Stevie Stone’s 2 Birds 1 Stone album debuted at #9 on the Rap Albums chart Wednesday (August 21), giving Strange Music its eighth debut on the Rap Albums chart this year, according to billboard.com. No other company has had as many albums on the charts in 2013, with Young Money and Cash Money tied for second with four albums, as per billboard.com.
Strange Music earned its first chart entry of the year in February, when Brotha Lynch Hung’s Mannibalector entered the charts at #8. Tech N9ne’s Something Else was Strange Music’s highest-charting album of the year, entering the charts at #2 earlier this month (August).
The other Strange Music albums to chart in 2013 were Kutt Calhoun’s Black Gold, which peaked at #13 in March; Ces Cru’s Constant Energy Struggles, which hit #9 in April; Rittz’s The Life and Times of Jonny Valiant, which reached #5 in May; Wrekonize’s The War Within, which peaked at #9 in July; and Mayday!’s Believers, which hit #11 in August, according to billboard.com.
Krizz Kaliko and Prozak are also slated to release albums on Strange Music in 2013. Krizz Kaliko’s Son Of Sam is scheduled for an August 27 release, while Prozak’s We All Fall Down is slated for a September 17 release.
Strange Music is a Lees Summit, Missouri-based label owned by Tech N9ne and Travis O’Guin.
Tech N9ne said during an interview with Best By Music Gear that he and O’Guin met at a fashion show where Tech was performing, and after sitting down and talking with each other, the two set out to launch the label together.
“I was doing a fashion show for some guys that Travis [O’Guin] was funding, Paradise Originals clothing,” Tech N9ne said. “I performed a song called ‘Planet Rock’ [at the show] and I guess Travis was there, and right after that, they said he wanted to meet with me at his house. I went to his house. He said he was a big fan. [He asked] what [kind of support] did I need to do something really huge [in music]. I said a lot. He said [he] had a lot. The Strange Music…symbol came out of my head’s. I’m a big Doors fan, [like the songs] ‘People Are Strange,’ ‘Strange Days,’ and it started like that.”
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And none on the 200 chart
They all made the Top 200 in fact.
Not true. Check ya facts homie.
MMG LOST
YMCMB LOST
GOOD Music LOST
Every one of those that charted on the Rap chart have charted in the top 200.
this post is incredibly misleading. young money has released 4 albums this year. good music has released 2 including big sean’s on the 27th. so obviously they’ve had more albums on the charts because they’ve released more. you don’t think 8 of good music’s or young money’s albums wouldn’t have made the charts?
Yes everyone knows that but have they released 8 albums like strange music? No.
maybe they should step their game up and start releasing albums! im sure their artists would be happy!
ymcmb got like 50 artists signed and only 5 get release dates
True it is misleading. But still impressive for an Independent Label to have this kind of success.
Fuck yourself son, your gonna cite YMCMB like they are even close to the same musical standards. They’re a major and all of their big artists are known by every 14 yr old girl in America, these dudes started from the bottom and are pumping out more albums and selling out more shows than any team in the game. Name any other artists to even come close to this sort of standard without the backing of a major… Its unprecedented.
This is the year of Strange and its still August. Son of Sam on the way, Tech N9ne runs this rap shit
demntaldamboy, is that you disguised as mitch ?lol
Taz: The Uncle Howie/JMT/Coka Nostra Team have been grindin for a while, B
strange has a tight schedule
they always 2 steps ahead
Get em Tech LOL
That Rittz album was fuckin dope
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3/Amanda2206/MichealMyers.jpg
Fuck You Major Labels
Strange Music Does It Better!!!!!!!!!!
white people love this trash..
black people love make believe, materialistic, non sense rap, no wonder we killing each other over jordans and fake jewels!
They all chart with low numbers, flop, and aren’t remembered months later. Way to go Strange Music.
Just like YMCMB/MMG.
You do know they are Independent Rappers right? Meaning no radio play, no music videos on BET, not mainstream or anything. And they still happen to put up more numbers than YMCMB and Rich Gang’s album, which flopped horrendously.
like Randy responded I am taken by surprise that anyone can earn $9948 in four weeks on the internet. did you see this web page… http://www.Cafe44.com
seen some ppl with rabbit mask on ,their kinda crazy they start playing in your back yard.waveing at you as u look out the windows.sometimes they do crazy shit to u .
So people get excited over a indie label getting on billboard charts from Tech N9ne and his wannabe label mates? All his label mates sound like Tech N9ne ripoffs. No one cares for Krizz Kaliko or Kutt Calhoun. Stevie Stone is easily the corniest name I ever heard and Rittz is damn boring i fell asleep when he had that JT wannabe Mike Posner on his album. Only losers and antisocial clowns who live in their moms basement listen to these demonic losers. TDE all the way!
You do realize Jay Rock is signed to Strange right…..and hes with TDE. Your a fucking moron.
hahahaha ^ and Kendrick used to be jay rocks hype man!!
And STILL nobody gives a shit about them HAHAHAHAHA
you actually gave a shit to come here and tell us something anybody but me would give…FUCK THIS FUCK YOU FUCK US ALL
strange music is trash music for white trash America….
for white trash america? Strange is huge world wide, and im from NZ!
^^^
and all their fans are white trash around the world. i’m from australia
T.D.E. DOGGHOUSE RECORDS … AFTERMATH… RUN THIS RAP GAME….
oh word? damn that’s cool and all but um SO FUCKING WHAT!!!!!
Strange Music be killin these weak niggas. all these fake rappers these days sellin all they records to mindless idiots yet STILL Strange finds a way to hit the charts hard as an indie label
cool story
devil worshipping label…stop supporting them. #BELIEVE
You’re such an idiot.
Funny because BELIEVE is a dope song off Tech’s new LP hhahaa
let the haters hate. strange stilll prevails bitch nigga
yep, thats what someone who doesn’t know anything about Strange and Tech N9ne would say..
look at all the tight jean fags getting their panties in a bunch and hating…too bad faggots nobody likes that pop shit but 10 year old girls anyway…strange bitch!
that was the realist shit I eva heard this week!!!!!!! Long Live TECHNINA
co-sign fuck the skinney jean movement.
check out the anti-swag rapper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR1sRsqFrWY
http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/0KHCqYCyWD4/mqdefault.jpg
and no fans of actual rap bought these garbage ass albums
who knows 0_o
lol, yeah they could have by mistake.
Anyone with negative feedback on here is a haaaaaaaateeeerrrrrrrrr.
Anybody with positive feedback on here is a diiiiiickrrrrrrrrriddddeeerrrr
Thats whats up. Good job guys, keep it up maine
they’re not gonna see this. Trust me on that one
COCKS BIG ONES LIL ONES ALL FOR ME
Pretty good for an independent label.
bullshit wannabe satan music. tech n9ne will go to hell together with frank ocean and all them other fags.
this is a direct slap to YMCMB and MMG…Strange Music all day !!!
Fuck these devilish niggas
People still talk about Tech being a devil worshiper? Jesus Christ, its been 13 years. Get some new material.
“And they still happen to put up more numbers than YMCMB and Rich Gang’s album, which flopped horrendously”
I love how you guys keep bringing up Rich Gang. They’ll write that album off in the blink of an eye and wait for Wayne to release The Carter V.