September 17, 2008 13:21 ET
Vaulted Jimi Hendrix and the Ghetto Fighters™ Material to Be Released
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 17, 2008) - After almost 40 years in the vault, the never
before heard or seen multimedia material produced by Jimi Hendrix and the
Ghetto Fighters™ is being readied for release and licensing through a
subsidiary of the we-R-you Corporation (PINKSHEETS: WERU), the technology,
software and multimedia company. The previously unreleased material was
produced by Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Allen and Albert Allen aka TaharQa Aleem
and Tunde Ra Aleem, the 3 principals of Jimi Hendrix and the Ghetto
Fighters, and will be made available globally through a wholly owned
subsidiary of the we-R-you Corporation formed with the Aleem Brothers to
bring these projects to market. The Aleems and Jimi Hendrix made up the
members of the group and are the originators of the material. The Aleems
first met and began working with Jimi Hendrix in the mid 1960s and together
recorded three Hendrix albums, "Cry of Love," "Rainbow Bridge" and "War
Heroes."
The newly released material includes previously unheard recordings, a
feature length movie script, a full length autobiography, a series of
animated short stories for TV and the web, and drawings by Hendrix of
himself as an illustrated character, which in today's virtual reality world
would be known as an avatar. "Jimi was a true visionary," according to
TaharQa Aleem, "whose creativity went far beyond music. He saw the future
and while he may not have understood computers or known about digital
technology and virtual worlds, he knew that things like this were coming
and created material that would work in that world." Added brother Tunde
Ra, "Jimi might not have known what an avatar was, but he foresaw a day
when we would all have representations of ourselves that could move in
different worlds. When you see his original sketches of himself and create
a real avatar out of them using today's technology, the result is amazing."
The Ghetto Fighters were formed in 1970 by Jimi and the Aleem Brothers (who
are identical twins) to explore new projects that would go beyond the work
Jimi had been doing and expand the sounds he was working with. "The music
and material sounds brand new," according to TaharQa, "and for all intents
and purposes it is. It'll surprise and delight current fans and new ones to
come."
"The material will be released in segments," according to Allen LeWinter,
Chief Branding and Marketing Officer of we-R-you, who is heading up the
project. "It's like finding more treasure than you could have imagined and
realizing that each element needs to be released in its own time and way,"
continued LeWinter. "The Aleems are incredibly talented and incredibly
protective at the same time and want to ensure that this is done just right
for the legacy of Jimi Hendrix and The Ghetto Fighters." The Aleems and all
the rights were first brought to we-R-you through the efforts of Spydo
Mobile and its principal, Duane "Spyder" Hughes. Spyder recognized the
changing face of the entertainment business and brought the Aleems to
we-R-you for an "all in one deal."
About The Aleem Brothers
Tunde Ra and TaharQa Aleem began their careers working with the greats of
rhythm & blues such as Sam Cook, Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Big Maybelle,
Bobby Womack, Clarence "Blowfly" Reid and many others. Learning the inner
workings of the music industry through their association with Harlem legend
Fat Jack Taylor, owner of the independent label Ro-Jack Records, TaharQa
and Tunde Ra would later establish the famous Harlem World club with
Taylor, which proved to be a spawning ground for a large number of pioneer
rap acts. While working with Ro-Jack Records the Aleems first met Jimi
Hendrix while Jimi was still a sideman playing and touring with Little
Richard, the Isley Brothers and others. Soon after, Jimi, TaharQa and Tunde
Ra shared an apartment in Manhattan's Park West Village and formed a bond
which would indelibly shape the brothers' as well as Jimi's life and
career.
About we-R-you, Corporation
we-R-you is a next generation secure and private social networking portal
converged with online photo and video albums, a music library, a personal,
private and secure remote hard drive ("cloud drive"), integrated SMS, IM,
Email and VoIP, significant security enhancements above using the "public
internet" and many more productivity tools. we-R-you is strategically
positioned to capitalize on consumer demand for an optimized online
experience. By design we-R-you doesn't just blend the most powerful
features and customer retention components of a "portal" with those of the
world's leading social networking sites; we-R-you raises the bar to another
level, including original multimedia entertainment content and product and
the experience of its executives in the marketing and distribution of that
product. The result is an optimized social networking site that integrates
security, communication, contact management and productivity solutions.
we-R-you untangles the mess of using 5 separate programs to do 5 separate
things. It simplifies interaction with contacts, improves productivity,
increases virus protection and virtually eliminates the likelihood of
losing data. It's an environment where everything is online.
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