Description: “The Movement
integrates Italian and Hip Hop with strummed Mandolin, violin and
Euro-Dance style synths with bangin' hip hop beats and his own clever
rhymes… This CD is well produced and no doubt will garner a lot of sales
and airplay.” CASHBOX Magaz
Biography: Carvelli “The
Movement integrates Italian and Hip Hop with strummed Mandolin, violin and
Euro-Dance style synths with bangin' hip hop beats and his own clever
rhymes… This CD is well produced and no doubt will garner a lot of sales
and airplay.” CASHBOX Magazine (5 star review) With the release of his
much-anticipated album, The Movement , Carvelli created one serious buzz.
The eye-catching video of the title track enjoyed play on both MuchMusic
and MTV Canada as well as garnering play on national campus radio and
commercial CHR radio in both Canada and the U.S. with a #18 position on
Canada’s TOP 20 National Hip Hop charts and #22 on CMJ. A successful
entrepreneur in the business world, Carvelli formed his own independent
record label in 2000. Earlier tracks Carvelli released, scored radio play
and MTV Miami video exposure. Carvelli Records is designed to represent
hiphop, r ‘n b, pop, and traditional music artists. With his latest
scorching hot new track, featuring acclaimed singer/songwriter/producer TQ
and ‘Queen of Crunk’ Rasheeda, Carvelli is now poised to make a major
musical impact. R&B rapper TQ’s 1998 debut solo album They Never Saw
Me Coming, which included the hits “Westside” and “Bye Bye Baby,” made him
an instant worldwide success. The single “Westside” debuted in the Top Ten
in several countries, and in some countries at 1# in the very first week.
The song stayed on top of the charts for weeks, collectively selling in
excess of 1.2 million singles worldwide. TQ’s latest album Paradise was
recently released in a partnership with Gracie Productions and
distribution through EMI. Rasheeda, the famous female MC hailing from
Atlanta, Georgia has been cranking out hits since early 2000. Her
lyrically acclaimed track “My Bubble Gum” was featured as the main ring
tone used in the Number One Box Office hit movie Paul Bart’s Mall Cop and
placed her career on a national persona like no other female emcee. ‘ My
Bubble Gum’ hit the Top 20 at urban radio, sold 200k in digital downloads
& ring tones and was also placed in the games United States of Tara
& the video game Audition.Her single ‘Vibrate’ hit the Top 15 Urban
Charts & was a top 40 radio Gold single. Rasheeda’s song placements in
movies, TV & video games also include ‘Let It Go’ (off the new album
Certified Hot Chick) which appeared on the show Lincoln Heights on ABC,
Bring it To Mamma appears on CSI Miami, ‘Takem to the Bank’ can be heard
in the new movie Janky Promoters. “…it’s a good time to mention some of
the fine Maple Leaf-stamped albums that havec ome OTB’s way recently.
CARVELLI is an Italian-Canadian producer and MC who fuses his two
passions: hiphop and his Italian heritage, to imaginative effect on his
new EP, Movement.” Tandem (Toronto, ON) “Carvelli’s music is “an offer you
can’t refuse”!” FACTS ON WAX/POST- GAZETTE/
Press Release: FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ITALIAN-CANADIAN RAPPER CARVELLI IS SET TO INTRODUCE
THE MOVEMENT TO THE U.S. THE MOVEMENT IS A CAUSE WITH A HIP-HOP ANTHEM/
BATTLE CRY THAT CALLS OUT TO ALL ITALIAN HIP-HOP MUSICIANS WORLD-WIDE TO
BAND TOGETHER AND STAND UNITED IN THE NAME OF MUSIC THE MOVEMENT EP OUT
June.9/2009 Los Angeles, CA – June.1/2009 -Italian-Canadian
rapper/producer Carvelli is set to release his latest EP The Movement.
Included in this release is his smash single of the same name, which is a
call to all rappers and hip-hop lovers of Italian heritage to band
together and create their own world-wide movement. “I am proud of my
Italian heritage having grown up immersed in Italian culture and customs.
I’d like to put some Italian influence into this great music known as
hip-hop, and bring it to the attention of the world.” This Movement that
Carvelli speaks of, is in his opinion, a way for Italian artists to come
together and create additional outlets for Italian musicians who are into
hip-hop, and rap music. “ There are many Italian rap and hip-hop artists
that are never seen or heard of because there is a lack of exposure of
these artists in the genre. By trying to bring more of us together, I
believe that it will open doors not only for great collaborations, but a
massive amount of exposure. There is a lot of Italian style and culture
that is used in mainstream hip-hop today. And let’s not forget the mob
references and nicknames that are used all of the time”, says Carvelli.
“I’m a soldier of The Movement”, raps Carvelli in his explosive new track.
In fact, it’s best to view Carvelli as a General, seeking to recruit and
rally converts to a cause he holds dear. The Movement serves as a
compelling anthem for that cause. Carvelli has come a long way since the
days of hanging out at poker clubs with his father as a kid. Admitting
that these clubs were no place for a kid to be, he does admit to the
slight influence they had on him. “There was no way a kid should have been
in there, the smoke, the cards, the money, but there I was. I guess
because of that I always had a feeling it was cool to be where people said
you shouldn’t go”, states Carvelli. This attitude explains why he has
chosen hip-hop as his art form of choice. “I love hip-hop music and it’s
culture, and I love Italian music and my culture. I should represent both.
People talked about Eminem when he came on the scene, and how he shouldn’t
be in the rap game. Well, he proved them wrong. Not only is he a great MC,
he is an inspiration to kid’s around the world who don’t fit the typical
hip-hop mold”, explains Carvelli. The Movement will be the second release
for Carvelli. In 2006 he released the radio-friendly hit song and video
Hooah Hooah which received heavy rotation on radio, and international
exposure on the popular music channel, MTV. Hooah Hooah was downloaded
over 200,000 times at www.carvelli.com, the artists own website. For more
information please contact Melvon Scobey at businessinquiry@carvelli.com
