Watt's native, Glasses Malone, made headlines with his exceptional 1.7 million dollar deal with Sony Records last year. However, changes with the label left the "hometown hero" looking for another home, temporarily.
One week later he and his Blu Division imprint found its new home with Hoo Bangin/Cash Money/ Universal Records, where he is preparing to release his highly anticipated debut album Beach Cruiser. With his current single "Certified" featuring Akon, heating up the airwaves, G. Malone plans to create a new legacy in west coast music.
The world first caught a taste of Glasses Malone's gritty flow with 2003's The Crack Mixtape, but 2005's underground classic White Lightning really made the streets take notice of his lyrical fervor.
Fueled by the single " 200", White Lightning, went on to sell over 30,000 copies, and caught the attention of The Game, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z. The hood was hooked and his notable appearances on The Game's Devil's Advocate , DJ Warrior / DJ Strong's West Coast Mix Tape Kings Vol. 1 and Clinton Sparks' Coast Control Vol. 1
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"It was always about being the man where I was at," explains Glasses, "I grew up in Compton and Watts. My mom lived in Compton and my dad lived in Watts, so I just started grinding Compton and Watts with my CDs hard and it's paid off."
With the support of his neighborhood, Glasses plans on keeping the West on top, and he won't stop repping for the streets he loves. Glasses plans on supporting his debut release by supporting the people who put him in this position, his fans. The die hard west coast representative will host a celebrity cook-out to treat the fans to a day of food and fun, as well as his signature "Buy the Bar Tour" where he will travel to approximately 30 cities up and down the coast to toast up close and personal with his public.
Malone isn't putting all his eggs in one basket, he plans to keep the streets saturated with upcoming projects including the upcoming Sermon EP, a horror movie CD/DVD release entitled Monsters Inc. due out in October, several mixtapes including Electric Chair and The Sideshow with Mistah FAB, all in preparation for his upcoming release Beach Cruiser.
With production from the likes of DJ Toomp, Mannie Fresh, and Warren Campbell as well as appearances by Akon, Lil Wayne, Mack 10, Wyclef, Lupe Fiasco, Tyrese, Kam, Mistah FAB, Bohagan, and La Toiya Williams, Beach Cruiser promises to deliver the classic sound of why people love west coast living.
"It represents -- classic-ness, years and years, decades and decades of being a classic" says Glasses, "Folks have always ridden beach cruisers, no matter how many GT's and Dyno's come out. That's how I want my music to be -- timeless in that same sense, where people will ride to it forever."
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