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It's A Wonderful World Music Group (IWWMG) is independent record label, founded by hip hop producer Patrick Douthit (9th Wonder
9th Wonder
Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...

) in 2009.

History

In January 2009, 9th Wonder initially announced plans to start two independent record labels, Jamla and The Academy, under the IWWMG imprint. Jamla originally consisted of Skyzoo

Skyzoo

Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

, GQ, Rapsody

Kooley High

Kooley High is composed of six former N.C. State University students, who met on campus by way of hip hop. They started out as a student-run hip hop organization, known as H2O. The North Carolina group is made up of three MCs, Charlie Smarts, Tab-One, and Rapsody, two producers, Foolery and The...

, Tyler Woods, and Big Remo, while The Academy consisted of HaLo, Heather Victoria, Thee Tom Hardy, Actual Proof (Sundown & Enigma), TP & The Away Team

The Away Team (group)

The Away Team is a hip hop duo consisting of MC Sean Boog and producer Khrysis, both of whom are members of the North Carolina rap collective the Justus League.-History:...

(Khrysis

Khrysis

Khrysis is a hip hop producer and half of the duo The Away Team.Khrysis is one of the main in-house producers for North Carolina rap collective the Justus League, alongside 9th Wonder. In addition to producing Justus League artists he has also produced for artists such as Sean Price, Masta Ace,...

& Sean Boog

Sean Boog

Sean Wayne Evans better known as Sean Boog is an emcee from Raleigh, North Carolina and one half of the rap duo, The Away Team.- Career :...

). The Academy artists were later folded into the Jamla label.

In July 2010, 9th Wonder officially debuted his production team for IWWMG. The Soul Council consists of Khrysis

Khrysis

, E. Jones, Fatin "10" Horton, Ka$h Don't Make Beats, AMP, Eric G., & 9th himself.

Jamla Records

Skyzoo
Skyzoo
Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

(JAMLA/Duck Down)
GQ
Rapsody
Kooley High
Kooley High is composed of six former N.C. State University students, who met on campus by way of hip hop. They started out as a student-run hip hop organization, known as H2O. The North Carolina group is made up of three MCs, Charlie Smarts, Tab-One, and Rapsody, two producers, Foolery and The...
Big Remo
Tyler Woods
Heather Victoria
The Away Team
The Away Team (group)
The Away Team is a hip hop duo consisting of MC Sean Boog and producer Khrysis, both of whom are members of the North Carolina rap collective the Justus League.-History:...

(JAMLA/Duck Down)
HaLo
Thee Tom Hardy
TP
Actual Proof

The Soul Council (Producers)

9th Wonder
9th Wonder
Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...
Fatin "10" Horton
Ka$h Don't Make Beats
AMP
E. Jones
Khrysis
Khrysis
Khrysis is a hip hop producer and half of the duo The Away Team.Khrysis is one of the main in-house producers for North Carolina rap collective the Justus League, alongside 9th Wonder. In addition to producing Justus League artists he has also produced for artists such as Sean Price, Masta Ace,...
Eric G.
Dumpology

Affiliated Artists/Producers

M-Phazes
M-Phazes
M-Phazes is an Australian Hip Hop producer and artist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Born on the Gold Coast he relocated to Melbourne to further his musical career...
Cutlass Reid
David Banner
David Banner
Lavell Crump , better known by his stage name David Banner, is an American rapper, record producer and occasional actor. Banner was born in Jackson, Mississippi and graduated from Southern University. He started his music career as a member of the rap duo, Crooked Lettaz before going solo in 2000...
Phonte
Phonte
Phonte Coleman, better known as Phonte, is a Grammy nominated American rapper, formerly of the now defunct North Carolina trio Little Brother and one-half of the duo The Foreign Exchange. He has also recorded R&B-flavored output as a singer...
Brittany Street
Murs
Ricky Ruckus
Add-2
Add-2
Andre DiJuan Daniels , better known by his stage name Add-2, sometimes stylized as Add 2, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He first gained popularity after the release of his second mixtape, A Tale of Two's City: Volume 2. In 2009, his single "Luxury" was featured on MTV, MtvU's top 5...
Phil Ade
King Mez
Kooley High
Kooley High
Kooley High is composed of six former N.C. State University students, who met on campus by way of hip hop. They started out as a student-run hip hop organization, known as H2O. The North Carolina group is made up of three MCs, Charlie Smarts, Tab-One, and Rapsody, two producers, Foolery and The...
Young Guru
Mac Miller
Mac Miller
Malcolm McCormick , known by his stage name Mac Miller , is an American rapper from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
Laws
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick Lamar , formerly known by his stage name K. Dot, is an American rapper, and songwriter. He first gained major attention after the release of his 2010 mixtape O D. In 2011, his album Section.80, released exclusively through iTunes, instantly ranked as one of the top digital hip-hop releases...
Big K.R.I.T.
Big K.R.I.T.
Justin Scott , better known by his stage name Big K.R.I.T. , is an American hip hop musician and record producer from Meridian, Mississippi.-Biography:...
Poe Mack
Scottie Flippen

Albums/Mixtapes/EPs

2009: Tyler Woods - The R&B Sensation Mixtape (Jamla)
2009: Thee Tom Hardy - The Hardy Boy Mystery Mixtape: Curse of Thee Green Faceded (with Don Cannon) (The Academy)
2009: Skyzoo
Skyzoo
Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

- The Salvation
The Salvation
Sample credits:* "The Opener" prod. by Cyrus Tha Great contains a sample of "December Will Be Magic Again" by Kate Bush* "Return of the Real" prod. by Just Blaze contains a sample of "Dreams" by Stark Reality...

(Jamla/Duck Down)
2010: The Away Team - Independence Day (Jamla)
2010: Rapsody - Raspody Replay (Jamla)
2010: Actual Proof - The FreEP (The Academy)
2010: Big Remo - Entrapment (Jamla)
2010: Skyzoo
Skyzoo
Skyzoo is a New York hip hop emcee.-Biography:Born Gregory Skyler Taylor in 1982 in Crown Heights, he grew up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He was nicknamed Skyzoo by his parents after the Skyy disco song...

& Illmind
Illmind
Illmind is a Filipino American hip hop producer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He participated in Beat Society, competing against well-known acts like Kanye West and Just Blaze. Illmind has created music for underground artists such as Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Supastition, and El...

- Live From The Tape Deck
Live From The Tape Deck
Live from the Tape Deck is the collaborative studio album by Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo and New Jersey producer Illmind, released on October 5, 2010, under Duck Down Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Big China Studios in Brooklyn, New York in 2010.-Background:Unlike Skyzoo's debut...

(Jamla/Duck Down)
2010: 9th Wonder
9th Wonder
Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...

- 9th's Opus: It's a Wonderful World Music Group
2010: Heather Victoria - Victoria's Secret (Jamla)
2010: Thee Tom Hardy - The Hardy Boy Mystery Mixtape: Secret of thee Green Magic (with DJ Green Lantern) (The Academy)
2010: Rapsody - Return of the B-Girl (Jamla)
2010: Sean Boog
Sean Boog
Sean Wayne Evans better known as Sean Boog is an emcee from Raleigh, North Carolina and one half of the rap duo, The Away Team.- Career :...

- Light Beers Ahead of You (Jamla)
2011: Actual Proof - The Talented Tenth (Jamla)
2011: Big Remo - L-R-G Presents Robin Hood Re (Jamla)
2011: HaLo - Heat Writer II (Jamla)
2011: Tyler Woods - The Mahogany Experiment (Jamla)
2011: TP - TP Is My Hero (Jamla)
2011: Big Remo - L-R-G Presents Robin Hood Re (Jamla)
2011: Heather Victoria - Graffiti Diary (Jamla)
2011: Sean Boog - Phantoms of the Jamla (Jamla)
2011: Skyzoo - The Great Debater (Jamla)
2011: GQ - Blended 3 (Jamla)
2011: Rapsody - Thank H.E.R. Now (Jamla)
2011: Actual Proof - Still Hotter Than July (Jamla)
2011: Median - The Sender (Foreign Exchange Music/Jamla)
2011: HaLo - The Blind Poet (Jamla)
2011: 9th Wonder
9th Wonder
Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...

- The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years (9th Wonder album)
-iTunes Deluxe Edition:# "Make It Big " featuring Big Remo# "Band Practice Pt. 2" featuring Phonte & Median# "Enjoy" featuring Warren G, Murs & Kendrick Lamar# "Streets of Music" featuring Tanya Morgan & Enigma of Actual Proof...
2011: The Away Team - Scars and Stripes
Scars & Stripes
Scars & Stripes is the fourth album by North Carolina hip hop duo The Away Team, it was released in October 11, 20111 on 9th Wonder's label Jamla Records and Duck Down...

Upcoming Albums

Big Remo - Album TBD (2012)
GQ - Troubled Man (2011)
Heather Victoria - Hip Hop Soul Lives (2011)
Khrysis - The Hour of Khrysis (2012)
Rapsody - For Everything (2011)
Rapsody - Thank H.E.R. Now (The Darkside) (2011)
Sundown - Album TBD (2012)
Skyzoo - A Dream Deferred (2012)
Thee Tom Hardy - Doubting Thomas (2012)
TP - Album TBD (2012)
Tyler Woods - Album TBD (2012)

External links

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