By JC Poppe Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Dec 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM

The EMP Entertainment roster is typically one that's very busy throughout the year. Nearly all of its artists release mixtapes or are featured prominently through heavy collaboration with their label mates.

The latest EMP release is "The Wake Up" by B-Easy, a project that – on Facebook – he coined as being his rebirth of sorts.

It's mixed and done in collaboration with DJ Head Dibiase of The Aphilliates, a DJ group headed by DJ Drama.

The project can be downloaded for free from his newly designed website.

JC Poppe Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.

As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.

Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.