May, 2010

B1 HIP HOP ARTIST FROM THE LOU

Friday, May 28th, 2010

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Born and raised in the city of St. Louis. This young rising star has been on the grind since childhood. The love of music put a strangehold on B1s life at the age of 15. The name B1 was given to him by friend in the neighberhood of  South St.louis (Dutchtown) because they all believed in his lyrical abilty and talent to be the one, therefore the name B1 was Born. He brings positive influences into the negativity of ghetto living and keeps everyday struggles in the forefront of his music. Some of his accomplishments consist of opening for National Recording Artist Jim Jones, several openings for Penelope Jones on her Tour, & also Performed alongside artist such as Ruka Puff at the African Palace. You might even know B1 from his early attributes with his St.Louis based group G2 DA-T which performed on Street Heat on Channel 21, and a number of other Venues in the city. Some musical inspirations he has are legends like Tupac, Biggie, UGK, NWA, and Bone Thugs N Harmony and the list keep growing all the time. Eitheir way u slice it this vibrant, hard working, talented young man is positive and he is one of the next to watch for in the world of music. Once you hear the music you will definitely want to become apart of the MOVEMENT.. B1/1-on-1 COMING THIS SUMMER!!

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CLINICAL AND MICKIE STACKS LOONEY BIN RECORDS

Friday, May 28th, 2010

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Looney Bin Records consists of Clinical and Mickie Stacks. Mickie Stacks

  (formerly known as Young Tragedy) began writing and recording in 2005. He
recorded his first mixtape called Blacklight Sessions Vol. 1. Mickie
performed at the Creepy Crawl as well as in his high schools battle of the
bands and Mr. Perfect competition. After the release of his first self
released album titled Summa Dayz, Mickie Stacks realized it was time to
change things up and quit trying to imitate the mainstream. In 2009 Mickie
Stacks teamed up with another local rapper named Clinical, who had just
recently entered the rap game, to form Looney Bin Records. Clinical and
Mickie Stacks released their first mixtape on Looney Bin Records titled
Committed. The mixtape had different flows and crazy lyricism and was a huge
success. In 2010 Mickie Stacks and Clinical started performing at Pop’s
nightclub, doing hip-hop showcases and even battling to open for Bone Thugs
N Harmony. Most of their performances were filmed by Mr. A and Block DVD.
They also performed at Show-Me’s for Nick Diesel’s Thursday Throwdowns and
K9 Squad’s Saturday Shutdowns. K9 Squad also recently asked them to begin
performing every Thursday at Doug’s Burger Bar for the K9 Squad Thursday
Throwdowns. 2010 also brought success to Mickie and Clinical when they
landed a spot on The Daily Grind Vol. 1 Underground Hip-Hop Compilation CD.
Looney Bin Records also released Looney Tunes Vol. 1 which is the first of
the Looney Tunes mixtape series. This leads us to the present where Mickie
Stacks and Clinical are currently working on the Looney Tunes Vol. 2 mixtape
as well the Looney Bin Records first full length album. The album will have
features from underground artists around St. Louis. They are also preparing
for more live shows, interviews, and features. You can check out ALL Looney
Bin Records music here:

http://www.myspace.com/welcometothelooneybin

http://www.myspace.com/mickiestacks

http://www.myspace.com/clinicalofthemidwest

http://www.riverfrontradio.com/looney_bin_records

http://www.datpiff.com/profile/thelooneybin

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