Dj Ready Red's New Cd Project

In 2014 I'm currently working on a new album with a former original Ghetto Boy Prince Johnny C and working a book about my life and times in the music biz! Hope to have album by the late spring or early summer!

In January 1987, I moved from Trenton, New Jersey to Houston, Texas to do production work for an upstart independent label called Rap-A-Lot Records. It had some success with a single called Car Freaks by a group called The Ghetto Boys. Calling it a success was an understatement since the record only sold 1000 copies! I began working with the group producing their debut album, Making Trouble. The record sold 100,000 copies out the box and made enough noise to land the group a spot on the Fat Boys' 1988 Wipe Out Tour alongside such acts like Salt-N-Pepa, Dana Dane and Ice-T.
Throughout multiple personnel changes I continue to craft a distinctive sound for the group, firmly establishing myself as a key member. I produced our next album as well. Entitled Grip It! On Another Level, it also introduced the world to a classic lineup that would make history---Willie D, Scarface and Bushwick Bill. Grip It! sold 300,000 copies with no major airplay, attracting the attention of hip-hop producer and Def Jam founder Rick Rubin. During the mid eighties Rick and his partner Russell Simmons had the hottest roster in rap music with artists like LL Cool J, Public Enemy and the Beastie Boys.
By 1988, Rick started his Def American label, wanting to establish a more alternative musical vibe that was more rebellious and edgy. Rick picked up our album and remixed it, giving it new life and exposure to national audience. He also gave us a new name. The Geto Boys. The controversy behind the record's content pushed us further into the spotlight.
By this time our group carved out a solid reputation for delivering reality based material and a gritty production style that matched the rhymes line for line. During sessions for our next album We Can't Be Stopped began, I realized our checks didn't reflect the success we were having and I didn't like it. When I confronted the label to address our financial compensation, things took a turn for the worse and I left. Stopped and our single "Mind Playin Tricks" became the biggest hits of our career selling a million copies apiece along with massive video rotation but I was nowhere to be found::

Since around 2009 I have actively started my production company have worked on some projects for other artists but this new project is something for the fans that miss my sound and what I can bring back that's missing in Hip Hop that being innovative and a solid foundation of the culture!