to all my peeps (this means YOU) who are interested, until the little batch of promos I've set aside is all gone. Just PM me or better yet hit me at soulman@worldofbeats.com and let me know if you prefer cd or vinyl. If you wish to donate a small amount of dough to help cover my costs you can Paypal it to soulman@worldofbeats.com but don't feel obligated at all. (Those who have already let me know they want to be hooked up, your package is already in the mail or will be this week.)
This G.U.N record is the first thing we're putting out to "test the waters", but we're planning a lot more. I'm gonna be putting out a few more mixtapes very soon (you knew I couldn't totally retire from that, right?) Stroman Fresh Baked Classics. Modern soul, hip hop, of course all kinds of raers as well as not-so-raers, etc. I'm also looking at putting out the unreleased album by my long lost cousin Otis Goodwin- some of y'all funk 45 and northern soul dudes probably know about the "I Just Feel It a Little Bit" / "Sometimes" 45 on my father's Jazz Records label. Well, they cut an entire album when they did that 45 and my father still has the tapes, so we're gonna see if we can put it out.
There will be another 1988-era Phill Most Chill 12" to follow up the success of the "On Tempo Jack" reissue, plus either a whole album or an EP if this next 12" is well received. Also we're looking at another G.U.N mixtape and 12" later this year, then hopefully a full album by early 2006.
And last but not least... WILLIE EVANS JR. He's sent me about 6 songs so far, and IMO the sh*t is mind numbing. I think a lot of people are gonna lose their minds over my man Willie Ev.
Anyway, thanks to all my soulstrut fam who have supported, shouted out, given respect, criticized constructively, etc... it's all love! Hit me up asap for those freebies- it's about to go down, kid! (Also anybody who's trying to do biz in whatever way, just get at me and we'll talk.)
