THE GOOD SAMARITAN MUSIC PROJECT
An edu-tainment project
featuring: krs-one, skinnyman + more
Founded in late 2004 by Paradise The Prolific One, TGSMP utilizes the essences of Hiphop, R&B, Contemporary Jazz, Poetry, UK-Garage and Grime to relate and deliver moral, social, and ethical value messages that are all but void in today's popular music streams.
As it becomes increasingly difficult to capture the attention of young people, TGSMP seamlessly bridges the communication gap by merging musical art with an ethical purpose to convey thought provoking and discussion initiating songs as preemptive measures to wayward behavior and/or youthful directionless.
TGSMP has successfully enlisted the talents of well established performance artists the world over along with motivational speakers to accompany the many VOICES of our many hard-to-reach youth inorder to marry the artform with it's purpose.
From the on-set, Paradise embarked on a media blitz aimed at using the already existing channels of communication as the conduit for positive change. Institutions such as MTV, BBC, Channel U, The Box and National News Papers alike were bombarded by the campaign.
An edu-tainment project
featuring: krs-one, skinnyman + more
At first, TGSMP was met with cynicism across the board, but soon, both skeptics and critics alike were won over with the release of the TGSMP’s debut single “Revolution”
(change is gonna come).
Produced by long-time collaborator, “The Baptist” aka Charlie Parker, and featuring the vocal talents of MTV Base Lounge vo-sol-calist, Black Butterfly. The video, directed by the award winning, Luke Biggins, would spend weeks at the top spots of national video stations. As the requests came pouring in, so too did the support for the campaign.
Over 200,000 hits were generated within the first week of the site’s launch. Phase II was to now join forces with other like-minded organisations & artistes for our national & international Working In Partnership activities.
Since ’04 - 2010 TGSMP has worked-in-partnership with the following agencies:
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❖BPA [metropolitan black police association]
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❖YMCA
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❖Reading Regeneration
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❖HMP Feltham [young offenders institute]
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❖Greenwich Theatre
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❖YPM
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❖Hiphology
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❖newBRAN Ents community fun day
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❖HMDT [hackney music development trust]
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❖BTWSC
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❖Black Music Congress
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❖A&B [arts and business new partners]
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❖Lossol Entertainment
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❖Rebel Music
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❖Units Distribution
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❖HMP Lewes
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❖Holland Town Residents Association
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❖Lambeth Academy
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❖Glyndebourne [opera house]
KRS-ONE
MCD
SKINNYMAN
TGSMP
SWIFT IT MAJOR
BLACK BUTTERFLY
who is paradise
