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P-Money
Peter Wadams, better known by his stage name P-Money, is a New Zealand hip-hop DJ and producer. One of his best-known works is "Everything", featuring New Zealand R&B singer Vince Harder, which reached number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart for three weeks in 2008; however, he is probably best known for his recordings with Scribe, including the 2003 smash hit "Not Many". Peter Wadams is also credited as co-writer and producer on the 2017 hit " Call on Me" by Australian singer Starley. Career P-Money's initial entry into the music industry was via DJ competitions and student radio. In 2004, he released his second studio album, '' Magic City'', which charted at #2 on the RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart. His first single of the album, " Stop the Music", featuring New Zealand rapper Scribe, scored P-Money his first solo #1 single and also charted within the top 10 of the Australian ARIAnet singles chart in April 2005. The album included collaborations with local and internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stop The Music (P-Money Song)
"Stop The Music" is a song by New Zealand music producer P-Money featuring fellow rapper Scribe. Written by Scribe, P-Money, Sam " PNC" Hansen and Taina "Tyna" Keelan, it was produced by P-Money. It was released as the lead single from P-Money's second studio album '' Magic City'' in late 2004 through Dirty Records with distribution via Festival Mushroom Records under exclusive license for the territories of Australia and New Zealand. The song peaked at number one in New Zealand, and was certified Platinum on 6 December 2004 by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. It also reached number seven in Australia, and won 'Best Hip-Hop Single' at the 2006 Australian Urban Music Awards. Track listing Personnel *Peter "P-Money" Wadams – main artist, songwriter, producer *Malo "Scribe A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing. The profession of the scribe, pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gratitude (P-Money Album)
''Gratitude'' is the fourth studio album by New Zealand record producer P-Money. It was released on 17 May 2013 through Dawn Raid Entertainment, Dirty Records and Duck Down Music. It features guest appearances from Nicole Wray, Aaradhna, At Peace, Blaison Maven, Buckshot, Buff1, Fashawn, Freddie Gibbs, Havoc, Like, MiBBs, Monsta G, M.O.P., Roc Marciano, Skyzoo, STS and Talib Kweli. The album peaked at number twenty-three on the Official New Zealand Music Chart dated 27 May 2013. The following week it moved to number thirty-seven, and then fell off the chart. It has been nominated for Best Urban/Hip Hop Album at the 2013 New Zealand Music Awards, but lost to Aaradhna's ''Treble & Reverb''. It was supported by the lone single "Welcome to America", which was released on 26 February 2013 via SoundCloud as free download. Background and content P-Money moved to New York City in June 2012 after signing a deal with American record label Duck Down Music. Working with a larger record l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic City (P-Money Album)
''Magic City'' is the second studio album by New Zealand music producer P-Money. It was released in late 2004 through Dirty Records with distribution via Festival Mushroom Records. Production was handled entirely by P-Money, who also served as executive producer together with Callum August. It features guest appearances from Con Psy, Scribe, Aasim, PNC, Skillz, Sauce Money, Jatis, Akon, Capone, Mystro, Roc Raida and Tyna. The album debuted at number 2 on the NZ Official Top 40 Albums, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand on the same day. On 20 December 2004 it was certified Platinum. In 2005, it won 'Best Hip Hop Release' at bNet NZ Music Awards The bNet NZ Music Awards was an annual New Zealand music award presentation organised by New Zealand student radio network bNet from 1998 to 2007. History The awards began in 1998 and were originally known as the 95bFM Music Awards, run by A ... and 'Best Urban Album' at RIANZ New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything (P-Money Song)
"Everything" is a single released by New Zealand music producer P-Money. It features vocals by Vince Harder. It was released to the UK market on 7 September 2009 on 3 Beat Blue. Release and chart performance The single was released in New Zealand in September 2008 debuting at No. 40 on the RIANZ New Zealand Singles Chart, and peaked at No. 1 on 13 October. Vince Harder, the vocalist of the song, is known for portraying the lead role of Simba in the Australian version of ''The Lion King'' stage production. The song was certified Gold in New Zealand with sales of 7,500+ after eight weeks and has currently spent 23 weeks on the chart. Music video The music video was directed by Rebecca Gin and P-Money and was produced by Fish 'N' Clips. The concept was that having music around is like having a 'shoulder buddy', and he feels like he has a friend, even if his real-life relationship failed to blossom. Unfortunately, his music player was stolen, taking his shoulder buddy away from hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything (P-Money Album)
''Everything'' is the third studio album by New Zealand music producer P-Money. It was released on 3 May 2010 in New Zealand and on 18 June 2010 in Australia on Central Station. Production was handled entirely by P-Money, who also served as executive producer together with Callum August. It features guest appearances from Vince Harder, Con Psy, PNC, Scribe, Aaradhna, Meryl Cassie, Mz J, and Milan Borich of Pluto. The album peaked at number 25 on the NZ Official Top 40 Albums, and was nominated for 'Best Electronica Album' at the 2010 New Zealand Music Awards. It was supported by a hit single "Everything", which peaked at number one in New Zealand and was nominated for 'Single of the Year' at the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards. Track listing ;Notes *"Falling Down" is based on samples from "Silently Falling" by Chris Squire on his 1975 album ''Fish Out of Water Fish out of water is an idiom used to refer to a person who is in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scribe (rapper)
Malo Ioane Luafutu, also called Jeshua Ioane Luafutu (born on 29 May 1979), and better known by his stage name Scribe, is a New Zealand rapper of Samoans, Samoan descent. He achieved two solo number ones on the singles chart from his debut album, ''The Crusader (album), The Crusader'', which was released in 2003 in New Zealand and later certified four times platinum. He also reached number one as a featured artist on P-Money's 2004 song "Stop the Music (P-Money song), Stop the Music", and in 2010 on R&B singer J.Williams (singer), J.Williams' single "You Got Me (J.Williams song), You Got Me". Career With the initial focus on the song "Stand Up", director Chris Graham gave the video for the single the energy of a rock video. He invited music guests, DJs and even the general public to participate in the video. The song debuted at number 6 on the New Zealand top 40 singles chart and soon rose to number 1. The single spent 12 (non-consecutive) weeks at number one. Dirty Records rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not Many
"Not Many" is a hip hop music, hip hop single by New Zealand rapper Scribe (rapper), Scribe, taken from his debut album, ''The Crusader (album), The Crusader''. It was released as a double A-side with "Stand Up (Scribe song), Stand Up". Background and recording "Not Many" was written by Scribe (rapper), Scribe and P-Money. Chip Matthews performed bass (instrument), bass and P-Money record producer, produced the track. It was recorded by Chris Macro and audio mixing (recorded music), mixed by Chris Chetland and P-Money at Kog Transmissions. According to P-Money, "Not Many" was recorded and mixed in less than six hours. Remix A remix was released, titled "Not Many – The Remix!", featuring Savage (rapper), Savage and Con Psy. The remix went to number two on the New Zealand Singles Chart for two weeks, then slipped out of the chart. It also appeared on the ARIA Charts, Australian Singles Chart for twenty-eight weeks, peaking at number twenty-one. In Australia, the remix was certified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BNet NZ Music Awards
The bNet NZ Music Awards was an annual New Zealand music award presentation organised by New Zealand student radio network bNet from 1998 to 2007. History The awards began in 1998 and were originally known as the 95bFM Music Awards, run by Auckland student radio station bFM. In 1999 the awards were expanded to include other bNet stations, were renamed the bNet Music Awards, and later became the bNet NZ Music Awards. Founded as an alternative to RIANZ's New Zealand Music Awards, the bNet awards were largely determined by a public vote, and in early years the awards had irreverent categories such as Male Fox and Female Fox, Most Incomprehensible Lyric and Biggest Cock-Up. But the awards also included categories that were otherwise overlooked by mainstream music awards of the time, such as Best DJ, Best Independent Album and Best Website. 2007 was the final year the bNet Awards were held. 1998 bFM Music Awards The first awards were called the bFM Music Awards and were organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirty Records
Dirty Records is an Auckland-based New Zealand independent record label, focusing primarily on hip hop music. It was founded in 2001 by music producer Peter "P-Money" Wadams and his business partner Callum August. Dirty Records has been described as "''one of the stand-out success stories of a thriving music scene''". Artists * P-Money * Scribe * PNC * Frontline * David Dallas Albums *Unique: ''Jerry 4 W.A.'' (2002) *P-Money: ''Big Things'' (2001), ''Big Things Instrumentals'' (2002), '' Magic City'' (2004), ''Unreleased Joints & Remixes'' (2007) *Scribe: '' The Crusader'' (2003), '' Rhymebook'' (2007) *PNC: ''Ooooooh...On The PNC Tip - Mixtape'' (2005), ''Rookie Card'' (2006), '' Bazooka Kid'' (2009) *Frontline: ''What You Expect?'' (2004), '' Borrowed Time'' (2005) *David Dallas: ''Something Awesome'' (2009) See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call On Me (Starley Song)
"Call on Me" is the debut single by Australian singer-songwriter Starley. The song was written by her and Peter Wadams. It was made available for digital download on 29 July 2016 through Tinted Records, and it was re-released through Tinted Records and Epic Records on 13 October 2016. Background Starley said, "I wrote this song when I was at a low point in my life.... It became a way of telling myself it was going to be ok, almost like an encouragement. It was as if I had created my own lighthouse, a beacon to help me realize my dreams are not impossible. I can do this. I'll figure it out. I just need to follow my intuition and essentially call on myself." Track listing Remixes The track was remixed by a number of DJs on the ''Call on Me (Remixes)'' EP for the song including Odd Mob, EDWYNN x TIKAL x Spirix, Ryan Riback, Hella and Raffa. The remix by South African-Australian DJ Ryan Riback has found success across Europe, and Oceania with his remix version topping Sverige ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Harder
Vince Harder (born c.1982) is a New Zealand R&B/ pop recording artist and producer. His most notable song to date is "Everything", which reached number one in New Zealand on the New Zealand Singles Chart in 2008. In May 2010, he released the single "Say This With Me" which peaked at number 39 on the singles chart. As of June 2015, he has released the new single "Find Love" as well as a music video. History Vince was born and raised in West Auckland, New Zealand. He has also played the lead role as 'Simba' in the Australian stage production of ''The Lion King''. In 2005, he came third in the Australian TV version of The X Factor, beating over 100,000 people who originally auditioned for a place in the finals. In 2009 he performed live gigs to more than 100,000 people including the main support slot on Teddy Riley's Blackstreet arena tour of Australia & New Zealand, and a show-stealing, headline performance on TV3's Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park concerts in Christchurch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crusader (album)
''The Crusader'' is the debut studio album by New Zealand rapper Scribe. Scribe recorded his debut album in 2003. Dirty Records released the album, with distribution through Festival Mushroom Records. Critical reception Andrew Hughes of ''NZ Musician'' called ''The Crusader'' "undoubtedly the best NZ hip-hop album to date, consistent the whole way through". ''The Crusader'' won Album of the Year, Best Urban/Hip-hop Album and Best Male Solo Artist at the New Zealand Music Awards in 2004. Commercial reception ''The Crusader'' debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart, slipping to number two the next week. It spent a total of thirty weeks on the chart, eventually being certified five times platinum after having over 75,000 copies shipped. The week that the album entered the chart, "Stand Up"/"Not Many", the first single off the album, was number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart. This was the first time in the charts' histories that a New Zealand artist simultaneousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |