Exclusive Interview with Sha Money XL

NEW Music: Sonyae Elise 'We Heard' (Retweet)

This is the lead single from iStandard's newest client Sonye Elise called 'We Heard' (ReTweet) off of her new mixtape dropping June 14th through Coast2CoastMixtapes.com entitled 'Lady Rebel'. Sonyae is signed to Midi Mafia's production company, as you know Midi produced 50's '21 Questions, Fantasia's 'When I see you' and most recently Justin Bieber's smash 'Bigger'.

Download: Sonyae Elise 'We Heard' (Retweet)

Oh yea... and she's looking for beats too.... iStandardProducers.com Members only!

NEW MUSIC: Redman - Buck Buck - video

BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK BUCK!!!!!

Download: Redman "Buck Buck" prod. Illmind
Link from 2dopeboyz
Video: Nodfactor from last night's iStandard Producer Showcase

Rhythm J’s ASCAP Guru Session

What’s up to all the heavy grinders, hard working, and struggling artists, producers, musicians, managers, and DJs! Many of you may know me from my production, or my work with the iStandard Producer Showcase / istandardproducers.com; however, I still get a surprising reaction when mentioning my involvement with ASCAP. Once someone finds out I work there I get this:

Read more: http://coast2coastmixtapes.com/newindustrytips/index.php/2010/01/rhythm-js-ascap-publishing-guru-session/#ixzz0dYabPtoX

iStandard Celebrity Beat Battle - End of the Year Finale - Green Lanturn, Chris Styles, Sean C and LV, Statik Selektah, Scram Jones

For all of you who MISSED IT!! (Including me, shame on me) check the crazy footage from last night's iStandard producer Showcase!

Ready for the PHX Invasion, Sha Money's One Stop Shop Producer Conference with DJ Premier, Rza, Q Tip, Pete Rock, Just Blaze, + other power players

So here I am chillin in front of a computer... white shirt and tie looking all Corporate America... and I'm finishing up getting ready for the One Stop Shop Producer Conference that lifts off in just about about 12 more hours...

My plane leave @ 6:30AM EST and I'm goin thru time travel and landing around 9ish PHX time.

This is the 3rd year in a row us @ iStandard are going out to the OSS to do our thing and bring together some of the most powerful influential and legendary producers in the world, famous or not famous.... together, in one room... Don't believe me ? google it... as a matter of fact check out all your hip hop related twitter friends and see how many are going (I've been on my computer nerd shit recently so please excuse me)

Honestly having a bunch of producers in a room like this basically represents a huge fraternity party.... the reason I say fraternity is because there really is a brotherhood between producers... (male or female at that). We all speak the same language... we go through the same troubles... and we can relate to one another even if we are meeting for the first time.

I am definitely looking forward to this and even though I've been to a million panels... I always walk away having a higher self value than when I left - and that not even in a self amping up sort of way... Hopefully my next blog will bring the dopeness...

If you couldn't make it... maybe you should check out istandardproducers.com and catch up... and even sign up for the site (BIG PLUS it's free for song writers and artists.)

Just to reminise.. here are some shot from last year:


Rhythm J and Swizz Beatz!



From Left: DJ Toomp, No ID, DJ Don Cannon, Punch, 9th Wonder.


Rhythm J Statik Selektah

The iStandard Team:
Rhythm J. Don DI Napoli, Antwan, Ciz, J Hatch



Swizz's pile of Cd's literally after 5 minutes of him sitting down.




Green Lanturn, Swizz, Punch