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The Ballad

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About Me

I'm the co-ceo of Real City Records, a California-based record label. We will releasing our first project this summer, the highly-anticipated sophmore album from West Coast artist Amen Riccs.
I've been in love with music from day one. I've been producing records for about 5 or 6 years now, starting off with Mass Murder Productions. We provided tracks for a lot of the big underground names in the Los Angeles hip-hop scene...check the credits, we've paid dues. About 2 years ago, we started to take our music in a more commercial direction, which is when we came across one of the biggest up and coming artists on the West Coast, Amen Riccs.
After spending some time in the studio working on Amen's new album, we started sharing ideas for what we could bring to the table with what he already had going. He and his partner Lil' Suge had already been selling thousands of copies of Amen's debut album from the trunk of his car...and we saw how huge things were getting...fast. We decided to team up with them to form Real City and take it all to the next level. We've been on the grind ever since, kicking these doors down and getting ready to take this music to the world.
I love making records, I love producing artists. We've got a whole stable of producers ready to go at all times. If you're interested in working with us, get at me. Big, big ups to all the fans out there that have held this whole movement with Amen Riccs down from the humble beginnings...we owe it all to you. Keep holding us down, let's make it happen...Real City.