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”!”
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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
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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.
