Hip Hop Congress

TOWN BUSINESS NETWORK PRESENTS “WAKE YO GAME UP!” THE ALBUM

The “Wake Yo Game Up!” Album aims to engage the urban & Hip-Hop communities in a series of events and activities that encourage voter participation & political activism, leading up to the October 20th voter registration deadline.

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Hip-Hop is ready to push the envelope again. Town Business Network (TBN) has assembled a group of the San Francisco Bay Area’s hottest acts to change the face of American politics. “Wake Yo’ Game Up! Is a hip-hop album that promotes social change and empowerment through community awareness and the act of voting. Artists are free to explore the theme of Voting & Social Change with two limitations: songs are non-partisan and do not contain curse words. Wake Yo’ Game Up! is part of TBN’s broader Culture of Voting Project, which aims – among other things – to register 125,000 voters by October 20, 2008. Based on the paramount importance of this goal, all artists have agreed to donate their time and creative talents to this project.

TBN has released the first song and video off the album entitled, ” Vote (Ready or not)” by Yung Moses. The music video will be used as a promotional tool for the Culture of Voting Project and the “Wake Yo’ Game Up!” Album. The album will be distributed to a variety of venues in the Bay Area, such as high schools, colleges, shopping centers, barbershops, and community events. Through a generous in-kind donation, 1,000 thousand free copies of the album will be provided by TBN for distribution. These copies will be distributed at no charge to prospective voters throughout the country.

Album Can Be Downloaded at :

WAKE YO GAME UP! The Album
http://www.divshare.com/download/5551815-6c4

Also be sure and visit www.wakeyogameup.org

Here is the line up to Wake Yo’ Game Up! The Album:

1. Intro- Ise Lyfe (Def Poetry Jam) produced by Nick James
2. Vote (Ready or not)- Yung Moses produced by J-REMI
3. Change the World- Too Short feat. B Rad produced by Beat Roc
4. Broken Dreams- Shake Da Mayor produced by D-Sharp
5. Vote, Why?- DLabrie produced by Dex Beats
6. Neva Get By- Esinchill produced by Beat Roc
7. The Don’t Vote Anthem- Silence produced by Faded Monk
8. Make A Decision- Del Tha Funky Homosapien produced by DEL
9. Just Can’t Take No More- Kev Choice produced by Kev Choice
10. Wake Yo Game Up- N.E.W Oakland J-Stalin, Beeda Weeda, Mistah F.A.B produced by Beat Roc
11. Fight To Vote- San Quinn feat. Tellymac produced by Dex Beats
12. Outro- Ryan Nicole produced by DJ Tou’re

Resources are currently available to carry ‘Wake Yo’ Game Up!” through initial production. However, additional support is required to promote the album and continue distribution to mass audiences. TBN is also pursuing funding and other resources to support its Culture of Voting Project. Any support you can provide will ensure that more prospective voters are informed or engaged in their community.

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About The Town Business Network (TBN)

TBN, an Oakland-based non-profit organization, works to mobilize the Hip-Hop community around issues of education, non-violence, economic empowerment, and civic engagement. TBN’s founder, Chuck Johnson, an East Oakland native and community organizer, envisioned bridging local politics and entertainment to mobilize the community, and began organizing voter awareness concerts, around the time of Oakland’s primary elections. The popularity of the concerts, combined with the energy and enthusiastic response he received when visiting local colleges, inspired Johnson to grow the vision and build a movement. The “Wake Yo Game Up!” Initiative was developed as a result, with a focus on addressing voter registration and participation in urban communities.. The goal of the Initiative is to reach young men and women in areas that have had a traditionally low voter turnout, mobilizing them to take action through civic engagement. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums lends his support to the TBN’s Initiative, stating, “‘I am a citizen’ is a profound political statement. We need the Hip-Hop community say to themselves, ‘I am a citizen.’ By being a citizen, you have to get out there and be knowledgeable, be informed, take action, and assert yourselves.”

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For more information about the Town Business Network and the “Wake Yo Game Up!” Initiative,

contact Chuck Johnson at (510) 776-4644 or via email at charles@wakeyogame.org. Learn more about Chuck Johnson and TBN online at www.wakeyogameup.org.