2 Chainz fans are waiting with bated breath for the release of his major label debut, Based on a T.R.U. Story, available tomorrow on Def Jam Recordings. A few lucky fans–Reservoir staff included–had the privilege of seeing the rapper perform at BET’s music video countdown show, 106 & Park, […]
2 Chainz single “No Lie” hit #1 on Billboard’s Hip-Hop/R&B Songs chart this week. The track features Toronto-born rapper Drake and is the first single from 2 Chainz’ highly anticipated debut album, Based on a T.R.U. Story. “No Lie” is one of four singles on the current Hip-Hop/R&B Songs chart […]
Reservoir is pleased to announce the signing of Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz to an exclusive worldwide publishing deal. The deal includes a 200-plus song catalog, including 2 Chainz’ forthcoming album, Based on a T.R.U. Story, to be released by Def Jam Recordings on August 14th. The deal was spearheaded by seasoned […]
The music video for “Bad Girls,” the Danja-penned hit performed by M.I.A., has been nominated for three MTV Video Music Awards in this year’s ceremonies. The video features M.I.A. in a Middle Eastern setting alongside stunt car drivers and dancers, and was positively noted by press like The Huffington […]
Indie-rock band For A Minor Reflection have leant their guitarist, Kjartan Holm, to fellow Icelanders in ambient rock band Sigur Ros. Holm was called on to stand in for Sigur Ros multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson after Sveinsson confessed to a Reykjavik blog that he was “tired of touring” and […]
Step Up Revolution, the latest installment in the international Step Up dance movie franchise, is in United States theaters today. Like the previous films, Step Up Revolution follows a crew of energetic young dancers, this time banding together to create dance flash mobs representing the fight for a local cause. The Hollywood […]
Music industry veteran and Reservoir Senior Vice President of Creative and Business Development Faith Newman visited her Alma Mater, NYU, last week to speak on the late night WNYU radio show, The Halftime Show with DJ Eclipse. Eclipse hosted what he dubbed the “Nasty Nas Special” to discuss […]
Chris Brown’s fifth studio album, Fortune, is #1 on the Billboard 200 chart a week after its release on July 3. The album becomes the second #1 U.S. release of Brown’s career after the first, F.A.M.E., topped the chart in 2011. Reservoir songwriter and producer Danja is the mastermind behind Fortune’s […]
Reservoir is proud to announce that Big & Rich’s 2004 country-rock hit, “Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy),” is featured in the Warner Brothers comedy Magic Mike, released in theaters June 29. The movie follows a male exotic dancer, living with his sister and performing at a male […]
International bad girl M.I.A. continues to turn heads this week, unlocking the preorder to a trio of remixes of her latest hit single. Stylishly bundled on a car key-shaped USB necklace, “Bad Girls” is re-imagined three ways with versions by Reservoir writer-producer Danja (also producer of the original […]