About Us
Suede Entertainment®
Suede
Entertainment is a topnotch Hip Hop Group and Record Label consisting of
rappers Shatta, T-Bonez, Shaft and S-Montana. They currently reside in the
Nature Island of the Caribbean. They have released 2 Studio Mixtapes with an upcoming
well believed Therapeutic Tape on the way; “Written Therapy”.
The independently based group has
thrived of the adverse events of their country’s
underdeveloped music industry. They continue to deliver heartfelt music which
is based on their everyday lives.
Origin
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Roseau, Dominica
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Genres
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Hip Hop
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Years active
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2010-present
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Label
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Suede Entertainment
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Associated acts
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Website
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Members
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Shatta, T-Bonez, Shaft, S-Montana
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History/Formation
Music was always a passion of these talented young men. It’s
a struggle, not only being in the Caribbean, but in one of the less developed
islands in its grouping (The Lesser Antilles). In their younger years, while
going through high school, they spent recess breaks freestyling and writing
raps in class. They had a childhood that revolved around the love for
Basketball (Shaft), Money (Black Boi), Exposure (S-Montana) and Life (Shatta).
All being exposed to the particular
rapping word play of the 1990’s and small competitions between each other
allowed them to grow into one of the most proficient groups/record labels in
their region.
The group was formed in February, 2010. Shatta (Nahya Evans)
“CEO” decided to form a group, and named the group Suede Entertainment. The
named derived from how the artists delivered their flows. The suave releases
from the artists (Shatta, T-Bonez, Shaft, S-Montana and Professor) became known
after their first Mixtape “Jackin’ Fa Beatz – The Sermon”. All of the Artists
were born and raised in the Commonwealth of Dominica. This country is widely
known for Bouyon or Calypsonian artists. Suede Entertainment presents music that’s
associated with detail that depicts most their life experiences. With storming music
and building a video base on YouTube, the group and record label plan on taking
the music industry to the next level in Dominica.
The group has been featured on a Da’s Finest Website at the release of their 2nd Mixtape in 2013 “Failure Ain’t An Option” “Da-Finest” and with content being released on EDiztrict’s website “Ediztrict” their exposure’s been kicking up a storm in the islands region.
Career Beginnings 2010-2012
Shatta produced and is featured on
their 1st mixtape “Jackin’ Fa Beatz – The Sermon” in 2011. The
mixtape features production from U.S based producers. The tape also sold 250
hard copies at that time.
3 members of Suede Entertainment
(Shatta, Professor, Shaft) were featured on 365’s Seasons Greetings Cypher in
2012.
2013: Failure Ain’t An Option
On April 23, 2013, Suede
Entertainment released their 2nd mixtape on DatPiff.com “Failure Ain't An Option”. The song “Cray” Prod. By T-Minus was widely aired
in the island region. The tape got 2,138 downloads on DatPiff.com. Plans to
release an EP have been revealed on their “Blogspot”.
It’s set for arrival in 2015.
April also marked the release of
Professor’s solo project; “Professology”.
May, 2013, Suede Entertainment featured
in a Live Performance alongside Jamaican Artist JahVinci. The show was a
success pushing Suede Ent to high heights locally in their region. Exclusive
footage on that event is to be released in the near future.
On May 23, 2013 the group announced the
release of their first Official Video “Ready”. This video stormed over 1,000 views on YouTube.
2014-Present
July, 2014, Suede Entertainment was
nominated for local Artists who could win the chance to perform Live at
Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival 2014. The group led in the first quarter
of the vote competition with over 80% of the fans requesting to perform Live.
Suede Ent was not selected.
The group teamed up with KiidJay G to
release the official video for “RNS”; a song off “Written Therapy” the mixtape. The next month,
Shatta released “Turn It On”
official video. The official single can be found for purchase on iTunes.
Shaft released a “Proud of That”
in September. This also lists as another song off the “Written Therapy”
mixtape.
October, 2014, “Written
Therapy”Official Intro Video was released. The
video depicts true hip hop in its essence; the core of “Written Therapy”.
The main focus of Suede Entertainment
was to provide their fans with Videos and more in depth footage of how the team
functions. With “Written Therapy” being pushed back a few months after being
announced, the group is destined to provide the mixtape to its fans and assure
that’s its release will be worth the delay.
Personal Issues
The name mentioned earlier “Professor”;
a former member of Suede Entertainment chose to step aside from the music scene
for personal reasons. Unreleased recorded material from the artist may be
released in the near future.
Discography
Mixtapes
T-Bonez
Mixtape 101: The Lost
Tapes
July 2010
Image through the
Mirror
July 2011
Is this what you
want?
November 2013
S-Montana, Shaft and
Young Loco (SSLL)
Fly
Grade
October 2009
Professor
Professology
April 2013
Suede Entertainment
Jackin’ fa Beatz: The
Sermon
December
2011
Failure Ain’t An
Option
April
2013
Written
Therapy
June
2015
Extended Plays
Suede Entertainment
Failure Ain’t An Option
EP
TBA
2015
Studio Albums
Open
Skies
TBA 2015
External Links
For bookings, features, contact or more
info, email suedemusicgroup@gmail.com
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