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stage thats when u see william trice turn in to tree gotti u hear me.and dats genuine speak oh yall be lookin out 4 dat new tree gotti and mr.cutt album coming soon and also dat committee album 'WE LIVE THIS' hittin da stores this summer yall make shure yall be lookin out 4 dat and ayy yall dont forget yall need dem hit singles man get wit me check my blog 4 da numbers and get at me u digg PS IM DA TRUTH WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PRODUCING SHITif yall niggas need dem beats get at me i got da best work 4 da best prices if u need a hit single then u need to get wit me and for those who dont know i do all me and da committee beats and we record'em in my studio and i mix and master them how many artis/producers u know workin dat hard and my shit sound professional and coming out radio ready so who eva need there shit like dat need to fuc wit me hit me on my hip 240-925-3748 or call da studo 301-862-9531 ask 4 tree gotti or mr.cuttNBC REPORTTroy Machir, DC Scene InternComing from the rough streets of Southeast, D.C., Da Committee is on a mission to rise up from the streets and make it big. Da Committee is more than just a beat-banging rap group; they are more similar to a collaboration of artists, in the same style that the Wu-Tang Clan was. Their sound is the perfect blend of Dirty South and East Coast Hip-Hop.Da Committee is on its way to making it big. Their new CD, We Live This, features two songs that have been huge radio hits in the D.C. area. “Bruce Wayne†is a good heavy sounding rap beat with very stylistic lyrics. And yes, the song is actually about Bruce Wayne, aka Batman.Their other hit song, “DC Clap†has absolutely blown up on the radio stations in D.C. It is currently on the top-10 playlist on WPGC 95.5, which is D.C.’s premier Hip-Hop radio station. The “DC Clap†is a true club-banging beat. It has a heavy beat, with real sharp edge loops and hooks. The lyrics are all about representing the D.C. area.The Next Rap Stars May Emerge From DC Underground Hip Hop With "Welcome To DC""
[Previous entry: "CBC Chair Requests Meeting with Judge Alito"] [Next entry: "UpSouth, a youth multimedia art exhibit features work of 20 teenage artists"]DC and Maryland's underground Hip Hop fans have already been buzzing about the new CD "Distribution Deal" by Tree GottiDC and Maryland's underground Hip Hop fans have already been buzzing about the new CD "Distribution Deal" by Tree Gotti, the first solo act from local rap group, Da Committee. "I can't keep a copy," says Gotti. "People have been buying and bootlegging the jont like crazy. But we'll have enough pressed and ready for the Premiere fo' sho'!"The event, held this Tuesday, Nov 8 at Club U-Turn on 11th & U Sts, NW, will feature the premiere of the first video made from the CD for the song "Welcome To D.C." The song is being touted as the definitive anthem for the District and the people who are as underrepresented in Congress as they are in the national spotlight…its impoverished, victimized, police-harrassed, drug violence-surviving black people. The tribute's melody-layered, hard-driving, "club-banger" beat is completely infectious. The song's unapologetic loyalty to its lyrical and musical foundations in Hip Hop is surpassed only by the phenomenon of its video, produced by Black Hollywood Films, a homegrown production company.The video was shot, directed and edited by a team of three: Navaro "Vito Terrontino" Trice (co-founder of Da Committee), Michael Ray, and Donald "Black Hollywood" Goodman, BHF's CEO. Shot and edited with high-end prosumer digital video equipment, the presentation has all of the quality of an industry-made music video shot with a 16-35mm film camera. "We shot most of the shots with Mike (Ray)'s Panasonic in 24p," said Goodman, "but with the right lighting and Vito's jib and dolly equipment, we were able to do certain things cinematically the way the big boys do it. We're really trying to change the game in terms of the local video and TV game here in the DC area. True filmmaking is what Black Hollywood is all about," he said.Trice's multitalented contribution doesn't stop at the creation of the video. He also provides the first of three energetic rap solos in the anthem, along with brothers Gotti and Frank Nitty, also from Da Committee. "'Welcome To D.C.' is so DC, it's like no other song…straight gully and to the point, it's straight street," said Trice. "And what we talk about, it's what we know, it's about that struggle living life in this city…the reason why (the song) is connecting with so many people is that lot of folks can feel our pain and can relate to what we're talking about."But don't get it twisted. The CD's popularity among local fans has nothing to do with the dominance of DC's primary musical export: Go-Go. "Nah, we've been making this rap music for about seven years," said Trice. "Ever since Nonchalant came out with 'Five O'Clock In The Morning.' But a lot of music from DC has been shut out of the national scene with the whole Section 8 Mob and Tommy Boy (Records) fiasco. Our city is much more than Go-Go…it's R&B and Hip Hop too. Since '98, a lot of artists from DC have really doing it on a major scale (see Ginuwine, Mya, Amerie)…we still ain't where we supposed to be, but I feel like we're laying the blueprint for where we going and what it should be."What's the future for Tree Gotti and Da Committee? "We're in a zone right now," says Trice. "We're gonna continue to kill the underground market. We've done well in our days…we've been knocking and scratching, now we kicking down the door."
