We’d like to thank our client Capitol records for inviting us to a spectacular event last night in Hollywood. ย We would have had many more images but the place was literally wall to wall with people. BTW Never question Hammer’s star status, he had so many industry groupies all over him at the event we had to laugh. This man is a legend. We managed to finally get him away long enough to take a pic with us.Capitol cordoned off the entire block in front of the legendary building as celebrities did the step and repeat.DJ E-man/Power 106 APD, Krystal Bee co host The Cruz Show/Power 106, Gail Mitchell, Billboard R&B and Hip Hop edtor (unknown Billboard sales exec) and Power 106 morning show host J. Cruz/Power 106SVP Urban Promotion Capital and Motown Azim Rashid and President of Programming @ BET, Stephen Hill enjoying the event.AAFCA’s president and founder Gill Robertson and Billboard’s Gail Mitchell.Bllboard’s Gail Mitchell and TheIndustry.biz CEO Kevin Ross(unknown) Gail Mitchtstsell, Billboard, Hammer and Kevin Ross/TheIndustry.biz
When it comes to writing hit records the Babyface's, Stevie Wonder's, Ne-Yo's, and Diane Warren's of the world have penned chart topping songs for more artists than we could even imagine. They are probably still living off royalty checks from the days when their pen first hit the pad for the first artist they worked with. While the songwriter still plays a major role in today's industry, there are artists that have the ability to write their own songs and u=in many cases, these are artists are even responsible for penning the lyrics and melody the to biggest songs of