EIGHTY-THREE-[2]-LIFE

"MANY PEOPLE SPEND THEIR LIVES WONDERING IF THEY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE..UNITED STATES MARINES DONT HAVE THAT PROBLEM.."IS A FAMOUS QUOTE BY ONE OF OUR PRESIDENTS AND IS A MOTTO THAT MONTOYA BORN RAMON J. MONTOYA HAS ADOPTED. DALLAS NATIVE , MONTOYA A.K.A "LIFE’’ WAS INFLUENCED AT AN EARLY AGE BY HIS FATHER WHO WAS A LEAD SINGER IN A GROUP IN THE LATE EIGHTIES. OTHER INFLUENCES GROWING UP WERE THE TEMPTATIONS , AL GREEN , RITCHIE VALENS , FATS DOMINO, BOYZ 2 MEN , BABY FACE, NEW EDITION, TONY RICH, NAS, TUPAC AMARU SHAKUR, T.I. , THE LATE BIG PUN , FABOLOUS, PLAY & SKILLZ, COOL & DRE, RUSSEL SIMMONS, SEAN DIDDY COMBS, TO NAME A FEW. AS A KID MONTOYA REALIZED THAT HARD WORK , PERSISTENCE , DEDICATION AND THE DRIVE TO SUCCEED WOULD ALWAYS PAY OFF. IN 1999 MONTOYA TEAMED UP WITH OMAR "YOUNG SCAR" DELGADO AND WITH A PAIR OF HEADPHONES AND A TURNTABLE STARTED DOOBIE RECORDS. STUDIO ONE WAS BORN. INCIDENTLY THAT SAME YEAR STEVE WASHINGTON SON OF FATS WASHINGTON (WHO WORKED WITH BOTH THE GREAT B.B. KING & ELVIS) CREATED SOPHPAW PRODUKTIONS. STEVE WASHINGTON RECENTLY ENGINEERED THE 5150 ALBUM. YOUNG SCAR BEGAN TO WORK ON A MIX TAPE WITH SINGLES LIKE "ME AND MY COUSIN" & "SO YOU WANNA HOLLA NOW" IN 2003 MONTOYA DECIDED TO PURSUE ANOTHER DREAM AND AT THE YOUNG AGE OF TWENTY ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINES. IT WAS NOW OR NEVER. IN A POST SEPTEMBER 11 WORLD MONTOYA VOLUNTEERED FOR DUTY IN IRAQ. LEAVING BEHIND HIS UNBORN DAUGHTER, THE HARDEST THING HE EVER HAD TO DO. DESTINED TO PROTECT HER FUTURE MOTIVATED HIM THROUGH THE HARSH ELEMENTS THE WAR TORN COUNTRY PROVIDED. REMINDING HIM OF THE HARDSHIPS HE ENDURED GROWING UP IN THE SLUMS OF THE GHETTO BACK HOME. KEEPING IN CONTACT WITH OMAR WHO HAD NOW SIGNED TEXAS MADE THUGZ , THE ROOKIE , & DJ. PAULIE PAUL. MONTOYA RETURNED HOME TO HIS DAUGHTER PLACING THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AS A PART TIME GIG , WHILE DJ PAULIE PAUL AND HIS UPBEAT BLEND OF HIP HOP AND DIRTY SOUTH SOUNDS, WITH THE REST OF DOOBIE RECORDS WERE CREATING HITS LIKE "THIS YEAR" & "CHUNK A DEUCE". MONTOYA WOULD RETURN TO HIS A&R POSITION, ALSO PROVIDING PHOTOGRAPHY , VIDEO, ORGANIZATION FUNDAMENTALS AND NETWORKING. IN 2006 DOOBIE RECORDS MERGED WITH SOPHPAW PRODUKTIONS AND STRAIGHT UP ENTERTAINMENT/ ATW ENTERTAINMENT. DOWN TOWN DEEP ELLUM IS THE HOME TO THE INFAMOUS .....//SOFHPAW PRODUKTIONS.... AND // THE VAULT RECORDING STUDIOS....:::. RECENTLY YOUN THUGGIN WAS SIGNED AN LAUNCED THE HIT ’’ FAT BOY DANCE’’ FAT BOY CERTIFIED FT YOUNG SCAR. OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAVE RECORDED WITH SOPHPAW/ATW INCLUDE HURRICANE CHRIS, ROB G, FAT BASTARD, LUCKY PETERSON, MR. POOKIE, MAX PAYNE, LIL MOWSE, YOUNG BLEED, LAVA HOUSE, GUESS, AND NATURAL HAVE RECORDED TO NAME A FEW. ON A NETWORKING SCALE MONTOYA HAS ALSO WORKED ALONG MARK GARCIA DOING VIDEO & NETWORKING FOR MAD INK/AFTHER FIVE STUDIOS. RECENTLY SHOOTING VIDEO FOR AFTER FIVE DURING PLAY & SKILLS ALL STAR WEEKEND AND A NIGHT LIFE VIDEO FROM CLUB PURGATORY FEATURING MAD INKS JACKY NGYWEN AND RECENTLY SHOOTING GUESS’S SINGLE BOUNCE 4 ME FEATURING YOUNG BLEED. ALSO IS CREDITED FOR FILMING PARDI GRAS 2008 AT FAR WEST FOR AFTER FIVE STUDIOS. FROM VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, NETWORKING AND JUST BEING A STAND UP GUY MONTOYA HAS USED HIS INTEGRITY AND DEDICATION TO FORM THE RELATIONSHIPS NEEDED IN THIS INDUSTRY. ALWAYS RETURNINGTO HIS MOTTO " NEVER SLEEP::HUSTLE::EAT " IN EARLY 2007 MONTOYA CREATED EIGHTY-THREE-2-LIFE-MU$IC AND MONTOYA MEDIA . HE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SOLO PROJECT.a href