Prominent West Coast hip hop and rap celebrity Binky Mack drops his first ever solo hip hop project, ‘Held Hostage’ EP, today on the newly founded Thug Life Army Records.

The ‘Held Hostage’ EP will be available for FREE download starting today at 12:00 pm Central time ‘exclusively’ on hip hop, rap and Tupac (2Pac) information and news web site ThugLifeArmy.com and on the newly founded Thug Life Army Records label site at ThugLifeArmyRecords.com.

The free ‘Held Hostage’ EP contains 4 tracks. The first official single, ‘The Reporter Remix’ feat. DonDoe, was serviced to radio last week. The Second single ‘Amerika’ feat Squeak Ru will be serviced to radio next week. If your not hearing them on your local station please request them to be played. The EP will be available in stores nationwide May 1^st. The retail EP contains 10 tracks.

‘Exclusive’ to the retail version of the ‘Held Hostage’ EP is the track ‘Amerika’ which features Binky Mack’s partner, hip hop hood legend and rap artist Squeak Ru. A snippet of this track will be on ThugLifeArmyRecords.com so listeners can get a ‘feel’ for it.

Binky Mack and Squeak Ru are the legendary hip hop group allfrumtha i from Inglewood California. Allfrumtha i are known not only for their quality hip hop and rap music but also for their affiliation to the West Coast iconic hip hop / rap group Westside Connection; which contains hip hop legends and super rap artists Ice Cube, Dub C (WC) and Mack 10.

The retail ‘Held Hostage’ EP will also contain the instrumentals for all the tracks. Look for the EP to hit stores May 1^st.

All the tracks are in rotation on www.TLARadio.com .

Visit Binky Mack on MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/binkymack

Download the free version of the ‘Held Hostage’ EP HERE

The track list and credits for the free download ‘Held Hostage’ EP:

1. The Reporter

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

2. Pay Homage

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

3. Conflict Of Interest

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

4. The Reporter Remix

   Producer: DonDoe (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner and D. Washington @ BinkyBeatz Studios

The track list and credits for the retail version of the ‘Held Hostage’ EP:

1. The Reporter

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

2. Amerika feat Squeak Ru

   Producer: M1

   Mixer: M1 @ Soundfile Studios

3. Pay Homage

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

4. Conflict Of Interest

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

5. The Reporter Remix

   Producer: DonDoe (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner and D. Washington @ BinkyBeatz Studios

6. The Reporter Instrumental

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

7. Amerika (instrumental)

   Producer: M1

   Mixer: M1 @ Soundfile Studios

8. Pay Homage (instrumental)

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

9. Conflict Of Interest (instrumental)

   Producer: binky mack (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner @ BinkyBeatz Studios

10. The Reporter Remix (instrumental)

   Producer: DonDoe (The Produkt)

   Mixer: R. Garner and D. Washington @ BinkyBeatz Studios