Damaged Breaks the Top Ten!!

Danity Kane's single "DAMAGED" has broken the Top Ten on Billboard! (I mixed it :-)

Pop 100 Airplay Chart = #9
Hot 100 Singles Chart = #11
Pop 100 = #10

The album is now Gold and still resides @ #42 on the Billboard Top 200 after seven weeks. It Debuted @ #1.

AWESOME!
-Ken Lewis

Philly Beat Battle Summary

Well, last night was a BARN BURNER of a competition! All ten Producer Battlers were really throwing some heat last night, and i thought there were 5 different guys who could've easily been crowned Champion. The way it went down, 3rd place tie went to CardiaK & DJ Shihan, 2nd place went to Mindesign, and 1st place was stolen with the last beat of the night by PersuaZion. It was a photo finish. Club Fluid was bangin last night. that sound system is one of the best club systems i've heard. Congrats to all the producers last night, that was really some amazing display of talent from all of them. And a shout out to DJ ILL SKILL who was the previous Philly winner, who got to showcase several of his latest beats last night at the start of the competition. Crazy crazy stuff from him! Philly really represented last night!

And of course, a big shout out to Don Di Napoli and J Hatch, two of the finest hip hop promoters in the country, as well as my fellow judges, Skickmore, and Michael Trampe of HipHopDX.com

-Ken Lewis

What a Great day

first off the weather is absolutely perfect!!! Not too hot. perfect top down weather so I've been driving the Lotus all day long soaking up the sun and fresh air. At 4pm i was driving around listening to Hot 97 FM and the Top 4 At 4 was just beginning. And what was song 4 you ask? "Got Me Going" by Day 26, which i mixed.

OK, let me just say there arent too many better feelings in the world than driving around with the top down listening to a song you mixed blasting on the radio. It felt great. Later i drove down to Philadelphia, where i am at my hotel right now blogging before i catch some good food. I dont think I've ever made it to Philly so fast :-) I'm judging an iStandard Beat Battle tonight here. These Beat Battles showcase the most amazingly talented producers trying to make a name for themselves, and many who've won these battles have gone on to much success. I hope tonight showcases another great night of talent, I'm sure it will. And my drinks are free, so one way or another, its definitely going to be a great night!

I hope yours is too!

-Ken Lewis

TheFlowLive.com Interview

a very cool website / online magazine called www.TheFlowLive.com recently reached out for an interview. Lots of good questions and a couple very funny stories. Here it is.

The Flow Live Ken Lewis Interview

Enjoy!

-Ken Lewis

Danity Kane is GOLDEN

Danity Kane's new album "Welcome to the Dollhouse" was just certified Gold (500,000 albums sold in the USA). this is my 46th Gold (or Platinum) album of my career. with some luck "Day 26" will be my 47th soon!

If you havent gotten the album yet, its a great pop record start to finish. I mixed 5 songs including the hit single DAMAGED.

-Ken Lewis

Iron Man Rocks!!!

Just got back from dinner out and seeing the new "Iron Man" movie (yes sometimes i pretend to have a life). it ROCKED!!! It was amazing. i loved it. I never read comic books growing up, and somehow i think i really missed out.

One of my clients, a rapper from the Wu Tang Clan named Ghostface Killah (for those of you not up on hip hop, i'm not kidding, thats the names :-) is fairly obsessed with Iron Man comics. I wrote and produced a cut on his "Fishscale" album called "Iron Man Takeover". Really, i did. Ghostface refers to himself as Tony Stark alot.

Anyway, the movie rocked. possibly my favorite Marvel comic turned movie yet. go see it.

-Ken Lewis