Gladiator Music, Vol. 1
Track Listings
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1. Pass It On -
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2. Virtuous Woman -
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3. Warfare -
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4. Womb to the Tomb -
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5. Ballin -
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6. X Files -
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7. What U N It 4 -
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8. The Takeover -
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9. Good Girl Gone Bad -
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10. Rags to Riches -
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11. Diamond in the Rough -
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12. Southern Prayerz -
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13. The Verdict -
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14. Gladiators -
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15. He Perfects Those Things -
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16. Pit to Palace -
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17. Dirty South -
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Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Since 1998, SGR Music Group has taken us on an urban music exodus. Each CD released by this Houston based rap label has led us further away from our personal chains and bondage and closer to our awaiting spiritual emancipation. Gladiator Music was birthed out of necessity and it is bigger than music, it's a movement. Gladiator music is about having a dream, vision and purpose and not relenting until it is fulfilled! Gladiator Music takes you from the streets, through the struggles to the solution. Tupac gave us Thug Life, Lil John and his East Side Boys are showing us how to get crunk, now SGR and their camp is defining what it means to be a true Gladiator. Gladiator music is about running the blocks and the boardroom. It is about rising from the gutter to achieving greatness. Gladiator music is all about going from the rags of low living to the richness of achieving and living dreams. To be a true Gladiator means the hood can't confine you from becoming the head of the class. Tenacity is your name and you are a student and at the top of your game! That's the definition of being a Gladiator and this Dirty South Brand of Gladiator Music!!! SGR has been one of the trailblazers in the dirty south rap movement since 1998. Getting game from some of Houston's finest at the time, Rap-A-Lot, Cash Money, Suave House, No Limit and Dead Game Records, CEO and Founder D. Smith, decided to take the knowledge learned, while working as an Independent Label Executive and Marketing Director of Pen & Pixel Graphics, and step out on pure faith and a dream. The results have been
successfully releasing some of the hottest and most penetrating music the industry has witnessed since Public Enemy, X-Clan, Wu-Tang Clan and the late great Tupac Shakur! Gladiator music makes you believe in the process that hard work, diligence, focus, faith and determination ultimately lead to success. Regardless of the setbacks, Gladiator music is all about overcoming mistakes and using them as stepping-stones for future success. D. Smith teaches his entire organization "the difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them." The foundation of SGR Music Group and It's brand of Gladiator Music is built on a strong and firm belief in Jesus Christ and is constantly being shaped, molded and fashioned through the personal relationship the staff members and artists share with Him Gladiator music will definitely rattle you trunks and rally the troops. It's not just a name; it's a way of life! Situations and circumstances of life will constantly try to throw a black eye in the game. But if you are determined to fight, conquer and takeover any thing that stands in the way of you fulfilling your purpose, you too are a true GLADIATOR. Welcome to the Movement!
Product Description
Since 1998, SGR Music Group (Southern Gospeltality Records) has taken us on an urban music exodus. Each CD released by this Houston based rap label has led us further away from our personal chains and bondage and closer to our awaiting spiritual emancipation. Gladiator Music was birthed out of necessity and it is bigger than music, it's a movement. Gladiator music is about having a dream, vision and purpose and not relenting until it is fulfilled! Gladiator Music takes you from the streets, through the struggles to the solution. Tupac gave us Thug Life, Lil John and his East Side Boys are showing us how to get crunk, now SGR and their camp is defining what it means to be a true Gladiator. Gladiator music is about running the blocks and the boardroom. It is about rising from the gutter to achieving greatness. Gladiator music is all about going from the rags of low living to the richness of achieving and living dreams. To be a true Gladiator means the hood can't confine you from becoming the head of the class. Tenacity is your name and you are a student and at the top of your game! That's the definition of being a Gladiator and this Dirty South Brand of Gladiator Music!!! SGR has been one of the trailblazers in the dirty south rap movement since 1998. Getting game from some of Houston's finest at the time, Rap-A-Lot, Cash Money, Suave House, No Limit and Dead Game Records, CEO and Founder D. Smith, decided to take the knowledge learned, while working as an Independent Label Executive and Marketing Director of Pen & Pixel Graphics, and step out on pure faith and a dream. The results have been
successfully releasing some of the hottest and most penetrating music the industry has witnessed since Public Enemy, X-Clan, Wu-Tang Clan and the late great Tupac Shakur! Gladiator music makes you believe in the process that hard work, diligence, focus, faith and determination ultimately lead to success. Regardless of the setbacks, Gladiator music is all about overcoming mistakes and using them as stepping-stones for future success. D. Smith teaches his entire organization "the difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them." The foundation of SGR Music Group and It's brand of Gladiator Music is built on a strong and firm belief in Jesus Christ and is constantly being shaped, molded and fashioned through the personal relationship the staff members and artists share with Him Gladiator music will definitely rattle you trunks and rally the troops. It's not just a name; it's a way of life! Situations and circumstances of life will constantly try to throw a black eye in the game. But if you are determined to fight, conquer and takeover any thing that stands in the way of you fulfilling your purpose, you too are a true GLADIATOR. Welcome to the Movement!
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Gladiator Music, Vol. 1
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- "cinema's main stay themes prevail ~ City of Prague"
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Reel Chill: The Cinematic Chillout Album
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ASIN: B0002IQGT4
Release Date: 2004-08-10 |
Tracks:
- Sarabande [From Barry Lyndon]
- Main Theme [From Midnight Cowboy]
- Promenade Sentimentale [From Dive] - Mark Ayres
- May It Be [From the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the]
- Women of Ireland [From Barry Lyndon]
- Adagio for Strings & Organ [From Gallipoli [
- Romeo/Love Theme [From Romeo & Juliet)
- Balcony Scene [From Romeo + Juliet]
- Main Theme [From Chariots of Fire] - Mark Ayres
- Main Theme [From Bilitis] - Mark Ayres
- Main Theme [From Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence] - Mark Ayres
- Main Theme [From Cinema Paradiso]
- Main Theme [From Once Upon A Time in the West]
- Deborah's Theme [From Once Upon A Time in America]
- Suite: The Mission/Gabriel's Oboe/On Earth as It Is in Heaven ... - City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus
Tracks:
- Suite: Mountains and Sunsets/The Wedding/You Only Live Twice [From You
- Heart Asks Pleasure First [From The Piano]
- Agnus Dei [From Platoon] - Crouch End Festival Chorus
- Vide Cor Meum [From Hannibal]
- Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 [From DeAth in Venice]
- Any Other Name/Dead Already [from American Beauty] - Rick Clark,
- Into the West [From the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King]
- Where Dreams Are Made [From Artificial Intelligence]
- Main Theme [From Somewhere in Time]
- We Have All the Time in the World [From on Her Majesty's Secret ...]
- Electronic Battlefield [From Patriot Games]
- Now We Are Free [From Gladiator]
- Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana [From Raging Bull]
- Cavatina [From the DeErhunter]
- Main Theme [From Out of Africa]
Customer Reviews:
"cinema's main stay themes prevail ~ City of Prague".......2004-08-15
What a crowning achievement to bring "Reel Chill:Cinematic Chillout Album", released by Silva America and featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus ~ conductors are Mark Ayres, Paul Bateman, Rick Clark, James Fitzpatrick, Nic Raine and David Temple director of the chorus ~ one can only expect the highest quality of performances and quench the thirst of all "film-score-buffs".
Sit back and unleash the first disc with composers ~ Albinoni, Craig Armstrong, John Barry, Vladimir Cosma, Enya & Nicky Ryan, Handel, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Sean O'Riorda, Nino Rota, Ryvichi Sakamoto and Vangelis ~ taking each film score cue "BILITIS", "CHARIOTS OF FIRE", "CINEMA PARADISO", "DIVA", "GALLIPOLI", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS:THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING", "BARRY LYNDON", "MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE", "MIDNIGHT COWBOY", "THE MISSION", "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA", "ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST", "ROMEO & JULIET" and "ROMEO + JULIET", with arrangements that soar and then simmer into pure meditation of grandeur ~ classic film music prevails, as orchestration comes to the surface with pure originality ~ one masterpiece after another is long last presented as it should have been, is cause for celebration ~ each cue is a distinctive gift for striking modernism, touching on the transition of the period in this planets history.
Second disc is waiting in the wings are composers ~ Samuel Barber, John Barry, Patrick Cassidy, James Horner, Mahler, Mascagni, Stanley Myers, Thomas Newman, Michael Nyman, Howard Shore, John Williams and Hans Zimmer/Lisa Gerrard ~ take a musical ride with "AMERICAN BEAUTY", "A.I. ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE", "DEATH IN VENICE", "DEER HUNTER", "GLADIATOR", "HANNIBAL", "THE LORD OF THE RINGS:RETURN OF THE KING", "ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE", "OUT OF AFRICA", "PATRIOT GAMES", "THE PIANO", "PLATOON", "RAGING BULL", "SOMEWHERE IN TIME" and "YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE" ~ our composers with passion and skill for exploring human emotions, coupled with a unique gift for striking exotic orchestral colors, make this with all it's splendor unforgettable ~ themes that ring with familiarity as each film comes to mind through music.
Silva America gives the collector a treasure of thirty film cues that any "film-score-buff" would die for ~ in the past James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reynold da Silva (executive producer), mastered by Rick Clark and David Stoner (release co-ordinator) have given us compilation with such expertise and this one is no exception ~ keep up the outstanding limited editions and deluxe package releases, with your signature tidbits for all film music fans that's in all of us...gotta love it!
Total Time: 2-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1161 ~ (8/10/2004)
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ASIN: B000091AIR
Release Date: 2005-01-31 |
Tracks:
- American Beauty: Any Other Name - Nikolaj Bloch
- Barry Lyndon: Sarabande - Academy Of St Martin In The Fields
- The Shawshank Redemption: The Marriage Of Figaro - Canzonetta Sull'aria - Bernard Haitink
- Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone: Hedwig's Theme - Nic Raine
- William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet - City Of Prague Philharmonic
- The Mission: Gabriel's Oboe - Ennio Morricone And His Orchestra
- Breakfast At Tiffany's: Moon River - Nic Raine
- The Piano: The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise - Michael Nyman
- Dances With Wolves: John Dunbar Theme - Nic Raine
- Jean De Florette: Jean De Florette Theme - Orchestre De Paris
- Ocean's Eleven: Clair De Lune - Dame Moura Lympany
- The Godfather: The Godfather Waltz - Nic Raine
- Pearl Harbor: Heart Of The Volunteer - Nic Raine
- Face/Off: 'Raindrop' Prelude No.15 In D Flat - Dmitri Alexeev
- A Room With A View: O Mio Babbino Caro - Philharmonia Orchestra
- You Only Live Twice: Main Theme - Nic Raine
- The English Patient: As Far As Florence Rupert Bear - Kenneth Alwyn
- Raging Bull: Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo - Paul Bateman
- Traffic: An Ending (Ascent) - Brian Eno
- 2001 - A Space Odyssy: The Blue Danube - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Tracks:
- The Deer Hunter: Cavatina - Manuel Barrueco
- Titanic: My Heart Will Go On - Orchestra
- Amelie: La Valse D'Amelie - Yann Tiersen
- Midnight Cowboy: Main Theme - Nic Raine
- Gladiator: Gladiator Suite - Nic Raine
- The Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring: The Fellowship - Nic Raine
- Chocolat: Gnossienne No.1 - Anne Queffelec
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence: Main Theme - Mark Ayers
- Ghost: Unchained Melody - Nic Raine
- Cinema Paradiso Love Theme - Ennio Morricone & His Orchestra
- Le Reine Margot: Lullaby - Nic Raine
- Elizabeth: Nimrod ('Enigma' Variations) - London Symphony Orchestra
- Hannibal: Goldberg Variations - Aria - Maria Tipo
- Edward Scissorhands: Main Title/Ice Dance - Paul Bateman
- Diva: Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana - Philharmonia Orchestra
- Billy Elliott: Swan Lake, Act II, No.10 Scene - Andre Previn
- The Man Who Wasn't There: 'Pathetique' Sonata - II. Adagio Cantabile - Walter Gieseking
- The Big Blue: Overture - Eric Serra Gilbert Dal'Anese
- The Killing Fields: Etude - Mike Oldfield
Customer Reviews:
A great collection.......2004-02-28
This is a really fabulous collections of songs. There is a great balance of old and new. This isn't a collection from one single genre and the diversity keeps the mix interesting. It's great to hear songs that wouldn't normally be noticed while a movie is playing and it's also great to hear those easily recognizable tunes from popular movies.
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- Classical to catch the pop ear....
- crap crap crap
- I've had Goosebumps for weeks now
- Splendid collection of Klassical music from Myleene Klass
- Best Contemporary Classical Ever
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Moving On
Manufacturer: Universal
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ASIN: B0000D968V
Release Date: 2003-10-27 |
Tracks:
- Toccata
- For the Love of a Princess [From Braveheart]
- Allegretto [From Palladio]
- If You're Not the One
- Heart Asks Pleasure First
- Moonlight Sonata
- Krwing
- Pavane - Moving On
- Adagio
- Sarabande
- Now We Are Free [Myleene Mix]
- Gymnope - Live the Dream
- Moonlight Sonata [Classic Version][*]
Album Details
Klass was a Member of the Pop Group Hearsay, as She Beat Out 3000 Other Competitors in 2001 for a Berth in the Band. She Has One Great Distinction: She is a Classically Trained Pianist. "Moving On" is her Debut Solo Recording and Offers a Refreshing Collection of Beautiful Classical Pieces Including Faure's "Pavane", "Now We Are Free" (From "Gladiator"), the Theme from "The Piano" by Nyman, Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", Satie's "Gymnopedie No. 2" and Arrangements for Piano of More Contemporary Works Including Daniel Bedingfield's Chart Topping Hit "if You're Not the One" and "Crawling" by Linkin Park.
Customer Reviews:
Classical to catch the pop ear.... .......2004-09-30
Others have commented on the technical aspects of this; I'd like to talk about the cultural aspects of contemporary classical music and Miss Klass' interpretations (which are very beautiful...).
Myleene Klass is doing something the traditionalists have abandoned: she's making classical music accessible to a contemporary audience. With many kids, you say the words "classical music" and they turn off. They're not interested. But Myleene Klass, Vanessa Mae and others are trying to reverse that trend.
Classical traditionalists are missing the fact that classical music will cease to be a viable art form if new listeners and artists aren't attracted from each generation. Most classical musicians these days are working in the entertainment industry, producing soundtracks for games, movies and TV. There's not much market for classical composition outside of these industries. Fortunately, that's where today's budding musicians are getting exposed to classical music. But Beethoven and Mozart are not accessible to many people.
That's only one reason why artists like Myleene Klass are important. (The fact that she's technically competant and an excellent compositor is an added bonus.) Art must evolve, too...
Besides, Mozart and Beethoven were the hipster bad-boy pop stars of their day. They were sexy, cutting edge and daring. They would both hate the pillar they've been put on, and throw screaming tantrums at the dusty way they've been turned into inviolate idols. They jammed on other composer's music (AKA variations), just as modern electronic artists mash and mix contemporary work. I think they'd be happy to have Miss Klass and her wonderful versions of their work.
crap crap crap.......2004-09-24
i wish people like this would stop "making music." this chick, charlotte church, and andrea bocelli is WHAT"S WRONG with classical music. dumbing down bach for the masses is disrespectful to all true classical musicians, composers, conductors... etc. this is such crap.
I've had Goosebumps for weeks now.......2004-06-05
When I first heard this amazing collection of both classical music and a little but of hip-hop, I was mesmorized. I listen to this day in and day out. Beautiful songs, consisting of Toccata and Fugue, For the Love of a Princess (From Braveheart), Allegretto, If You're Not the One, The Heart Asks Pleasure First, Moonlight Sonara, Krwling (From Linkin Park), Pavane- Moving On, Adagio (Edgar Cello Concerto), Sarabande, Now We are Free (From Gladiator), Gymnope`die- Live the Dream and a BONUS TRAK, the classical version of Moonlight Sonata. Each and every one of these songs has a little twist on it, by Myleene Klass. As a classical music lover, and a hip-hop fan, this is the perfect CD for everyone wanting to listen to something new. I myself am a classical music player, I have played the piano for 14 years and have never heard anything like this. So take it from me, this will be loved by children and adults alike.
Splendid collection of Klassical music from Myleene Klass.......2004-02-11
Formerly of the now-dissolved British bigender pop group Hear'Say, Myleene Klass turned from post-Spice type pop to classical, a big shift considering the genres involved. Her instrument's the piano and she does have a symphony orchestra backing her up. Her selections straddle classical, pop, and even soundtrack scores, with arrangements done by herself and Nick Patrick, and bolstered by the Telephilmonic Orchestra.
"Toccata" is Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Accompanying the symphony and Myleene is a light drum machine not as boisterous as Massive Attack.
Myleene next gets the ivories around the sad but romantic "For The Love Of A Princess," the love theme from Braveheart, one of three soundtrack themes she does. The orchestra's backing helps the atmosphere of this song, as does the light drum machines towards the end. "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" from The Piano, and Michael Nyman's score, is truly a showcase for Klass for the first minute before the orchestra kicks in. And I never saw Gladiator, but she does a Myleene Mix of "Now We Are Free", meaning some light drums and a Benedectine-type choir.
"Allegretto" is from Karl Jenkins' Palladio and this is more conventional than the way left-field version done by Bond on their second album Shine. Done with lots of feeling and uptempo without the oontsa-oontsa techno beats.
Myleene does an instrumental arrangement of Daniel Bedingfield's hit single "If You're Not The One." Her piano playing matches Bedingfield's falsetto in the chorus section. I like this better than the original due to the lush string arrangements. I like her rendition of Linkin Park's "Crawling," titled here "Krlwng," but then again, I haven't heard the original and never intend to. I'll bet it's way better. Light drum machines present in this one.
"Pavane-Moving On" is taken from Gabriel Faure's Pavane, Opus 50, a melancholy and reflective piece, that is until the orchestra takes over in the second minute.
"Adagio" is taken from Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor, Opus 85 and "Sarabande" from Georg F. Handel's Suite No. 11 in D Minor. The strings oft-times sound like what Bond did with Zeppelin's "Kashmir", a fierce jerking back and forth of strings.
There are two versions of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," one which the light drum programming, the other, a bonus track, without. Both showcase Klass's piano work.
"Gymnopedie-Live The Dream" is taken from Eric Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1, which Charlotte Church used for "From My First Moment" on Enchantment. However, Klass whispers some words as she plays in the beginning: "Did you ever stop to think what gives you strength to live another day? The breath in your body, the kisses you feel. It's all so simple, but never real. Maybe the strength you strive to show is so deep within. But it's true, I know. Welcome love, however far it seems. Go live the dream."
I've devised a Cartesian system for the wave of neo-classical music prevalent right now with two dimensions, vocal/non-vocal and progressive (mixed)/conventional. Despite the brief spoken words in "Live The Dream", Klass is more on the non-vocal/conventional quadrant but due to her covering soundtrack scores and popular tunes and the use of drum machines, she's not as far to the right of the quadrant as Eroica Trio, whereas neo-classics like Brightman, Church, and Hayley Westenra would be in the progressive/vocal quadrant, diametrically opposite Eroica Trio. However, Klass has the looks of a Maxim or FHM model, so if we use that in the measure of progressive vs. conventional, that might move Klass more left of the axis.
A worthy debut from Myleene Klass, helping to define the face of neo-classical today, and that's not just Hear'say (or do I mean hearsay?), that's plain truth.
Best Contemporary Classical Ever.......2004-01-17
This album is surprisingly beautiful (I discovered this CD thru a friend's recommendation-thanx MO, it's worth the shipping,lol). I liked the movie themes a lot especially the gladiator theme (the chants and the fusion of instruments made this soundtrack exceptional). Her version of Toccata is even better than Vanessa Mae(i hope i'm right).I think the best track in this album is either Gymnopedie or Pavane(It's the best version i ever heard to be honest).Great for chill-out moods, great when your stuck in the traffic, great when you're preparing a meal or having a meal. There's also a surprise cover of linki'n park's "Crawling" which i find very powerful and moving. Obviously, the tracks are composed of popular old tunes but given new interpretations. It seems that these are the pianist's favorites and as such, it is subject to be one's own
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Gladiator Music, Vol. 1
SGR Gladiators
Manufacturer: SGR Music Group
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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Release Date: 2005-06-07 |
Tracks:
- Pass It On -
- Virtuous Woman -
- Warfare -
- Womb to the Tomb -
- Ballin -
- X Files -
- What U N It 4 -
- The Takeover -
- Good Girl Gone Bad -
- Rags to Riches -
- Diamond in the Rough -
- Southern Prayerz -
- The Verdict -
- Gladiators -
- He Perfects Those Things -
- Pit to Palace -
- Dirty South -
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Since 1998, SGR Music Group (Southern Gospeltality Records) has taken us on an urban music exodus. Each CD released by this Houston based rap label has led us further away from our personal chains and bondage and closer to our awaiting spiritual emancipation. Gladiator Music was birthed out of necessity and it is bigger than music, its a movement. Gladiator music is about having a dream, vision and purpose and not relenting until it is fulfilled! Gladiator Music takes you from the streets, through the struggles to the solution. Tupac gave us Thug Life, Lil John and his East Side Boys are showing us how to get crunk, now SGR and their camp is defining what it means to be a true Gladiator. Gladiator music is about running the blocks and the boardroom. It is about rising from the gutter to achieving greatness. Gladiator music is all about going from the rags of low living to the richness of achieving and living dreams. To be a true Gladiator means the hood cant confine you from becoming the head of the class. Tenacity is your name and you are a student and at the top of your game! Thats the definition of being a Gladiator and this Dirty South Brand of Gladiator Music!!! SGR has been one of the trailblazers in the dirty south rap movement since 1998. Getting game from some of Houstons finest at the time, Rap-A-Lot, Cash Money, Suave House, No Limit and Dead Game Records, CEO and Founder D. Smith, decided to take the knowledge learned, while working as an Independent Label Executive and Marketing Director of Pen & Pixel Graphics, and step out on pure faith and a dream. The results have been successfully releasing some of the hottest and most penetrating music the industry has witnessed since Public Enemy, X-Clan, Wu-Tang Clan and the late great Tupac Shakur! Gladiator music makes you believe in the process that hard work, diligence, focus, faith and determination ultimately lead to success. Regardless of the setbacks, Gladiator music is all about overcoming mistakes and using them as stepping-stones for future success. D. Smith teaches his entire organization the difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them. The foundation of SGR Music Group and Its brand of Gladiator Music is built on a strong and firm belief in Jesus Christ and is constantly being shaped, molded and fashioned through the personal relationship the staff members and artists share with Him Gladiator music will definitely rattle you trunks and rally the troops. Its not just a name; its a way of life! Situations and circumstances of life will constantly try to throw a black eye in the game. But if you are determined to fight, conquer and takeover any thing that stands in the way of you fulfilling your purpose, you too are a true GLADIATOR. Welcome to the Movement!
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BANDZ is a rapper, writer, lyricist, and all out hip hop artist,who eats, drinks, and sleeps the genre of rap music. He is also performing regularly in shows with some of the hottest hip hop people in the industry, including artists such as Lil Scrappy, Trillville, Lil Bootsy, Gangsta Boo, Lachat and Fraizer Boy of Three 6 Mafia, Boys N Da Hood, Pastor Troy, DSR, Tight Work, Nappy Roots, Lil Flip, Juvenile, Webbie, T.I. and Do or Die. Bandz is well known in the underground world and has an extensive resume. Shortly thereafter he signed his first deal with Erick Sermon and Elektra records. Bandz later voided that deal which allowed him the freedom to sign with MCA under the legendry Hank Shocklee as a member of GP WU that same year. He has worked with a ton of heavy hitters along the way, such as: Daddy-O of Stetsasonic, Hank Shocklee, RZA, Raekwon, Killa army, 702, Method Man, Big Daddy Kane, DJ Clue, Kid Capri, Marley Marl, D.R. Period, Ron G, S&S, DJ Doo Whop, Smooth Da Hustler, RNS and a host of others. With his eyes on the prize he is ready to make his emergence into the hip hop world and take this to the next level.
1. Intro ft. Nitty
2. To Hard 4 Radio
3. Headshotz
4. I Got A Story 2 Tell Pt.1
5. Where U from Pt.1 ft. S.T., Mali Boi
6. Where U From Pt.
7. Funky 06 - Bandz ft. Mata, Mr. Macellus
8. Run Da City
9. Homie Lover Friend
10. Hatter Man (skit)
11. U A Trick
12. Show Ya Thong
13. Shake Some Em'
14. Ride On Em'
15. So Hood
16. Ask About Me
17. Pop it Like it's Hot
18. NY 2 Cali
19. Look
20. Burn Down Da Booth
21. Smokin Good
22. Get Ya Roll
23. Zone Out - Ft. Mali Boi
24. Still Breathin
25. Bitch Shit (skit)
26. Against the Wall
27. Nigga Jokes (skit)
28. Say What ft. One Third
29. Welcome 2 Da Bricks
30. Outro - Ft. Nitty
R&B Music:
- Grind With Me [CD-single] [Import]
- Heartbeats-Greatest Hits [Import]
- Here I Go Again
- Horace Brown
- Household Name
- I Will Always Love You: The Whitney Houston Story
- Ice Cream Castle
- Inkwell [Soundtrack]
- It Only Takes a Minute [CD-single] [Import]
- Life, Love & Pain
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Recommended Music:
Bahama [Import]
From Sousa to Spielberg [Soundtrack]
Essential [Import]
Music CD: Midnight ROMANCE
Last Time Around (HDCD) [Import]
Corridos, Vol. 2
Just as I Am
Complete Sonatas Duets & Caprices 3
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys [Box set] [Import]
Golpeando Fuerte
Gambler [Import]
Giants of Jazz: Standards
For You [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
Reger: String Quartet/Clarinet Quintet
Live from Las Vegas