Out of 350 submissions, Only 8 were chosen to be in the section titled "ExtraSpecialGood", and out of those 8 only 1 was a hip hop album: ExtraSpecialGood! "C.E.O.G. Hip-hop has become a tired parody of itself, but Alvin Shamoun, formerly known as Entre-P and currently known as Biggie Babylon, makes the genre fresh and exciting again by telling it from the Iraqi-American perspective. He neither samples hits from the 1970s nor brags about bling; he composes his own tasty Middle Eastern-flavored riffs and spits out rhymes that don’t make me feel embarrassed for him (hello, Kanye). Every song is polished, professional and ready for radio airplay, but two in particular stood out. The first, “After Party,” has an Italo-disco bass line so twisted that it must have been born in Chernobyl, and if you can’t shake your a** to this, you have no a** at all. “Neapolitan Blunts,” however, is my new favorite jam. Here Entre-P informs us that his entrepreneurial ventures include a dispensary and that the Neapolitan is “3 different weeds and 1 Swisher Sweet.” Other thoroughly kick-a** tunes include “Quit Leechin’” and “Zombies.” I’ll definitely be keeping my ear out for his latest project, Biggie Babylon." —Diana Death, San Diego City Beat (The Great Album Review) Feb. 2014 Biggie Babylon Biography: Sharing the same blood as ancient Babylonian Kings Nebuchadnezzar and Hamurabi, Biggie Babylon is poised to take the throne as the Middle Eastern King of hip hop. Born in San Diego, California to a pair of Chaldean-Iraqi immigrants, Biggie Babylon started writing and performing music as a way to remind people of the significance of his Babylonian people and the contributions that they have made to the human race since the beginning of time. Biggie Babylon has taken his talents to Hollywood and teamed up with multi-platinum producer Travis Kr8ts (Flo-Rida, Future, So So Def) to produce hit music that can be celebrated and enjoyed worldwide. Biggie Babylon's debut single and music video for crossover hit "No Squares" showcases his prowess on the microphone and his unforgettable looks on the screen. "Foreign Money" also produced by Kr8ts, is an undeniable club banger! Being 6'2" and 350 lbs and possessing a voice that commands attention, the inevitable comparisons to the legendary Notorious B.I.G are well deserved and not taken lightly. Biggie Babylon hopes to fill the late rappers shoes by making music that entertains, stimulates, and educates. Expect to hear and see a lot of Biggie Babylon in 2014 and from now on.