CertiFYD Production Group is a music production & publishing company started by Jay & Pi. CertiFYD has produced for artist such as Lil Wayne, Keyshia Cole, Rick Ross, Remy Ma, Bobby Valentino, Mario Winans, Young Dro, Wyclef, Brisco, Young Chris, Freeway, Meek Mill, Heavy D etc.
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Check out this new record "BY YOUR SIDE" from Brisco, Lil Wayne and Ms. Jade. This is a record we produced in Miami a few months in Miami. Brisco's verse was recorded and Circle House and also the music production from CertiFYD was done there as well. Lil Wayne added his verse at the infamous Hit Factory studios.
Appreciate your support with this record. Please share it!!!
FREE DOWNLOAD TO SONG: http://tinyurl.com/3gj4fy(YouSendIt Link)
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage nameLil Wayne, is an American rapper. At the age of nine, Lil Wayne joined Cash Money Records as the youngest member of the label, and half of the duo, The B.G.'z, with B.G.. In 1997, Lil Wayne joined the group Hot Boys, which also included rappers Juvenile, B.G., and Young Turk. Hot Boys debuted with Get It How U Live! that year. Lil Wayne gained most of his success with the group's major selling album Guerrilla Warfare, released in 1999. Also in 1999, Lil Wayne released his Platinum debut albumTha Block Is Hot, selling over one million copies in the U.S.
Although his next two albums Lights Out (2000) and 500 Degreez (2002) were not as successful (only reaching Gold status), Lil Wayne reached higher popularity in 2004 with Tha Carter, which included the single "Go D.J." Wayne also appeared on the Destiny's Child top ten single "Soldier" that year. In 2005, the sequel to Tha Carter, Tha Carter II, was released. In 2006 and 2007, Lil Wayne released several mixtapes and appeared on several popular rap and R&B singles.
His most successful album, Tha Carter III, was released in 2008 which went on to sell over 1 million copies in the U.S. its first week of release. It included the number-one single "Lollipop" and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Lil Wayne released his debut rock album, Rebirth, in 2010 to primarily negative reception from critics. The album eventually went gold. In March 2010, Lil Wayne began serving an 8-month prison sentence in New York after being convicted of criminal possession of a weapon stemming from an incident in July 2007. While in jail he released another album entitled I Am Not a Human Being in September 2010, featuring Young Money artists such as Drake, Nicki Minaj and Lil Twist. His upcoming ninth studio album, and first since being released from prison, Tha Carter IV, is due to be released on June 21, 2011.
We know that it has been a while so our apologies for not checking in sooner. This is just a quick update so that you can actually skim thru this blog in no time and get an update on what we are doing. Our goal is to give you a quick picture of the projects that we are working on and do these QUICK CHECK INs from time to time to make sure that we are all on the same page.
CertiFYD has been hard at work on various projects and we are excited to be able to share them with you.
KEYSHIA COLE
In the past year we have had our works release via Keyhia Cole's latest album, "A Different Me" alongside platinum producer, Kwame.
Keyshia Myeshia Cole[1] (born October 15, 1981)[2] is an American recording artist. She released her platinum selling debut album The Way It Is in June 2005, and her sophomore platinum album Just Like You in September 2007. Cole's third studio album, A Different Me was released on December 16, 2008, and is also certifiedplatinum. She is also known for her reality/documentary series Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is which aired on BET from 2006 to 2008, which depicted Cole navigating both her career and strained relationships with her biological mother and sister. Cole cites Mary J Blige and Brandy as her biggest influences and inspirations.
Keyshia Myeshia Cole was born on October 15, 1981 in Oakland, California, where she was also raised. Cole was born to Francine "Frankie" Lons and Sal, her deceased father. She was later adopted by Yvonne Cole and her husband's family-friends who raised her. Along with her brother Sean, Keyshia was first introduced to the music industry at the age of 12, when she met and recorded with MC Hammer.[3][4][5][6] She later formed a friendship with Tupac Shakur, who promised to help start her singing career before he died unexpectedly. Cole moved to Los Angeles when she was 18 to pursue a music career. In 2002, she attracted the attention ofA&M Records executive Ron Fair, who signed her and began mentoring her. She would later release a mixtape in 2004.
Before being signed, Cole collaborated with artists from her native Bay Area, among them D'Wayne Wiggins of Tony Toni Tone and Messy Marv.
Cole's debut single, "Never", featuring Eve, was released on March 23, 2004 to promote the soundtrack to the film, Barbershop 2: Back in Business. The single failed to chart, and Cole proceeded to record her debut album for the rest of 2004 and into early 2005. "Never" eventually became the final song on The Way It Is.
On November 9, 2004, Cole released her first single, "I Changed My Mind", featuring Kanye West. The single reached #71 in the US, and was not a huge hit for Cole. The second single from the album, "(I Just Want It) To Be Over", was released on April 5, 2005, and reached #1 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 (#101).
Cole completed her debut album in early 2005. The Way It Is was released on June 21, 2005. It debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, selling 89,000 copies in the first week of release.[7] It has since sold 1.4 million copies in the US, receiving a Platinum certification from the RIAA.
The third single from the album, "I Should Have Cheated" was released on August 3, 2005, and reached #30 on the Hot 100. The fourth and final single, "Love" was released on January 6, 2006 and reached #19 on the Hot 100. It has been regarded as Cole's "breakthrough single" by many.
2006-2007: Just like You
Cole began work on her second album in early 2006, shortly after the release of her debut album. She was featured on the single "Last Night" by Diddy, which was the third single from his fourth studio album,Press Play. The recording of her second album was documented on her reality TV show, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is in late 2006 and early 2007.
The lead single from the album, "Let It Go", featuring Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim, was released on June 19, 2007. The single is Cole's most successful single to date, as it reached #7 in the US. The second single, "Shoulda Let You Go", featuring and introducing Cole's best friend Amina, was released on October 19, 2007, and was mildly successful, by reaching #41 in the US.
The third single from the album, "I Remember" was released on December 5, 2007. The single was highly successful, by reaching #24 in the US. The fourth and final single was the critically acclaimed "Heaven Sent", was released on March 7, 2008. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for nine weeks, and #28 in the US.
Cole is also featured on the charity song "Just Stand Up", which was released in August 2008 and raises money for cancer research along with various pop, hip-hop, and R&B artists that year. As a result of SU2C fund raising endeavors, the SU2C scientific advisory committee, overseen by the American Association for Cancer Research was able to award 73.6 million dollars towards novel, groundbreaking cancer research.[8]
She released her third studio album, A Different Me, on December 16, 2008. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200, selling 322,000 copies in its first week.[9] The album has gone on to sell over 850,000 copies in the US, receiving a gold certification from the RIAA. The album is Keyshia's least successful album to date.
The album was preceded by lead single "Playa Cardz Right", featuring the late rapper 2Pac, which was released on October 28, 2008, and reached #63 on the Hot 100. The second single from the album, "You Complete Me", was released on January 20, 2009, and reached #62 on the Hot 100, making the first and second singles mild hits.
Cole released the third and final single from the album, "Trust", a duet with Monica, on May 5, 2009, and reached #5 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and #70 on the US Hot 100. The fourth single from A Different Me was confirmed as "This is Us", and was due for a release in September 2009, but it was never released, due to Cole's pregnancy.
Cole was on the cover of the March 2009 issue of Vibe, and was on the cover of the Summer 2009 final double-cover issue of King. Keyshia and Yvonne Cole appeared on the June issue of Sister 2 Sistermagazine.
In 2009, she also made a guest appearance on Keri Hilson's "Get Your Money Up" from her debut album In a Perfect World…. Keyshia began work on her fourth studio album in early 2009 also with Jasmyne.
In August 2009, Keyshia Cole announced that she was beginning work on her fourth studio album Calling All Hearts[10] which will be released by Winter of 2010. The new album is said to contain production from KrucialKeyz, The Runners, Kanye West, and Missy Elliott.[11] Cole was featured on the remix of R. Kelly's single "Number One" along with T-Pain. She is also currently listed as one of the inspirations for Pepsi: We Inspire.[12] Cole also worked with Gucci Mane on the song "Bad, Bad, Bad" from The State vs Radric Davis. On June 27, 2010 she returned to the spotlight for her first televised appearance since the birth of her son, filling in for Hayley Williams to sing the chorus to B.o.B.'s "Airplanes (Part II)", featuring Eminem during the 2010 BET Awards. Cole featured on Faith Evans album Something About Faith. In September 2010 Cole stated that her fourth studio album will be released on December 21, 2010. The album's first single entitled, I Ain't Thru, features Nicki Minaj and was released by Keyshia herself via Twitter on October 15, 2010. The album's second single entitled, "Long Way Down" was released November 19, 2010.
Other ventures
Acting career
In 2005 Keyshia Cole starred as herself in the dance movie How She Move.[13]
Reality TV
Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is
In conjunction with her album release, BET began airing the second season of Cole's reality show Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is on October 30, 2007. The show premiered to record breaking ratings for BET. It is the top returning series premiere in BET history, as well as the number one original series premiere of the year. A reported 2.9 million viewers and 2.0 million households watched the season 2 finale. It is now the #1 series telecast in BET history.[14] Season 3 of the series was filmed in Summer 2008 and premiered on November 11, 2008. The show was rumored to be having a fourth season, however; Cole has concluded that there will not be a fourth season. On Tuesday, August 25, 2009, Cole's mother and sister debuted their own reality show titled Frankie & Neffe on BET. Their show's season finale aired on Tuesday, October 6, 2009.
Personal life
In 2006, Cole dated rapperYoung Jeezy. Their relationship ended after a declined proposal; however, there has been conflicting reports on either side as to who actually proposed. Jeezy claimed that Cole proposed to him in a Vibe article, while Cole asserted in an Essence article that she turned down a proposal from him.[15]
In March 2009, Cole began dating Daniel Gibson of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers.[16] and later became engaged to him. On February 4, 2010, the pregnant Cole was hospitalized for precautionary reasons.[17]On March 1, 2010 Cole was admitted into the hospital with labor pains. One of Keyshia's closest friends, R&B singer Monica, confirmed the labor situation via her official twitter page.[18]
On March 2, 2010, Cole gave birth to her first child, a boy, named Daniel Hiram Gibson Jr.[19] Keyshia currently resides in Ohio and Georgia. Keyshia and Daniel are currently engaged and are planning to get married in March.
DJ Khaled & E-Class "LIVE FROM THE 305" - Jacki-O featuring Brisco
Also, CertiFYD recently produced "M. I. A.", track 10 on the DJ Khaled & E-Class "Live from the 305" latest project that was just released October 13rth, 2009 with Jacki-O featuring Brisco released on Poe Boy / E1 Music.
Please show your support and pick up these albums.
SERIUS JONES - INVINCIBLE
In addition to that we have been working on a bunch of other projects that should be coming soon. Including with"Mr. I will wreck you on the mic and embarrass you in front of all your homies, "Serius Jones". Check out the making of "Invincible" track and the video, produced by CertiFYD Production Group..
Check it out here:
Title Release: "Invincible" (Street Single) Video of the making for the song "Invincible": Artist: Serius Jones
Music Video for "Invincible": Artist: Serius Jones Produced by: CertiFYD Production Group
Currently we are hard at work in the studio working on new music, developing our artist, and continuing to build the "CertiFYD" brand.
Support and go buy these albums: Keyshia Cole's latest release, "A Different Me" and support us. CertiFYD's production work can be heard on track 6, "No Other" produced by Kwame with additional production by CertiFYD. DJ Khaled & E-Class, "Live from the 305" via Poe Boy / E1. CertiFYD produced track number 10 with Jacki-O featuring Brisco that was just released on October 13th, 2009.
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Visit: www.CertiFYDmusic.com
CertiFYD Production Group is a music production team started by 2 brothers turn partners, Jay and PI. This production team started out as musicians playing for several independent and major acts. After playing countless gigs they realized that they had another hidden passion for music production, and so "CertiFYD Production Group" was formed.
CertiFYD incorporates real instruments in their music from pianos to guitars to drums which gives them flexibility in their production sound. To date CertiFYD has worked with artist such as Lil Wayne, Keyshia Cole, Rick Ross, Remy Ma, Bobby Valentino, Papoose, Wyclef, Wynter Gordon, Jacki-O, Brisco, Haitian Fresh, Serius Jones, Shawnna to name a few.
This hard-working team have been earning their rep for banging out addictive music and shows no sign of slowing down..currently with more on the way, "CertiFYD" is on the move.
Look out for CertiFYD...in the air waves near you.
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