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Representatives for Live One Records, which lists Kool Keith, Jacky Jasper and KHM (Kool Keith, H-Bomb and Marc Live) as official artists, are warning that a bootleg album is being distributed under the name Dr. Octagon Part II.
According to a statement, the album is composed of stolen masters of tracks from other albums, including the unreleased 7th Veil album, The Clayborne Family, Marc Live Validation and other releases.
“Lawyers are currently in the processes of issuing documents for a full re-call but of course some will slip through the cracks,” a representative said. “Do not support this album.”
The news comes just as the label had announced that the Kool Keith/Jacky Jasper The 7th Veil album will feature three new exclusive collaborations with Rick James. The album also features guest appearances by Ike Turner and Flavor Flav.
Fans of the group may be disappointed if they purchase the unofficial version. On the popular Kool Keith fan site, http://www.koolkeith.co.uk/, a 9-1-1 alert was also issued.
"The album is being bootlegged by 101 Distribution, in association with Real Talk Records and 33rd Street Records," the site alleged. "The album has already been shipped and is in stores as of October 12th. It cannot be recalled. The album features 2 demos, 2 Clayborne Family tracks, and 6 INCOMPLETE tracks from the upcoming 7th Veil album. The cover of the album features Kool Keith standing in front of an Escalade, which he is not even down with. 101 Distribution, Real Talk, and 33rd Street are being sued for this release. According to Jacky Jasper, the official bootlegger is Michael Kinbrew (a.k.a. Scooby) and his partner Damon Evans. Supposedly, these two have stolen records from Kurupt and had false negotiation agreements with Kel of "Kenan and Kel" Nickelodeon). HipHopSite.com has already recalled the album."
Damon Evans, who owns 101distribution, said that he had been a victim himself and denied being partners with Kinbrew.
"The label [Warzone] represented that it was an official release, Keith represented that he cosigned on it and that it was a good situation," Evans told AllHipHop.com. "I don't know what happened between the two or how it went down, but we paid money, we didn't get masters and someone else put it out.
"We called it Return of Doctor Octagon. Whoever put the other one out, relabeled it Doctor Octagon Part II. Those are all pictures that the label took. We purchased the product, had artwork done and everything and then come to find out, I don't know who's hand it was, but the project was sold to another distributor. I'm not sure who that other distributor is, but my retailers called me to let me know they had been solicited with the product after the fact. It happens all the time in this game."
Warzone counts releases by The Luniz and Kenan Thompson on 101distribution.com's national charts.
"Michael Kinbrew is the label owner for Kool Keith, that was Warzone Records. Michael Kinbrew is also the guy who brought us the Luniz and the Kenan Thompson CD," Evans continued. "These have all been purchased from him direct as the label, so I don't know what kind of confusion there is."
Evans said he did not know the detail of the agreements Kinbrew had with these artists and said their seemed to be plenty of "loose ends" that needed to be tied up.
The end result was not a surprise, he said.
The fact that Warzone sold the Keith project in question hasn't deterred Evans from selling the Warzone's other releases.
"I know the Kenan Thompson project is not in question and The Luniz project is not in question. Keith represented that he cosigned on our version of the album."
Kool Keith or representatives for Live One Records were not available as of press time.
Source: allhiphop.com
According to a statement, the album is composed of stolen masters of tracks from other albums, including the unreleased 7th Veil album, The Clayborne Family, Marc Live Validation and other releases.
“Lawyers are currently in the processes of issuing documents for a full re-call but of course some will slip through the cracks,” a representative said. “Do not support this album.”
The news comes just as the label had announced that the Kool Keith/Jacky Jasper The 7th Veil album will feature three new exclusive collaborations with Rick James. The album also features guest appearances by Ike Turner and Flavor Flav.
Fans of the group may be disappointed if they purchase the unofficial version. On the popular Kool Keith fan site, http://www.koolkeith.co.uk/, a 9-1-1 alert was also issued.
"The album is being bootlegged by 101 Distribution, in association with Real Talk Records and 33rd Street Records," the site alleged. "The album has already been shipped and is in stores as of October 12th. It cannot be recalled. The album features 2 demos, 2 Clayborne Family tracks, and 6 INCOMPLETE tracks from the upcoming 7th Veil album. The cover of the album features Kool Keith standing in front of an Escalade, which he is not even down with. 101 Distribution, Real Talk, and 33rd Street are being sued for this release. According to Jacky Jasper, the official bootlegger is Michael Kinbrew (a.k.a. Scooby) and his partner Damon Evans. Supposedly, these two have stolen records from Kurupt and had false negotiation agreements with Kel of "Kenan and Kel" Nickelodeon). HipHopSite.com has already recalled the album."
Damon Evans, who owns 101distribution, said that he had been a victim himself and denied being partners with Kinbrew.
"The label [Warzone] represented that it was an official release, Keith represented that he cosigned on it and that it was a good situation," Evans told AllHipHop.com. "I don't know what happened between the two or how it went down, but we paid money, we didn't get masters and someone else put it out.
"We called it Return of Doctor Octagon. Whoever put the other one out, relabeled it Doctor Octagon Part II. Those are all pictures that the label took. We purchased the product, had artwork done and everything and then come to find out, I don't know who's hand it was, but the project was sold to another distributor. I'm not sure who that other distributor is, but my retailers called me to let me know they had been solicited with the product after the fact. It happens all the time in this game."
Warzone counts releases by The Luniz and Kenan Thompson on 101distribution.com's national charts.
"Michael Kinbrew is the label owner for Kool Keith, that was Warzone Records. Michael Kinbrew is also the guy who brought us the Luniz and the Kenan Thompson CD," Evans continued. "These have all been purchased from him direct as the label, so I don't know what kind of confusion there is."
Evans said he did not know the detail of the agreements Kinbrew had with these artists and said their seemed to be plenty of "loose ends" that needed to be tied up.
The end result was not a surprise, he said.
The fact that Warzone sold the Keith project in question hasn't deterred Evans from selling the Warzone's other releases.
"I know the Kenan Thompson project is not in question and The Luniz project is not in question. Keith represented that he cosigned on our version of the album."
Kool Keith or representatives for Live One Records were not available as of press time.
Source: allhiphop.com