Chinga Chang Records

infobox record label


founded = 2003
founder = CEO DMAK
fenre = Hiphop, US
genre = Hiphop
distributor = Latchkey Recordings/Koch Entertainment
url = http://chingachangonline.com

Chinga Chang Records is an East Coast hip hop record label founded by Daniel Craig Maknally in 2003. Chinga Chang Records has offices in Chester County, Pennsylvania, New York, and now Hawthorne, California. Chinga Chang Records signed Kool G Rap to a EP (only later to add 4 more songs, making it a full length album and pushing back the release date).

Titled "Half A Klip", the album was released worldwide on Chinga Chang Records on February 5th, 2008. "Half A Klip" features production by DJ Premier, Marley Marl and others. The first single by Kool G Rap is titled "On The Rise Again" (produced by Grammy award winning producer DJ Premier).

Company history

In December 2005 Chinga Chang Records signed gangster hip hop rapper Kool G Rap to a production deal. Then the small time company locked down production from DJ Premier day's later, making it no longer a small time label. CEO DMAK in a shocking move added legend DJ Marley Marl to the roster of production. CEO DMAK then reached out to Haylie Duff in an attempt to introduce Kool G Rap to his generation.

The label's first release was the single "Meal of the Day" in July 2006 by company artist Temp. This single was popular in the Bollywood scene, based in India.

This was followed by the release of the mix tape "Chang Gang VOL 1: Stackin Euros" with tracks from KRS1, Ras Kass, Big Pun, and Sean Price. A video was made for each of its singles. The most notable video was by Sean Price for his song "Ground Wit Ur Niggazz". Shot in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Also shot in Brooklyn was the "Meal of The Day" video.

On May 6 2007, a distribution deal was signed with 45 Scientific/BMG in Miami, Florida for European distribution of some Chinga Chang Records media products.

On June 1st 2007, a distribution deal was signed for the Half A Klip album, with Latchkey recordings though Koch Entertainment.

The "Official Joints" LP was released for download on June 15 2007, with unreleased music from Rakim, Masta Ace, J Live, Guru, Beatnuts, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-ONE, Big Pun, and many more. The first single, "Original Style" by Rakim, was added on June 11 2007 to allhiphop.com and was played 6775 times its first weekend, soon hitting more than 13000 plays. It has since been very popular on itunes.

The "Bornleaders" a Hawthorne California based hip hop group was added to the Chinga Chang family in November 2007.

Artists

*Bornleaders
* Kool G Rap
* DROC

Former Artists

* EPIK
* Temp

Releases

*Released: June 15 2006
*Billboard 200 chart position:
*R&B/Hip-Hop chart position:
*Singles: "Meal Of The Day" by Temp/"Ground Wit Ya Niggaz" by Sean Price
*European Release Only

*Released: June 15 2007
*Billboard 200 chart position:
*R&B/Hip-Hop chart position:
*Singles: "Original Style" by Rakim/"BX NIGGAZ" by Big Pun
*itunes/Digital only release

*Billboard 200 chart position:
*R&B/Hip-Hop chart position:
*Singles: "On The Rise"(again)Feat.Haylie Duff "What's More Realer Then That"

Official links

* [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584380/20080328/50_cent.jhtml MTV 4/24/08]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000U1ZJ6Y ORDER HALF A KLIP NOW]
* [http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/01/kool-g-rap-hayl.html Entertainment Weekly 1/24/08]
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.mtv.de/news/news.php%3Fid%3D23993&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dchinga%2Bchang%2Brecords%26start%3D60%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN MTV]
* [http://www.chingachangonline.com Official site]
* [http://odeo.com/audio/6580683/view LISTEN TO NEW SINGLE]
* [http://www.koolgrapsite.com Kool G Rap site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/chingachangrecords Myspace page]
* [http://utopianvision.co.uk/bollywood/videos/?v=fiCaieF7a0Q "Meal Of The Day" Bollywood Version]

USA Press

* [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/55506/kool-g-rap-half-a-klip/ PopMatters.com]
* [http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/kool_g_rap/albums.jhtml?albumId=2061762/ MTV Feature]
* [http://top40-charts.com/pedia.php?title=Chinga_Chang_Records/ TOP40 CHARTS MAGAZINE 12/5/07]
* [http://hiphoproll.com/kool-g-raps-comeback-in-september/ KOOL G RAP COMEBACK 7/9/07]
* [http://skopemagazine.com/html/news01.php?articleID=6838 Skope Magazine 7/4/07]
* [http://www.thesource.com The Source Magazine Article 11/7/06]
* [http://www.allhiphop.com/Hiphopnews/?ID=6369 AllHipHop.com Article]
* [http://www.hhnlive.com/news/more/569 HHN.COM article]
* [http://www.theindustrycosign.com/site/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=4896 The Industrycosign.com write up]
* [http://www.raptalk.net/news/KoolGRapIsBack.php Raptalk.net 12/27/06]
* [http://hiphopheadlines.com/index.php?id=home hiphopheadlines.com 12/23/06]
* [http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/672889/Kool_G_Rap_Klip_Half_Full_Not_Half_Empty.html G4tv.com]

Foreign Press

[http://72.14.203.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.hiphopjudge.com/news/kool-g-rap-alle-infos-zu-half-a-klip&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dceo%2Bdmak%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26pwst%3D1 NEW EURO ARTICAL ON CEO DMAK] [http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=273755185 Japan] [http://www.aightgenossen.ch/index.php/m=news/par_year=2006/par_month=11/par_landid=/id=4158 Switzerland] [http://www.thahood.net/th/main.php?site=news&id=483&PHPSESSID=2045759fc9669482a75dcaf38bdfefa9 Germany] [http://www.hiphop-jam.net/thread.php?threadid=12772 hiphop-jam] [http://muzyka.gery.pl/cms/?id=30113 Poland] [http://www.16bars.de/newsartikel/einzelansicht/646 Denmark] [http://www.cream.cz/?novinka=vyda-konecne-kool-g-rap-novou-deskua Czech Republic] [http://www.90bpm.sk/c/2070-veteran-kool-g-rap-pripravuje-novy-album-pri-nahravani-mu-pomaha-dj-premier Svalbard] [http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-34682.0.html Nigeria] [http://www.rap.de/news/2028 Slovakia] [http://utopianvision.co.uk/bollywood/videos/?v=fiCaieF7a0Q India]

See also

* Music
* Hip hop production
* Gangster rap
* List of hip hop labels
* List of record labels