RoutineFly and Richie Cunning are proud to present the official video for “Richie Cunning’s Day Off”, shot and directed by Trevor Traynor (www.trevortraynor.com / www.ishooteverything.com). The video is filmed in a grip of locations including but not limited to; someone else’s limo, a matinee showing of “More Than A Game”, and a cave. The song itself is available on Richie Cunning’s “Late Night Special” mixtape as well as Rec-League’s “Season Two” compilation, both released in December of 2009. Richie Cunning’s debut album “Night Train” is available now on Routinefly.com as well as iTunes, Amazon and other fine internet music retailers.

Richie had an interview with SF Weekly a week after the Night Train release show at the Elbo Room.   Click Here to view it, or, just read below…

Some San Franciscans make a Mission burrito run as soon as they return to town. Rapper and producer Richie Cunning just takes a deep breath and says, “Oh, thank God.” He loves the city’s air enough to give it a shout-out on his debut LP, Night Train, a record with a Blue Note look and a Golden Age hip-hop feel. “There’s definitely a different smell in different parts of town, but there is always the air,” he explains. “In a literal sense, it’s not so much the smell as the texture, the moistness of it.”
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So R2T2 (Rob Rush & Trevor Traynor) got together at a mutual friend’s birthday party with this real wild idea to shoot a promo video for Richie’s upcoming show. The result was about 5 hours of city stalking with Richie Cunning and some pretty decent video footage that we combined with some of Trevor’s photography to create this marvelous piece of work. This is the start of something great with our good pal Trevor, who is also the man responsible for Richie’s promo photos. Stay tuned for plenty R2T2 mayhem…

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You have hopefully already heard the four songs we previously released, Hear My Train A Comin’, City Boy, I Got People and Takin’ A Train. (If you’ve been under a rock, check the links below) The mixtape includes his early radio appearances on the world famous radio show The Drum KZSU, hosted by Kevvy Kev, (the longest running hip hop radio show of all time) The mixtape includes his track with Fashawn & U-N-I, Keys To The City, which was used to promote the Imeem.com concert series of the same name. You can also hear Richie’s track from the Zion I Mixtape, The Search & The Seizure, produced by Amp Live and co-starring Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples as well as collaborations with fellow Rec-League artists, Grip Grand, QM, and more. Richie shines not only with his rhymes, but also with his production, having produced a handful of the original songs on this mixtape himself.

Richie Cunning is an experienced artist with a refreshing sound and a rock hard grasp of what it takes to catch the listeners ear. This mixtape is another step in his growing career. URB Magazine has described him as having “surprising grit, undeniable swagger & perfectly ill flow”. His song The City (off the upcoming album, Night Train) has been played numerous times to hype the crowd at Oracle Arena during Golden State Warriors games. He was infamously banned from Canada in 2007 while en route to headline his first international show. More and more people are starting to take notice as Richie, “The Son of the City”, continues to spread his own special brand of rugged yet polished rap music. While we’ll leave the final decision up to you, if you choose to agree, we won’t be mad at you.

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Richie Cunning – Late Night Special Mixtape

Previously:
Richie Cunning – Hear My Train A Comin’
Richie Cunning – City Boy
Richie Cunning – I Got People
Richie Cunning – Takin’ A Train’

Here it is, folks. The fourth and final release from Richie Cunning’s Late Night Special mixtape. For anyone who has missed out on the last three Mondays, catch up here…here…and here. The Late Night Special mixtape will be available in it’s entirety for free download on December 7th at RoutineFly.com.

This week’s song, Hear My Train A Comin, reads a little more like a country ballad than a rap song. Richie pulls the ol’ one track jack on Jimi Hendrix and the result is this hallucinogenic, whiskey-soaked, barnburner. Give it a spin and be sure to tune back in next Monday for the rest of the mixtape. City up, little doggie.

Richie Cunning – Hear My Train A Comin’ DivShare | UserShare

Week 3 is upon us and here, as promised, is the third track from Richie Cunning’s Late Night Special Mixtape. There will be one more track leaked next Monday before the entire mixtape will be released for free download on December 7th at RoutineFly.com. Richie’s self produced debut album, Night Train, will be subsequently released on January 15th, 2010.

This week’s song, “City Boy” produced by Richie Cunning, is sure to make his underground fans hate him and his girl fans remark, “Oh, I kinda like this song”.  Richie’s take on a familiar San Francisco anthem provides a look into the drive of upcoming artists in the often unwelcoming world of the music industry.  See for yourself what all the fuss is about.  Listen closely, and pray you don’t miss the train.

“Fuck it the train’s comin’ ain’t no keepin it back / you don’t wanna get hit? Don’t sleep on the tracks”

Richie Cunning – City Boy

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Richie Cunning’s “Night Train” is scheduled for release on Jan. 15th.  But before that you’re gonna get your face melted with the “Late Night Special” mixtape!  All new joints and a few classics from the past wrapped up into one delightful package

This track, “Takin’ A Train” is the first leak from the mixtape.  There will be 3 more songs released,  one every monday before the mixtape is available.  So enjoy the first new track you get to hear from the upcoming mixtape.  Let the ride begin…

Richie Cunning – Takin’ A Train – Usershare / Download

New song from Season 2.  Music Monday continues with this little treasure….  Season 2 is finished and will be invading your system soon.  Stay tuned.

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QM, Rob Rush & Richie Cunning – “Our Way”

Alright folks!!! Round TWO is on us!!!

As you already know HipHopOfficial has their Artist Of The Week Contest rolling and after a well fought battle in round one…. round two is upon us. Gonna need more help this time cause the competetion is getting thicker so PLEASE go vote and others to vote… spread the word to people at your offices / schools etc and throw those votes for Rob Rush & Richie Cunning here’s all the info

http://www.hiphopofficial.com/?p=2129

Rob Rush vs. Concrete Saints:
http://poll.fm/124w0

Richie Cunning vs. VICEVERSAH
http://poll.fm/124vz

Spread the word!! Invite more people and let’s win this thing for the Rec!!

On July 7th the esteemed websites HipHopOfficial.com & iLLRoots.com announced the 16 contestants for their Artist Of The Month contest. We were happy to see that both Rob Rush & Richie Cunning are in the runnings! Now here’s where YOU the viewer can play along… The voting is open all week, and you can vote AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT… meaning, that it’s gonna get ugly and we need our friends (you guys) to make sure we get a victory. Go and check it out, give the songs a listen.. I’m sure you’ll see that the good ole Rec has supplied some real fire to the contest and your vote will be going in the right direction when it’s cast for us.

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This is Week One! The contest is 4 weeks long so we will need you to come back and vote… I know it’s a commitment, and the commitment MAY seem one sided, but it’s not. We love you and would do the same if you were in a contest, and you know that… so go ahead and check the links here:

http://www.hiphopofficial.com/?p=2062

Rob Rush vs. Tekneek
http://poll.fm/11t0m

Richie Cunning vs. MoonChild
http://poll.fm/11t0g

Make sure you cast your votes for Richie Cunning and for Rob Rush. Say you do it 10 times a day even! Also check out the other artists too! Hey why not! If you’re really in the giving mood invite OTHER people who we might not know personally (like we do all of you) but who enjoy our music and want to help get our name out. The internet and the world will thank you. Also, you will all get golden pony’s when we’re famous… each and every one of you will get one, why would I lie about something like that?

Your friends and hard working rappers,

=- Rec-League