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The F.A.M.

Over 150K DC & MD Street Sales Fuck A Myspace!!!

About Me

The F.A.M. is one of the east coast's hottest new groups in Rap & Hip Hop music, they are acclaimed for their positive insight & impeccably balanced sound. The F.A.M. (E One Letter, De-U.c.e. Double, & MLG) are internationally known for their success with the creation, engineering, production, manufacturing, & marketing of their educational CD "Multiplication Hip Hop" as well as others in their line of "Edu-Basics" products that incorporate Hip Hop beats into lessons for grade school. These children's Hip-Hop learning tools have sold over 150K do solely to The F.A.M.'s street & internet marketing savy. The F.A.M.'s grass roots street salesmanship & marketing techniques have gotten De-U Records featured in over 150 News publications worldwide. Their productions have recieved accolades from the likes of The Washington Post, BET, NPR, Black Enterprise, CNBC, & Business Weekly just to name a few. In the underground Hip Hop circuit in Japan the group has an unexplainable amount of buzz forming without any promotional campaigns even designated towards that area.The 2004 release of the F.A.M.'s debut LP, "ROOKIE OF THE YEAR", a 16 track CD release marks the beginning of a new era in Hip Hop music. This CD is trend setting, hard hitting and thought provoking. The F.A.M. is guaranteed to satisfy. The tracks are created by one of the east coast's hottest and newest music producers, Alonzo Powell (Zo) of De-U Records. This CD is an instant classic, a hit, and a must have.Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Myspace LayoutsHOT Myspace Layoutsmspobj enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="230" width="445" align="middle"

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Music:

Member Since: 7/18/2006
Band Website: cdbaby.com/cd/thefam
Band Members: E One Letter, De-U.c.e. Double, & MLG
Influences: God, Chuck Brown, Shirley Ables & The Joy Gospel Singers, Go-Go, Southern Hip-Hop/Rap, West Coast Hip-Hop/Rap, Midwestern Hip-Hop, East Coast Hip-Hop/Rap, Gospel, Heavy Metal, Bounce, Rock & Roll, Screwed & Chopped, Blues, Jazz, R&B, Pop, Country, Classical, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Soul, Funk, Crunk, and everything else in between.
Sounds Like: Nobody in the universe but the F.A.M.!!! We are the definition of what true rapping artists are and should be. Although we like; A-G-2-A-Kee, UGK, Trick Daddy, Outkast, Tupac Shakur, Cash Money Records, 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G., Mystikal, No Limit Records, Nas, Boss Hogg Outlaws, Heavy D, T.I., Chub Rock, Dead Prez, Lil Wayne, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Rap-A-Lot Records, Jay-Z, Three 6 mafia, Earth Wind & Fire, Biz Markie, Eminem, Public Enemy, Game, Mobb Deep, Too $hort, Ice-T, N.W.A., Snoop Dogg, Run-DMC, Fugees, Tribe called quest, Slick Rick, De La Soul, Spice-1, Wu-Tang Clan, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, The Fatboys, Ice Cube, Ghetto Boys, Busta Rhymes, Blaskstar, Big Daddy Kane, The Roots, Kool G Rap, Brand Nubian, Dr. Dre, Goodie Mobb, Gangstarr, Eric B & Rakim, Ludacris, KRS One, Kwanye West, TLC, Young Jeezy, Kool Moo Dee, D-Block, T-Pain, 8 Ball & MJG, Akon, Twista, Pharcyde, Plies, Common, Scarface, Lupe Fiasco among countless other artists we listen to, help to contribute to developing the overall sound that we as a group produce. We respect the old school music to the utmost. The true old school R.A.P., (Real African People) built the foundation for the new era in Pop music, Rap music, Crunk, Hip-Hop, & R&B that's happening right now!!!
Record Label: De-U Records, Inc.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What’s A Go Get It Boy?

       After the most recent time they did an article on De-U Records in The Washington Post police started attempting to arrest & fine us for selling educational Hip...
Posted by The F.A.M. on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:14:00 PST

The Real Life Story

       We've always rapped together since young kids up through high school myself De-U.c.e. Double & E One Letter. Since he was about 13 years old ZO (our ...
Posted by The F.A.M. on Sat, 03 May 2008 02:21:00 PST

The Future of American Music a.k.a. The F.A.M.

We are the future of american music or a.k.a. The F.A.M. why? We have everything 2 offer that no other group or indie label has what do we have?        from Gospel hall o...
Posted by The F.A.M. on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:34:00 PST

De-U Records: Hip-Hop, R&B, Gospel, & Edu-Basics!?!?!?

      We're hot & we are poised for international success! All our artists make CD sales on a daily basis & or have 9 to 5's, so money isn't really so much of an issue...
Posted by The F.A.M. on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:10:00 PST

DMV music scene what are your thoughts?!?!

     What do you think about the growing music scene in DC, MD, & VA? Sure the DMV has had countless R&B artists to claim great success with major record labels, but why no...
Posted by The F.A.M. on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:07:00 PST