Producer Talk

Producers please respect yourself to know the business and what your worth is. There are a lot of rappers doing mixtapes which I think is great. But think before you email your work out. Get an understanding on what your gain is. If its not a financial gain make sure that your credits are list so that you can promote your work. Rappers have the action at doing shows off of mixtapes and making money. Don't be a fool and give your music out with out some type of agreement that will allow you to be put in position to make money if there is no money up front.

I AM MR LEE

Back on the Blog

It's been a minute since I've been on my blog. I will be making an announcement at the end of the week!!!

Z-Ro - Never Had Love [Prod. by Beanz N Kornbread]

Eclipz ft FatRat Da Czar & Dan Johns - WHOLE ARMY

Eclipz - Whole Army Trailer

Pimp C - Still Pimpin *In Stores Now*

Seems like a lot of folks aren't aware, and I found out late myself...but I got my copy and its awesome!!! Pimp C - Still Pimpin is in stores now! features Too Short, Lil KeKe, Bun B, Big Krit, Slim Thug, Paul Wall and Others....They are doing an awesome job at protecting the legacy of his music. We often say that a person is with us in spirit, but based on the sound of "The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones" and "Still Pimpin" the Pimp never left us. RIP Pimp C....UGK 4 Life

FROM XXL Magazine:

Though Pimp C passed away back in 2007, we’ve still been treated new music from him in the years since, though it hasn’t been without controversy. The Pimp’s widow, Chinara Butler, has been in a legal battle with his label, Rap-A-Lot Records, about the ownership of the late rapper’s masters. And though Chad Butler’s wife was reportedly unhappy with the selection of music for his album Still Pimping it hit shelves and the ‘net last week.
Maybe her claims were not baseless, though, as the second posthumous release from the UGK co-founder often bears diminishing returns. As before, Rap-A-Lot has gathered UGK contemporaries and admirers from Lil Keke to Slim Thug to craft another posthumous album. Big K.R.I.T., who has been compared to Pimp C in his sound, style, and ability to rap and produce, get a spot on “Grippin On The Wood” alongside Bun B, which proves to be a stellar symbolic passing of the country-rap torch. “Watch The Reaction” is fun, with Pimp spitting gleeful shit-talk over a choppy, David Banner-style organ, while the smooth “I’m So Proud of Ya” flips the Isley’s “Choosey Lover” to kick some real talk to the women.
For those hungrily craving another dose of that Port Arthur-bred boasts, Still Pimping‘s first half is enjoyable, as the guest-heavy project has a mostly genuine sound. UGK lifers would be better off bumping Super Tight or Ridin’ Dirty one more time, though, and, in the immortal words of Pimp C, “Smoke somethin’, bitch!” —Aaron Matthews

Havin Thangs!!

UGK feat Big Krit - Grippin On The Wood

UGK 4 Life

Devin the Dude at Apache Cafe (Atlanta, GA-6.19.09)

Slim Thug ft Devin The Dude And Dre Day - Caddy Music -2011-

Big K.R.I.T. ft. Curren$y & Killa Kyleon - Moon & Stars Remix (Official ...

Chamillionaire Releases "Major Pain 1.5," Tracklisting Included

 

After splitting from Universal in January, Chamillionaire is embracing a return to independence with the digital release of Major Pain 1.5. In lieu of his shelved Venom album, the tech savvy Houston-based rapper has been releasing free digital offerings such as his recent batch of Playlist Poison tracks. On April 18, Cham is offering another free digital album entitled Major Pain 1.5.

Taking an approach similar to Radiohead a few years ago, fans will be offered the option of paying for a physical copy of the album. However, this is not a “name your own price” affair, as interested parties will have to pay $12. In return, the first 500 people to purchase the album get signed copies, while the remaining 500 still get a physical copy. Chamillionaire’s digital expertise led major labels such as Universal to initially seek him out. And he was rewarded for his early adoption of the digital realm in 2006 by having the most downloaded ringtone to date at the time. Ringtones of his song “Ridin’” were downloaded over 3 million times, usually at $.99 each.

“I promised that once I got out my label situation I was gonna give you more material and that’s’ what I’m gonna do,” Chamillionaire wrote on his website. “Almost everyone knows Venom is not coming out anymore, but Major Pain 1.5, Major Pain 2, and The Playlist Poison album will. Major Pain 1.5 will be the first release of mixtape material that will lead up to a real Playlist Poison album release. All the info about The Playlist Poison album will be inside Major Pain 1.5 when you get it April 18. I'll release more Playlist Poison tracks leading up to the full album, but just know that the album will be A FULL BODY OF NEW PLAYLIST POISON MATERIAL. Nothing but quality all the way through. I know its been a rough road but just know that I've had all my REAL fans in mind during every decision that I have made and now we can finally get back on track. Looking forward to the future. Salute.”
(March 4)


UPDATE: Chamillionaire's Major Pain 1.5 is now available here

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Already Dead Intro.
2. War To Your Door.
3. Slow City Don
4. Slow it Down
5. Next Flight Up
6. Never Come Down BREAK***
7. This My World Feat. Big K.R.I.T. (Produced by VMAN Productions)
8. King Me
9. Chandelier Ceiling (Produced By Big. KRIT)
10 Livin Better Now
11.Gotta Be The Baddest
12. Naked Man Skit (Roy Wood Jr)
13. When Ya On Feat. Nipsey Hussle (Produced by Andrew Dawson)
14. Think About it.
15. My Toy Soldier
16. Stay Screwed N Chopped
17. Forever Be A King Break.
18. Tone For Life (Famous)
19. Wake up Outro.

Bun B & Lupe Fiasco Debate a Schoolteacher - Are Rappers Role Models?

Bun B and Lupe Fiasco field questions at a recent panel discussion for the university class taught by Bun.

Ozone Magazine was recently on hand to tape the latest public panel session hosted by Bun B for his Religion and Hip Hop Culture class at Rice Univeristy. The event, which featured guest panelists Lupe Fiasco, Talib Kweli, Malice of the Clipse, Trae Tha Truth and Tre9, focused on religion's place in Hip Hop and emcees's personal responsibility to the community.
At one point in the discussion, a school teacher questioned Bun as to why more rappers aren't conveying a positive message to the youth. Bun responded saying that while some rappers are to blame for not doing more for their communities, Hip Hop is not completely at fault. The problems that many people face stem from larger issuest and government neglect.
"I think the problem is...we as artists, we're not obligated to [give a postive message]," replied Bun. "It's only if we personally feel the obligation to do that. if you go to McDonald's, the person behind the counter [is] not obligated to tell you how bad McDonald's is for you; their obligation at work is to sell you McDonald's. Now, me as a person, I personally know that there's other things going on, so when I'm not at work, I go out in the community and try to do what I can to rectify that. But that being said...we go back to the point that if a child is at home listening to me at night with their parents...I understand that [many parents are working]. I was latch-key kid, my brother, and look where I'm at: I'm a...co-professor at Rice University and I was raised on Hip Hop. I was raised on Ice Cube and all of these things. I came home from school at 4 PM [and] my mother was gone. I made some good decisions, and I made some bad decisions.
"As a person in my community, I try to speak into peoples' lives. But you can't hold me or Hip Hop accountable for the fact that a person hears what I said and chooses to do that, and specifically a child. Now, when I say it's not my responsibility to raise your child, I meant that primarily. Now, does it take a village to raise a child? Yes, it does, but you've got to stand up and point at all the things that are creating these circumstances. You point to the government just as much as the rapper."
Lupe Fiasco then took the microphone to respond to the teacher's question. During his answer, Carrera Lu related his experiences visiting his former school in Chicago, where he said students depended upon school for meals more than education. He went on to lambast the education system for failing to teach their students something meaningful during the tenure of their education.
"I was principal for a day a school," he said. "It was the school I went as a kid...on the west side of Chicago...the kids would come into this school to eat...not to learn, to eat breakfast and lunch. The principal of this school...is trying to institute a third meal, so that he knows when those kids go home, they're going to have had something to eat...I come to the school, Lupe Fiasco...[and] none of these kids knew who I was, and I was on the radio everyday. None of these kids knew who I was and the problems they had still existed...they weren't coming to school to learn, they were coming to eat.
"There's some very serious problems even within the school system itself...the way you were taught how to teach kids, the system that you came up under, they're archaic and ancient, 60 to 70 years past their time. You should go into school and take all of those antiquated text books and those meaningless tests...that you sit over and watch these kids take, you know that they're not going to use 95% of that information at all...I challenge you, throw away all of them books, all of the tests, and teach them something meaningful...you're just as guilty as Lil Wayne. Miseducation is miseducation, no matter how you put it, whether it's coming through the radio station or it's coming out of a book or a teacher...just because I can make it rhyme and you can't doesn't make you better than me, pimp."

Snoop Dogg - I Don't Need No Bitch f. Devin the Dude: Album In Stores As Well

Once again....let this album serve as another smack in the face to the people that stay crying about music not being good these days. My dawg Heazy Boi called me a week ago and told me about Bootsy Collins being on the intro and I was sold just from that. Snoop's albums have been on a super winning streak if you ask me, so I was going to check out his new one off GP. I do want to go back to actually purchasing physical copies, but the Amazon App on my phone makes it real hard, especially when new releases are as low as 2.99 for the first week. I mean what am I supposed to do ya know? Haha. So today I'm riding to Sumter today and its song after song after song...no skips...the production is amazing and Snoop is truly a master of his style...he has improved as a song writer from working with song writers...there are features on the project but they fit in well, and you still get a healthy dose of Snoop Dogg. I hate it when you get more features than the actual artist (Jay-Z - Vol 2 Hard Knock Life). And to speak on the production again Snoop picked some super Soul/Funked out jams from some instrumental beast (Jake One, Battlecat, Fredwreck, Mr Porter, DJ Khalil to name some). Here are the credits pulled from Wiki also. In a nutshell..MIDIMarc says PUT SOME DOLLARS DOWN ON THE DOGGUMENTARY!

1.	"Toyz N Da Hood" (featuring Bootsy Collins)	Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr., George Clinton	Jake One	2:40
2.	"The Way Life Used to Be"	Brian Holland, Broadus, Edward Holland, Jr., Lamont Herbert Dozier, Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Samuel Cook	Battlecat	3:43
3.	"My Own Way" (featuring Mr. Porter)	Broadus	Mr. Porter	3:05
4.	"Wonder What It Do" (featuring Uncle Chucc)	Broadus	Battlecat	3:43
5.	"My Fucn House" (featuring Young Jeezy & E-40)	Broadus	Rick Rock	5:07
6.	"Peer Pressure" (featuring Traci Nelson)		Fredwreck	4:07
7.	"I Don't Need No Bitch" (featuring Devin the Dude & Kobe)	Broadus	DJ Khalil	3:59
8.	"Platinum" (featuring R. Kelly)	Broadus, Robert Sylvester Kelly	Lex Luger	4:29
9.	"Boom" (featuring T-Pain)	Broadus, Scott Storch, Faheem Rasheed Najm	Scott Storch	3:50
10.	"We Rest N Cali" (featuring Goldie Loc & Bootsy Collins)	Broadus, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman	Mr. Porter	4:10
11.	"El Lay" (featuring Marty James)	Broadus	Scoop DeVille	4:06
12.	"Gangbang Rookie" (featuring Pilot)	Broadus	Jake One	3:46
13.	"This Weed Iz Mine" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)	Broadus	Scoop DeVille	3:43
14.	"Wet"	Broadus, David Benjamin, Niles Hollowell-Dhar	The Cataracs	3:45
15.	"Take U Home" (featuring Too Short, Kokane & Daz Dillinger)	Broadus	Meech Wells, Soul Mechanix (co.)	3:55
16.	"Sumthing Like this Night" (featuring Gorillaz)	Broadus	Damon Albarn, Gorillaz (co.) Jason Cox	3:37
17.	"Superman" (featuring Willie Nelson)	Broadus		2:05
18.	"Eyez Closed" (featuring Kanye West & John Legend)	Broadus, Kanye Omari West	Kanye West, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean (add.)	5:02
19.	"Raised In da Hood"	Broadus, Troutman	Warryn Campbell, DJ Reflex (co.)	3:39
20.	"It's D Only Thang"	Broadus	David Banner, THX (co.)	3:16
21.	"Cold Game" (featuring LaToiya Williams)	Broadus	Rick Rude	3:49

Young Jeezy Signs Freddie Gibbs To CTE

Big K.R.I.T - Return Of 4 Eva (Free Album)

With artist like Big K.R.I.T. around how dare anyone say that music is lacking. Mainstream radio lacking will never mean that Hip Hop isn't where its supposed to be. I know that it can be argued, but remember that MIDIMarc says that music is right where it needs to be. If anything its now up to YOU, US, the fans to search for what we need to hear and its up to the independent artist to make what they feel. The revolution will not be televised or broadcast. We can't sit around and wait for "The Man"..lol to tell us what we should be listening to. There is no excuse with the internet now. I won't sit around man and complain. If I see it fit to complain I should see that I don't have a reason to complain anymore. Who knows...maybe you're reading this blog and you aren't familiar with Big K.R.I.T. And if that's so, then I have done at least part of my job and have informed you. I present to you his latest free album

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1. Return Of 4Eva (Intro)

2. Rise & Shine

3. Return Of 4Eva

4. Dreaming

5. Rotation

6. My Sub

7. Sookie Now (ft. David Banner)

8. American Rapstar

9. Highs & Lows

10. Shake It (ft. Joi)

11. Made Alot (ft. Big Sant)

12. Lions & Lambs

13. King’s Blues

14. Time Machine (ft. Chamillionaire)

15. Get Right

16. Amtrak

17. Player’s Ballad (ft. Raheem DeVaughn)

18. Another Naive Individual Glorifying Greed & Encouraging Racism

19. Free My Soul

20. The Vent

21. Country Shit (Remix) (ft. Ludacris x Bun B)

I Found Me - Z-Ro ft. Trae of G-Maab

Blast FT. Big Gemini "Gotta Get By" -Produced by Mr.Lee

Dblack wit Mr Lee and Slim thugs Bro @ BOSS HOG Studio H town

Paul Wall "Break Em Off" ft. Lil' Keke

Z-Ro Freestyle

Rice University's Anthony Pinn and Bun B discuss religion and hip-hop

Slim Thug - 3 Kings

Bun B - You're Everything (Feat. Rick Ross, David Banner, 8Ball & MJG) [...

Mr Lee The Producer getting props

It's alway a blessing to see that your work is being appreciated by your peers.I have been blessed over the years with alot of kind words. This makes me very humble and pushes me to keep doing what I'm doing. A big thank you to all my people that have been supporting me all these years!!

THROWBACK PICS

MR LEE AND E 40 

MR LEE AND MICHEAL WATTS

MR LEE AND JIMMY JAM

MY EARS ON THE MUSIC

   I'm hearing over the years a bunch of rap about money,cars, clothes and hoes, that seems to be the topic of alot of the rap music currently. I have never seen so many made rappers already at the top before they drop one single, kinda got me scratching my head. When I look at artist like Wiz, Nipsey, Krit, Mr Fab you can see how and why they are growing. Their music has substance it's NOT all same ole same ole I even hear it in artist like Jdawg as well thats the shit the get you years and years in the game. Being a artist or producer is being an individual you can't be seen or heard if you look or sound the same as everyone else. Before I end this blog I will confirm there are many more individuals out there that are doing the same as the rappers I named. These are the ones I have listened to and watched their careers form the start.

Have a blessed day keep God first!

 I AM MR LEE

GIVING BACK

LEARN YOUR WORTH

    To all the Producers and ARTIST know your worth and understand what you are charging for and what services you provide for your business. I charge a significant amount of money for my tracks because I provide radio singles for artist which in return turns in to a vast amount of show monies for my clients. So yes if you are established and have a budget I need to be paid what I'm worth, after you walk out of my studio there are no show monies for me and the way the industry is there is almost no back end either. I hear people complain about the 360 deals, Why do you think that's in place? The labels are not stupid with the decline of record sales if they are gonna invest money into an artist they have to secure all avenues of getting there money back. These days a artist can get a couple of hot songs and not sell enough records to recoup their budget but on the other hand make a lot of money doing shows and features because of a hot record. So be very business minded about your business people and understand what you bring to the table and gauge the worth of your own stock value. In closing I want all artist to understand just because I charge a lot for tracks does not mean I want wave my fees are come down on my prices .If I believe in a artist sound I believe in waving fees are cutting them down this has been a part of my legacy for many years.

   Everyone be blessed And remember to keep God first.

I AM MR LEE

GET AT ME

For a one on one with me and a chance to join my production team or work on projects I'm working on contact me at blazetrak.com/mrlee

NEW HEAT FOR 2011

SOME OF MY FAVORITE SHIT

My first blog

I'm starting my new blog to hear opinions on things I'm doing as well to get feed back and discuss things in the music biz. I feel that it's my duty to educate up and coming artist producers etc. to keep what I have helped create alive and well and to make it much stronger than I could ever imagine. I think the new Houston movement is a good thing but I do believe as funny as it is alot of people that made way for this movement feel a little slighted, they hear the word new it makes them feel excluded, in my opinion change is always good I hear the foundation of what I brought to the table in alot of music in and out of Texas and I feel that a new sound can only help me recreate myself so I embrace and support that Although I don't reside in Houston now my heart and work will always. Ima H town repper forever !!!!!Houston Stand Up keep our movement going!