Mass Appeal Records
Mass Appeal Records is an American independent record label founded in 2014. The label is the music division of the Mass Appeal Media Group. In May 2014, it was announced that American rapper Nas was launching an indie label with Mass Appeal. Nas has stated that he plans to release the long awaited sequel to his album The Lost Tapes, as well as a posthumous album by rapper Pimp C.
The label is also working on its first compilation album, set to be released in the near future. The compilation, which will showcase the label's artists, namely Nas, Bishop Nehru, Boldy James, Dave East and Fashawn, will also feature many guest appearances including Pimp C, Freddie Gibbs, Juicy J, Jay Electronica, Lupe Fiasco, Pusha T, Kevin Gates, Wale, YG, Mac Miller, Meek Mill, A$AP Ferg, and Young Thug.
Following his signing to Mass Appeal Records, Fashawn released his long-awaited second album The Ecology on February 24, 2015. The album features guest appearances by Nas, Aloe Blacc, Dom Kennedy, and more.
Curb Appeal Records
Curb Appeal Records was an American record label founded in Kansas City, Missouri by The Get Up Kids guitarist and Blackpool Lights frontman Jim Suptic.
History
In July 2005, The Get Up Kids split up, leaving the members to pursue their own side-projects. This allowed guitarist Jim Suptic to devote his full attention to his new band Blackpool Lights, composed of himself and former members of Butterglory and The Creature Comforts. Rather than accepting an offer from Vagrant Records to sign the band, Suptic decided that he wanted to start over from scratch, and in doing so, created Curb Appeal Records. Suptic co-founded the label with Al Duffy, a Kansas City entrepreneur who had previously run a beer distributor, Enrique Chi, a publicist who had worked with Vedera and Reggie and the Full Effect, and Alex Brahl, who had previously worked at Vagrant Records, in addition to having produced The Get Up Kids' second album, Something to Write Home About. In the summer of 2006, the label released their first album, Blackpool Lights' This Town's Disaster. Soon afterward they signed the band 8mm, and in September of that year released their second album Songs to Love and Die By.
Mass Appeal (disambiguation)
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Mass Appeal
Mass Appeal is a two-character play by Bill C. Davis. The comedy-drama focuses on the conflict between a complacent Roman Catholic pastor and the idealistic young deacon who is assigned to his affluent, suburban parish.
Plot
Father Tim Farley is highly popular with his parishioners due to his charm, wit, easy-going manner, and entertaining (but unchallenging) sermons. One Sunday, seminarian Mark Dolson interrupts Farley's sermon to challenge his stance on the ordination of women. The pastor is outraged yet intrigued by the young man, and asks to have him assigned to work with him.
Dolson is a firebrand eager to change the Church. He enjoys attacking Farley's "song and dance theology" and questioning why he drinks so much. Dolson feels it's his job to shake parishioners out of their complacency. Farley likes Dolson, but sees that he'll never succeed as a priest if all he does is irritate people and make enemies. Each man has something to teach the other about how to perform his priestly duties.
Mass Appeal (song)
Mass Appeal is a song by American hip hop group Gang Starr from the album Hard to Earn. The song reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #42 on the Billboard R&B chart. It was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.
Music video
The music video was released in March 1994, shortly after Hard to Earn was released. The first verse featured Guru rapping inside an old apartment complex. The second verse featured Guru rapping inside a moving car, and the third verse featured Guru rapping in a snowy area in New York.
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Mass Appeal
I'm the one that's out of step, I guess I'm the freak,
Living in a nation where the chic all look like junkies.
I find your skin & bones funky.
I want a girl with something in the trunky.
But if dimensions ain't flat,
The narrow hips & minds declare you 'fat'.
Skip a meal for the ideal of the skindustry.
Think they're visionaries but I call them all assassins,
With the judgements they're passin',
Tell a girl of 13 what she has to fit her ass in.
Silicone on a stick
Ain't nothing next to natural and thick.
You take the stem I'll take the bloom.
Outside that Torrid dressing room,
That's where you'll find me chillin',
So take Kate Moss 'cause I want Kate Dillon.
The 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
I said the 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
Skinny Minny get the fuck out' my face!
You look like you're about to waste away to nothin'.
I want a girl with some stuffin',
A couple extra pads of butter on that muffin.
It ain't a fetish, it's taste,
For those with hips and waist and body graced.
And 'Mr. Perfect' with your insecurities,
You point and tease but, nigga please, you're all 'bout jookin'!
Big Mama's got something cookin'.
Won't admit it but you'd hit it when your boys ain't lookin',
But in the end it's your loss,
Allowing shepherd's flock to be the boss.
Your true desires, they shine through,
When others' eyes are not on you.
So you can fake and you can front,
You can take Liv Tyler 'cause it's Mia that I want.
The 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
I said the 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
Deny the beauty that I see.
That's less for them and more for me.
To your stick-figure-standard I remain defiant,
So keep your Vicki's Secret while I peep Lane Bryant.
The 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
I said the 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
So when I take you out you'd better eat-it-up, eat-it-up.
When I get you home I'm gonna beat-it-up, beat-it-up.
'Cause on that body I wanna pounce
And there'd better be alot-ee 'cause skeletons don't bounce.
I want my bed frame to shake,
So put away that salad, have a steak!
Don't play the game, don't try to hide.
Turn tears of shame to tears of pride.
It's all in the eye of the beholder,
So put away your Barbie Doll, a real man didn't mold her.
The 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
I said the 'F' in F-A-T reads 'PH' to me!
Reads "PH" to me!