Tango from vh1's I Love New York Show In Studio

Tango and Strizzo are working on tracks for Tango's album. They have recorded 1 track already and have a second in process. Tracks are being produced by Strizzo and are being recorded at Tampa's House of Hitz. Tango is known best for appearing on vh1's "I Love New York" show. Tango tamed the heart of NY. For more information click here.

WUZ UP Feat. Earl B & Sean Simp for immediate release

5 O'Clock Music, Inc and House of Hitz proudly announces the single release of "Wuz Up" from the forthcoming WELCOME TO JOOK CITY album due in stores Late spring. This single is the RADIO follow-up single to the club joint: SWEAT. If your radio station is not playing by Monday, please do the following:

1.   Call your radio station

2.   Email info@strizzo.com the name of your radio station, phone number, city and state. Strizzo's record label 5 O'Clock Music, Inc will take it from there.

Thanks in advance for all the DJ and record pool support. Strizzo will keep making the hitz.

© 2007 5 O'Clock Music, Inc. For more information contact: 5 O'Clock Music, Inc @ 813.728.7627 or email: Dwayne Golson @ info@5oclockmusic.com

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Mighty on the mikes

tbt* staff

Strizzo

On a map of this hip-hop nation, no cities stand out like those in the Southeast.

There is Atlanta, the undisputed mecca of southern rap. There is Houston, the home of Mike Jones, Paul Wall and Scarface. There is Memphis, where it's hard out there for a pimp. And there are towns like Jackson, Miss., and Bowling Green, Ky., the homes of David Banner and the Nappy Roots.
And then there is Tampa, a city still searching for its voice on the mike. " There's not really an identity with the music that's coming out of Tampa," says Orlando Davis, program director and DJ for 98.7 WLLD-FM. "It gets lumped into the 'Dirty South' thing, under the umbrella of Atlanta or Miami. "
Beat by beat, that's starting to change. Today dozens of local rappers with names like Surreal, Tampa Tony and Rated R want to become the next Shock-G, who lived in Tampa before ascending to greatness with Digital Underground, or Khia, a local bartender who scored a national smash with 2002's raunchy My Neck My Back.
"Tampa's flooded with talent," says Darryl Madison Jr., a.k.a. Johnny Kash, an 18-year-old rapper and host of Hip-Hop 411 TV, a late-night show chronicling the local hip-hop scene on UPN 44. "But Tampa's not getting the respect like Miami. Miami's got six platinum artists right now. Tampa has zero. But all that stuff will change."
Kash and other rappers say if just one hip-hop artist breaks big on a national level, it could change the Tampa scene for years.Here's a look at seven local rappers, all hoping to become Tampa's next big thing.

Who: Jamal Lyles, 28, of Clearwater.

His sound: Jook music. "It's that Tampa sound," he says. " It's bringin' the party back into music. It's that dance music, feel-good music."

Young MC: While other kids were doing paper routes and baby-sitting to make extra cash, Strizzo was already deejaying at house parties and weddings. By the time he graduated from Clearwater High School in 1995, his party chant Not Too Fast was blowing up the mix-tape circuit. That's when he added rap artist to his resume.

What's with the name: A middle-school band teacher nicknamed him mistro, or Stro for short, a name he still uses behind the turntables - DJ Daddy Stro. He goes by Strizzo on the mike to differentiate his DJ persona from himself as a rapper.

Mr. Low Lowww: Over the years, Strizzo's shared a stage with Montell Jordan, C-Note, *NSYNC and Shaggy. Listen for his biggest single, Low Lowww, in clubs and on radio throughout the Southeast including local stations 95.7 FM The Beat and 98.7 WLLD-FM. This summer he heads out on the 16-stop Welcome to Jook City tour.

Check 'em out: Catch Strizzo as DJ Daddy Stro Thursdays at Fuel in Ybor City, Fridays at Club 112 in Tampa, Saturdays at Club Underground and Sundays at 112 on concert nights. He's also online a www.strizzo.com.

Article courtesy of Tbt.com
- Jay Cridlin cridlin@tampabay.com. Profiles by Jay Cridlin, Dalia Wheatt and Rachel Moran

Strizzo's "Sweat" Added to DJ Smallz Mix CD

Along with some of the South's premier hip-hop supporters, including OZONE magazine and TJ's DJ's, DJ Smallz (a South Florida native) welcomes you to The Gunshine State, Florida.

Alongside some of the premier talent coming from the bottom of the map, Fear Factor Florida's tourguide aka. 'Mr. Southern Smoke' joints 'Mr. Port Of Miami' Rick Ross after moving 200k of his Def Jam debut.

Also joining Smallz are special guest hosts Smitty (major mixtape dropping soon!), Plies and Young Cash, who join the Gunshine joyride. This mixtape features Florida heat from Ross, Plies, Smitty, Cash, Triple C, Dee Boi, Grandaddy Souf, Tampa Tony, Brisco, Wes Fif, Strizzo and more.

Producer: DJ Smallz
Release Date: August 2006
Posting Date: August 28, 2006

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