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Git Fresh Makes Fresh, New Start With Def Jam
Git Fresh Makes Fresh, New Start With Def Jam WithR. Kelly on their resume and an endorsement by So So Def presidentJermaine Dupri, R&B outfit Git Fresh are poised to release theirself-titled debut this fall. When I spoke to the guys, a promo run hadthem in New York City "in the club late and up early doing press allday."
Sounds about right for a press run in New York.
Pretty Sli and Rude Boi have knowneach other since they were 10-years old, and got their start performingin local talent shows. In middle school, Mike Ezay and Penny gotinvolved and the band [then known as Deep Side] started looking beyondFlorida's local music scene.
"We were in Chicago doing someindependent stuff and R. Kelly saw us," Rude Boi said. "We sang for himat his birthday party and he introduced us to Wayne Williams. That'show the Jive Records thing happened." ![Git_Fresh_Promo]()
A stint with Jive found the twoentities moving in different directions, so the group decided it wastime for a change-"a fresh, new start." It was then in the middle of2008 when Deep Side gave way to Git Fresh and Jive was replaced with SoSo Def. The guys immediately went back to work in Florida.
"Ever since we've been recordingthe new album and J.D. [Dupri] has been very supportive and behind us,"said Pretty Sli. "It's been a good switch."
Instead of dipping into the yearsof songs in their repertoire, the debut promises brand new Git Freshtracks that I was assured will be "sexually charged tracks you candance to but also something that the young and old can both relate to."
While working on the first albumsingle, "Booty Music" in Atlanta, a copy was leaked and a radio stationin Reno (of all places) was devoting more than 100 spins a week. And inan industry that is sketchy at best about advanced releases, itcouldn't have been more fortuitous for Git Fresh.
"When the record leaked, it was ata point in time when we wanted, and needed to have our music out in thepublic," Sli said. "We weren't upset at all, it really got us to wherewe are today."
The group is finishing up studiowork on the debut and will be traveling to the Dominican Republic toshoot the video for "Booty Music" (which peaked at #9 on Billboard'sBubbling Under R&B/Hip Hop Single chart this past June.) The groupis looking for a supporting tour to follow soon after.
Posted on: Tuesday, August 26 2008
— CoopDvill
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