_________________ D.I.A RECORDS Classic Releases "OUT OF BOUNDS" by HR of Bad Brains. All Media Guide Review of "Out Of Bounds". "OUT OF BOUNDS" CD available on ITUNES, AMAZON MP3, EMUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY, RHOPSODY, SPOTIFY as well as via PAYPAL orders: Cost -- $49.99 (Includes 8.5% sales tax. FREE Shipping & Handling in U.S.A.Overseas add an additional US$15. for shipping.): ________________ "HR IN DUBB" (EP) by HR (Human Rights) of Bad Brains . "HR IN DUB" CD available on ITUNES, AMAZON MP3. EMUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY and SPOTIFY. "HR IN DUBB" will be live on RHOPSODY soon. ________________ The immortal STALAG 20, 21 & 22 -- THE NEXT GENERATION featuring Elephant Man, Mr. Vegas, Junior Demus, Ce'Cele, Merciless, Danny English, Egg 'n' Bread, Hawkeye, Chico and more... (Reggae-Dancehall super artists). Project was mixed by Cordel "Scatta" Burrell. All Media Guide Review of "Stalag 20, 21 & 22 - The Next Generation". Available on AMAZON MP3, iTunes, GOOGLE PLAY, RHAPSODY and SPOTIFY: and CD orders via PayPal: Cost -- $49.99 (Includes 8.5% sales tax. FREE Shipping & Handling in U.S.A. Overseas add an additional US$15. for shipping): ________________ ________________ INVERTED PARADOX Inverted Paradox (Various Artists) album. as well as via PAYPAL orders: Cost -- $49.99 (Includes 8.5% sales tax. FREE Shipping & Handling in U.S.A.Overseas add an additional US$15. for shipping.): Artists: HR (of Bad Brains), Jez Blak, Jr. Demus, Snuupi, Li-On, Roguish Armament, Bobby Culture, Merciless & Bumfounded . ________________ ROGUISH ARMAMENT Roguish Armament Alternative Hiphop. CD orders via PayPal: Cost -- $49.99 (Includes 8.5% sales tax. FREE Shipping & Handling in U.S.A. Overseas add an additional US$15. for shipping): __________________ "KEEPER OF THE FAITH" (Various Artists). "Keeper Of The Faith" is a 100% Reggae Muzik album in the works. Still choosing the right recordings from the right artists who live a true Rastafarian life, for this project. This is a very tall order man... __________________ The Dubb Agents 2020 Ubiquitous Tour is currently being built to start in August 2020. Please let us convey loud and clear Dubb Agents is no longer affiliated with HR the former lead throat of Bad Brains. History! All the best Joe! Roar like a lion. Dude -- The mission of Dubb Agents is to progressively entertain people with a lively show. We are greatful for all the responses from club owners, talent buyers and friends across the USA. Dubb Agents "Out Front"!!! Please stay tuned... In the meantime -- have a great Holiday Season folks. Global Rock! __________________ Listen to a few D.I.A Records-related songs at DIA Records I - Myspace. Do you all remember MySpace. Well around here MySpace is still relevant since D.I.A collectively has about 250,000+ friends on the network. We love the snap, crackle and pops plus random piercing feedbacks.

Tennyson "JIMMY" Smith -- Artist. Originally Published in Fantra Zine #1. Jamaican born TENNYSON "JIMMY" SMITH from Harbor View, was a great visual artist. The art/comic world knew Jimmy as TENNYSON SMITH. People he grew up and hung with knew him as Jimmy. Tennyson Jimmy Smith graduated from The School Of Visual Arts in Manhattan, NYC. He majored in advertising and minored in illustration. Jimmy chose the former and developed his distinguishable painting and sketching technique style over 14 years. One can look at a piece of Jimmy's work and tell it is his. The Rastaman (without locks) left for Zion in 2010 and is resting in peace. Jimmy left a legacy of great personal artwork for his children Alana and Gary Smith. Watz up mamma "P" aka Pauline, Jimmy's wife. New York City is the Grand Central Station for the arts, muzik, theater, television, photography and movies. Throw visual arts into the mix also. Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Shep Fairy are all pop art standouts from Gotham City. They all garnered celebrity acclaim from their pricey expressions. Tennyson Jimmy Smith while not poppish like these dudes, is in the same category as NYC-based artists who carved out an expressionist niche in the concrete jungle. Sk8er artist Shepard Fairy (currently based in NYC and LA), is a vivid social activist. Shep created the "Obey" cultural identity and Obama's 'Hope" posters. Graffiti style Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat were stand-up social activists also. R.I.P fellaz! Tennyson Jimmy Smith was a concerned social activist too. Jimmy often expressed his concerns through paintings and drawings. Jimmy "rooed" (was upset, angry) about apartheid, the unjust treatment of Blacks, and the discrimination against the Rastafarian and Reggae by some Jamaicans. Jimmy's favorite subjects to sketch and paint were Emperor Haile Selassie, the Rastafarian, Jamaica, the African lion and African people. His works emit a gritty soulful vibe (as opposed to being poppish). It is like comparing hardcore to boy-bands bubblegum sound. And while Jimmy's School Of Visual Arts counterpart Keith Haring was throwing up graffiti pieces in NYC subway and a Crack Is Wack piece on a handball wall in Harlem -- Jimmy was painting a mural of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper on the wall of a friend's restaurant in Richmond Hill, Queens -- NYC. Jesus and the twelve disciples were all Black Rastafarians with locks. (I wonder if this piece was painted over.) While on the 3rd Stone From The Sun, Jimmy gained respect as the go-to artist for anything Rastafarian, Reggae, Jamaican or African. And he represented the Rastafarian/reggae colors (green, yellow and red) proper; vertically and horizontally displaying them to mimic the protocol of flying the Ethiopian flag. Jimmy's extreme passion for drawing and painting was unfathomable. He would paint, "bun corn" and painted some more and "bun corn" while listening to dubb-style reggae. Notable works include Bob Marley's Iron, Lion and Zion graphic novel trilogy (commissioned by Neville Garrick). Jimmy also illustrated a long list of grass-roots record labels, posters, concert backdrops, banners and album covers. Classic album covers include Bob Marley's "Rastaman Vibrations" and "Uprising" (originally done for Ras Tesfa). Jimmy also painted D.I.A Records' "Stalag 20, 21 & 22 - The Next Generation" album cover. Jimmy created distinguishable artwork on projects for Peter Tosh's (No Nuclear War album cover), Clappers Records (Lister Hewan-Lowe�s label), Jamekee Records, Mango Records, Island Records, Ziggy Marley, Sister Carol, Denroy Morgan and many others. Jimmy once stated, "...comics like Mandrake The Magician and The Phantom (regular features in the Jamaican Gleaner newspapers) got me interested in art. I used to love drawing Mandrake when I was a youth... Velasquez was one of my favorite artists, but no one really influenced me. The characters I am now meeting are from my inner dimensions." Jimmy's hard work and style got him a steady gig painting and illustrating comic books at Marvel Comics. Tennyson "Jimmy" Smith admits working at Marvel was a pleasant compliment to his achievement. "...The late nights and long hours are finally yielding fruits...," Jimmy once said in a casual conversation. One of the most beautiful things about Jimmy is, he was just a regular person. Although he was mingling with celebs and work being published by a top comic book company -- there was no hyping, bragging or boasting. "Ites" was universally just a kool person! "YES IYAH!!" Soon come "BINGY!!" Neville Garrick commissioned Jimmy to illustrate three books for the "Tale Of TheTuff Gong" Iron, Lion and Zion series. Only Iron and Lion were published. Marvel bailed on publishing the Zion book. I've seen the entire body of work for Zion and personally I think it was the best. Ziggy -- publish Zion man!! Barry D.I.A. In outtake to left, Gong asked Scratch -- "...Scratch, what are you doing with that copy of "Small Axe?" Lee "Scratch" Perry replied -- "...I always plant my new releases! It's good luck. Django is buried under that tree over there..." (Man, Gong an' Scratch neva chat like dat. Funny!) Above is one of two Man Thing reissue covers Jimmy painted. To the left is a section of an illustration Tennyson Smith aka Jimmy did of a Dancehall Woman for Fantra Zine No.1 that was published April 1994. Jimmy definitely had hit his stride as an incredible graphic and visual artist when he died. Also check out this blog tribute for Tennyson "Jimmy" Smith. It is entitled "The Mask Of Death." Personally, mi nuh (I do not) like it. But check it none the less. Emperor Hiale Selassie knows! JAH!!! RASTAFARI!!! R.I.P. Rasta Artist Tennyson Smith . ________________________________________________ STREET RAGZ aka SR Garments Got You Covered In All Conditions. No Hype! No Flossing! No Identity! Street Ragz (SR) Truckers Cap SR (Street Ragz) Pullover Hoodie. Keep calm yo! ________________________________________________ D.I.A's Home . D.I.A Records . Fantra Zine's Cover . DIA Records (I) - Myspace . Global Rock Showcase . Ghetto Muzik TV . D.I.A Records (III) - Myspace . Street Ragz Clothing Email contact: Fantra-Zine@DIA-Inc.com DENNIS ALCAPONE's Interview with Tommy Fox