1.  NEWS FLASH, MAR 25, 2005 WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. SIGNS DARRELL BYNUM A/K/A BIG CHOPP /NX2 RECORDSIGNS STUDIO INC: THE WORLD JUST CHANGED FOREVER DRAMATICALLY!!!!! JUST AS A WILDFIRE WOULD ENGULF THE AREA IN WHICH IT PATHS, THAT SAME WILDFIRE NEEDS FUEL!!! WILD FIRE RECORDS SIGNS BIG CHOPP (producer) & INDEPENDENT R&B AND HIP-HOP RECORD COMPANY, NX2 MUSIC RECORDINGS INC. BASED IN PHILADELPHIA, PA (THE FUEL). NX2 RECORDINGS IS FULLY FILLED & PACKED WITH ELECTRIFYING & WELL DETAILED VOCAL ARTIST WHOM INTEND TO TOUCH THE WORLD WITH THEIR VIBES.  ARTIST SUCH AS:

 NEEDLE POINT                   CLOUD

ECLEPTIK                             BANE

BLAKK                                  DKP  (DARQUE KNYTE PAVILLION)

MACVICIOUS                      MARV MONEY

DEMUS                                 BIG CHOPP (PRODUCER)

 THIS UNION WAS INSPIRED BY THE DESIRE TO TOUCH THE WORLD FROM ONE NATION.  ON SEPTEMBER 30^TH 2005, TWO ALBUMS ARISE.  NX2’s First birth Chant Dem Down by Needle Point, skillfully arranged, these melodies & harmonies pulsate thru your body spontaneously. Wildfire Records and NX2’s Compilation release “Spittin” album featuring 8 artists.  This compilation is just an example of what Big Chopp/NX2 is capable of creating.

 1(b.  NX2 AND WILD FIRE RECORDING INC. RELEASE DOUBLE ALBUMS. Sept 30, 2005    Needle Point Release New Albums ”Chant Dem Down” In Stores This Summer. ”Chant Dem Down” by Needle Point, NX2’s First birth Chant Dem Down by Needle Point, is skillfully arranged international soulful melodies & harmonies that pulsate thru your mind & body definitely, with Oh! Mamma” this tune puts everyone on the sincere path to reminiscing our mothers whom brought us to this world.  The title cut “ Chant Dem Down”, stirs up the blood, allowing it to flow thru you freely while expressing the importance of self-knowledge.  The bonus track “Freedom”, which reveals Needle Point’s heritage & struggle, which he & his people have gone thru.  “DUE” gives praise to the most hi with divine strength & power remembering our creator.  Whether it’s rush hour, party night or an on quiet Sunday, give thanks & praise.  This album’s release date is September 30, 2005.  Enough Blessings!!!!!  NP

 1(c.  SEP 30, 2005 CLOUD LAUNCHES VARIOUS ARTISTS ALBUM  "SPITTIN" WILL BE IN STORES THIS SUMMER. Spittin by Various Artists, Simultaneously the “SPITTIN” compilation was born also.  A well put together composition of 8 of Philly’s best artist giving the world just a taste of what’s to come.  The title track “SPITTIN” by Blakk ignites the term SPITTIN, while Cloud adds finesse to the term, explaining how her freestyle can’t be bitten in “UN-BITTEN”.  BROVA E’s “WE GET IT DOWN” explains how WE GET IT DOWN. This album has the best of the best, sharp vocals, precise deliveries & concrete plots to stories, tales & instructions given.

 BROYA E, CLOUD.  Cloud releases a strong composition FO deep felt lyrics & rhythms representing yrs of professionalism touching hearts internationally around the globe. Previous industry events have teased as a taste of what’s to come.  Dual #1’s hits such as “Groove Now” & the ever so defensive “Un-Bitten” are electrifying!  This fall 2005 Clouds’ Debut album will slam audio systems worldwide.

 BLAKK. This street thug, gangsta image is portrayed by BLAKK as a depiction of a gangstas’ feel in a hip-hop world.  These Hip-Hop artists have a pure physical gift & mentally enhanced style, that’s delivered without fail faithfully!  Blakk exposes the world to an uncompromising thug style brewed in the streets of Philly, on September 30, 2005.

MACK VICIOUS, MARVIN MONEY, BANE AND DKP. This Native Philadelphian proves his artistic skills are internationally driven, performing every chance that comes by.  His freestyles are challenges that welcomes prey, like an Alligator waiting patiently by the waters edge or its opportunity to strike a devour its victims.  Bane’s shifty groove with endless word combinations surprises listeners every time with every line & melody.  Rhythms drafted from human melodies & stories, backed by a solid & concrete delivery are an expectation of Banes album that arrives this fall 2005. Bane will be joining others at the up & coming album release party on September 30, 2005 in Philly.

 2.  MAR 19, 2004 WILDFIRE RECORDS INC. CELEBRATES 24TH ANNIVEVRSARY: During 2005 Wild Fire Records will be continuing to build on the momentum garnered from recent PHILLY’S House of Representatives success, and the celebration of their 24th Anniversary. In 2004, Wild Fire Records celebrated their 24 years as a brand with a variety of special. The past year also produced great new music from artists like Agent, Belli, Craig, Euton, and Craig Amaker who all have albums that will continue to have an impact in 2005. As always, you can count on Wild Fire Records to supply industry leading compilations like the hot Reggae Album Ready fi di World, By His Spirit and Jesus Foot Step, the premiere roots and culture collection that delivers the current sounds cape from the cultural artists making an impact on the album. Other noted releases include Spittin, Chant Dam Down and New Spirit.
Look for hot new music in 2005 with albums scheduled from artists like Agent, Belli, Craig, Needle Point, Craig Amaker, N.T.G/Nate The Great, Elijah, Cloud, Lady Joy, Buckshot, Delinquent, Marvin Money, Charley Mackvicious, Ecleptik, D.K.P., Blakk, and new releases from crossover stars Needle Point, and Blacka Demus with the Hot Hip hop Reggae song Millionaire. In addition to music releases Wild Fire Records will continue to establish their clothing brand, WF- Clothing, with an assortment of apparel that will appeal not only the consumer of reggae music, but to urban youth market as well.  Also look for DVD releases from Wild Fire Records in the New Year with three titles By His Spirit, and Ready fi di World scheduled for release. So keep looking for Wild Fire Records to keep it ‘LIVE in 2005, and 2006’!

 3.  CRAIG AMAER AND ELLIOTT MOORE TWO ALBUMS “NEW SPIRIT” VARIOUS ARTISTS, AND “BY HIS SPIRIT” WILL BE RELEASE THIE SUMMER 2005 FOR MORE INFO. WWW.WFRECORDS.COM:  Wildfire Records launch Two Gospel Album this summer. Craig Amaker and Elliott Moore are excited and ready for the release of their two new album “New Spirit”. And “By His Spirit”, Craig and Elliott have been busy recording in studio with various artists, and also promoting thair album. It is a blessing and an honor to have worked with so many different artists such as, Vicky Howard, Elliott Moore, Tim Martin, Jay Dill, James Jackson, Craig, Dwight Schroeter, Vonetta Ortiz, Mike Lott, and so many others. It has really inspired me to continue my walk with the Lord.

 The gospel CD will be released this summer “New Spirit” which music spans from hip hop feel to Worship songs. The CD consists of 15 dynamic tracks that will take you to another level in your praise and worship. The title track “New Spirit” and “He Reigns” sung by Vicky Howard who is currently with the group The Spiritual Souls of Waterbury, CT sets the mark for delivering her well developed voice to add life to these tracks. Craig Amaker who bring the hip hop feel to the tracks such as “By His Spirit” his title track from the CD which is out and his first video soon to be out on DVD, other tracks are “This feeling”, “Oh I Love Him”. Amaker is a voice to be aware of, which captures the young and old alike. Elliott Moore and his silky lead voice which is shown on “Guiding Star”, “Praise His Name” and a majority of the background vocals. Moore has also opened up for other major artist and has done work on many other projects. James Jackson continues the collection with “Walk around Haven” and “I Believe” which fills the other part of the spectrum. Craig and Euton cods do with “Never Again” and “Stay With Me” which fills the other part of the continuum. Tim Martin brings the down home church feels to you with songs like “Satisfied”, “Brought Me Out”. Jay Dill brings in his own flavor with “Give Thanks” and “I Will Love You” which fills the other part of the spectrum. Nicey Messam along with Denise and Mike Roots polishes the track “I Love You Lord” with the reggae gospel touches. Vonetta Ortiz completes the compilation with “Lift Me Up” tells the story. Ortiz also is currently with the group The Spiritual Souls.  Other contribution with background vocals are: Kahnita Spence, Jertia Mason, Andre Parker, Jonica Mason, Killey Spence and Arie Dunate.

  4.  MAR 19, 2006 WILD FIRE RECORDING WILL RELEASE PHILLY’S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VARIOUS ARTISTS HIP-HOP ALBUMS: Mar 30, 2006 Bigg up & Elijah Will be launching “PHILLY’S House of Representatives” new album in store. Bigg up & Elijah first met in 1998 at the office of Wildfire Records 5550 Morris St. Philadelphia PA 19144, and signed a recording deal with WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. First artists Bigg up, AKA Waleed Hakim-X Watson /3P’s Productions signed November 12, 1998.  And second Artists Elijah Adam Spiritoso signed April 22, 1999. Bout artist record their first two albums The Journey by Elijah.  And PHILLY’S House of Representatives, Earl Messam released the EP of 7 songs from the album. The EP PHILLY’S House of Representatives Produced and Distributors by Earl Messam on the Wildfire Records Label in Philadelphia. WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. Is an Independent Recording Company with a lat of love and success. The two artists were featured as soloists on a six-person compilation project entitled PHILLY’S House of Representatives EP from the up coming album. The pair appeared together on the radio, television, and Internet, along with publications in seven-major Philadelphia newspapers. Bigg up & Elijah also coordinated and controlled a local consignment distribution campaign through 20 music retail stores, including Tower Records and Sam Goody. Bigg up, AKA Waleed Hakim-X Watson, has performed over 400 times in public, opening for well-known acts including: Jay-Z, Black Rob, Rakim, Akinele, and A Tribe Called Quest. Biggup brings industry experience to the table, along with the street smarts. Elijah has Bachelors in Business Administration from Temple University, where he graduated with the highest honor, Summa Cum Laude. Elijah also has a rich history in the music industry, with his older brother, MC Vinom, performing with well-known old school acts including: Gangster, Chubb Rock, and Rob Bass. Elijah also mentored under Biggup while the two artists were label-mates. With Biggup’s knowledge and experience in the music industry, and Elijah’s business education, the two have formed a very powerful company with a strong message, Give thanks to Mr. Earl Messam /CEO of Wildfire Records who make it happing for bout of us. Lock out for Bigg up and Elijah album entitled “PHILLY’S House of Representatives”.

Elijah in the studio editing the first 7, hot hip-hop songs from the upcoming album PHILLY’S House of Representatives. Congratulations to Elijah Earl Messam /CEO Wildfire Records comment.

 5.  JAN 20, 2005 REGGAE DANCEHALL DANCER BOGLE SHOT AND KILLED: Reggae Dancehall Dancer Bogle shot and killed. Wild Fire Records would like to send their condolences to the family and friends of Dancehall dancer Bogle, who was shot and killed night in Jamaica. Bogle, aka Mr. Wacky known to have created some of Jamaica’s most popular dances was a regular on the dancehall circuit for over a decade and has been a tremendous influence on many artists’ careers. The dancehall reggae community will always remember the creativity and inspiration provided by the dancing legend.

 6.  SEP 17, 2001 WILD FIRE RECORDS SIGNS SPECIAL EFFECTS-MARKLAND RANDY A/K/A AGENT AND DORAN O. CHRISTI A/K/A BELLI: Sep 30, 2005 Agent, Belli, and Craig launches "Ready fi di World" Various Artists album this summer. Roots and culture artist Agent, Belli, and Craig has signed a multi-Exclusive Recording deal with Wild Fire Records. These talented young singer who has recently completed their album “Ready fi di World”, with songs like Born Jamaican, Want to Know Your Name, Knock, Rasta man and 9/11will release their first album in SEPTEMBER 30, 2005. Wild Fire Records is excited to continue their support of roots and culture artists with positive and thought provoking messages. Agent and Belli will be a member of an elite family of cultural artists who have? Are is about to released records with Wild Fire including Mad Cobra, Daddy Screw, Barrington Levy, Needle Point, Craig, NX2 Music Records Inc., LSW Music Studio and others. Earl Messam, President of Wild Fire Records had this to say about Agent and Belli joining the Wild Fire family “Agent and Belli is an artist that has a long career ahead of them, his talent is about to go very for in the industry, and we are very pleased that he has decided to let Wild Fire help him build for the future!

7.  AUGUST 30, 2006 LADY JOY NEW ALBUM HOT ME HOT WILL BE IN STORES THIS SUMMER: Lady Joy launches The Album “Hot Me Hot” Feat. Sista Pat. Lady Joy new single hot Me Hot, Feat. Sista Pat Coming Soon As reggae dancehall continues to take over mainstream record charts, the world is coming to know its riddimatic reflection of the young male Jamaican Reggae Artist Lady Joy. Singer/deejay [reggae rapper] Lady Joy is that rare outtalk other girl who’s proved to the dancehall frat that she’s meant for more than decorating. Hot Me Hot with smooth background harmonies. Gangsta Blues, Lady Joy first CD (Me Hot and Two-experienced), is raw, rebellious, and authentic, confirming her position at the dancehall. Lady Joy has performed in Columbia, British Virgin Islands, St. Martin Island, and Grand Cayman Islands as well as Jamaica and the U.S. Her new songs produced by Wild Fire Records, Inc. are: Carnage On the Road, Hot Me Hot, Me A Bad Girl, Remix, two-experienced, and will be available on her upcoming Album, Hot Me Hot. Check out her flavor! All Tracks Created by Trooper1 for Wildfire Record EXCLUSIVE to Wild Fire Records All Production Rights reserved by Producer and Executive Producer.

 8.  MAR 19, 2004 WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. CELEBRATES 24TH ANNIVERSARY: Mar 19, 2004 Wildfire Records Inc.  Celebrates 24th Anniversary. From the days of the 80, to today's WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. has been in the entertainment business more than twenty four years. By staying true to their roots, Wildfire Records has become a crucial link between reggae music and culture and an ever-growing market of reggae enthusiasts around the world. After 24 years in the game, the Messam family looks forward to the next quarter century with confidence, knowing that he have built a business that is poised to take Caribbean culture to the highest heights. Wildfire Records has come a long way from when it was first established over 24 years ago. Just a look at the changing signs at the Wildfire Records store' in PA shows how the company has evolved over time. Wildfire Records today has become a recognized brand name in reggae music and will continue to develop and further extend our products for all the fans of reggae, Hip-hop and soca music to enjoy.

 9.  WELCOME TO WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. & (WFRECORDS.COM). ON-LINE RETAIL STORE FRONT: For retail Orders copy the Links below and passed it’s in your browser, are click on the Links  (http://wfrecords.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?). Wholesale Orders Call TOLL FREE: 1-888-415-3900. This display frame built entirely for the (Wildfire Records/wfrecords.com) Storefront Development retailing products and a Management Company. All that you see in the display frame here is. Solely the result of buying Wildfire Records products. Except for this instruction text in the Wildfire Records. Though the volume of product records those forewords, can serve up to nearly limitless. Our store currently contains a total of 100 unique product records. Which are associated with 10 different product categories.

 10.  EARL MESSAM LOOKS TO TURN TRAGEDY INTOTRIUMPH, ON A COLD AND RAINY PHILADELPHIA AFTERNOON, APRIL 12–19, 2001 COVER STORY! THE MUSIC ISSUE, “FIRE & ICE” BY M.F. DIBELLA: Careful how you drive, cause you don’t know who’s crossin’ or runnin’." Wisdom imparted from a man engaged in a righteous struggle. For one who has become acquainted with hardship, the Promised Land seems like a deserved end to a treacherous journey. On a cold and rainy Philadelphia afternoon Earl Messam, CEO of the fledgling Philadelphia independent rap/reggae/R&B label Wildfire Records, opened his doors to discuss music, life and the inherent perils and pitfalls that go along with them.  Messam opened Wildfire Records And Variety in 1977 in his native Kingston, Jamaica. Wildfire doubled as a recording studio for aspiring dancehall reggae artists who would often frequent his store. For the better part of 13 years Messam ran the store and cultivated his love for music by producing, promoting artists and developing a marriage between two distinct styles of music, R&B and hardcore dancehall reggae. Messam’s work garnered him a distribution deal with Tuff Gong Records, label of the late Bob Marley. After producing a slew of number one hits in his native Jamaica and in England, Messam found his interests had grown large enough to leave Jamaica. Looking to "mix the reggae along with the hip-hop flavor," Messam found his way to Philadelphia in 1990, reopening Wildfire Records in Germantown in 1991, continuing to manage, produce and promote talent in the manner of his past endeavors.

 The road to the Promised Land took a tragic turn for Messam on Christmas Eve, 1995. At 8:15 p.m. Messam was shot 10 times in a robbery attempt around the corner from his Germantown apartment building. Messam’s expressive Jamaican brogue takes a turn for the severe when talking about that night, "I was taken to the hospital, God helped me fight picking’ up ten shots and make it. He helped me to have courage and gave me support from these [Wildfire] artists in the struggle." At one point that night the doctors had given up on Messam after his vital signs were failing, but Messam fought on and was miraculously resurrected. "It’s so sad, each time I remember what take place, if you had a tape of it to see you would cry, it’s like a bird taking up two little pebbles in the air and putting you back down." Today Messam is paralyzed from the waist down, but through strength of character and sheer determination Messam still runs Wildfire and looks for ways to help the youth growing up in his neighborhood: "I’m planning to go further and help people in the city, the young guys them… it’s more than just music." Messam looks at his label as a business but also as a means to better the lives of those in his community.

 11.  AUG 30, 2005 BIGG UP, ELLIJAH AND N.T.G. LAUNCHES PHILLY’S HOUSE OF REPRES. “EP” IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WFRECORDS.COM: Messam, together with his Wildfire cohorts, has put together the Philly House Of Representatives Project, a seven-song EP in which the artists make no bones about which city they’re from. The EP features the various rugged flavors of six of the artists on the label (Trooper One, Elijah, Biggup, Paperboy, Nate The Great and the I.M.O.). Each does their thing on a track backed by sparse beats provided by Trooper One and then team up for the posse cut, "Go Philly." But Wildfire is more than just a rap label and Messam is quick to point out that he is constantly seeking out "fresh new artists and new flavors," whether it is R&B, dancehall or even gospel.

Wildfire is not short on talent and evidence came in the form of a surprise impromptu performance during the interview from Lady Joy, a dancehall artist Messam is currently working with. Two of the artists appearing on the House of Representatives project were also present, listening attentively to their inspirational mentor. The boisterous Biggup, passionate and well versed in the business side of the music industry and Elijah, the youngest artist on the label though one wouldn’t know it from his professional attitude. Both artists discussed the philosophy behind the label. The Wildfire goal is to develop Philadelphia into a viable and self-contained production, distribution and marketing entity. Wildfire is a close-knit unit, more like a family than a business enterprise. When asked if he would let a major label pick Wildfire up Messam replied, "only for distribution, don’t want to sell out my boys, a company can pick you up then drop you down and kill you."

Messam is a man who caught a glimpse of the other side of life and lived to tell about it. With a powerful spirit he aims toward peace and the greater good; he is selfless and determined to make fortune out of tragedy. When asked where he would like to be in five years he simply replied: "I would like to be with you," he says, "we sit down talk, talk about some good life and what we’re going to do for the city, what we’re going to do for the young guys coming up."

 Wildfire’s Philly House Of Representatives, Volume 1 can be found at Continuous Motion, 2808 Germantown Ave.; Cue Records, 617 S. Fourth St.; Tower Records, 610 South St. and other stores. For a complete list and booking info contact Earl Messam, 215-844-3639.

 12.  SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2001 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Various Artists ''Wild Fire Records Inc. Presents Philly's House of Representatives'' (Wild Fire **1/2). This seven-song sampler is the debut release from a Germantown hip-hop Label owned by Jamaican Produced Earl Messam Its street-tough raps vary wildly in quality, and Trooper 1's Chicken head '' is as run-of-the-mill as its title implies. The disc showcases promising talent, though, from the quick-tongued rhyme masters Elijah and Bigg Up to the bilingual storytelling of French-speaking Master Cipher on ''Pull Up a Chair.''

 13.  HOMETOWN BOY SET A “WILD FIRE RECORDS” IN THE HOOD BY. NAPOLEON F. KINGCADE WESTSIDE NEWS CORRESPONDENT: The six-man ''Squad'' from a local record label. Wild Fire Records, say Philly his to represent and show more love when singers and rappers search for record deals outside the city. Members of Wild Fire a hip-hop reggae and R&B independent label, do agree a great deal of our Philly artists end up lading record deals in other cities like New York, California and Atlanta. Wild Fire says ‘‘that's really whack!'' According to west Philly rappers Biggup and Kwe ''Trooper 1 ''Cooper (both members of ''Wild Fire''), this part of the music industry has to change in Philly. That’s why this six-man-rap group from west Philly and Germantown joined forces on the record label to give Philly artists an opportunity to blow up their music in Philly.’ what we are trying to do is change the whole music game and get respect,'' said Elijah, one of the star rappers in the Wild Fire camp. ‘‘We are trying to prove that you can stay and make your music here.’ Elijah, a Temple University student, said many Philly rappers and singers change their style once they sing with a major record label outside the city. He said many record labels force artists to change their style for corporate reasons, which he feels is not a good tings for Philly.’ we don't have to sound this way or look this way to make it in the music.

 14.  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21. GERMANTOWN COURIER.5 LOCAL RAPPERS SEEKING TO UPGRADE PHILADELPHIA’S HIP-HOP PROFILE (RAPPERS FROM PAGE 1):Come in to buy candy and treats for themselves before school.  Little did they know that he was the guiding force behind such reggae and dance hall stars of the early 90's like Mad Lion, Mad Cobra and Patra? He had a small studio in the back of his store and occasionally he'd let some of the kids use it. Elijah was one of those kids and it's been a friendship ever since. Tragically, Messam was shot and confined to a wheelchair after being shot numerous times during an attempted robbery of his store. But he never let his condition slow him down. ''It's hard but you have to work with love and unity'' he says.’ I’m trying to build up the city and my strength is in the love that these young man have for what they want to promote. But I don’t see it as a cultural difference; it's more of a difference in how you sell the product. That's why I'm fighting for everyone to come together. We what to take hip-hop ever forth.'' Trooper1 his become Messam's Prentice, taking over the studio and production aspects and making beat and rhymes that fit the unique styles of the individual rappers. He produced the first album and he urges everyone that if you're ''looking for tracks, ask for Kwe.''The hardest obstacle for the group has been getting their product sold in local stores. Today, you can get copies of their album at Tower Record Store at 15th and Walnut. But you won’t find it Hi-Tech or Sound of Germantown, a major slip in the face, according to Bigg Up. ''Germantown store are not selling local rappers records and mix tapes because they've had problems in the past with other groups cosigning their tapes, ''he says.’ The problem is that there isn't really any respect for manufacturing in Philly. We have one of the strongest underground markets in the world. We're trying to market and promote an artist base and if we do that to benefits everyone'' ''It’s not an easy business, ''adds Elijah. ''You have to stay patient and focused. We're struggling a bit now and paying our dues, but that's how you separate the weak from the strong.''

 15.  PHILADELPHIA NEW OBSERVER, DECEMBER 13, 2000 CHRISTMAS KWANZAA GUIDE: Philly's House of Representatives If you thought C. Delores Tucker was going to make it to the senate, there is no doubt that those rugged, gritty, grimy playas from West Philly would have to be in another legislative branch. Philly's House of Representatives have released their banging CD under the aegis of Wild Fire Records Inc. what? What! What. The CD features all of them: "Bigg Up", "Trooper 1”,"I.M.O.", "Elijah", "B.F.", "N.T.G". We first heard of "I.M.O." in France just about

The time of the release of our Hip Hop Film, Rap ET Islam. He and his brother were all up inside the Rap and Reggae community of Bordeaux, Paris St Denis and running sand all along La seine This was when Helene and Celia were working with that remarkable Hip Hop Publication, Radial. This is even before they blow up as Les Nubians, Cause they all Nubians. Of Show, so we been knowing I.M.O. had Skills, Everybody from Chester Avenue to Bailey Road be knowing that. But Elijah comes out the wilderness like he spoke to the Master. B.F. and N.T.G. just hurting something for reel and Trooper 1 and Bigg Up will sneak you on that MIC if you don't got skills. Given the diverse skill base and plutonic energy of Philly's House of Representatives, it would take Wild Fire Records to set it off those posters and CDs are all over Philly. No excuse. Pick It Up That old dirty underground Philly sound that makes Nelly forget his country grammar. He'll be saying Salaam, soon.  

 16.  NEWS CLIP!! APRIL 27-MAY 3, 2001 THE WESTSIDE WEEKLY INDUSTRY: "added Elijah about the music business. "I can be from Philly and still represent. We always had the strongest underground music talent in the world. All we are Tiring to do is the people stay or come here to do their music. We have the connections right here."  Members of Wild Fire Records made a lot of noise three weeks ago when they appeared on WPHI-103.9 FM's new afternoon show, new Artist spotlight. Wild Fire made no bones about what city they represented. They played a few tracks from their seven-song compilation CD "Philly's House of Representative” and a few 103.9 listeners were feelin' their Philly beat. It felt good to debut on a major radio station and hear people tell you they heard you,” said Elijah. At this time, Wild Fire is feeling really good about its compilation album and dedicated track "Go Philly" which talks a whole lot about the city of Philadelphia and the 'hood. Another song that's feathered on the group's compilation CD, which this reporter considers to be of good taste, is entitled Elijah, which features the rapping skills of Elijah as he raps about his notorious self. The other tracks on their CD album are rather rugged and too hardcore for the average music listener. Despite Their hardcore rap style and overbearing street lyrics, Wild Fire has good intentions of being one of the better rap representatives in this city. "We don't intend to promote violence because because violence doesn't serve its purpose in life," said Eilijah."We do feature Street songs, but it's our intentions not to promote violence. We rather promote our different music styles, the way people know music to be." Wild Fire's CEO and founder, Earl Messam Started the group's record label back in 1977 in Kingston, Jamaica, where he operated and ran a music studio in the back of a variety store. Messam promoted and produced many reggae artists while stringing along a stew of number one hits in his native land of Jamaica and England. Messam was the guidance and driving force behind such dance hall reggae stars as Mad Lion, Mad Cobra, Bob Marley and Patra.Looking to mix reggae with American hip-hop, Messam decided to move his music empire to Philadelphia in the heart of Germantown, at 5550 Morris Street, where several new members of Wild Fire were discovered coming into his store. The road to success took a crazy turn forth worse for Messam on Christmas Eve, 1995 when he was shot 10 times inside his new store by a couple of vicious robbers. Elijah, who stopped by the store two hours before the robbery shooting, said Messam was pronounced dead for 20 minutes by the paramedics, but miraculously was revived before the ambulance got him to the hospital. Elijah calls Messam's `resurrection' a miracle. "It’s an inspiration for everybody about his survival,” said Elijah about the CEO's near death experience.” It humbles you to appreciate life when you hear something like that happen,” today, Messam is paralyzed from the waist down and is confined to a wheel chair. But he still runs the record label. Messam's robbers were never caught. Elijah and the rest of the Wild Fire crew said they vowed to "create a major impact on the hip-hop world" for their hardworking CEO. Today the Wild Fire record boys are preparing for a major performance at the Philadelphia Music Conference and they plan to do a series of club bookings for WPHI-103 FM. Other artists featured on the Wild Fire record label includes: paperboy, I.M.C (I Master Ciphers), B.F. (Ben Jamin Franklin) and N.T.G (Nate The Great). Each of the six artists contributed to the Philly's House of Representative EP album CD.

 Hip -Hop lovers can pick up copies of Wild Fire's compilation CD at the following neighborhood records stores: monks record Store, 5141 Baltimore Ave., Spruce Street Records of upper Darby on 69th, and Music and More at 3210 Chestnut St. For show booking, you can contact Wild Fire at 215 844-3639. Also, you can e-mail Wild Fire at: Wildfire@wfrecords.com.

 17.  (RECORD REVIEW) ENTER WITH POWER, TITLE RESPECT WOMAN WRITER E. BROWN SINGER COMMENDER COBRA LABEL WILD FIRE RECORDS PRODUCER EARL MESSAM: April 12, 1987 Congratulations to Deejay Mad Cobra first Records 45 R.P.M. single “Respect Woman” produced Arr. And Distributed by Earl Messam, The Cobra has a touch of every successful deejay pinned his own tasteful addition to the art. Which mean that he is poised for the top. His pointed and positive lyrics on this hit dance has rhythm is worthy of attention hope he will get his due exposure.    

 Cobra coiled to sting again KEVIN JACKSON, Observer write Saturday, April 12, 2003 Deejay Mad Cobra, one of the success stories of the dancehall in the early 1990s, is hoping to sting once again now that he has signed a new management contract with Paul "Bankey" Giscombe's Bankeylous Management. The 35 year-old toasters, who shot to fame in 1992 with the gold-selling single Flex, told Throb that he is also in discussion with major labels to work on some projects. In a recent interview with Throb, Cobra gave little information about the projects but says they are promising enough to see him making a comeback. "I am working out the logistics right now with the companies. There are several offers on the table, but I cannot say anything at this time," he said. He disclosed that his latest album, Mixed Personalities, is due to be released soon by the Florida-based independent label GMP Records that has a distribution pact with the Universal Music Group. Betrayal is earmarked as the first single to be released from Mixed Personalities. Since splitting with the Miami-based Shang organisation, Cobra's career has declined somewhat. The Shang team, headed by Clifton "Specialist" Dillon, produced Mad Cobra's Hard to Wet Easy to dry album for Epic Records. Giscombe, a former jockey, was part of the Shang team, which also had Billboard riders Shabba Ranks and Patra, on their roster during the early 1990s. Although he has not had a hit locally in some time, Mad Cobra has racked up several hit singles on reggae charts in the United Kingdom and the United States in the last three years. His Press Trigger on the Black Shadow label's Buzz rhythm raced up the Miami and UK Reggae charts last summer. His latest overseas hit is Haunted, another Black Shadow production.

 Originally from the Barbican area of St Andrew, Cobra relocated to Islington, St Mary as a youth. The first song he recorded was Respect Woman on the Wildfire Records label, produced by Earl Messam. That was the record that introduced me to world, Later he moved to producer Donovan German’s Penthouse label, where he scored hits with Yush, Bad Boy, Gundelero and Tek Him.

 The funky Flex remains his biggest hit; it went to number one on Billboard's Rap Singles chart in 1992, and in 1993 he teamed with Richie Stephens on the UK chart hit, Legacy. Besides Epic, Cobra was also signed to EMI Records for which he did one album, The Milkman.

 18.  AUG 30, 1984 MICHAEL ALEXANDER JOHNSON A/K/A DADDY SCREW WAS DISCOVER BY EARL A. MESSAM CEO OF WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. WHO PRODUCED HIS FIRST RECORD ENTITLED “DIMBO BUCKET” AND "MADDA MAMPIE”:  That Put 'Daddy Screw on the map, also 'Daddy Screw and Mad Cobra was one of the best young Deejay on my Recording Label. Daddy Screw Michael Alexander Johnson otherwise called 'Daddy Screw' was born on March 29, 1968 and grew up in the Rollington Town area of Kingston. His mother and grandmother who were very strict insisted than he attends two church services every Sunday at the Church of God of Prophecy Religion. A past student of Vauxhall Comprehensive High School, during his years there he showed a lot of in music and was well known to everyone who was always eager to hear him deejay. His first release was 'Dimbo Bucket' in 1984 while he was still in school.

He then became a full time disc jockey for Black Stone Sound System. "I would flip the record and play the instrumental version, deejay to it and crowd would erupt," he said. As a result he was approached by Earl Messam who produced and Distributed his first record on the Wildfire Records label entitled “Dimbo Bucket” and "Madda Mampie", Study you Book, Great Pretender, Genuine man and Sound Boy Killer which they all did fairly well.

 Eventually he met two brothers Tony and Dave Kelley, who played a big role in moving forward his career. Tony did an x-rated song with Daddy Screw called "Gal Yuh Look Good," Dave Kelley heard it and liked it and told him that xrated records never get radio exposure so he should change his lyrics. He followed Dave's advice and began dedicating his toime to Penthouse Studios where he linked Terror Fabulous. In 1990, he and Terror Fabulous along with Dave Kelley as producer formed the Madhouse Label. Stardom struck and hits after hits were released including "Body Good Like A Gold" and "Model Pon Yuh One Time Man" which topped the Jamaican and British reggae charts. International tours also became a part of his routine with trips to England, Sweden, Japan and the US. When the industry became overcrowded with similar styles he made a change and did combinations with a singer, Donovan Steele and evolving from his change were classic inventions such as "Kerry" and "Big Tings A Gwaan." He returned to singing alone in 1995 when Steelie and Clevie produced "Remember The Days" from his album "Multiple Choice." Other songs which were released in the year after were "Jump and Say Bey" "Pretty Pretty" and "Matey Judgement." Daddy Screw now works out mainly at the 2000 Studio and his future seems to have bigger things in store.

 19.  AUG 30, 2006 N.T.G/NATE THE GREAT HIP HOP ALBUM “SUKAFREE” WILL BE LAUNCHING: skillfully arranged, the melodies on the style put to gather will pulsate thru your body spontaneously. N.T.G album Sukafree is one of the very best for NTG.  This is just an example of what N.T.G is capable of creating. I performed at the New Second Cousins at 5th and Germantown Ave. when I was 19.  I was like 21-22 years old when I opened for “Lil Kim” and Horace at Bahama Bay on Delaware Ave. I've been through so many managers and sold so many dreams but it's more than that - HIP-HOP is my way of life. Later I ran into Kwe' and Bigg-Up in a barber shop, and we started free styling. From there we sat and talked about what those plans were and what I was working on.  We bumped heads again and they took me to Earl, and the rest is the future.

20.  MAY 02, 2002 CRAIG SIGNS TO WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. CRAIG DWYER BORN, 17, 1973 AT KINGSTON: First R&B Gospel Reggae Album “Jesus Foot Steep” by Craig Dwyer, skillfully arranged, these melodies & harmonies pulsate thru your body spontaneously. Wildfire Records Compilation release “Jesus Foot Steep” album featuring 4 artists. This compilation is just an example of what Wildfire Records is capable of creating. Some of the Artist that had an influence on my concepts are artists such as Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, The O Jays, The Dels, Teddy, Commodores, Marvin Gaye, baby face, etc; I can go on and on, however, the reason why I appreciate their music is due to the fact that they are conscious about the reality of their environment, and their lyrics is something one can relate to according to their own world.   With practice, I became an R&B Gospel singer, and use to be a member of a ministry called Holiness.  I had several groups, "Embrace," etc, and sang in many different places.   Because of my singing and my tonality, I became a major player in Wild Fire Records Inc.  My goal is to distribute conscious lyrics such as those of the 60's and the 70's.  My mission is to distribute music that is beneficiary to young ones as well as adults.  This is an example of some of the lyrics is write.  'I have been criticized, I have been ostracized, by people who try to keep me down, but they cannot conquer me, oh no, because I have got the father on my side," peace.     

21.  MAY 04, 2005 WILD FIRE RECORDS SIGNS CRAIG AMAKER/RAZN PRAZ MUSIC SINGER/ SONGWRITER/PRODUCER GOSPEL REGAINS ITS MUSICAL ROOTS IN AMKER: Premiering with a message, he revives the melodic vocal style that had put gospel on the charts. Amaker's original songs are founded on a solid R&B rhythm section, Hip-hop, enhanced by combinations of traditional gospel, with jazz overtones, and a strong message.

  “I WILL SING AND MAKE JOYFUL MUSIC UNTO THE LORD PSALM 101:1”

 Amaker delivers a strong message for all to take as encouragement. He explores the excitement of his music with a feel of groove, strength, comfort, truth with love, and urges us to spread the word. Amaker who is an accomplished Singer/Songwriter/Producer who learned of his talent while in elementary school playing the trumpet. He continued through high school playing in concert band and many other school events. Upon graduating from high school Amaker performed with various local bands playing the trumpet. From the trumpet he went on to singing and arranging for the bands. In 2001 and 2002 Amaker performed at the Gospel Fest in New Haven, CT. He also performed at the Teen Challenge Youth Explosion in 2002 and 2003. Amaker was nominated for best male vocalist in 2001 at the Connecticut Gospel Music Awards at which he also performed. Amaker has been interviewed on many local radio stations, performed at many local churches, coffeehouses, and outreach centers, attended and participated in music workshops throughout the state. In 2002 Amaker released his first CD titled "Count It All Joy". Now he has completed his second CD, which is titled "By His Spirit". Amaker is on the warpath to do the work of the LORD. Currently Amaker is lead and background vocalist for the Praise and Worship team, and Youth Choir Director at the Cornerstone Christian Center, Milford, CT were he is a member. WILD FIRE RECORDS INC. will also feature Craig Amaker on the “New Spirit” CD, DVD and TAPE! In addition to his day job, Amaker has embarked on his new project, which he is responsible for writing, music, arrangements, and production. He has worked with musicians such as Lamont Williams, Bernice Mills, and many others. Winston Spence/LSW Music Productions/Recording Studio. 380 Farmington Avenue. Waterbury, CT 06710. Sign to WILD FIRE RECORDS Inc. /WFRECORDS.COM in Philadelphia.  Distributing head office and publishing agent contact N0: 215 844-3639.

 22.  ORIGINS IN AFRICA- ORIGINS OF RASTAFARI FROM KING SOLOMON TO HAILE SELASSIE I: The source of Rastafarian lies in a specific geographical area, the Nile Valley, a huge region that includes Egypt in the North and Ethiopia in the south. The philosophy at the heart of Rastafarian is gathered from the soul of this part of Africa. For example, it acknowledges Ra, revered by the Egyptians as the god of the sun, as a life-giving force, and accepts that mankind is not separate or different from God, or Jah, an abbreviation for Jehovah.

 KING SOLOMON. In the time of King Solomon, Queen Makeba ruled over the empire of Sheba, which consisted of Ethiopia, Egypt and parts of Persia. The Queen's visit to the wealthy and wise Solomon in Jerusalem had been planned for many years. In Jerusalem, Solomon converted her to the God of Abraham; she had until then worshipped the sun in the person of Ra the sun-god. When she returned to her land, Queen Makeba changed the religion of her empire to Judaism. On her return, Makeba was pregnant by Solomon; she had promised him that if she bore a son she would send the boy to Jerusalem for instruction by his father. Accordingly, her son Menelik journeyed, as a young man, to meet Solomon, having sworn to his mother that as heir and successor to the kingdom he would return to Ethiopia. When Menelik was leaving Jerusalem, King Solomon saw to it that he was accompanied by the sons of his priests: he wanted to ensure that the religion of Abraham would continue in Ethiopia. As a result, this religion existed there in an undiluted form.

CHRISTIANITY/JUDAISM. At the heart of Rastafari lie the Egyptian mysteries, the sort that may be found in The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The elements of Judaism within Rastafari are themselves an offspring of Egyptian mysticism. This became institutionalized by Moses; when adopted by the High Priest's daughter in Egypt, he was taught the principles of Osiris, Isis and other Egyptian gods. For his final initiation he traveled to Ethiopia. The source of Judaism was the teaching of Moses. As tradition has it, Moses was author of the first five books of the Bible (the sixth and seventh books of Moses are considered to be too complex for the common man to comprehend; there is a famous obeah textbook entitled The Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses).

During the time of Christianity, however, Paul the Apostle converted an Ethiopian eunuch to Christianity. This eunuch was a high-placed, respected rabbi of Orthodox Judaism. When he returned to Ethiopia, he in turn converted the country to Christianity. So began the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, a pure form of Christianity that kept its connection with its Judaic and Egyptian pasts, all elements within Rastafari. This church had considerable influence on the 225th king (descended directly from King David, who, in turn, was descended from Moses). This member of Ethiopian royalty was Ras Tafari, Emperor Haile Selassie I. Before his visit to Jamaica on 21 April 1966, Haile Selassie had already established the Ethiopian
 Orthodox Church there, in answer to a request from the island's Rastafarians.

 23.  THE RISE OF RASTAFARI IN JAMAICA, THE MOVEMENT SPREADS IN 1930s JAMAICA: In Jamaica, as elsewhere in the world, the 1930s were years of social upheaval. Labor unrest on the island culminated in the vicious suppression of striking sugar-cane workers in Westmoreland: four strikers were shot dead, and dozens rounded up and jailed, including Alexander Bustamente, the leader of the new Jamaican labour movement. It was a perfect context for the rise of a band of islanders who divorced themselves mentally from an oppressive social system. This cult, Rastafarianism, thus became cast as a religion of the dispossessed among those who failed to acknowledge the intellectual rigor of many practitioners (the depth of Biblical and historical knowledge displayed at a Rastafarian reasoning is intense).

In the hills of eastern Jamaica, Rastafarian encampments sprang up; a life of asceticism and artistry became the Armour of the religion's followers against Babylon. Leonard Howell, one of the island's chief propagators of the religion, founded the Pinnacle encampment in an abandoned estate between Kingston and Spanish Town. Howell eventually decided that it was not Haile Selassie who was Jah but himself. In 1954 he was thrown into a mental home, and Pinnacle was closed down.

The dreads, as Rastafarians became known colloquially, spilled out into the ghettoes of west Kingston. Around the time of independence in 1962, there were a number of violent incidents involving fire-arms between Rasta’s and the police, making headlines in the Daily Gleaner. The movement was now traveling with the speed of a bush-fire into the popular psyche of Jamaica.

 24.  MORTIMER PLANNER-RASTA ELDER INFLUENCED BOB MARLEY: In 1939, as an early convert to Rastafari, Planner had moved to Trench Town. Born in Kingston in 1920, he was one of the founder members of Kingston's first Rastafarian encampment in the Dungle. His devout studies of all matters connected with the faith, combined with his brilliant intellect, established Planner, or 'Plano', as he simply became known, as one of the elders of Rastafari.

Marley and Planno met up in Trench Town, the Rastafarian elder instructing Bob on the arcane truths of the religion. Later, Planno would be Bob's manager, coordinating their careers, arranging studio sessions, etc.

 25.  H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I VISIT JAMAICA: On 21 April 1966, an event of extraordinary significance was to occur for all followers of Rastafari. His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, was due to arrive at Kingston airport. Away in Delaware at the time, Bob Marley had written to his wife Rita: 'If possible, go and see for yourself.'

From her vantage point on Winward Road, which leads in from Palisadoes airport, Rita Marley had what was perhaps the most profound of many remarkable, God-given experiences she would enjoy in her life.

Seated in Governor-General Clifford Campbell's purring official limousine, Haile Selassie was driven into Kingston. Rita eased her way to the front of the crowd on this section of the Winward Road and stood in the warm, light rain, waiting for the car to come nearer. Rita was anxious. She had made a secret pact: if, somehow, she saw the sign she was looking for, she would accept the divine status of Haile Selassie.
 

26.  WHO IS HAILE SELASSIE I? H.I.M. HAILE SELASSIE I: When, in 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen, great-grandson of King Saheka Selassie of Shoal, was made Emperor of Ethiopia and proclaimed Negusa Negast (King of Kings), Jamaica's slum-dwellers and rural poor, for whom Garvey had been something of a gallant oracle, regarded this event as the fulfillment of a prophecy of deliverance. Indeed, Ethiopia had symbolized all of Africa for the slave-descended Jamaicans since as far back as 1784, when American Baptist minister George Liele founded the Ethiopian Baptist Church on the island. These "Garveyites" were awed by newspaper and newsreel accounts of the pomp of Selassie's coronation in Addis Ababa and took note of the sybolism in the choice of his formal title, Haile Selassie being an honorific meaning "Power of the Holy Trinity." Selassie, they knew, claimed to be directly descended from King Solomon, so they reasoned that he must be the long-awaited savior of the planet's far-flung African peoples.

In Africa, Selassie was hailed as the greatest of modern monarchs and a symbol of the continent's vast potential. In the United States, residents of Harlem jammed movie houses to watch the newsreel footage of his coronation. And in the Caribbean, as elsewhere in the West, the advent of Selassie's reign was taken as shining proof for all downtrodden people of color that, as the back-to-Africa Garveyites and the firebrands of the syncretistic Rastafarian cult had foretold, the day of Deliverance was at hand.

To the Garveyites, Haile Selassie I was a hero without peer. To the Rastafarians he was the Living God of Abraham and Isaac, He Whose Name Should Not Be Spoken.

 27.  MARCOUS GARVEY-GARVEY’S PROPHECY FOR AN AFRICAN KING WAS THE SEED FOR JAMAICAN RASTAFARI: Garvey, who had been born in St. Ann in 1887 and founded the United Negro Improvement Association, spoke to an audience at Madison Square Garden in New York of "Ethiopia, land of our fathers," and proclaimed that 'Negroes' believed in "the God of Ethiopia, the everlasting God." Most significantly, he is often cited as the first to announce "Look to Africa for the crowning of a Black King; He shall be the Redeemer." (Later there was some debate about this: was it Garvey who said these words? An associate of his, the Reverend James Morris Webb, the author of A Black Man will be the Coming Universal King, Provey by Biblical History, had spoken to the same effect at a meeting in 1924.) The "Look to Africa . . ." statement is customarily cited as the spark that galvanized Garveyites into founding the sect that came to be known as Rastafarianism (so called because "Ras Tafari" was Selassie's given name.)

28.  UNTIL THE PHILOSOPHY WHICH HOLD ONE RACE SUPERIOR AND ANOTHER: inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war, Rasta Earl from Wildfire Records say no more war" all nation Rise up and live.

 29.  INTERVIEW WITH JOURNALIST, AUTHOR AND RASTA MAKEDA: Interview with Journalist, Author and Rasta: Makeda Makeda has published the guide book "Rastafari: The New Creation", served as Jamaica's first Independent Senator in the Parliament, and was one of the first journalists to cover Jamaica's burgeoning Reggae scene in the 1970s. Island life asks Makeda about her life, the Rasta Information Service, the Rastafari Nation, herb, politics and music.

30.  JAMAICA A SHORT HISTORY: The Caribbean island of Jamaica has had a far greater impact on the rest of the world than one would expect from a country with a population of under three million.

In the seventeenth century, for example, Jamaica was the world centre of piracy. From its capital of Port Royal, buccaneers led by Captain Henry Morgan plundered the Spanish Main, bringing such riches to the island that it became as wealthy as any of Europe's leading trading centres. In 1692, four years after Morgan's death, Port Royal disappeared into the Caribbean in an earthquake. Such a karmic sense of poetry is Jamaica. A Rebellious Spirit A piratic, rebellious spirit has been central to the attitude of Jamaicans ever since. This is clear in the lives of Nanny, the woman who led a successful slave revolt against the English redcoats in 1738; of Marcus Garvey, who became the first prophet of black self determination in the 1920s, founding the Black Star shipping line, intended to transport descendants of slaves back to Africa; and of Bob Marley, the Third World's first superstar, with his musical gospel of love and global unity. Jamaica was known by its original settlers, the Arawak Indians, as the Island of Springs. And it is in the high country that Jamaica's unconscious resides: the primal Blue Mountains and hills are the repository of most of Jamaica's legends, a dream-like landscape that provides ample material for an arcane mythology.

It was here, to the safety of these impenetrable hills, that bands of former slaves fled, after they were freed and armed by the Spanish to fight the English when they seized the island in 1655. The Maroons, as they became known, founded a community and underground state that would fight a guerrilla war against the English settlers on and off for nearly eighty years.