American Music Award Nominee: Chris Classic

Click Here"Blessings come in all shapes, sizes and avenues. Apparently furry lil Chipmunks have been a means for me to experience certain accomplishments in my career as an artist and songwriter.. Hopefully next award will be from The Radio Project!!" - Chris Classic

I can't remeber the last time I felt HONORED to personally know someone so talented & be in complete joy for him! Chris Classic (previous spoke on his in my interviews post) has been an awesome pal of mine for a good 6 plus years, over the course of this time I have watched & heard his musical talent grace the cd's of some of the best movie sound tracks ever - many that I have purchased because my son is a HUGE fan of the movies they albums belong to. To name a few Meet The Spartans, Never Back Down, The Air I Breathe, Transformers, Underdog, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four Rise of The Silver Surfer, American Pie 4,5 and 6, Date Movie, Alvin & The Chipmunks, etc..Not to mention the Ford & McDonald commercials that feature his music - I call it getting money for your musical craft the SMART way, lol.

All of his HARD work is paying off! Currently working on his first album (he just dropped his first mixtape THE AUDACITY OF DOPE), his authentic sounds on The Alvin & The Chipmunks are up for an AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD for best soundtrack for a movie! He is up against Juno & Mamma Mia. Did I mention he plays The Chipmunks DJ in the movie? lol. The soundtrack went Gold last time I checked - which is a HUGE accomplishment! Now its time for him to get that award!

I am ASKING from my heart that EVERYONE take a second to vote for this amazing man! Visit http://abc.go.com/amavote and cast your vote! Heck while you're there, vote for your other musical favorites - Alicia, Wayne & Chris Brown are up for Artist for the year. Kanye, Wayne & Flo Rida (err) are up for Favorite Male Hip Hop artist and a HOST of other categories!

Although I rarely mention this, because everything that he has done he has done on his own. BUT being in Marketing & such I know that sometimes you have to encourage people to do things - Chris Classic is indeed the nephew an artist apart of one of the GREATEST HIP Hop groups in the WORLD & one of the most influential African American entrepreneurs ever! Again, not taking away from his gift of talent because he has had NO hand outs with the projects he has done, but I will express that he is inspired by Hip Hop Pioneers that we ALL look up too - really ALL of us. I believe his bio says more on it, so you can read more about him and or just google him - www.myspace.com/chrisclassic

Be sure to tune in November 23rd and see who takes home the American Music Award of YOUR choice!


HEY! WHEN YOU CHECK OUT THE SEX DRIVE MOVIE, LISTEN CLOSE FOR A FEW SONGS FROM ME! IN THEATERS FRI OCT 17!! - Chris Classic

CONGRATS again Sweets! Mad, LOVE & RESPECT! Good Luck!! :) - KiTTeE CaT

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Artist - Chris Classic

The guy pictured above is a GREAT friend of mine - his music is CRAZY dope and I'm not just saying that :). I am a loyal supporter of his work because it is good! I can bet you like his music also and don't even know you like it. Chris has had music in SEVERAL commerials from the NBA, McDonalds, Sprint, Chevrolet to Dodge. as well as done countless soundtracks - yea he's THAT guy! Soundtracks that are GREAT (obviously if he has done a number of them) and tunes to awesome movies! Examples: Jumper, Meet The Spartans, Never Back Down, The Air I Breathe, Transformers, Underdog, Fantastic Four,Fantastic Four Rise of The Silver Surfer, American Pie 4,5 and 6, Night at The Museum, Date Movie, Without A Paddle, Cry Wolf, Harold and Kumar I & II, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Sydney White, Speed Racer (the catchy theme song features him rapping), Sex & The City and several others. Not to mention the small role he has in The Chipmunks!! The original motion picture soundtrack ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS is certified gold. The soundtrack is currently 15 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.

I tell ya, the MAN is talented! So now lets fast forward to his solo radio project that he is working on. Yesterday he released a mix tape, Audacity of Dope, to be downloaded. He reached out to many people to get their take on it, including some of the hip hop blogger sites. Here is a reply he got...

" yo fam ya shit is hot.. i'd post a review for you.. yo do u know any way I could get a hold of the new .... >>>... dunks size 10.5?.. oh yea.. if you have youtube videos we can rock those too.. just lemme know kid"...

LOL - this post easily goes along with my last discussion - Urban Music being dead! It's also the main reason I don't fuck w/ many people! With or without this dude reviewing his mix tape on his blog site, Chris has made it! He makes music because he loves it and it's in his soul. Everything about him screams GREAT MUSIC and he has been mentored and groomed by THE BEST in the industry! THE FUCKING BEST, I tell ya! I would say who "THE BEST" is, but I sometimes feel that saying whom one's family is may not always be a good thing - but his uncle is a LEGEND and a PIONEER of hip hop - not to mention the star of one of my favorite reality shows, lol.


http://www.myspace.com/chrisclassic
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Hempstead, NY, Classic began writing poetry influenced by Shel Silverstein at the age of 8. An eighth grade English class assignment influenced him to write his first rap. This would be his first, because in his Jehovah's Witness household, rap music and especially the idea of him rapping was not an option. However his success in his school project that required a rap began a cycle of the tough guys wanting to battle him, which caused large cafeteria crowds and increased his popularity in school.

Around the same time his aunt married a rapper who took an interest in him because he could see the hungry artist inside of the skinny, quiet, straight- A student. READ MORE....