Jersey Bound Trunk Crew
Jersey Bound Trunk Crew is a hip-hop group based in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The group consists of Emcee Hype on
rhymes, Party.picasso on the mpc2000xl and guitars, and DJ Gumshu on the 1’s and 2’s & keyboards. The members say they draw
on an extensive list of influences including old school rap, funk, jazz, poetry, film, pop culture and literature. The members of
Jersey Bound Trunk Crew have released five albums, (two as Jersey Bound Trunk Crew) including their latest release, Get Down
Dirty Disco.
Recognition and MTV
Starting the week of February 5th, 2007, Jersey Bound Trunk Crew was named mtvU's Artist of the Week in their Best Music on Campus program.[1]. They were featured on the front page of www.mtvu.com and www.bestmusiconcampus.com. The music video for their 2007 song Run.Live.Love was featured on mtvU, which plays online and at college campuses nation-wide.
In March of 2007, Jersey Bound was selected as one of mtvU and Epic Records' Top 50 in their Artist of the Year contest on BestMusicOnCampus.com.[2] The winner of the contest wins a $1.5 million record deal with Epic Records.
In April, by a combination of votes received and judging by a panel from mtvU and Epic, the group made it into the Top 15 in the mtvU and Epic Records contest.[3] Each of the Top 15 artists are to sign an option deal with Epic. The Top 5 finalists will be announced in late April.
The mtvU and Epic Records contest ended in May, a rock band winning the contest. Jersey Bound Trunk Crew signed a three month option contract with Epic Records.
Jersey Bound Trunk Crew performed at the MTV & EA Games "Rock Band Tour" on October 4th - 6th in Pittsburg.[4]
Discography
2006 Get Down Dirty Disco
External links
- Jersey Bound Trunk Crew on MySpace
- Jersey Bound Trunk Crew on mtvU's Best Music on Campus
- Jersey Bound Trunk Crew on mtvU's Best Music on Campus Artist of the Week list
- Get Down Dirty Disco via Lulu.com
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