Duck Down Records Inks Deal with YOUTUBE and The History Channel

Duck Down Records Joins Forces with YOUTUBE; Makes Deal With The History Channel LATEST NEWS Duck Down Records Makes History Duck Down Partners with YOUTUBE Heltah Skeltah Re-Signs INFORMATION WEBSITE SHOP Myspace Page YOUTUBE Page BucktownUSATV REST IN PEACE: Barbara Williams We would like to take this time to offer our condolences and prayers to TEK, of Smif N Wessun, and his entire family, for the recent loss of his Mother, Barbara Williams. Barbara passed away on Decmeber 28th from a heart attack. She will be greatly missed. UPCOMING SHOWS 12/7: Boot Camp Clik, Denver, CO. Club Vinyl 12/14: Sean Price and Ruste Juxx, Chicago, IL. Venue: Reggies 12/15: Smif N Wessun, Fort Worth, TX: Ridglea Theater. Free Show 12/21: Black Moon, Brooklyn, NY: Sputnik (262 Taaffe Place) 1/12: Boot Camp Clik takeover Santiago, Chile 1/18: Boot Camp Clik and Kidz in the Hall, NYC, NY. Knitting Factory Jan/February: Smif N Wessun European Tour (More details to come) On the wake of announcing its music licensing agreement with ESPN a few weeks ago, Duck Down Records continues attacking the Cable TV programming world by inking a deal with the History Channel’s “Gangland Series”.  In addition the label has signed a deal with YOUTUBE, joining their exclusive list of partnered clients, which will include their very own Duck Down Records channel. View the latest clip featuring Charlie Murphy & Buckshot’s “Making of ‘No Doubt’ Video” off 9th Wonder & Buckshot’s upcoming “Formula” Album, in stores March 18th. Heltah Skeltah has also just re-signed to the label and are formally set to release their 3rd Full-Length album, D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) in Summer 2008. Duck Down Records is Making HISTORY: Duck Down’s deal with The History Channel’s “Gangland Series” will include Black Moon and Boot Camp Clik’s own Buckshot, commissioned through Man Made Music, creating the original theme and promo music for the History Channel’s popular show “Gangland.” Produced by Dirty Elegance, Buckshot was recruited to create a brief intro that would set the tone for the show’s gang related theme. Alternative versions were then created from Buckshot’s original piece; including one performed by Ice-T. Tune into Gangland on Thursday evenings, 9:00PM EST and listen for Buckshot’s track. Duck Down Records Partners with YOUTUBE: YOUTUBE has extended its exclusive list of partnered clients to include Duck Down Record’s Channel. A content partnership representative contacted the label after seeing an increase in activity on their videos. The new partnership allows Duck Down to highly customize its page, upload larger video files, and receive video placement throughout YOUTUBE’s featured playlists.  Dru Ha, Co-Owner of Duck Down Records had this to say about the partnership: “I believe 5 years from now we’re going to look back on Sites like YOUTUBE, MYSPACE, AllHipHop, HipHopGame, HipHopDX, etc and view them as marketing revolutions within the Music Industry.  A few years ago (during our Triple Threat campaign) we were phasing videos out, because there were so few outlets for them to air, that it did not justify the expense.  Today, we again have a reason to make videos, and while national TV networks like MTV and BET may not offer us coverage, YOUTUBE allows us to put our visuals in front of millions of people.  It definitely levels the playing field and gives us a voice.  In addition to our traditional music videos we’ve used the platform to air behind the scenes footage, comedy skits, concert clips and day in the life pieces that our fans are eager to see.  I mean Sean Price has his own episode of MTV Cribs and Punk’d on the Duck Down /YOUTUBE Channel. The Partnership with YOUTUBE comes at a perfect time as Duck Down prepares for the release of 9th Wonder and Buckshot’s upcoming album, “The Formula,” (March 2008). 9th and Buck have already filmed the video to the lead single “NO DOUBT” which stars Charlie Murphy in a series of short skits.  Behind the scenes footage from the upcoming albums from Kidz In The Hall, “The In Crowd,” and Buckshot and 9th Wonder’s “Formula” are being planned to air on the channel in conjunction with the release. View Duck Down’s Channel Here and check out the making of 9th Wonder and Buckshot’s “NO DOUBT” Video featuring Charlie Murphy (Directed by Dru Ha and Rik Cordero): CLICK HERE TO VIEW Duck Down’s Youtube Channel Heltah Skeltah is DA INCREDIBLE RAP TEAM: Heltah Skeltah has officially re-signed to the label.The duo will release a new album titled D.I.R.T. (Da Incredible Rap Team) in the summer of 2008.  Buckshot lamented: “It’s a blessing to have the super-duo of Rock and Ruck, a.k.a. Sean Price, back together on Duck Down Records for what will be their 3rd Full-Length release. There is no denying that Sean Price has re-invented himself as one of the premier solo artists in the game, but his legacy is also that of one-half of Heltah Skeltah. Rock and Ruck have been in the studio daily working on this album with early production coming from Marco Polo, Evidence and Nottz fans can expect that real gritty Heltah Skeltah feel. Trust me these two will not disappoint.”