For those who have been asking for updates on myself and my album. Kam Moye is longer an artist on MYX Music Label. As of a few months ago, MYX Music is no longer in business from my understanding. At this point my album is kind of lost in the shuffle and I am hoping to get things resolved as far as rights to the music go. The mother company ABS-CBN took some serious losses in the past year so they cut off finances for it’s smaller subsidiaries including the label. It was beyond my control and nothing could have prevented it. More than a few artists lost their deals. I’ve dealt with a similar situation before when Chain Letters in 2005 was released and two or three months later the distribution company shut down without warning. That’s just the way the ball bounces. Hopefully things will work out for all parties. I wish Karim Panni (label manager of MYX) all the best in his new endeavors. There will be no more singles or videos off of the album. Thanks to those who supported the album. I am grateful for the opportunity regardless.

At this time, I have no plans on recording another professional solo album as Kam Moye or Supastition. This decision isn’t based on my recent situation with MYX Music but based on the state of the music industry and where it’s going. It wasn’t an easy decision for me but I felt that it was the best choice. I’ve sacrificed a lot of money and time and it’s just not worth it to continue with it the way I have done in the past. All isn’t bad news though… I have enough unreleased songs saved in the stash at this point to compile a few more albums. With that being said, I’m going to put those songs together and make them available for free download as soon as I can get clearance from the producers and guest artists involved. There is no release date and there won’t be one. There will be no labels or promo involved. Whenever I can get the okay from everyone involved then I’ll put up a link on my site, Facebook, etc… It’s as simple as that. Not to mention, I have recorded close to 100 guest appearances in my career so I’m sure they will continue popping up on the internet throughout the years.  There are some other MC/producer projects that I already had in the works with Dela (from France), D.R. (Electric Ave), and Madwreck.  I’m a man of my word so I will make sure that those projects are finished and completed. I’ve been left hanging way too many times by people that I’ve worked with in the music industry so I’d never do that to people I respect. I mainly chose to do projects with them based on their talent, loyalty, and just being good people and friends in general. The collaboration project with Dela may be released on CD/iTunes depending on what he decides to do with it but the other two projects will be free releases. Also, I just provided DJ Concept (Bash Brothers) with over 70 songs to release in a Kam Moye/Supastition mixtape series in order to help distribute the remaining songs in my catalog.

Although I’ll always write and record music, I have no interest in to pursuing it professionally anymore as an artist. 5 record deals, 3 albums, 3 EP’s, 5 videos, 12 countries, and 40+ U.S. cities is more than enough for me to be proud of.  I know some people will wonder why can’t I still just make music? The truth is that I have never “just made music” because most of my career I have managed myself (until recently), booked my most of my own shows & tours, found my own record deals, found my own producers, and most recently recorded my own music. That takes a toll on you and your personal life after awhile. Out of all those duties, I spent the least amount of time rapping and recording music. With music being technically free nowadays, that’s way too much effort for the results I’ve seen. Waking up to see a blog giving away your entire discography for free followed by a single sentence saying “support the artist” is a very humbling thing to see when your rent is due. That’s not bitterness, it’s just today’s reality…  I’m at peace with that. I’m going to make sure that the rest of the music in my catalog will reach those fans who have supported me over the years. This isn’t some corny retirement speech or “I quit” rant… just me personally giving you an update on what to expect and what not to expect from me. I’m sure people will interpret it any way that they like though. I had originally written a lengthy and personal message breaking down a lot of things but I realized that nothing on the internet is personal anymore. Thanks all of those who have supported and all of you who will continue. I’ll update you on things as soon as I can. Hopefully you will enjoy the rest of the music and if not then you have more than enough music from me already. Peace and respect y’all.

-Kam Moye

Thanks to the homie Subcon, I’ll be back in Denver at the Walnut Room on April 9, 2010. This will be a rare show because I’ll be performing songs from my entire catalog including 7 Years of Bad Luck. If you’ve been to one of my past shows in recent years, you know I hardly ever touch songs from that album. Click here to peep the flyer for the full lineup. It’s only $10 to buy tickets in advance at the Walnut Room’s website. Tell a friend to tell a friend… it’s going down in Denver!!!

While in town, I’ll be shooting scenes for a music video from a song that I recorded with Subcon a few months ago. The video is expected to be animated in the same vein as this video so I’m excited about it. I’ll make sure to post up the final video as soon as it’s done. Also shout out to the Denver homies: Mane Rok, Es Nine, and MissLadyJ (Jessica).

Today, the good folks at Allhiphop.com premiered the music video for my 2nd single, Splitting Image. The song was produced by Symbolyc One (S1) of Strange Fruit Project and also features the lovely Dutch singer, Neenah on the hook (although she isn’t featured in the video). The video was directed by Matt Koza of HOJ Media and also co-stars, Sudan Green (the son of famed spoken word poet Ursula Rucker) who plays the younger version of me in the video. I gave Matt Koza the original idea for the video treatment and he added his own ideas to make it work as well. This is my favorite video to date and Matt Koza is a phenomenal director. I wanted it to document my real life story of becoming a father at 16 and show the pressure I was facing at the time. I couldn’t even take care of myself when I brought my first daughter into the world. It’s a way of showing younger people that your life isn’t over when you make a bad decision but it means you’ve got to work twice as hard at your dreams. Hopefully someone will feel inspired by it. Thanks to everyone was involved in the making of this video.

*Edit: We tried to post this embedded link from AllHipHop but it wasn’t working so we uploaded it to our Reform School Music page on Youtube.com.

I finally received the confirmation and details for the SXSW performance. This will be my first year attending the music festival so I’m hoping that it’s worthwhile. There’s so many other shows going on that night in Austin but I plan on doing my thing regardless. I will be performing on Thursday, March 18 at The Independent. The lineup and performance times are listed on the flyer above.

URB.com just premiered the official video for Forever Fresh, directed by Charles Barcelona. The video is a documentary-style video that includes behind the scenes and tour footage from past videos, shows, interviews, and more. The song was produced by Marco Polo and will be the b-side to the official 2nd single, Splitting Image. This video is more of a dedication to all of those Supastition fans who supported my older music. Shout out to my homie and tour DJ, DJ Forge, for finally making his debut in one of my videos. Enjoy!!!

I was recently invited by King Tech personally to appear on the new Wake Up Show anthem. After my appearance on the Wake Up Show, King Tech, a west coast veteran, has been a huge supporter of my music. It’s an honor for me because being on the show was one of my dreams as a youngster. Only respected lyricists ever made it on the show in my opinion. Well what do you know… years later, I am featured on the actual show anthem alongside some of hip hop’s most respected cats. My music and talent may not be recognized at home but it’s damn sure solidified elsewhere!!!

The lineup consists of Kam Moye, The Rza (of Wu-Tang Clan), Ras Kass, B Real (of Cypress Hill), Crooked I, Tech N9ne, Tajai (of Souls Of Mischief), Locksmith, and DJ Revolution. The track was produced by King Tech.

As some of you may remember, I did a 6-song album breakdown/interview a few months ago with Reyn from Potholesinmyblog (click to preview). Well, This time I had a chance to do a full album breakdown (song by song) for Splitting Image with my homie L-Rox (of Red Secta Mastering) who did the mastering for my album. Being that he had to spend countless hours mastering it and he was one of the first people to hear the album in its entirety, who better to discuss this with. This will give you a better idea of what I had in mind when writing and recording this album. Since the interview was rather long, I’m going to post this as a 2-part series. Enjoy!

link swiped from: http://www.redsecta.com/KamMoye.html

This year (2009) was one of the best years I’ve had so far for mixing and mastering projects and I’m not talking money wise. I have to make that clear because these days people are primarily money driven; what I mean is that this year, I’ve had the pleasure of working with a lot of talented individuals and it’s made the work I do highly enjoyable. It’s great to be able to work on projects that are genuinely Hip Hop and on many levels, Kam Moye’s new album “Splitting Image” is important for a genre that is too cluttered with “noise” these days, because this album does what I remember my favorite Hip Hop albums used to do: connect with you. (more…)