"Gender Bender" the MUSIC VIDEO is comin'!

Wow, I'm so excited right now... just watched "edit 1" of my first official music video for Connect The Dots. (contrary to popular belief, "Pure Grind" was a visual album teaser! We just do everything THAT BIG, nahmean?) It's called "Gender Bender" and both the song and the vid features two of the most talented femme fatales in the game right now, Eternia and Miz Metro! I can't wait to share this with everyone real soon...

Special sneak-peek screen shot!
(J.J., Dre Boogs, Eternia and Miz Metro)

Roll out week 4 has been one of the most gratifying so far! If you have yet to watch Episode 4 of my weekly video blog series leading up to the release of my album Connect The Dots. on November 10th, 2009 do so now by clicking HERE!

Episode 4 celebrates the true theme of the album title...
we straight connectin' DOTS on 'em!
(Travie and J.J.)

Big shouts to all the music blogs and websites showing mad love week after week, including 2dopeboyz.com and hiphopdx.com, and the list just keeps growing... if your website is not yet receiving the jump on our latest blogs and info, contact Well Done Entertainment CEO Luis Valbuena at luis@welldoneentertainment.com and he'll get you set up right away. Now would be a good time... we'll be blasting a very special "thank-you" for all the support THIS WEEK.

I'd also like to proudly announce that my good friends over ughh.com got the EXCLUSIVE jump on the official tracklist... Connect The Dots. receives its first official pre-order page right here:

Click the logo and hold on tight!

This is how it should be done... well,

J.J.

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Movin' like a freight train... roll out week 3!

It's hard to believe we're already three weeks into the push to make sure everybody knows what they got comin' to them... my debut solo album Connect The Dots. featuring everyone you love, dropping November 10th on Well Done Entertainment!

If you haven't had a chance to peep this week's video blog episode, where we unveil the official Connect The Dots. artwork and the incredible artist behind it, do so by clicking HERE.

We reppin' HARD for P.E. this time around!

Special shouts to all the music bloggers showing mad love, especially the great Fiona Bloom over at The Bloom Effect! Speaking of which, my label manager Luis "Big Lu" Valbuena is putting together the most exciting team of industry vets imaginable to create the biggest buzz possible surrounding my release... I will introduce the entire crew right here in the very near future. Stay tuned...

On a personal note, I'm right in the middle of celebrating my one year wedding anniversary all weekend with my beautiful wife Kai, and last night I tweeted from our dinner at Metrazur where we got married on September 20th, 2008. I got a lot of responses about tying the knot at Grand Central Terminal... the truth is, first we had our Catholic observance next door at the beautiful Saint Agnes church. But yes, you CAN get married at Grand Central, and if you do it right, it's one of the most amazing settings you could envision! So on the eve of the actual one year anniversary of my marriage, I leave you with this:

Peace to my man Seannie Cameras!

I love you Mrs. Brown...

What? Gangstas need love too,
J.J.

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Roll out week 2 in effect!

The second week of ramping up to the release of my debut solo album Connect The Dots. releasing November 10th on Well Done Entertainment is in full swing! Thank you so much to everyone showing me love on the blogs, and I've also had a great time getting to know my longtime supporters via Twitter. Please follow along if you haven't been already. I'm pretty much a full blown addict at this point! Ha. We have a great time on there... giveaways, starting trends, all that. So join in the fun:

Kaz...

winner of the very first "Giveaway Wednesday!"

Please see Episode 2 of my video blog series by clicking HERE, and don't forget to "join the fan list" to be notified of the latest news surrounding my project before anyone else!

Needless to say it's a really busy time for your boy, and I'm enjoying every second of it. Over the course of the last few days we have also been shooting the music video for my first official single off the album. It's called "Gender Bender" and it features Canadian MC extraordinaire Eternia as well as the incredibly talented Miz Metro on the hook. (Make sure you pick up her latest release Unlimited, as Danny and I have a joint on there that we're very proud of.)

"Gender Bender" the song and video is an updated take on Ice-T's classic "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous" from one of my all-time favorite albums, Original Gangster. Ice-T made a comical song about being a touring hip-hop artist. We added onto that lunacy by also discussing the differences between being a male and a female touring hip-hop artist! There was so much to write about, wow. Click on the pic below to experience the inspiration:

Iceberg... one of the best to ever do it.

Before I get outta here I want to thank everyone who worked on the song and the shoot for helping me bring my dreams to fruition: Danny, Big Lu, of course E and Miz Metro, Louis, Sandman, Erin, can't forget Ethan and Nadine, Daylon, Adam, Jonny, Shevon, Jah and the whole crew man... we made something really special and I can't wait to share it with the world. You're all brilliant. We will be unveiling the finished product in a few weeks, but until then enjoy these behind-the-scenes pics:

Shooting day 1,

breakfast brought to you by Mickey D's!

Ethan and Nadine hard at work on the camera rig.

E getting her sugar fix between shots...

while Miz Metro adds

the finishing touch to this look!

Day 2 of our shoot, at Southpaw in Park Slope...

I got the most famous bar staff in the game!

(Homeboy Sandman and louis logic)

Stay tuned...

J.J.

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Roll out!

Wassup everybody?! We DEEP in roll out week #1 for my debut solo album Connect The Dots. dropping November 10th on Well Done Entertainment. Shouts to my homie "Big Lu" and the whole Well Done team for all the hard work... it's happening!

Yep, this is about to get ugly.

Also gotta give extra special shouts to the brothers at 2dopeboyz.com and hiphopdx.com for being among the first in a long list of press and supporters who are making roll out week #1 a major success!

Connect The Dots. dropping November 10th
on Well Done Entertainment!

If you haven't had a chance to peep the full official press release (which includes a special behind-the-scenes look at the making of my album promo vid with labelmate Reef The Lost Cauze) click HERE, and be sure to sign up for Well Done's "Fan List" to receive news updates and exclusives before anyone else!

And while we're at it... the album promotional music video in its entirety:

J.J. Brown - Pure Grind. featuring Reef The Lost Cauze from Well Done Entertainment on Vimeo.

Much much more on the way, stay tuned...
J.J.

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