LET ME JUST GET INTO THIS STRAIGHT UP: I’M STARTING A NEW LABEL CALLED THUNDER ZONE ENT. AND I’M PSYCHED. WHAT ARE MY PLANS? I PLAN ON DOING ANYTHING I WANT AND GETTING EXTREMELY SICK WIT IT. TEE SHIRTS, ENERGY DRINKS, VINYL RECORDS, STICKERS, IPAD APPS – THERE ARE NO RULES. IN THE SPIRIT OF FACTORY RECORDS EVERYTHING GETS A CATALOG NUMBER BUT BEYOND THAT ANYTHING GOES.

I’M KICKING OFF THE LABEL WITH A LIMITED EDITION 7″ (TZ001) BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE CURRENT RAP GROUPS – HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA’S G-SIDE. ON THE FLIP THERE IS AN EXCLUSIVE G-SIDE REMIX BY MY BUDDIES JAVELIN, READ ALL ABOUT IT OVER AT PITCHFORK. THE RECORD COMES OUT IN EARLY DECEMBER AND THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE INFO SOON. THE SECOND RELEASE (TZ002) WILL BE A LOGO STICKER DESIGNED BY ZANE REYNOLDS AKA SFV ACID.

2K12 WILL SEE ENERGY DRINKS AND TEE SHIRTS AND MORE RECORDS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS SOON, THIS IS JUST THE START. I’M TRYING TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE ALL RAGERS AND THE DREAMERS OUT THERE.

ENTER THE THUNDER ZONE.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO I MADE A DANCE MUSIC DJ MIX USING ALL VINYL RECORDS FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. A LOT OF B-BOY HOUSE, PRIVATE PRESS BASS, EARLY BMORE, CHICAGO STYLE JACKERS AND BOOTY/GHETTOTECH IN THE MIX. MOST OF THESE RECORDS WERE ACQUIRED IN CHEAPO OR DOLLAR BIN SECTIONS OF RECORD STORES OR THRIFT SHOPS. GROWING UP NEAR CHICAGO HAS ITS BENEFITS. I’M PRETTY SURE MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE TRACKS ON THIS MIX WERE MADE IN BETWEEN 1987 AND 1997 AND LISTENING BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, IT IS SOUNDING DAMN GOOD. SOME OBSCURE STUFF, SOME MEGA HITS AND SOME THINGS IN BETWEEN PLUS LOTS OF STUPID DJ EFX THAT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA BACK THEN AND STILL DO NOW SOMETIMES. A LOT OF THESE RECORDS ARE PART OF THE CORE INSPIRATION BEHIND THE JUICEBOXXX AND DRE SKULL TRILOGY OF DANCE MUSIC 12″S. REMEMBER WHEN FUN REALLY WAS FUN? FREE DOWNLOAD BELOW. I STILL DJ OUT ON OCCASION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR BOOKINGS. NO TRACKLISTING AVAILABLE.

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CHRISTREATER AND KID MILLIONS ARE TWO MILWAUKEE LEGENDS OF THE GAME THAT HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN DOING SICK SHIT FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. THEY RECENTLY JOINED FORCES TO START AN AWESOME RECORD LABEL CALLED DOPE FOLKS THAT SPECIALIZES IN REISSUING RARE GOLDEN ERA HIP HOP. DOPE FOLKS HAS PUT OUT THREE RELEASES SO FAR AND EACH ONE IS A BANGER. THEIR FORTH RELEASE BY AN OBSCURE MILWAUKEE RAPPER CALLED ROCK LA FLOW IS COMING OUT SOON AND JUDGING BY THE YOUTUBE VIDEO ABOVE IT IS ONE FOR THE BOOKS. THEY CALL IT “MILWAUKEE’S ILLMATIC” AND THAT IS ENOUGH FOR ME. IT IS INSPIRATIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST TO SEE SOME MUSICAL JEMS FROM THE HEARTLAND BEING UNEARTHED AND PRESENTED FOR THE WORLD TO ENJOY!