Hydra Entertainment was you and Jerry Famolari. It was like a super-group, so I was like “Hell yeah, let’s do it!” That was great.Įxactly, they did that with Marley. And the other two guys – Solo and KL – they were in a group called Kamakazee, that Marley Marl had. Like “Hell yeah”, especially Hostyle, he was amazing…and Kyron too – Solo.
It originally started with Poet, and Poet had the idea. And then I’d met this dude from the Bridge who knew Poet, and then I met Poet. He had called me once, but he never called me back…I had been wanting to get with Poet and them back then. I used to try to get at the A&R dude from Tuff City, sending him beats and stuff. Poet had done a record for Tuff City – he was in PHD with Hot Day. Mike: I met Poet through this guy in Queensbridge. Robbie: I know that you were heavily involved with Screwball, putting together that first album, but did you actually put that group together? Or did they just approach you guys to put them out? The following is a transcription of two phone calls made way back in January, 2005…. When I finally spoke with Mike, I found that he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind on a number of topics, and he had me in stitches when he got amped. Right now he’s managing Joell Ortiz, who’s killing shit right now. He has been involved in a number of significant projects as an A&R consultant (most notably Big L‘s “The Big Picture”) and has created some classic songs as a producer (such as Screwball’s “H.O.S.T.Y.L.E.” and “Who Shot Rudy”, as well as Big L’s “Flamboyant”). Their debut release, “Screwed Up/They Wanna Know Why” was also the first of many dope records from Queens super-group Screwball, in addition to the B-side being the first track produced by Mike to hit vinyl ( The Beatnuts handled the flip). A little while after I posted an article on Hydra Entertainment on this site, I received an email from Mike Heron, who as it turns out started the label with Jerry Famolari in 1997.
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