Reach Records is having a good week

Reach Records is having a good week.

First, Tedashii's second album, Identity Crisis, finally dropped on Tuesday, May 26.

Amazon.com had it up a week early (on the original release date) and it got a good buzz. I checked iTunes' charts on Saturday and noticed it was ranked #8 on their overall Hip Hop list. (See the screen shot here.) You might remember that Lecrae took the #3 spot there the first day that (rebel) dropped.

This is particularly impressive considering the technical glitch they had with full album downloads in the iTunes store at first.

Props to Reach for producing quality music and prepping the market to pull off a successful drop.

Then came the news that Trip Lee's video for "Real Vision" would be played on BET's 106 & Park (the real one, not the gospel knock off).

Trip Lee Feat. Tedashii "Real Vision" from Rive Video Promotion on Vimeo.

Finally, the Don't Waste Your Life Tour kicked off in their homebase of Memphis, TN. You can follow a lot of artists' exploits, thoughts, and photos on Twitter.

Today, Sunday May 31, was obviously a hightlight for them as they got to worship, perform, minister and fellowship with one of their heroes in the faith: Mr. John Piper.

Catch a flick of 'em all right chere.

Please keep the crew in your prayers and look for the DWYL Tour to hit your area soon.

Update (06/05/09): Identity Crisis hit #2 on Billboard's Gospel chart & #10 on their Christian album chart. View here.

Sketch article: Tedashii in Tha Message Mag

The good folks at Tha Message Magazine have another fat issue out with my feature story about Tedashii on the cover.

Here's your teaser:

Once upon a time, Tedashii Anderson had an identity crisis.

Biologically, he was the product of an African-American mother and Samoan father. However, Pops was out of the picture for much of his life - leading Tedashii to associate himself with only half of his true heritage.

Order your copy by contacting Chad at either (817) 420-3090 or by e-mailing him at chad@thamessagemag.com.

Also, as you may have heard, T-dot's album got pushed back to May 26. As a consilation, Reach Records is offering fans two FREE downloads of tracks that didn't make the album.

Get them here.

And (pre)order your copy of "Identity Crisis" here.