DISTURBING THA PEACE PRESENTS: BOBBY VALENTINO; Debut Album Enters at #2 R&B, and #3 Billboard 200 Chart with Sales of 179,751!; `Slow Down' First Single Climbs to #1 R&B; First singer signed to IDJ/DTP joint venture label is R&B success story of the year.NEW YORK -- Upcoming tv appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live (May 11th) and Regis & Kelly (May 13th) Bobby Valentino's smooth and sexy "Slow Down," the debut single from the first R&B artist signed to Ludacris' Island Def Jam/Disturbing Tha Peace joint venture label, wins the #1 spot on Billboard's Hot R&B/ Hip Hop Singles & Tracks chart - and sends his self-titled debut album DISTURBING THA PEACE Disturbing tha Peace Records, LLC (commonly known as DTP) is a recording company and management company based out of Atlanta, Georgia, that specializes in hip hop and Rock. The label was founded by Ludacris and his manager, Chaka Zulu, when Ludacris failed to get a record deal. PRESENTS: BOBBY VALENTINO straight to a #2 debut this week on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Billboard Album chart. On the pop side, "Slow Down" jumps 2 points to #16-bullet on the Hot 100, and the album debuts at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart, with 179,751 units sold. Channeling the sounds of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Prince and other classic R&B greats in his music, Bobby Valentino has tapped into a soul-starved marketplace that can't seem to get enough of him. The video for "Slow Down," directed by Erick White (who has shot clips for DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing founder Ludacris, Chingy, Fabolous, Jojo and others) stays at #1 on BET and has just been added on MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. . Bobby is scheduled to appear May 11th on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live, and May 13th on ABC's Live with Regis & Kelly. "Slow Down," produced by hitmakers Tim & Bob (known for their string of hits with TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. , Jodeci, Jagged Edge, and others) has turned into the R&B success story of the year. Bobby recently wrapped up a 32-city promotional tour of major and secondary markets, where "Slow Down" accelerated nearly 10 million in Hot 100 radio airplay audience to nearly 80 million last week. The digital single sold another 7,800 downloads this week, reaching almost 40,000 in a little over 2 months. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, and raised in Atlanta, 22-year old Bobby Valentino first tasted stardom in the teen vocal group Mista (produced by Organized Noize), who delivered a classic hit with 1996's "Blackberry Molasses molasses, sugar byproduct, the brownish liquid residue left after heat crystallization of sucrose (commercial sugar) in the process of refining. Molasses contains chiefly the uncrystallizable sugars as well as some remnant sucrose. ." Bobby returned to school, eventually receiving a degree from Clark Atlanta University Clark Atlanta University (CAU) is a prestigious, private institution of higher education in Atlanta, Georgia. It is an historically black university formed in 1988 by the consolidation of Clark College (est. 1869) and Atlanta University (est. 1865). two years ago. The wisdom he's acquired over the years makes his debut album irresistible, as listeners hone in on his extraordinary vocal ability, teased by such tunes as "Love Dream," in which he puts his falsetto falsetto (fôlsĕt`tō) [Ital.,=diminutive of false], high-pitched, unnatural tones above the normal register of the male voice, produced, according to some theories, by the vibration of only the edges of the larynx. to good use, and the poignant "My Angel," focusing on the magical chemistry between a man and his true love. Tour dates for Bobby Valentino will be announced in the weeks ahead. |
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