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Back To The Future

Since 2day is da 1st of March & dis is da 1st time in March we won't be going 2 New York I thought I'd let U guys who are hip 2 my music & not our EduBasics products know how De-U does!!! We go 2 dis event every year but normally it takes place in March but dis year it takes place in April a couple days b4 my 1st child who's 1 year old turns De-U.c.e. LOL!!! Hope 2 see all my NY fans in da building...De-U.c.e.'s!!!

De-U.c.e. Double EduBasics Interview!!!

EduBasics: A Children's Educational Tool
By md20737

Q: What is De-U Records?

De-U Records is a family owned & operated record label that was started in Ft. Washington, Maryland by my father the CEO/President David Printis & my uncle Steven Printis the Vice President. De-U Records has been around for many many years but was officially established as an indie label in the year 1999. We have a few Hip-Hop, R&B, & GoGo acts but we’ve received the most success with our EduBaiscs CD’s/DVD’s that we produced, manufactured, & marketed ourselves. These products have been featured in media outlets such as MSNBC, The Washington Post, NPR, Business Week, CNBC, News Channel 8, Black Enterprise, as well as BET News & have sold over 150,000 units throughout the DMV area & abroad. We also have Shirley Ables & The Joy Gospel Singers signed under our Gospel division of the De-U label. They were inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame in the year 2003 & have a greatest hits CD out released through De-U Records available exclusively through us as well as online.

Q: How did the idea of edubasics come about?

Back in the day my father made a poor man’s version of “Multiplication Hip-Hop” on cassette tape when I was a child in elementary school in the late 80’s to help me memorize my times tables & it worked. In the year 1999 we moved the studio from out of the basement to a location in the Ft. Washington business/club district. Once we moved my father found that he needed to create something that would keep the new studio bills paid aside from the normal studio sessions we already charged recording artists for. He came up with the idea for an audio CD called “Multiplication Hip-Hop” our first of many future EduBasics products. He got my cousin Angie who’s an aspiring artist to do the artwork creating the initial “EduBasics” characters while me, my cousin MLG, & my pops lent our voices to the multiplication CD via Auto-Tune so our adult voices would sound more childlike. Once we got the initially copies back us De-U rappers/artists/producers started going to K-Mart/Target parking lots & downtown streets corners aggressively selling the CD’s & passing out fliers non-stop. Most of us had no other day jobs or source of income including my father so essentially we had no choice but to make sales or we’d have no studio & no way to eat or pay bills. We did this on a daily basis until we organically grew to the point where we’re at now in 2009 with the original “Multiplication Hip-Hop” CD now being available in 50 different FYE stores across the country, 4 different audio CD’s, 3 DVD’s, & 2 life sized cartoon costumed characters who perform at schools daily & do a full blown educational concert for kids at least once a year.

Q: Explain how hiphop and music translates into learning?

Hip-Hop music is the only music beside pop that kids of all colors are into now. Our products seem cool to most kids because they incorporate Hip-Hop music. (no rapping or rhymes just music) Older parents tend to say “Why Hip-Hop music” but it’s just the Hip-Hop music that grabs the kids attention more than anything. Kids listen to rap songs trying to learn the words but with our CD’s kids listen to Hip-Hop beats & try to memorize educational facts instead.

Q: How has edubasics improved children’s learning?

It has been proven that some schools systems math scores have jumped up over 70% from one year to the next after incorporating our products into their classroom curriculum. In particular the “Multiplication Hip-Hop” audio CD.

Q: What have do you think children are lacking their learning of the basics? What can teachers, parents, & educators do to better prepare children to learn? What void is edubasics filling that the school systems are not?

EduBasics is not here with the purpose or intentions of replacing any teachers or other teaching methods it’s just a fun learning aid that happens to work really well. EduBasics is just a fun way to help kids learn point blank. EduBasics provides kids with a way where they can laugh, joke, dance, clap, sing, all while in class but at the same time still learn a lot. Now days alot of kids are to grown for their own good & find shows we used to watch growing up like Barney, Mr. Rogers, & Seasame Steeet to be boring but yet & still know how to do all the newest Souljaboy dances. Our products help parents & teachers to bridge that cultural gap so to speak much like school house rock did back in the day. Kids can put our CD’s or DVD’s in their iPod, PS3, or Xbox360’s & feel like they’re not even learning but rather listening to a favorite song & remembering the words.

To be honest sadly I think that the children are lacking the positive reinforcement from their parents at home while not at school. You’d be surprised how many parents will walk past you with their kid saying “I want that mommy” but the mother saying to her child “you don’t need that bullshit baby” what kind of examples are we setting for our children when you have those types of mind states about education? So many parents expect a school, a teacher, or a product like ours to be their scapegoat in which they don’t have to teach their own child. When I was a child my mother & father would grill me everyday as to whether or not my homework was done & ask me what I did while in school. My mother would even make homemade crossword puzzles with my spelling words on them…LOL!!! You can’t expect someone else to put more energy into something that’s yours than you in fact do put in yourself. My daughter’s only 1 but she’s already learned her abc’s & 123’s from the EduBasics products without my instruction at all. You’d be surprised how many 1,000’s of parents in this area I’ve try to sell to who’s kids are 2-5 & the parent is telling me they’re too young for our products. You stunt your child’s intelligence with those type of ignorant mind states.

Q: What are you favorite products? Where can we find them?

My favorite EduBasics product used to be “Science & Geography” back in the day because I produced “Solar System” & it played on NPR news. Now my favorite product is “Multiplication Hip-Hop in Concert” because my daughter gets so happy every time it on. You can find them all at www.edubasics.com

Q: What else can we expect from the edubasics line?

You can expect us to release the DVD versions of our existing audio CD’s “Science & Geography” as well as “Addition & Subtraction”, You can also expect us to release an audio CD for the process of doing Division. We’ll be doing another live stage concert for the kids in the DMV soon so stay tuned to our websites for details www.edubasics.com

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The Original "Multiplication Hip-Hop" Available at FYE!!!

EduBasics.com

June's Diamond in the Rough

In October of da year 1999 my pops da De-U CEO came up wit an interesting idea 4 a new revolutionary product called "Multiplication Hip-Hop". He & us De-U boys had absolutely no idea at all how popular dis CD would quickly become. We sold these CD's & passed out fliers on many a DMV parking lot & street corner 7 days a week from 9-5 in order 2 fund studio time & 2 pay our bills. Within da 1st couple months of creation & of street sales we already had BET News calling us 4 an interview. From 1999 to da year 2009 we've managed 2 release several more educational Hip-Hop based CD's/DVD's & have moved over 150,000 units off of virtually street sales alone!!! Now days U can still find us in da streets selling if U wanna get dat good ol' De-U discount...lol!!! Our CD's are now also available at most FYE locations in all major urban cities & online as well.

www.EduBasics.com

These Make Great Christmas Gifts...

http://www.edubasics.com

http://www.myspace.com/multiplicationhiphop

De-U Records, Inc.

De-U Records, Inc.

Google or Wikipedia us...

De-U Records was formed late in the year 1999 by our CEO & my father David Printis Sr. & his brother & VP Steven Printis. We got off to an exceptional start immediately with our first Hip-Hop project receiveing radio play, our first gospel artist getting inducted into the Gospel Hall of Fame, & our first kids educational product recieving national press all before 2003. In the first two years alone we had already managed to get The F.A.M.'s "Da Realist" played on WPGC's DC Home Jamz segment & the original "Multiplication Hip-Hop" featured on BET Nightly News. Since 1999 the majority of our success has come from our hip-hop dept./street team, children's dept., & our gospel department. As of late alot of satellite, mixtape, internet, & radio DJ's have been giving De-U's rappers alot of attention. E One Letter, De-U.c.e. Double, & MLG's solo music in particular has recieved alot of love lately. WPGC 95.5 debuted E One Letter & my solo singles this summer. The track "Sexy Lady" by myself De-U.c.e. Double is on "Check My Global Stats Vol.7: Hosted by Slim Thug". DNA & DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz mixtape "Motion Picture Sh*t Vol.3: Street Kings" features E One Letter's "Go Get It Boy" off his "You Talk It I Walk It" debut EP as well. Both mixtapes are available in stores & online right now!!! E & myself were also featured on Comcast Cable all summer long on a 30 minute show for CTV called "It's About Time" along side elements of "The Epitome Band & Show". As for future plans stay tuned for my new solo offering "40. Watt The Mixtape" & E's "Now Or Never" mixtape. They'll both be coming to a parking lot or street corner near you in the 1st quarter of 2009...remember U've been warned!!!

Read E One Letter's newest press @ http://www.blackcollegeview.com/ from 2/24/08, & read De-U Records' newest press @ http://www.districtchronicles.com/ from 3/14/08

http://www.myspace.com/thefutureofamericanmusic
http://www.myspace.com/eoneletter
http://www.myspace.com/deucedouble
http://www.myspace.com/deurecords
http://www.myspace.com/zogotbeats
http://www.myspace.com/multiplicationhiphop








http://www.de-urecords.com

Wanna Make $100k A Year???

I'm not going to write a long drawn out explaination for the title above or for the Youtube footage below. Just trust & believe that I'm not joke'n, fake'n, or just being a bama try'n to create some hype or buzz. This is a serious job opportunity for professional salesman & street hustlers a like. I gotta six month old daughter myself so trust me I know it's hard out here. That's why I'm doing my part to spread the word & the wealth during these tough times. I'm an extremely giving person who does unto others as I would have them do unto me instead of trying to be off the swindles 24/7. You can read this & take it as a joke if you want...makes no difference to me. Just do me one favor pimp...this time next year remember that De-U.c.e. Double tried to help you get your little pieces of paper together during this so called recession. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink...ya digg!!!




http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/multiplicationhiphop

De-U on News Channel 8...

Here's yet another Youtube throwback De-U video I found from way back in 2003. This is probably one the best interviews of the hundreds we've been in over the past couple years because the info is coming straight from the horse's mouth instead of the sly fox's ass...lmfao!!! 2003 was a real popular year for De-U Records as far as national & local press goes. Back then we didn't have any publicists, managers, agents, or promoters & guess what...we still don't. If you know any good people tell em' to holla at ya boy...lol!!! Seriously though we do want some professional representation we're not against it at all, we just can't seem to find anybody who can do any better for us than what we've already accomplished for our damn selves. They say people aren't allowed meetings with major labels without any professional representation...I say some people just aren't trying hard enough...ya digg!!!



http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/deurecords

BET News Interviews De-U Records...

This is yet another throwback De-U Records Youtube joint. This is from way back in 2001 before it was acceptable to show local luv to DC rappers & producers...way before ya'll were screaming DMV every two seconds like it's a real place on the map or something. Back then niggaz called it what it really is...DC!!! The DMV is a fictional place that only exists in the minds of DC, PG, & Mo Co. natives. Don't get me wrong I understand the connection between the areas & this so called "movement" more than you realize...shit I've made thousands of legal dollars for myself & De-U Records in the D, the M, & the V...have you? My appologies I seem to have got a little off the subject at hand. I'll go into detail alot more on this issue in future blog posts, but for now just watch the damn video you bamas!!!



http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/deurecords

Def Jam & De-U Records...

Here's some more throwback De-U Records Youtube footage for all you video bloggers. This is from back when the Hip Hop Summit came to Washington, DC in 2007. Yeah yeah yeah...I know this joint is old as hell but hey this blog isn't so fuck it...sue me. This was the second time De-U Records got a chance to chop it up with the Def Jam founder Russell Simmons. He's considered a legend in the international Hip-Hop community but in person he's just a really down to earth dude. Everybody who's anybody in the DMV making major music moves knows what it is with De-U, but in case U didn't I just officially stamped it for you...We do this shit!!!





http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/deurecords

Schooool!!!...Crank Dat Learning Boy...Schooool!!!...Crank Dat Learning Boy!?!?

In case you didn't get a chance to bring the family out to our live "Multiplication Hip-Hop" concert & stage show last weekend here's a little Youtube footage of what you missed. Everybody enjoyed themselves & we damn near sold out of CD's & refreshments. The second video posted is some throwback De-U press & Dezmo street team footage from when we used to be on the streets selling CD's everyday for at least 8 hours a day. We do small shows with just the music, only one character, & no plot at schools, book stores, & libraries all the time but this was only our second ever full blown concert & play. It was our best turnout yet & we here at De-U Records greatly appreciated all the local support...thanks DMV we love ya'll!!!


P.S. If you're from the DMV & you have kids from pre-school up to middle school & you still don't know about "Multiplication Hip-Hop", Dezmo, or The L-Squad yet...U loafin'!!! Kids love these CD's nationwide & especially in the DMV...ask around. Check us out at our kiosk where we sell them in P.G. Plaza mall. We'll be throwing another kids concert real soon so stay tuned.



http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/multiplicationhiphop

You Talk It I Walk It EP - Free Download!!!

http://www.zshare.net/download/190206532b6cf82f/


E One Letter is the first rapper to represent solo from The F.A.M. & De-U Records. E is one of those dudes who shows & proves everything that comes out of his mouth with real life actions. It's one way or the other if your from DC or PG...either you've seen his face in the open mics, or you've seen him outside downtown with CD's & fliers in hand, maybee in a shopping center parking lot, or even in the mall selling...regardless where you've seen him just know that he's got a lotta units in the city. He's been hitting the parking lots & street corners relentlessly since De-U's creation in 1999 personally selling thousands!!! He has helped to sell over 1500,000 with De-U Records' CD's & DVD's right out of the trunk. This free download is E One Letter's debut solo EP called "You Talk It I Walk It". I also included a bonus unreleased track produced by Royal District called "Blank Change" from his upcoming debut solo LP called "Blood, Sweat, & Tears"...enjoy!!!

http://www.myspace.com/eoneletter

"Multiplication Hip-Hop" Live in Concert!!! 9/20/08

Dezmo and Addy are here to party in their first live concert to the hit the Edu-Basics learning series, but they better keep a watchful eye because the wild and wacky Mindstien is trying to pull the plug on the whole show. With accolades from The Washington Post, National Public Radio (NPR), CNBC, and Black Enterprise Magazine, Edu-Basics & De-U Records continues an ongoing legacy with this exciting live concert series Multiplication Hip-Hop In Concert. See Multiplication Hip-Hop’s Dezmo, Addy, Rapper Boi, DJ One Time, and Mindstien Live!!! The fun never stops with live characters, dancing, music, game show, photo-ops, prizes, & more. This live concert & stage play is a must see for kids of all ages!!!

Saturday September 20, 2008
ShowTime 2:00 PM
General Admission $11.50
Group Discounts Also Available

Tickets are available at the Edu-Basics kiosk in P.G. Plaza Mall & at De-U Records
To order your tickets by phone using any major credit card
Toll free 1-866-482-2137

Annabelle Ferguson Auditorium
Suitland High School
5200 Silver Hill Rd.
Forestville, MD 20747



http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/multiplicationhiphop

De-U Records released new Edu-Basics DVD's

If you have kids or you're a teacher, & you still don't know about the educational Hip-Hop CD's then you must not get out too much...lol!!! We've managed to sell more than 100,000 Edu-Basics CD's & over 150k total De-U products since the year 2000 straight out of the trunk. We've been in The Washington Post, Business Weekly, Black Enterprise, CNBC, BET, NPR, etc...with over 100 stories on how our CD's help kids test scores & how we created, manufactured, & sold the original "Multiplication Hip-Hop". We just this week finally released the highly demanded "Multiplication Hip-Hop" & "It's Elementary" DVD versions. You can get all of De-U Records' Children's, Hip-Hop, R&B, & Gospel products at our "Edu-Basics" Kiosk in P.G. Plaza Mall. You can also get our "Edu-Basics" CD's at Border Books & Music as well.



http://www.edu-basics.com

http://www.myspace.com/multiplicationhiphop

Our Nation Capitol's History...

I was on www.wikipedia.com bored yesterday searching around & I've come to find out that one of our products we produce at De-U Records made it on their site. I even found out that Ft. Wash used 2 be considered a part of DC. It's alot of other interesting facts & info about the DMV & DC area on there that I thought I'd take the time to share with you. I know ya'll old school Hip-Hop heads know some of this but most of the yungenz under 18 don't. In case U didn't know wikipedia is the new encyclopedia from the internet's point of view. I know some of my ghetto people reading this are lazy & tired of reading already so I also pasted some Youtube links below. It's alot of interesting stuff on here about my city & our nation's capitol that U may not have known. If U rep DC, PG, MD, VA, DMV, or anywhere in the US period U need to understand da capitol of U're nation's rightful place in Hip-Hop history. DC...We're greater then the haters. Check it out below!!!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_Yard_Band

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%27s_Chili_Bowl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication_Hip_Hop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Brown

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pg_county

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Essence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-go

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Washington_Park

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wale_(rapper)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabi_Bonney

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Metropolitan_Area

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_Funk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_Unlimited

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Washington,_Maryland

E One Letter...DMV's own "Go Get It Boy"

Self proclaimed “Go Get It Boy” E one letter is poised to blow the industry wide open with his debut solo release "Blood Sweat, & Tears" set for release in late 2009. With influences like 2Pac, Jay-Z, Scarface, T.I. & Lil' Wayne E hits the scene with an explosive and vivid lyrical delivery through hard yet still extremely melodic beats. E One Letter has steadily climbed the DC undergroud Hip-Hop ranks since he first hit DC's music scene in 1999 as a member of his group The F.A.M., earning respect from all over the country as an artist who walks what he talks. E is not only a rapper he's also an entertainer, & business man. He's also done some musical production on De-U Records' "Edu-Basic" series of children's learning tools. These CD's & DVD's have been featured on media outlets such as CNBC, NPR, The Washington Post, Business Weekly, BET News, & The Black Enterprise. In the summer of 2008 his debut single "Go Get It Boy" was featured on WPGC 95.5 as well as XM radio. The newest project you can catch One Letter on is a national mixtape hosted by DNA & DJ Drama called "Motion Picture Sh*t Vol.3: Street Kings". He regularly performs in the Washington, DC metropolitan area at open mics, local clubs, & citywide events. He has sold over 3500 units of his EP “You talk it I walk It” in one year strictly through DMV street sales alone!!! E One Letter walks it like he talks it...the true definition of a "Go Get It Boy".

Listen to "Go Get It Boy" & the most recent E One Letter press on the links below:



http://www.zshare.net/download/19871671a18f09fb/

http://media.www.blackcollegeview.com/media/storage/paper928/news/2008/02/24/Lifestyles/The-Voice.Of.multiplication.HipHop-3233131.shtml

http://www.myspace.com/eoneletter

Zo Got Heat!!!

Check out this exclusive interview with the man behind most of De-U Records' Hip-Hop, R&B, Gospel, Go Go, & Children's educational music production. His name is Alonzo Powell or as he's better known around the town...Zo. This man's DC & international musical resume is quite extensive!!! Some of his melodic productions have been featured on XM, WPGC 95.5, WKYS 93.9, CNBC, NPR, BET, The Washington Post, Business Weekly, & Black Enterprise magazine just to name a few. He's sat in & played keyboard for numerous legendary Go Go bands throughout his career, but you can usually catch him now days performing with his local Go Go crew called "The Epitome Band".





http://www.myspace.com/zogotbeats