CHUBB ROCK & WORDSMITH SET TO RELEASE "BRIDGING THE GAP" ALBUM ON OCTOBER 30th, 2007

The legendary "Chubb Rock" & up and coming artist "Wordsmith" have teamed up to release an album called "Bridging the Gap." The project will fuse the old school Hip-Hop of the 90's with the new school Hip-Hop of today. Everything from Jazz, Blues, Step Music, Underground Hip-Hop, and Mainstream singles will accompany this album. Chubb and Word even have a two part story called "Chocolate City" that is similar to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet" series. The production is being handled by Professa, Strada, Capish, DeMo, & Street Level of Wordsmith's Nu Revolution Camp with outside production from One Condition and Daren Joseph. Mr. Joseph produced Juelz Santana's biggest hit "The Whistle Song" last year, so everyone involved in the project is excited about its possibilities in the market. Chubb and Word are 10 tracks into the project and they will officially complete the album in the next two weeks. Before I continue, I would like to give you a little info on Chubb Rock & Wordsmith individually as they both are very talented.





Chubb Rock is regarded as one of the East Coast's most dexterous rappers and his stage name fits his ample height and girth ("6 foot 4 and maybe a quarter of an inch bigger/than last year but still a unique figure" - from "Treat 'Em Right"). He often evokes images of a Hip-Hop Barry White since their duet on Chubb's "And the Winner Is" album. Born May 28, 1968 in Jamaica, Chubb Rock released several commercially successful hip hop albums dating back to 1988. His 1991 release, "The One," reached number 13 on Billboard's "Top Hip-Hop/R&B" chart in '91. Three singles from that release made it to number 1 on Billboard's "Top Rap Single" chart as well. The following year Chubb released "I Gotta Get Mine Yo," which featured guest appearances from Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), Maxwell, Poke, and Rob Swinga. This was the album that helped push up and coming music producers Trakmasterz to prominence, as they handled the bulk of the production duties on the album. Fast Forward to 1995 and you would of caught Chubb Rock rocking with O.C. and Jeru tha Damaja as an re-incarnation of the Crooklyn Dodgers. Overall, Chubb is widely known for his hit singles "Ya Bad Chubbs," "Treat 'Em Right" and "Just the Two of Us."



The Chubb Rock of today is still musically motivated to prove he still has a place in the rap game. In May of 2007 Chubb Rock released the lead single, "Ole' Flava" from his impending new album and it is currently in heavy rotation on Steve Harvey's Morning Show, The Michael Baisden Show, and XM Satellite Radio's "The City" for starters. Chubb recently did a few songs for an upcoming movie called "Seventy Five" It is produced by Magic Johnson and scored by Wyclef Jean. The soundtrack and movie should be released in August. Still, even with Chubb doing some promotion on his new album, he has taken up and coming artist Wordsmith underneath his wings for an even bigger project. I truly believe Chubb sees the future of Hip-Hop in Wordsmith, so it was a logical choice for the two to do an album.




Wordsmith can claim many areas around the globe as his home. The son of a former Full Colonel in the Army, he has resided in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Delaware, Texas, Kansas and even Germany to name a few. After moving around so much, Word found rap as an outlet when he started saving his lunch money each week throughout high school to buy classic tapes from Redman, Big L, Nas, Eric B. and Rakim, Jeru the Damaja, A tribe called Quest, Da Bush Babees, Krs One, Gangstarr, Das Efx, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, and his cousin Roc Marciano. Though, Wordsmith is a versatile MC, he is also a theater trained actor graduating with a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts from Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland. Performing in plays like "All my Sons" and the Musical "1776," Word was able to translate his acting skills to his music and live shows. He refers to his stage shows as "Hip-Hop Plays" and his dream is to put together elaborate shows with scenery changes, props, and stunning movements. As the years go by, look for Wordsmith to explore his artistic side in music and acting equally. However, as he always says "I'll do one thing at a time to make sure each craft exhibits quality and gets the attention it deserves.



In Present day, Word was preparing the release of his newest Mix Album, "The Next Level Series" Volume 1. It is hosted by the number one radio personality in Baltimore, Konan. His growth as an artist has been very evident as he secured debuts of his lead single, "Mami Chula" featuring Universal Republic Recording Artist Rob G., on the number one urban stations in Canada, 103.7 FM, The Monster and Japans, Joint One Radio 76.1 FM on the same day. Germany's number one station 107.1 FM debuted "Mami Chula" next, while it finally debuted in the US on Rhode Island's Latina 100.3 FM and Charlottesville's 92.7 Kiss FM two months ago. Chubb Rock and Wordsmith's first track together, "Block Party Bonanza," made debuts on Japan's 76.1 FM and Comcast Cables Music Choice. Wordsmith continued his work with Comcast by doing a live performance for Comcast/Adelphia Cables "Backstage Pass Show" in January of 2007. Recently, Wordsmith struck a deal with DJ Pauly D of XM Satellite Radio "The City" to do weekly Freestyles and he will be accompanying Chubb Rock on the soundtrack for the film "Seventy Five." The only thing left to do was set up some shows for Chubb Rock and Wordsmith to perform at and that's exactly what Word set out to do.