Fresno, CA, representer Rich Nix released his 559 Network compilation “Valley Kings” today, June 14th 2011. Rich Nix, who is originally from San Francisco, first started out as one third of the group Tha Unda, while goin to college in San Jose.
Rich Nix ended up moving to Fresno and linked up with a female singer by the name of A. Rose. Together, they formed the group Koncrete Rose and released their first project in 2010, which spawned the video to “Welcome To The West Coast“.
The video got great placements online and was very well received in the Fresno and Central Valley area.
For his new 559 compilation “Valley Kings“, Nix took a new approach: “On this project, I tried to get everybody together from the Central Valley. It seemed as if the Central Valley was missing unity, everybody was doing their own thing in their own areas, for whatever reasons. Whether it’s hood tension or people feeling like they don’t need help – it doesn’t matter. I just wanted to unite everybody from that area as a whole.“
He reached out to some of the hottest artists and put them all on one record. Features include Diego Redd, Shake Da Mayor, Killa Tay, Les Vegas, Relentless and Grafik Ruffin (from the Grizzly Gang, which is Fashawn’s camp). Rich Nix also reached out to a couple of Bay Area artists to appear on the project such as The Jacka and Erk Tha Jerk.
“I just wanted to display the artists that were really trying to push and grind and make it happen. These are all people who make good music and I’m trying to establish the bond between artists so we can get some type of industry buzz out there. Fashawn and Planet Asia have put us out there but it still hanse’t been too much attention on the Valley. There’s a lot of talent out here.“
Right now, two videos have been released: “Welcome To The Westcoast Remix“, a posse cut featuring Koncrete Rose, WCDT, KT, Pillioniares, Grafik Ruffin, Diego Redd, Les Vegas and Alexio Cade. Also, the video to “Face Down“, which features Rich Nix, Andy P and Alexio Cade went live this week.
Check out the two videos as well as a preview song below:
Koncrete Rose – Welcome To The West Coast Remix (ft. WCDT, KT, Pillioniares, Grafik Ruffin, Diego Redd, Les Vegas & Alexio Cade) (Video)
Rich Nix – Face Down (ft. Andy P & Alexio Cade) (Video)
Kautious – We Gettin’ Money (ft. The Jacka & Erk Tha Jerk) (Audio)
Rich Nix Presents The 559 Network Compilation “Valley Kings” is available on iTunes and all digital retailers as of today.
