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play lo-fi play hi-fi  AKIR "THIS IS YOUR LIFE"
play lo-fi play hi-fi  K. WALL "SWEAT"
play lo-fi play hi-fi  MATT BLAQUE "WORK THAT BODY"
play lo-fi play hi-fi  A-LIFE "NO THANKS, NO TIME"
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ALL i.N.Y.C. ENTERTAINMENT, one of the hottest independent labels on the rise right now, was built by owner/president/C.E.O. - SHAIQUANN a.k.a. ALL i, a Brooklyn-bred emcee/producer. established in 2002 and now based in Atlanta, Georgia - ALL i.N.Y.C. ENTERTAINMENT has been in existence for 2 years now and it's steadily rising and creating a buzz in both the streets and the industry with it's artists - MATT BLAQUE, STILLAMESS, J. DANJHAFIELD, CICELY J., ROB DEVILLE, DA' CHAIRMEN, HANNA B., DJ GREEN HORNET and SHAIQUANN A.K.A. ALL i himself. It's a good look for ALL i.N.Y.C. ENTERTAINMENT, especially for 2005. First out the gate, East Oakland, California's own MATT BLAQUE with his highly-anticipated ALL i.N.Y.C. ENTERTAINMENT self-titled debut release - MATT BLAQUE. It’s true, there hasn’t been a heavy hip-hop/R&B buzz coming from Oakland in a long time since EN VOGUE and TONY! TONI! TONE'! but MATT BLAQUE is about to change all that. And who’s leading the way to bring Oakland hip-hop/R&B back to where it once was? MATT BLAQUE, that's who! Hot hip-hop/R&B ish, trust! It's a good look! Not a bad look for a young man who worked his way up the ladder working odd jobs. SHAIQUANN A.K.A. ALL i honed his music business skills working with a couple of independent labels in the past as well and from there got tight and built ALL i.N.Y.C. ENTERTAINMENT, a fully self-contained independent label that's also has several divisions such as ALL i PLATINUM PLUS MODEL MANAGEMENT & PROMOTIONS, ALL i GRAFF-X DESIGN & MARKETING GROUP, ALL i.N.Y.C. PRODUCTIONS, and RISIN' SON ARTIST MANAGEMENT. Nuff' said, it's a good look!
Why this name?
"I came up with the name of the label because of where I'm from - Brooklyn, NY. Most of the people down are either connected or from NY and the vision I had in mind was to make the label real big across the board not just on a national level but overseas as well. Hence the name All i.N.Y.C. which stands for All International New York Connect plus the All i also represents my emcee tag as well." - Shaiquann a.k.a. All i
Do you play live?
"Yeah, definitely. We have in the works a club circuit and black college tour planned for mid-half of 2005." - Shaiquann a.k.a. All i
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
"It's definitely a good look. I think it helps those labels such as ours reach our full potential, audience wise. With the net I can reach out further than I probably would if I was just locally based. So it's definitely a good look but that's the gift. The curse to it is that with the steady rise of downloading online it can kinda hurt sales as well but we try not to sweat that. It's a small thing." - Shaiquann a.k.a. All i
Would you sign a record contract with a major label?
"Yeah, our game plan is to set things off with a major maybe a joint venture or P&D (pressing & distribution) deal. Basically we're lookin' to be that next Def Jam, Bad Boy, Roc-a-fella, even Cash Money. With the way things is lookin' I see that happenin' in the next 2 years, real talk." - Shaiquann a.k.a. All i
Your influences?
"To be honest my major influences in this rap game are the big dawgs doin' it right now business wise. The Russell Simmons, Kevin Liles, Lyor Cohen, Dame Dash, Jay-Z, Kareem Biggs, P. Diddy, Dr. Dre, Irv Gotti's out there doin' the damn thing. I'm following the path laid by them cats' right now but if I had to name three of my musical influences I'd have to say the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and Nas. Those cats' really set it off for me." - Shaiquann a.k.a. All i
Favorite spot?
"Las Vegas, Neveda; Atlanta, Georgia and of course NY." - Shaiquann a.k.a. All i
Anything else...?
"It's a good look...2005, don't sleep"
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