Damion Young aka Damizza is a name that is long established and ingrained alongside West Coast hip-hop. Itﾒs been a good few months since we last heard from Damizza on Dubcnn, in fact on the solo music tip itﾒs been almost a year since we dropped his Drama record featuring Los over a Rikanatti production.
We reported last September that Damizza had acknowledged longstanding rumors of a private love affair with music legend Mariah Carey [see; Guilty By Association In Stores October 10th] and was set to release the long-awaited book that had been held up by action from Mariahﾒs attorneys.
The book was delayed again but Damizza just got in touch to say that it is complete, the focus groups have seen it and even Mariah has cast her eye over it. “Mariah read it, she surprisingly asked me to expand [on] some of the material, specifically about meeting up with Michael Jackson in Korea, and since he has now passed, divulging more of my amazing stories and experiences with Michael and the time I spent at Neverland in its heyday. The only thing she asked me to take out was one name, for security reasons; but she was gracious & extremely easy to deal with through the process. I just wanted to give her the space to read it in her [own] time [and] with starting a family, I can understand time constraints. I [want to] thank her for being supportive and offering positive feedback once she saw what it really was and how the press just took their own direction and assumed it would be a nasty tell-all before anyone actually saw it,ﾔ explains Damizza.
“I think some of the media are actually pissed that itﾒs NOT a nasty tell-all! But what do I have to spill about? Damizza went on to say. “Mariahﾒs great & one of the best singers who will ever take a stage. Like so many of the superstars I worked with, it was nothing but a great experience. What in the hell could I possibly have a grudge for? Iﾒm a fan, too, when it comes down to it ﾗ this book is largely about me sharing with other fans the cool stories about what it was like to be in the room making these hits … making history.”
The book will be out soon and Damizza will be giving Dubcnn readers the chance to read exclusive extracts before its official release so stay tuned.
Away from the book with celebrity biographer J. Marshall Craig, Damizza has recently got his music career back into full effect; he recently announced a new album on his Facebook page and has been teasing us with insights into his recent studio time. Today Damizza dropped Dubcnn the exclusive first track from “MCSB” a street single that features Bishop Lamont and Indef entitled “Mortimer & Randolph,” produced by Los.
We asked Miz about working on “MCSB” and he exclusively told Dubcnn; “I really enjoyed working with Bishop & Indef on the street single; their creativity is endless. ‘MCSB’ will be a straight west-coast bangin’ album; back to the sound that made us famous. Hard beats and straight raw lyrics. This album is what I always wanted the ‘Damizza presents’ brand to be, and I finally achieved it with the help of some of the best musicians & artists on the coast. I hope the fans who have been so supportive over the years like the return to that OG Space Funk sound. Working with Los, T-Dre, ‘Jedi’ Jared Moore & my fellow producers, artists such as Butch Cassidy and Knoc-Turnﾒ Al, and a host of new writers and talent, was a real learning experience. I’m really proud of this project.”
“Mortimer & Randolph” – for which he is looking to shoot a video with Matt Alonzo – can be listened to and downloaded below and will be available on iTunes soon with the album “MCSB” to follow on August 2nd 2011.
Damizza – Mortimer & Randolph (Feat. Bishop Lamont & Indef)
Enjoy the new music, spread the page link to let people know and stay locked to Dubcnn as we will be keeping you posted on “MCSB” over the coming weeks as well as dropping excerpts from “Guilty By Association” – stay tuned! In related news Damizza will be touring Russia and Ukraine later this year as well as completing the United Nations Food Program project announced last year with Bishop Lamont and the Wailers. He also continues as a judge on the online talent search YouBloom with Sir Bob Geldof.
