Mission Statement
To provide future artistic contributions to both the entertainment industry as well as to the culture of hip hop while facilitating it’s preservation. Vision Statement
To continue the legacy of K-SOLO, providing an extension of both classic iconic hip hop representation with the same quality and long life presence of K-SOLO’S previous musical contributions to the entertainment
industry. Through the integration of diverse genres, as long as there is a vehicle to maintain excellence through the provision of recording, manufacturing, and distribution. We have found this to present tremendous results with all of our transcended forms of committed artists. They all demonstrate foundational properties of rap as they integrate it into the generational musical expressions of today. We at Waste Management Records, (WMR) pride ourselves on continuing to support the nurturing and development of our future generations of music culture. We also take great pride in embracing and supporting urban arts through dedicating ourselves to bridging the talents of our artists with expanded forms of urban arts educational forums which promote continuous growth for hip hop music, as well as for other forms of artistic expression.”
Executive Body Description Summary:
Waste Management Records Incorporated was created in 2005 by Kevin Madison aka K-Solo who functions as Chief Executive Officer, and is currently administratively managed by Philip Thorne as Corporation President, Maggy Ducena-Wright as Vice President in the divisions of General Operations, Artist Recruitment and Development, Event Programming, as well as Development of Marketing and Distribution Agreement relationships through secondary and tertiary Corporations, and Timothy Temper as Vice President in the executive divisions of General Operations, in the areas of Music Publishing, Distribution, E-Marketing, and Promotions. Creation History and CEO Background
The WMR (Waste Management Records) concept created in 2005, in Brooklyn NY after the decision was made to create the K-SOLO 3rd Album debut entitled “They’ll be Hell to Pay”. Kevin Madison emerged as K-SOLO in 1987 through an alliance earlier formulated between him and Parrish Smith. This relationship later formulated to the “Hit Squad” leading to K-SOLO’s 1990 release titled “Tell the World My Name”, a product of 3 billboard top 20 hits. These would include the #2 debut hit titled “Your Mom is in My Business”. K-SOLO then followed his success with his second debut album titled “Times Up” which included 2 additional billboard top 20 hits. These would include the #4 debut hit titled “Letterman” on billboard’s top 20 charts. Due to circumstances beyond his control, K-SOLO left Atlantic Records in the mid 90’s and signed with Death Row Records on the west coast under Suge Knight and began his second major music journey with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, and Tupac Shakur as his label mates. Incorporating his iconic talents within his label through lyrical inspiration resulted in the development and release of Hip Hop classic albums such as “Chronic” and “Doggy Style”. After a hiatus, K-Solo began developing his own independent enterprise continuing his contribution towards creating hip hop excellence through a partnership formulated with Phillip Thorne, a well known producer and radio show DJ/Host in Rochester NY with production acclaims that include production for Jodeci and Tweet, Cell Block Records Inc. This creation carried artists such as Cambria Heights featuring female rapper “Solitear”, Grave Diggaz and Cavemen. K-Solo, during this time continued to use his talents and was instrumental in facilitating the emergence of artists such as Redman, Keith Murray and others. Now, Kevin Madison (aka K-SOLO) CEO of Waste Management Records brings the legacy of K-SOLO to yet another level of contribution through lyrical excellence. Under the creation and development of the “Sharp Shooters”, he was successful in contractually binding 17 artists (individual as well as groups) with superior talents covering multiple genres of musical expression. ARTISTS
2G
5Mics
Don VA
Dox Diggla
Maintain
Money Grams
Radio 3000
