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Jacksonville, FL ( December 5th ) - While logging on to your Myspace account in recent days you may have been surprised to see some of Jacksonville's most prominent Hip-Hop artist and DJs starring right back at you promoting the Myspace Florida Invasion Tour! Starting Friday night anyone logging in to their Myspace account were greeted by Duval's Finest including Asamov, Rob Roy, DJ Shotgun, and DJ Infader of the Crate Bullies DJ crew. The exposure has been the talk of Myspace message boards and comment boxes making these artist over night celebrities as other artist desperately try to figure out what exactly was going down and how they could get involved...

The events being promoted are two underground Hip-Hop showcases sponsored by MYSPACE being held Friday night in Orlando at The Metropolis (9101 International Dr.) and Saturday in Miami at Harrison's (411 Washington Ave.) on South Beach. Being dubbed THE MYSPACE FLORIDA INVASION TOUR!, the party will include celebrities, go-go dancers, artist performances and even "Tom" from Myspace will be in the house as well as reps from the newly formed Myspace Records. For the 904 artist featured, the exposure has given them an amazing boost in friend request and MP3 plays and set them apart as headliners in the already too crowded game of online promotion.

HOW IT WENT DOWN
The promotion is being targeted to Florida area Myspacers who log on to their account leading up to the actual events. Once logged in MYSPACERS can explore each artist information and hear music samples from each artist simply by clicking on the artist's promotional picture. Considering Myspace has 35 million world wide users and 10's of 1000s in Florida, the exposure can only be compared to a Super Bowl type ad right in their own back yards.

"I think this particular incident of exposure will be helpful in establishing a regional fan base for myself." said Rob Roy.

DJ Basic of Asamov elaborates, "This exposure is very big for us (because) one of our goals is to lock down Florida, and with this Myspace event happening in Florida this gives us the opportunity toshow other people that have never heard of us what we're all about. At the end of the day, we get tons of hits on our page, people giving us props, people getting excited to see us perform...etc..you can't beat that."

Explaining how his group Asamov was booked for Friday night's event DJ Basic said "We got picked for this Myspace event through one of DJ Shotgun's longtime friend Roslyn (Third Floor Radio), whom i believe works for Myspace, i believe she reached out to Shotty about djing the event...and from there worked his way into getting us on the bill to perform...and that was it."

Asamov's J-One-Da adds "It was a fortunate situation. At this point in time in our careers Asamov has been bringing a lot of attention to the Southeast, with our debut album "And Now". Maybe they felt that currently we are a few of many faces that represent true hip hop and good music, that's making noise in the south. Also, with the support of our manager Damian Marley and family members like Dj Shotgun a phone call and a email never hurts."

Also on the bill for the night will be Orlando's X:144 & SPS who explained how they got on as well "By our good friends over in Jacksonville, Asamov. Damian Marley who is apart of their management referred us to myspace, it's pretty much a rap from there."

SHOWTIME
So will these 904 groups live up to there Top Billing status? What can people expect to see when they make the trip to Orlando to support these 904 Hip-Hop artist?

"People can expect a very live show." said Asamov's Basic. "Even if you are not a fan of hiphop music...you will definitely find the show entertaining and find yourself bopping your heads to the beats unknowingly.You can expect a big party whenever we're on stage. The energy is felt through tout the room...and we find ourselves in a zone when we rock and the energy that we receive back from the crowd...makes our show that much hyper!...every time we perform....i can always make eye contact with someone in the crowd and see a big smile on there face...it doesn't get better then that."

"Cats who love what they do. Expect a lot of energy and fun. A party ain't a party until Asamov steps on stage." added Asamov's J-One-Da.

"They should expect a lot of skin. I've been working out." ROB ROY commenting on what fans can expect from Friday Night's main event.

And what can people expect who haven't seen an X:144 & SPS show " A breath of fresh air... We're both very passionate about what we do, especially when we're doing it. So you'll definitely feel as if you're apart of that energy.... because you are."

And as for the DJs, what do they have in store? "Just get ready to party... i try and please everyone in every genre when i play my sets." adds DJ Infader.

"This is an amazingly good look for all these artist and they deserve it with out a doubt," said Damian Marley Asamov's Manager. "This proves the old adage its not what you know, its who you know and what they will do for you - don't burn bridges and learn how to network your ass off and good things will happen for you career."

View Myspace Promo Image: http://www.globitron.com/myspace/florida/takeover_florida.html

For more Info on Asamov visit: http://www.myspace.com/asamov

For more info on Rob Roy visit: http://www.myspace.com/RobRoy