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Click here to check out the premiere of “Message In The Bottle” on HipHopDX. The hit single with Yung Bleu was also part of XXL Magazine’s “Bangers This Week”. Yung Bleu (Bad Azz Music Syndicate/Columbia Records) is currently on a major tour with Kevin Gates.

“Message In The Bottle” features 16-year-old singer Iliana Eve. Iliana has worked with Funny Mike aka 22 Savage, Cyhi The Prynce and Snoop Dogg’s Doggy Style Records. She survived a violent home invasion that was perpetrated by her former neighbor.

“Message In The Bottle” is produced by Jonathan Hay and Ranna Royce and appears on the upcoming LP ‘Jail Tattoos’ that is being released on November 9th through Hoodlum Ball Records / SMH Records.

“I like how ‘Message In The Bottle’ turned out. It sounds like a real big record. I like the vibes and it’s a chill song. I worked with Jon [Hay] and Mike [Smith] and them because they seem to always be getting #1 Billboard albums and plaques. Other than all that, come see me on the road with Gates for The Luca Brasi 3 Tour.” – Yung Bleu to HipHopDX

“Cannabis companies need to hire publicists who are passionate about weed themselves,” said Jonathan Hay, a publicist and music producer who’s now working on the hip-hop albums “The Hoodlum Comedy Club” and “Jail Tattoos.”

“If your publicity firm doesn’t get cannabis culture, it won’t be able to come up with creative ideas to strategically market your marijuana product, either.”

Read the full story here:

https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/18/10/12466715/5-ways-cannabis-companies-use-pr-to-succeed

“Elvis” by Slim Jesus x Jonathan Hay x Ranna Royce is featured on “Bangers This Week” by XXL Magazine.

“Ohio’s most controversial rapper, Slim Jesus, is back with the new single ‘Elvis’ a collaboration with Jonathan Hay from the upcoming album Jail Tattoos, The song was produced by Jonathan Hay and Ranna Royce on which Hay flips Public Enemy’s classic ‘Fight The Power’ for the violent sonic backdrop that is perfect for viral star Slim Jesus.” – Nancy Byron, Publicist (Joyner Lucas, Chamillionaire)

Bubba Sparxxx is back! and having a beautiful day!! Sparxxx became a household name from his massive radio hits with Timblaland and The Dungeon Family such as “Ugly”, “Deliverance”, “Ms New Booty” (ft. Ying Yang Twins), etc. Sparxxx is still active and part of Yelawolf’s Slumerican family. Mr Sparxxx felt the Holy Spirit and jumped on the single “Beautiful Day” with Mike Smith and Jonathan Hay from the forthcoming album ‘Jail Tattoos’.

Check it out here – http://roughstock.com/track/2018/09/43371-mike-smith-jonathan-hay-featuring-bubba-sparxxx-beautiful-day-remix

Bio from AllMusic:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/smith-and-hay-mn0003712915/biography

Versatile production duo Jonathan Hay and Mike Smith, aka Smith and Hay, have made a name in hip-hop, R&B, and jazz. Since releasing their recorded debut single, the ballad “Maybe,” in 2017, Smith and Hay have collaborated with the likes of Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, Parliament-Funkadelic’s Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey, and heavyweight session musician Jerry Hey, along with numerous newcomers including vocalist Ranna Royce. A deluxe edition of the duo’s guest-filled lounge-rap album Jazz. topped Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart in 2018, and within months was followed by comparatively street- and pop-oriented Whoodlum Ball, which involved veteran MCs and younger vocalists amid references to the Archies and Elvis Presley.

The duo’s work together naturally extended to the recording studio. In 2014, Smith and Hay joined forces with King Tech for When Music Worlds Collide, which featured a variety of noted hip-hop artists, including Inspectah Deck, Cyhi the Prynce, Royce da 5’9″, and Kool G Rap, and many more. The album was released in May 2015, with a revised and expanded edition, Deluxe: When Music Worlds Collide, following in July 2016. Eager to prove that their talents didn’t begin and end with rap, in September 2017 Smith and Hay issued Jazz., an ambitious effort that mixed jazz with elements of hip-hop and R&B. A reworked and expanded edition, Jazz Deluxe, followed in January 2018 and topped Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart. Only a few months later, they cracked the Billboard 200 with The Whoodlum Ball. Presented by DJ Whoo Kid with vocalist Ranna Royce present throughout, the album likewise involved numerous guests, including RZA and Jerome “Bigfoot” Brailey, and contained references to songs popularized by Elvis Presley (“Can’t Help Falling in Love”), the Archies (“Sugar, Sugar”), and Marcy Playground (“Sex and Candy”).

Direct link: https://www.allmusic.com/artist/smith-and-hay-mn0003712915/biography

The Whoodlum Ball by Smith & Hay, Ranna Royce and DJ Whoo Kid hit 8 different Billboard charts including: #1 Billboard Heatseeker Albums, #9 Rap Album Sales, #11 Independent Albums, #13 Hip-Hop/R&B. #16 Digital Albums, #51 Top Current Albums, #54 Album Sales and #156 on the Billboard 200.

Click on the following news reports about the Billboard charting album:

http://www.telegram.com/news/20180525/worcester-artists-make-mark-on-chart-rising-album-the-whoodlum-ball

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/314377

The Whoodlum Ball (Special Edition) is available now!!!