I Got Next Showcase ATL

Soooo OK, as an professional recording artist...its sometimes hard to audition for shows and/or be asked to sell tickets when you could very well book a club and get the door or at least a profitable door split. But yo, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. My ppls sent me this message telling me about these auditions so since i was fresh off the success of being one of hundreds chosen for the 1 Mic Cypher show...I decided why not...

 The audition was for a chance to perform for Lenny S (VP, A&R, Def Jam) and Omar Grant (Director, A&R, Roc Nation)  next Sunday at De Ja Vu in Atlanta, GA...fair enough right...right..So, of course I made it...now they want me to sell tickets...i mean we all know the game....

Check out what Lenny S and Omar Grant have to say about this Sunday's Showcase/Competition....

The tickets are $20 and can be purchased when you see me or via Paypal  or if you happen to see me on the street this week... I prefer pay pal though...

Click the Pay pal button below to buy tickets or got to paypal.com and send a gift to me using my paypal email address (adriftdabelle@gmail.com)

Underexposed: Indie Hip Hop in ATL

Will Feagins., Jr's short film Underexposed: Indie Hip Hop in ATL recently won Creative Loafing's Critic's Choice award. The film is now in the running for the Viewer's choice award. Please view film and vote for it at CL Short Cuts Fest

ATLANTA HIP HOP!!!

I'm so proud of my ATL Hip Hop Brethren & Sistren right now...here are a few reasons why....

To kick it off..we got Poodie The Byz's Tribute *God Bless the Dead*

Poodie the Byz is responsible for the powerhouse vocals behind Higher and Better off my Garden State Parkway, LP...

She's just dope man!

For more Poodie The Byz! Click Below...

http://www.facebook.com/TheByz 

http://PoodieTheByz.blogspot.com 

http://www.darkorangemagazine.com/?p=1964 

http://www.twitter.com/PoodieTheByz 

http://www.myspace.com/PoodieTheByz

Unsigned Hype bka Will Feagins Jr., of Highimpact Multimedia just shot a short called UNDEREXPOSED- INDIE HIP HOP IN ATLANTA

 Here are the bloopers...

Make sure you vote for Underexposed starting  this Friday...

Creative Loafin Short Film Contest

Will Feagins Jr., is a mainstay when it comes to Indie Videos in Atlanta. He shot, directed and Edited my video for Cheba Cheba ft. Methuzulah

Adrift Da Belle ft. Methuzulah "Cheba Cheba" Music Video from Will F on Vimeo.

For more Will Feagins Jr., Click below...

http://www.highimpactmultimedia.com 

http://www.akomabuttons.com 

http://www.akomamarketplace.com 

http://www.vimeo.com/highimpact 

http://www.vimeo.com/highimpactmultimedia 

http://www.youtube.com/highimpactmultimedia

Mrs. Hip Hop herself, STAHHR (The Hs are for Hip Hop) Blessed heads with a taste of her latest offering Mother NTR with a Molotov via listening party at Cloud IX this past week...

Here's a preview of the goodies to expect on Stahhr's forthcoming Mother NTR with a Molotov    

For more info on STAHHR ( I call her Stahhr[a] hahaha) and the new project...click below

http://www.stahhr.com/

http://www.facebook.com/easynowstahhr

http://stahhr.bandcamp.com 

http://stahhrmarketplace.bigcartel.com 

http://oicrochet.bigcartel.com 

As for me...Mixtape in Spring to heat up the Summer.... ONE!

Always Remeber...

No, not familiar...here ya go!

Still I Rise 

By Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history   

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt   

But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?   

’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells   

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,   

With the certainty of tides,   

Just like hopes springing high,   

Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?   

Bowed head and lowered eyes?   

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,   

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?   

Don't you take it awful hard

’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines   

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,   

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I've got diamonds   

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,   

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,   

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.   

I rise

I rise   

I rise.

1 MIC CYPHER!!!

Late last year my booking agent talked me into doing an audition for a TV Show... I know right..hahaha...I did it..they picked me ... STAY TUNED!!!

Check the site for more details... 1 Mic Cypher Television Show

Press!!

Check out the Vibe Vixen write - up on New Female Mcs from earlier this month...

I am one of Rawroots.com's Top Underground Artist of 2011

 

"The Dungeon Family femcee made waves when she dropped her newest EP “DNA” (Drugs N Adrift) over the summer. The project was a tribute to the east coast, where Adrift was born and raised and paid homage to the original boom bap hip hop. As well as dropping the visuals for track “More” fresh off the DNA EP, Adrift has been busy in the studio preparing to drop lyrical bombs over 2012. With Adrift, always expect the unexpected " - Rawroots.com

 

 

Not to mention, DNA 's honorable mention status for Top Albums of 2011

 

 

HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Shystie – Blue Magic

Torae – For The Record

Moonchild – Love For The Music Part 2

L.E.P. Bogus Boys – Now or Neva

L.A. – The L.A. Riots: Mental Fatality

Statik Selektah – Population Control

Adrift Da Belle – #DNA

Tyler The Creator – Goblin

(From Rawroots.com)

 

 

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Behind the Scenes...

Being an artist is alot of work...take a look at this footage of Dynamite and I rehearsing at the legendary Mudnoc Studios for our Nov 2011 show at Apache...this is one out of the 2.7 Million times we went over our set that night...

NO PAIN NO GAIN!!!! YOU GET WHAT YOU WORK FOR!!!