Babygrande has relaunched their site. Like they say in their update they’ve been busy dropping albums left and right, with the most recent release being Brand Nubian’s Fire In The Hole. The site is now loaded with more graphics and other media (which I can’t say is necessarily a good thing) and they have pics of Babygrande Films posted everywhere. In case you didn’t know Babygrande is partially (primarily?) funded by selling hollywood scripts. They, and when I say they I mean Chuck Wilson, is responsible for the script behind Tical’s “Soul Plane” and according to this press release (peep excerpt below) Chuck is getting ready to direct his first movie “Meet The Mo’Fockers” (not to be confused with Meet The Fockers). Anyway, keep an eye out for Babygrande, especially Jedi Mind Tricks next 12inch featuring the GZA. One more thing, Babygrande has some interesting numbers posted on their site, they actually made some soundscan scores available for the public, check it out.
CHUCK WILSON (Writer) recently signed a deal with Madonna’s Maverick Films to direct his first feature film project, Meet the Mo’Fockers, which he will also write. Wilson, a Washington DC native, attended the University of Virginia and received a B.A. from the school of architecture. He got his big break when he was hired as Spike Lee’s assistant on the feature film Crooklyn. He went on to write his first screenplay, Rock’n’Soul, in the late ‘90s, which is currently in development with Mos Def and Kerry Washington attached to star. In 1998, while working for Black Entertainment Television, Wilson sold his script Platinum Time to Danny DeVito’s Jersey Films. In 2000, Wilson’s short film Breakfast at Ben’s premiered at the Urban World Film Festival and was later released by Warner Home Video. Wilson produced Afrocentricity and co-produced A Gut Feeling for Warner Home Video as well. Wilson also has an extensive track record in the music business. While director of A&R at Priority Records, he produced the Training Day soundtrack. In 2002, Wilson started his own independent record label, Babygrande Records, which is distributed by Koch Distribution. The label’s most notable artists include Brand Nubian, Canibus, and Jedi Mind Tricks. In 2003, Babygrande released the soundtrack to the film A Man Apart.
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