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YOUNG GUNZ
“SET IT OFF” WITH NEW ALBUM
‘BROTHERS
FROM ANOTHER’ DROPS MAY 24 ON ROC-A-FELLA RECORDS;
HOT NEW
SINGLE “DON’T KEEP ME WAITING” FEATURES 112
NEW YORK, NY – May 17, 2005 – As a
thundering 808 bass drum announces the arrival of the latest club
smash from the Young Gunz, producer Swizz Beats chants “it’s
time to Set It Off, it’s time to Set It Off.” And with a whirlwind of
activity surrounding the May 24th release of
Brothers From Another, the sophomore effort from
Roc-A-Fella Records’ “Youngest In Charge,” the Gunners are holding
true to their word.
Fresh off of a month long national
promotional tour with label-mate
Memphis Bleek
culminating in a 3-day Roc-A-Fella Weekend in Miami, the Young Gunz –
Chris and Neef – are set to take over BET and MTV next Tuesday, with
appearances on BET’s Rap City and 106 & Park, and
MTV’s Direct Effect. The Gunners will then hop on a plane to Los
Angeles to shoot a video for their new single “Don’t Keep Me
Waiting (Come Back Soon)” featuring 112.
Signed to Roc-A-Fella for years and
affiliated with Beanie Sigel’s State Property crew, the Young
Gunz hit their mark in 2003 with the smash single, “Can’t Stop,
Won’t Stop.” Chris and Neef had arrived. They dropped their debut
album, Tough Luv, in 2004. Powered by “Can’t Stop” -
nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group - and the infectious, “No Better Love,” Tough Luv
announced the Young Gunz as the next generation of the Roc.
With their second album, Brothers
From Another, the future is now. “Nothing too complicated on this
one,” remarks Young Chris, “This is just me and Neef growing as
artists, trying to make the best possible music we can. Letting
ourselves expand, try different things, but remain true to who we
are.”
“Don’t Keep Me Waiting (Come Back)”
featuring 112, the absolutely ecstatic summer single, which samples
Luther Vandross to dizzying effect, establishes the Gunners as
hitmakers.
“That’s our summer jam, man,” says
Young Chris. “We wanted it to have that feeling that the great summer
songs have. When I was a kid, you know in Philly, obviously the jam
was, ‘Summertime,’ by Will Smith, ‘The plateau where everybody go,” So
we really wanted to have that feeling with, ‘Don’t Keep Me Waiting.’”
On Brothers From Another the
Young Gunz are able to effortlessly move from the pop ecstasy of
“Don’t Keep Me Waiting” to the real talk of “We Still Here,” showing
the listener a complete picture of their lives.
“The album is just our everyday life.
From the good times to the bad, the struggle and the success,
everything is in there. We poured all the experiences we’ve had over
the last year into this, and we just tried to shape the record in the
same way we live our lives, just as honestly as possible.”
Stay tuned for more on the Young Gunz
and Roc-A-Fella Records…
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