Best of New York Vs Best of NJ part Deux

On Jan. 12th The Industry's Alternative & Bass Entertainment is back with the 2nd installment of "The Best of New York Vs The Best of New Jersey". Last year we had 4 NY artists and 4 NJ artists who rocked out at Don Hills in New York City. This year we will have 8 artists from NY and 8 Artists from NJ rockin out at "The Cavalier Ballroom" in Roselle, NJ. The buzz for Last year's event was so big, we decided to make this an annual event moving forward!

Judges Announced

Yess we are working hard to bring you the hottest and most influential judges for the Best of New York Vs Best of NY part 2 taking place on Jan 12th!!!! All NJ spots are currently filled, and we still have some slots left for NYC artists to jump on!

Check it outttttt

-DJ Naim: Big Dogg Pitbull who currently has New Jersey on Smash. You can catch Flex & Mr. Cee shouting him out on a regular basis.

-Eric Clark: Producer for Direct Effect on MTV with Funk Flex, Rap City the Basement, and now produces one of the only Hip Hop Shows on Fuse Networks.

-J Hatch: CEO of Get Your Buzz up Showcase and istandardproducer.com. Hatch is one of the most influential showcase organizers and trendsetters in the independent community, and has a site dedicated for producer placement.

-Karim Rasul
President & Ceo
Lo-Key Entertainment Group & Youparty365 Multi-media
Managed artists like Noctornal, Half A Mill, Rowdy Raz etc.

-Prez Beatz: Produced tracks for The Game, Nipsey Hussle, DMX, Freeway, Lil Kim, Ras Kass etc

Lil Wonda: Signed to Refugee Camp produced huge records for Wyclef, T.I. Mary J Blige etc. runs Airplay Ent.

Ebonicks: Produced for Dipset, Trey Songz, with a platinum plaque with Juelz.

Music Mystro: Produced for LL. Cool J, LOX, Camron, Mary J, Nicki Minaj and more


ATTENTION ARTISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**If you would like to compete and represent for your state, make sure you email below with your link, the state you're reppin, and your phone number. We are only selecting 8 from each state..
apex@industrysalternative or moniquebass1973@hotmail.com**

Or just call me direct 973-954-7842
Judges will be announced shortly so stay tuned or keep checking www.apex1da.blogspot for the announcement!

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TIP on VH1 Storytellers

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I've always liked this show. They did this for Kanye, Mary J, 50, Snoop, and now it's TI's turn to do some Story-Telling.

Birdman Speaks on Lil Kim and Minaj Beef

Huge Shout out to XXLmag.com for this one.

I've always been a Birdman Fan, he always speaks some real sh*t.

According to Baby, neither him nor his label ever wanted to get involved in beef, but in this case he has to roll with the punches. “Well, you know with Nick we’re just doin’ music, I don’t care to get caught up in that and I don’t care to make money off of that,” he said. “We never fucked with that. It is what it is. That’s not our thing, but it is what it is so we gotta let it be what it be.”

Speaking on Kim’s initial problem with Nicki failing to give her respect publicly for paving the way for female rappers, Birdman said he disagrees. “Nicki is grown, Nicki does her own thing, I don’t think she has to— nobody has to salute or be saluted, we in this hustlin’,” he said. “The hustle gonna make you salute, just watchin’ a nigga grind and see how he shine. Nicki’s with her team, we ain’t doin’ nothing expect putting out good music. So if somebody’s fuckin’ with that, to me, they’re violating. Bullshit don’t weigh nothing, the grind and the money do.

Kanye Set to Sell 545,000 First week?

If you have not heard that new Kanye album, then you are truly missing out some something special. Kanye is by far the most artistic artist in all genres of music!

Check out what experts project on sales... via

Next weeks sales projections are in, and Kanye West is on track to top the charts once again. According to the industry insiders at hitsdailydouble.com, Mr. West’s critically-acclaimed new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, is estimated to sell around 525,000 to 575,000 copies in its first week on shelves, based off the one-day sales figures. If true, these numbers will surpass Yeezy’s last disc, 808s and Heartbreak—which sold about 450,100.

Nicki Minaj and Lloyd Banks are also set to impact The Billboard Top 200 next Wednesday (December 1). The Young Money Princess’s debut Pink Friday is projected to sell in the area of 375,000 to 425,000 while the G-Unit soldier’s The Hunger for More 2 is believed to move about 40,000 to 50,000 units.

Jay-Z’s The Hits Collection, Vol. 1 will also make it’s way onto to the charts with an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 in sales.

Stay tuned to XXLMag.com on Wednesday morning for the official Nielsen SoundScan numbers. —Elan Mancini

Make sure you stay tuned to The Industry's Alternative Blog to see how right these pricks are!