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frazy.com Music / Movies / BooksThis is the infamous $10.00 Cd that producer Willie Bridgeforth A.K.A. (BLUE) put out in the Memphis Market that is blowing up off the chain. Unfortunately if you don't live in Memphis you can't get it at that price. This Cd features "MADD", "Darro Solo", "Playa Yoe", "C-Blac", "Crimm" and the newest to the camp "Cartel-M-Pire". check this one.Holla atcha Boy!
BlueWillie 'Blue' Bridgeforth, empresario of Memphis Music Distribution and its fast-rising label BlueHouse Records.
As the owner of BlueHouse Records, Blue, oversees production, recording, writing, publishing, promotions and just about every other business aspect in the hip-hop spectrum.
"I've learned the whole gamut of the industry," he says. "What you put into it is what you're going to get out of it. And our time has come."
His company's calling card, the new album, THE MEMPHIS CARTELDa South Has Rizen Frayser Bay Vol. 1, has already got a street buzz the size of the Mississippi River. Produced by Blue, the album features such street anthems as "Be my freak," "4 Tha money", "Pimp game tight" and "Do it." It also spotlights the BlueHouse -roster -- such talented rappers as Only in Memphis, Tenn., the home of ground-breaking independents from Elvis to Three Six Mafia, could a new king emerge, one who's ready to take the Dirty South by storm with a unique roster of acts, attitude, production skills and plenty of undeniable club bounce.
Welcome The Memphis Cartel, MADD, Playa Yoe, Darro Solo , C-Black, Crimm, Cartel-M-Pire, a gang soon to be reckoned with in the rap world.
Those expecting yet another foray into the clichéd Memphis gangsta rap sound can go home. While indebted to his home of the past 13 years, Blue's style isn't defined by the usual hardcore moves of the Deep South. Instead, his approach is an individualized blend of West Coast and Third Coast, which befits someone who has lived literally all over the world. Born in Newport, RI., Blue lived with his mother first in RhodeIsland From age 11, in Newport, RhodeIsland, they began to fall on rough times even experiencing the plight of the homeless. He played the snare drum in a band as a pre-teen, though sports quickly sidetracked his musical pursuits. By high school, however, he found himself writing rap lyrics, working at radio and deejaying.
Oddly enough, his passion for music came from an estranged father he never knew. His dad, Willie Bridgeforth Jr. -- who died before the two could ever meet -- was also a deejay, it turned out. When Blue paid a recent visit to his pop's family in Missippi, he was met with a jolting discovery. "I never knew where my love for music came from," he says. "I've got thousands of records at my house now, old vinyl records from soft rock to rap. And soon as I walked into his house, it was the same way. They were lined up along the wall just like mine are."
Blues introduction to Memphis came when he was stationed there while enlisted in the Army for four years. He soon got sent to Okinawa, Japan, where he started playing along to Dr. Dre records on a Ensonic keyboard he had. The music bug was back for good. Once his service was behind him, Blues settled in Memphis in 1991 with one overriding goal: to be the best rap producer he could be. To this day, he thanks the Army for providing the discipline to do it. "That's the hardest branch of service there is -- which is what I needed. If it wasn't for the Army, there's no telling where I would have ended up. It taught me to get your ass up regardless of whether someone is standing over you or not. 'Cause you're going to pay for it if you don't . . . Now, I come in the studio sometimes at 9 o'clock in the morning and leave at 4 o'clock the next morning. I'm hungry for it." Since the late 1990s, Blue's resume has steadily grown. He scored a No. 1 song in the Memphis market in 1998 with the hit single, Loyality 2000, Blue found himself signed to RCA with his sister Lynn Bridgeforth the BKClique. Signed to the RCA affliate, Judgement Records, the duo made a single and video only to see RCA pull the plug on their whole black music division before anything could come out. From that experience, however, came other opportunties including remixes of songs with Nelly featured on them and others. "I got a lot of work out of it," says Blue. "And I learned a lot of stuff out of it, too."
Which brings the multi-tasking music professional to the present: a new label, a new record and a new day. The rap industry better be ready for Blue because he's about to change things in a big way. Testament to his sharpened business skills and knowledge, Blue also serves on the Memphis & Shelby County Music Commission, where he sits ever so prestigiously on the mayor-appointed executive board.The versatile rap producer even has his eyes set on acting. He has completed several acting classes and is currently finishing a screenplay. "Movies, that's just one more part of the success that will soon be BlueHouse Records," he says. Look for THE MEMPHIS CARTEL Da South Has Rizen Frayser Bay Vol. 1 this Summer. And don't say you weren't warned when it blows up.2coolphoto / Layouts , Frazy.com2coolphoto / Layouts , Frazy.com
