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NEWS ARCHIVESSeptember 30thSupreme Hits Volume One: Supreme Records if officially here. On Saturday, September 30th 2006, Supreme Records officially released its first album. Titled, Supreme Hits Volume One, the music album is a collection of sixteen (16) songs recorded by Supreme Inc artists. There are two medleys on the album – each medley has eight songs. Supreme Records wish to acknowledge the following friends of Supreme Records who contributed to the making of this very powerful collection: Nicky, Babs, Simeon, Ledo, Kimbo, JohnBoy, Augusta Baby, Panu, Sensii, Philo, Ray, MoFire, the great Apache, JBass and anyone else. We appreciate your efforts.
Artists featured on the most amazing album of 2006 are:
Medley One: Intro by Freaky Joe taken from the album Hold Strong; Friends by Freaky Joe taken from the album Hold Strong; Salone Music by Lucky Rock; A dae Cry by Nazz; Tarzan by Martial Love; Bigtime Reggae by YouthMan; Fet nor Fine by Snow-V taken from the album Matti; Love Ride by Slash G taken from the album What is Love?; Titi Make-Make by Young Hustlers featuring Tonee!
Medley Two: This Christmas by V; Dance by Angel S; I really love You by SKYY; Good Niggaz by Biggie Flyte; Wahala Dae by Angel S; Winner by Slash G featuring Lenny taken from the album What is Love?; Ms Pretty by Martial Love; Matti by Snow-V taken from the album Matti; Outro by Freaky Joe taken from the album Hold Strong!
The album is now on sale and will be available on our official website soon. Just click on to our Record Label section of our official website at:
www.ShowBizSierraLeone.com/records.html/WARNING: Copyright subsists in all recordings issued under this label. Any unauthorized rental, broadcasting, public performance, copying or recording in any manner whatsoever will constitute infringement of such copyright and will render the infringer liable to an action at law. Public performance licences must be applied for from the licensing institution in the relevant country.September 26thSHOWTIME! the new comedy experience in Sierra Leone: SHOWTIME! is a live weekly comedy showcase featuring, unknown, upcoming and well established comedians. SHOWTIME! incorporates lots of fun games and activities including stand-up comedy, skits, comedy movie screenings and lots more. Specific activities include: Open Mike Talent Search: unknown comedians showcase their talent Bonk Game: which gives our audience a chance to win some great prizes. Minny & Simmy Show: live comedy skits and improvisations performed by our regulars. Laughterview: a live interview with a comic or showbiz personality. The Movie: indegenous movie makers are encouraged to screen their original comedy movies. We also hope to develop the Sierra Leonean movie industry by organising a movie scrip writing competition. The winning script will be made into a movie featuring some of the outstanding talents discovered on the show. Bigtime Comedy: A two hour set with a BIGTIME comedian. SHOWTIME! is promoted by SSLdotcom and will be produced by SSLTV for subsequent television broadcast. Watch out for the following comedians over the coming weeks: Agnes Bockarie, Etta, MJJ and Dezonovich, who will thrill you with their wit and social commentary of the funniest order. SHOWTIME! is currently at Buggy's on Lumley Beach every Monday and Tuesday night.
September 9thKhady Black and Star Zero of Supreme Inc on UN Radio: Two of Sierra Leone's leading artists, Star Zero and Khady Black, were interviewed by DJ Base on UN Radio. Khady Black was interviewed from London, where she is working on some major projects, including her role as Goodwill Ambassador for UJIMA, an NGO. She had just performed at a fundraising event organised for the ruling SLPP party and she took the opportunity to remind one and all of the challenges ahead of Sierra Leone. Star Zero, who was in the studio with DJ Base announced that she is working on her new album which she expects to release in the near future. Star Zero was in London over the summer where she took part in a charity event organised to celebrate Sierra Leone's independence.
September 2ndThe Great APACHE in bed with Supreme: One of Sierra Leone's most respected live musician and producer, Apache, has joined Supreme Records as its new Managing Director. Apache has years of local and international experience and he was highly sought after by many other record labels in Sierra Leone. Supreme Records is proud to have Apache on board and we look forward to putting Sierra Leonean music firmly on the international stage.
August 14thFreetown vs Upline: - The Ultimate ShowdownSSLdotcom, Sierra Leone's leading promotions company will host the biggest showdowns in Sierra Leone's showbiz history. Freetown vs Upline – THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN – will pit artists from Upline against artists from Freetown in a series of LIVE shows across Sierra Leone. Notwithstanding, Freetown vs Upline is unique in several ways, including: (1) For the first time, artists will get to choose where they wish to represent – Freetown or Upline (2) For the first time, artists will get to choose the type of performance they wish to put on – Live Band, Live Vocals or Miming (3) For the first time, we will have heats performances – one in Freetown and one Upline before the Final Showdown takes place at the National Stadium Main-Bowl sometime in 2007 The President of Supreme Inc, Lawrence Spencer-Coker made the announcement live on Radio Kalleone during the weekly 'Leh we Listen' radio show on Sunday, 13th August. He disclosed that the concept will be devised as a reality television show, which is a 1st for Sierra Leone and the fans should expect many interesting twists and surprises over the coming months!
August 4thClimax & Shandy Jingle Competition: Sierra Leone Brewery Limited launched two new brands to the Sierra Leone market - Climax, an energy drink and Royal Club Shandy, a low alcohol beverage - at the Paddy's International Entertainment Complex. The launch took the form of a jingle competition and President of Supreme Inc, Lawrence Spencer-Coker was the Chief Judge. The competition was won by Kallbox Records and Linx Records for Climax and Royal Club respectively. Supreme Events managed the backstage with our usual professionalism. Dr John Mbouma, the MD of SLBL congratulated Supreme Events on a fantastic event.
July 31st SSLTV and SSLFM: After one year of operations in Sierra Leone, Supreme Inc has been valued at over $100,000,000 (one hundred million US Dollars) by its founder and President, Lawrence Spencer-Coker. The Supreme Inc brand is now one of the strongest and most recognisable brands in existence in Sierra Leone and with the recent re-branding and restructuring, Supreme Inc now has fully functional subsidiaries including: Supreme Events, Footprints, Supreme Records, SSLTV, SSLFM, Holy Martimoney and The Supreme Foundation.
July 30thLeh we Listen: Supreme Inc President, Lawrence Spencer-Coker was on the panel of the first broadcast of ‘Leh we Listen’ a new radio programme on Radio Kalleone on 104.9FM. The show is a topical discussion about all aspects of the Sierra Leone showbiz and entertainment industry and it is hosted by Izzy I a renowned showbiz personality in Sierra Leone. A regular on the panel is the CEO of Music Makers, Alhassan Kamara. Listen every Sunday from 7.30pm.
July 28thI finally realised…: ...how big the Supreme family of volunteers is. The Supreme Inc family had its first weekly get-together at their Guy Street office complex. The whole idea is to strengthen the bond between the family members. “Everyone has a voice and they are encouraged to use to it to push Supreme Inc to its destiny”, remarked Lawrence Spencer-Coker, President of Supreme Inc. See you all every Friday!
July 15thSupreme Inc & Blue Mint Media equals Simple Supreme websites: Supreme Inc and Blue Mint Media Corporation a web design and software applications developer based in the UK have formed a formidable partnership. This new strategic alliance will deliver cutting-edge e-commerce solutions. “CEOs and business owners will come to realise the power of the Internet and we are best placed to get them there in the most effective way possible” says Josh Jombla, CEO of Blue Mint and Lawrence Spencer-Coker, President of Supreme Inc.
July 9thSupreme Events to the rescue: After mediocre showings for its FIFA World Cup 2006 celebrations, Comium had no choice but to turn back to Supreme Inc, its trusted event management partner, to handle their World Cup Final viewing and Raffle event on Sunday and Monday respectively. Both events were fantastic and a great time was had by all.
June 20thLet's Unite Against Piracy: Supreme Inc have been invited as an Official member of Sierra Leone's Intellectual Property Working Group. This was after the participation of both the President and Vice-President of Supreme Inc – Lawrence and Nicky Spencer-Coker respectively, - at the first National Stakeholder Workshop on 'Protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in Sierra Leone' organised on behalf of the Ministry of Trade and Industry with financial assistance from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) at the Miatta Conference Centre, Freetown on 5th and 6th June 2006. Workshop organised by SAANA CONSULTING - Saana Consulting Website
May 11thSupreme Reggae JamSplash: SSLdotcom, Supreme Inc’s promotions subsidiary held the first Reggae JamSplash concert at the National Stadium Main-Bowl in Freetown. The event was the first of its kind. Reggae musicians including Khady Black, Amzard Linx, Selassie and KTC and many others performed original songs and cover versions of Bob Marley songs. All performances were done with the LIVE band.
May 6thHard Life in concert: Hard Life performed songs from their number 1 album – we go make am – at their first concert at the National Stadium Main-Bowl. The show featured an inter-schools dancing competition which was won by the St Edwards – May Park Boys – Secondary School. The winning team received $100 and a return trip to Banjul for the Principal of the school. Mr Davies, the principal expressed his gratitude to Supreme Inc for the gesture and pledged his support for any future initiative that Supreme Inc takes on.
