“Industry rule #4080: record company people are shady.” Q-Tip hipped folks to this many moons ago and we’re still witnessing the greed and misappropriation of our (hip hop) culture from huge record labels. I’m a fan of Gummy Soul and Amerigo Gazaway. They’ve proven themselves as innovators and risk takers. They recently released Gazaway’s mash-up Bizarre Tribe, a conceptual meeting of A Tribe Called Quest and The Pharcyde hits. An incredibly familiar but original idea, Bizarre Tribe is a classic hip hop head’s wet dream. Apparently, Sony has caught wind and wants some of the pie. Sony sent a cease and desist letter to the producers to stop distributing the free project. WTF?? Read Gummy Soul’s informative, hell-yeah worthy retort below. (more…)
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