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    • 1 Nov 2011
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    I recently ran into Vita during CMJ.  She hails from Barbados and was discovered by the legendary Sturken & Rogers.  These guys own the Bajan pipeline to the music talent on that island.  So far they're responsible for bringing us Rihanna and Shontelle.  Vita and Hal are next on their agenda.

    As you can see she's got the look and has an impressive set of pipes.  I had the pleasure of booking her 1st national performance on Centric's reboot of the Soul Train Awards back in 2009.  She was a ball of nerves but NAILED the performance and choreography.  Keep on the look out for her...

    Follow her:  @vitachambers

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  • RISING ICONS: HAL LINTON (Part 2 of 4)

    • 4 Sep 2010
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    As you’ve probably noticed I had a lot of artists featured on this show **patting myself on the back**.  Out of 8 artists featured in the series, I had half of them (Melanie Fiona, Kid Cudi, Ryan Leslie, & Hal).

    Hal is the newest of the bunch.  No album, no single, no video just pure talent and presence.  After watching this episode you can see that this kid’s a star.  This was a fun one to work, unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to do one of the shoots with him.  I was away on vacation and of all the business trips I would’ve loved was this one.  The Tourism Board of Barbados (Hal’s hometown) actually paid for the crew to fly to Barbados to shoot Hal’s ‘day in the life’ segment.  DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!  I LOVE Barbados, flying fish sandwiches, Bank’s beer, and the best (& only) barracuda I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating.

    Back to Hal, this dude is amazing.  He's one of those guys you love hangin with and throwing back a couple beers and shots of dark rum.  I really hope his label does him justice and gets the world to notice his talent.  I had the pleasure of listening to some early work which I KNOW will blow your socks off.  Follow him on twitter.

    Hal_linton

    His full episode on Facebook here (glad he ripped it ;-)

    Full episode here (in case you can't access his video).

    Pics from the Barbados shoot here.

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