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American King Music

American King Music

Overview
American King Music is a hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop as a cultural movement "manifest in B-boying , graffiti writing, DJing and eMCeeing/rapping – is an artistic commitment to seize freedom from oppressive social conditions...

 and R&B record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 founded in 2006 by Mims
Mims (rapper)
Shawn Mims , popularly known as MIMS, is a Jamaican - American rapper of Jamaican descent, raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan.-Career:...

 and his business partner Corey Llewellyn. The label is distributed exclusively by Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Los Angeles and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group...

.
  • Mims
    Mims (rapper)
    Shawn Mims , popularly known as MIMS, is a Jamaican - American rapper of Jamaican descent, raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan.-Career:...

  • The Untouchable DJ Drastic
  • Corey Llewellyn
  • Ill-Cee
  • Blackout Movement
    Blackout Movement
    Blackout Movement is a Florida-based production team who produced numerous tracks, most notably, Mims hit This Is Why I'm Hot. They have also produced tracks for Teairra Mari, Ja Rule, Jim Jones, Jin, Mr...

  • Christian Fields
  • Brendan Yearwood
  • Joel "Sincere" Velez

  • Unreleased Single
    • "Amount To Nothin' feat.
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Encyclopedia
American King Music is a hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop as a cultural movement "manifest in B-boying , graffiti writing, DJing and eMCeeing/rapping – is an artistic commitment to seize freedom from oppressive social conditions...

 and R&B record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 founded in 2006 by Mims
Mims (rapper)
Shawn Mims , popularly known as MIMS, is a Jamaican - American rapper of Jamaican descent, raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan.-Career:...

 and his business partner Corey Llewellyn. The label is distributed exclusively by Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label owned by EMI and located in Los Angeles and New York City as part of Capitol Music Group...

.

Producers

  • Mims
    Mims (rapper)
    Shawn Mims , popularly known as MIMS, is a Jamaican - American rapper of Jamaican descent, raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan.-Career:...

  • The Untouchable DJ Drastic
  • Corey Llewellyn
  • Ill-Cee
  • Blackout Movement
    Blackout Movement
    Blackout Movement is a Florida-based production team who produced numerous tracks, most notably, Mims hit This Is Why I'm Hot. They have also produced tracks for Teairra Mari, Ja Rule, Jim Jones, Jin, Mr...

  • Christian Fields
  • Brendan Yearwood
  • Joel "Sincere" Velez

Past releases

  • Unreleased Single
    • "Amount To Nothin' feat. Kimberly Hall"
  • Music Is My Savior
    Music Is My Savior
    Music Is My Savior is the debut album from the EMI/Capitol artist Mims . It was released on March 27, 2007...

    • Released: March 27, 2007
    • Chart Position: #4
    • Label(s): American King/Capitol
    • RIAA Certification
      RIAA certification
      In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. Other countries have similar awards...

      : None
    • Singles: "This Is Why I'm Hot
      This Is Why I'm Hot
      "This Is Why I'm Hot" is a song by American rapper Mims. The song was written by Mims and produced by Blackout Movement for his debut album Music Is My Savior .Released in 2007 as the first single from the album, the song reached #1 on the U.S...

      ," "Like This
      Like This (Mims song)
      "Like This" is the second single from Mims' debut album, Music Is My Savior. It features guest vocals from Rasheeda. Junior Reid is featured in the video.The track uses string productions, sampler, and synthesizer.-Remixes:...

      ," "Just Like That

  • More Than Meets the Eye
    More Than Meets the Eye (album)
    More Than Meets the Eye is the second full-length studio album by Dutch pop and dance singer eliZe, released on June 26 2009 in the Netherlands. It's unknown if there are plans to release the album internationally-Track listing:# "Can't You Feel It?"...

    • Released: July 29, 2008
    • Chart Position: #1
    • Label(s): American King/Capitol
    • U.S. Sales: 8,000 (1st week)
    • Singles: "Like This (remix)," "We Really Do This"

  • Guilt
    Guilt (Mims album)
    Guilt is the second studio album from Washington Heights, Manhattan rapper, Mims. The album was released on April 7, 2009.-Singles:The first single for the album is "Move ." Later, a video was shot for the single as a promotional for the album, revealing its title to be Guilt and premiered February...

    • Released: April 7, 2009
    • Chart Position: TBD
    • Label(s): American King/Capitol
    • U.S. Sales: TBD
    • Singles: "Move (If You Wanna)
      Move (If You Wanna)
      "Move " is the official first single from Mims' second studio album, Guilt. . The song was released to radio in October 2008.The song was featured in an episode of From G's to Gents....

      ," "Love Rollercoaster"

Upcoming releases

  • 2009: OB feat. MIMS - "Ms. Goodcookie"
  • 2009: Jason Derulo
    Jason Derulo
    Jason DeRulo is an Haitian-American R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, vocal producer and actor from Miramar, Florida.-Background:...

    - Future History
  • 2009: Class The King - The Rennasiance Man

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