TIPSY GROWS MORE THAN 100% DIGITALLY
New Album On Battery/Jive Label Group Coming Soon
Battery Records/Jive Label Group is proud to announce that the debut single “Tipsy” from Rap group, Bid Heed & Alien, is showing signs of success growing more than 100% in sales this week. “Tipsy” which broke on Sirius Hits 1 radio, is a high energy record about how to use liquor to have a good time. With their music best described by Heed as, “totally out of this world,” the duo hopes to spread a message of fun. Their debut album, The Big Heed and Alien Show, is due to come out in the Summer of 2011.
“They have a really refreshing sound consisting of an MC and live drummer which completely cuts through sonically. Their first single is a crossover smash with a very wide appeal” says Neil Levine, SVP & GM of Battery Records.
Born Shaheed “Heed” Smith & Ali “Alien” Warren in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, Big Heed & Alien both began nurturing their musical interests early on. Alien started out on the back of his parent’s pots and pans and Heed with the first keyboard his mother bought for him at 10 years old. Separately they developed their talents exploiting the local music scene. Alien started out with local bands eventually playing drums for acts such as Air of Stereograph, B.O.B and Travis Porter. Already a talented MC, Heed was invited to a studio session with the Dungeon Family after meeting Andre 3000at a performance at the Tabernacle. From that experience, he was able to log one on one time with Cee-Lo Green where he learned valuable skills that shaped him as a producer.
In 2008, Merovingian Music executive Robert Watson convinced the two artists to join forces (Heed is the MC and Alien is the drummer; together they make up Big Heed & Alien). First performing at local Atlanta venues and prominent events such as the Annual Luda Day Block Party & the bi-annual Sweet Auburn Festival leading to an appearance on BET’s 106 & Park as part of Wild Out Wednesday. Eventually they were asked to return as the show’s first ever house band, playing for subsequent Wild Out Wednesday contestants. The grooming from Watson and Merovingian Music head Jack Ponti, (known for successes with Bon Jovi, India Arie, etc.) lead the duo to a deal with Battery Records/Jive Label Group. “From the moment we saw that unbridled passion and creativity in Big Heed and Alienon BET, we knew there was something special here,” says Ponti regarding the recent signing.
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