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

Does it count as getting the cover if the magazine is all digital? Maybe not. But I did it anyway. Legend Mag gave the kid an interview and some shine. Big up to them. BIG Big up to Trevor Traynor who hooked me up with Legend and took all the photos. Trev is pretty much the boss of this whole camera shit. Check out his site and his blog to see some of the many stars that he has blessed with the gift. Cop a t-shirt if you’re feeling fashionable. I gotta run. I’m doing a High Times cover shoot today for their Champions of Chirp issue.

Big up to Arlene at Stash Magazine for inviting me to perform at this event. The video only has one song from the kid, but it has a few from Eligh & Jo Wilkinson (Eligh’s Mom) who just recorded an album together as well as some stuff from Afro Classics (Scarub & Very). The event is happening again with more Cunny this Wednesday (April 8th) at 330 Ritch in SF. City up, little doggie.

Here’s a couple tracks off the presses (computers). The first one is my take on a Busta Rhymes song that I believe is going to be on his forthcoming album, Back On My B.S. The other one is just a quick 16 that I wrote to enter the New Classics Mixtape Contest. Unfortunately, Imeem (AKA the shittier and more confusing Myspace) assed me out of the contest. It’s a long story. Enjoy. Or don’t.

Light Up A Fire (Remix)

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New Classics Mixtape Contest Entry

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Here’s a video I put together of Richie’s show a few months ago at the Independent. Crazy audio problems is why it took me so long to get it up, regardless hope you enjoy. We kept the camera rolling all night. Good Times. Shouts to Fashawn, Hecktik and that whole camp who are doin’ big things.

UPDATE: Not that it really matters in an 8 min video but this shit is driving me nuts… If your audio goes off sync in the last part of the video try watching it in regular format (just click the video it should open the YouTube page) and for some reason the regular format is in sync, while the HD isn’t. However the regualr format looks like SHIT once the credits start to roll. I guess we’ll just have to wait for the DVD release. Thanks YouTube.

You might recognize the name “Urban Renewal Project” from a little debacle I had a while back. Well URP’s DJ Sage & O-Dog have teamed up with Finale Design to unleash a new mixtape as well as a matching T-shirt. The mixtape features both new and classic music from tons of dope artists as well as an appearance from yours truly. Definitely worth checking out. Tracklist and download link after the jump as well as the shirt design and a link to cop one.
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Richie Cunning – Richie’s Day Off (Live in Fresno, CA 12/23/08) from AlwaysHustle.com on Vimeo.
A clip from the Evidence/Alchemist/Fashawn/Coley Cole/Richie Cunning showdown in Fresno a few days back.

From Always Hustle.Com

In case you didn’t already know, Richie Cunning is playing with Blu, UNI, and Fashawn at the Independent for the Imeem “Keys To The City” Launch Party. If you come to this site and don’t have the Grizzly Man Mixtape I don’t know what to think of you… but you may not have the Fashawn Mixtape “One Shot, One Kill”, and this is the last time you have an excuse. Get on your game and download them both right now.

Richie Cunning – “The Grizzly Man”
Fashawn – “One Shot, One Kill”

Thanks to Mr. Sayre and Imeem for all the hard work on the Keys To The City Launch… big thangs.

Sidenote: Happy Birthday to Grip Grand!

In case you’ve been under a rock somewhere… Richie Cunning is on the move in a big way these days. His newest accomplishment? A guest spot on the new Zion I mixtape! The mixtape (so not a tape anymore… does anyone have a tape player? i do.. ) is available for free download from the Zion I website. Props to Richie and to all the people that helped make this happen. Track list after the jump.

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