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The Culture Your Business Creates Is Always Personal

April 23, 2018January 4, 2021 by PATMAN

Contrary to what most people would want to believe, business isn’t just business. Let's be real, business is personal too, and that personal aspect of the business is what creates culture. Beliefs and self-inculcated values are what drives or dictates one’s personality, and it’s the same personal ego or charisma…

Top 3 Reasons Why Artists Won’t Charge More For Their Art

April 10, 2018January 26, 2024 by PATMAN

Artwork is a piece of genius, but when it comes to pricing, it makes some artists look like amateurs. Pricing is one of the most significant challenges facing people that have unique talents and creative abilities. Such people offer great products, services and programs that excel in quality and value,…

Your Friends and Family Are Your Worst Enemies When It Comes To Business

April 5, 2018June 14, 2021 by PATMAN

Most times in the world of business, blood isn’t thicker than water and family or friends will easily cross you thicker than strangers. But it’s quite unfortunate that many young or even established entrepreneurs are yet to realize this fact, and by the time they do; it’s already too late.…

Indie Music Album Review – Love Invasion By Fudakochi

March 17, 2018April 26, 2022 by PATMAN

Introduction When Rick Ross burst hit the scene with his “Port of Miami’s” album, I wondered if anything else that’s good enough can come from the musical seashores of Miami. Well, as it turns out, there are so many little known musical talents who (I dare say) have been “pushed…

Indie Music EP Review – The Yin by Codiac

February 28, 2018April 27, 2022 by PATMAN

Codiac brings to the fore a very tasty piece of work that defines the best of American Hip Hop—the Yin EP. Codiac’s Yin is the first of a two-part EP series (the other part being the Yang EP) released and available for purchase on the official site of codiamusic.bandcamp.com. The…

Indie Music EP Review – The Yang by Codiac

February 28, 2018April 26, 2022 by PATMAN

Codiac is one of the best artists coming up out of the US. His latest project the Yang is a 5 track EP that forms part of a duo—the Yin & Yang EPs. After a successful spell with the album “In My Skin,” especially on Pandora, Codiac drop the Yin…

PATUNIVERSE Presents… The Artistpreneur Spotlight: CM Reign, Rapper | Producer | Indie Music Artist

January 24, 2018December 16, 2024 by PATMAN

I started making music when I was 16 years old. It started as an outlet for me to express all that I could not share with the world. I used to sit in my parents basement for hours and sometimes days making albums. I taught myself how to make my…

The Band of the Hawk - The Maschine Wars

Indie Music Album Review – The Maschine Wars: Songs of Solomon by Noah Archangel & The Band of the Hawk

December 21, 2017April 26, 2022 by PATMAN

"Noah Archangel returns with is 3rd installment of his instrumental series, The Maschine Wars. This years will be named Songs of Solomon. The style is more classic then the EDM style from ExitUs in 2016. Featuring the fiery single Black Lotus. Noah's Maschine Wars always pushes the boundaries of genre…

The Hip Hop Ghostwriter And Why Rappers Need Them

October 18, 2017October 23, 2019 by PATMAN

There was a time when rappers could straddle the dual roles of writer and rapper. That day went the way of typewriters, Kodak cameras and dinosaurs. These each had a single thing that brought about their demise. It was the advent of something better, not keeping up with the shift…

Indie Music Album Review – #BOHUP by The Band of the Hawk

October 14, 2017April 26, 2022 by PATMAN

The Band of the Hawk is a hip hop group that describes themselves as "a southern hip hop crew with east coast lyrical influence and some west coast swag." On their mixtape #BOHUP, the east coast lyrical influence is very evident on the first track "Meditation," which has an excellent sample of…

PATUNIVERSE Presents… The Artistpreneur Spotlight: Jeck Da General, Rapper | Producer

October 4, 2017December 16, 2024 by PATMAN

I'm an artist, producer, and entertainment owner that has invested a great number of years of being dedicated to the brand of quality Hip Hop music as an artist, and urban music as a producer. I got my start in school rhyming in ciphers and participating in talent competitions. I…

PATUNIVERSE Presents… The Artistpreneur Spotlight: Mic Ruckazz, Rapper | Indie Music Artist

October 3, 2017December 16, 2024 by PATMAN

Marlon Jones, CEO & Label Owner, known professionally as Mic Ruckazz is an accomplished rap artist that has steadily developed in this genre since the age of fourteen. His fluent musical style is compared to the likes of Kool G Rap, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, and Big Daddy Kane. He…

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