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St. America (feat. DJ Stan Solo)

Pre-order on Vinyl, Tape, CD at http://TinyURL.com/MetermaidsCollection

Pre-save the album on Spotify at https://TinyURL.com/PreSaveMetermaids

Watch the video at http://TinyURL.com/AllTheSmokeVideo

After nearly a decade lost in space, METERMAIDS return to Earth to team with producer ALXNDRBRWN & turntable titan BUDDY PEACE for A LINE IN THE SKY, their latest otherworldly transmission on Strange Famous Records, dropping everywhere November 10, 2023!

MM emcees Sentence & Swell are joined on the mission by SAGE FRANCIS, MOPES, CAS ONE, SEEZ MICS, JESSE THE TREE, and EARLY ADOPTED.

The first video from the album, "All The Smoke," directed by Tim Young, is one of multiple tracks featuring an appearance by SFR label boss and indie rap legend Sage Francis. True to the DIY-style of all things Strange Famous, everyone you see onscreen in the clip pitched in and shot their own segments, which were interspersed with additional footage selected by director Young. 

Metermaids mouthpiece Swell, known for his tendency toward quiet understatement, explains the concept of the clip with his trademark humility from his Brooklyn apartment: 

"Yo - let me break down for you fuckers how brilliant this video is."

He clears his throat, ferociously, and continues:

"The summer camp footage grounds the whole video because it features representations of children preparing for a productive life, which is what I think most camps are trying to teach. They're making fires, they're learning how to swim, they're doing things that are all bedrock to the human experience. It's a period in life that everyone who was lucky enough to have that sort of childhood adventure relates deeply to, because it's such a formative time. It really captures what the entire record is about: looking back with the honesty of hindsight, and realizing nothing's really changed - we're still those same kids trying to figure shit out in a hurry. Now we just got more salt than pepper in the ol' neck beard."

He pauses, contemplating. And inhaling... something. Deeply. 

"Also, most of us as kids didn't have neckbeards. Except maybe Sage. But that was on the inside." 

Neckbeards aside, the individual film of each member of the crew invites the viewer to glimpse a truthful version of their day-to-day goings-on in a way most fans don't get a chance to:

"The footage is clearly self-shot and distinct to each dude. For example, I'm outside being weird (which I actually do a significant amount of), Sentence is being a good father, like he is, and Sage is travelin' and performin', like he does. That was a creative decision, as opposed to a practical one caused by geographic challenges," Swell explains. As the performers are literally spread across the globe, in 3 countries and 3 states, "the footage isn't 'perfect,' and that just helps drive home the point of the record - the visual approach tells the story of the song, which is: it was hard being a kid and it's hard being an adult. Let alone a rapping adult. So fuck it. Give us errrrrrything you got." 

"All The Smoke" is a light-hearted look at some serious stuff: the paths we've chosen, the places they started, the choices that guide us from sunrise to midnight. Also, it's not a bad little anthem to holler along to as you get your recreation on, if that's your thing, as Swell reminds us: 

"And also I smoke a ton of weed, so if you have that, I will also take that. All the smoke." 

A LINE IN THE SKY will be available from Strange Famous Records everywhere you listen to music on November 10, 2023.

A Line In The Sky

"ALL THE SMOKE" - Metermaids x Alxndrbrwn x Buddy Peace feat. Sage Francis

Pre-order on Vinyl, Tape, CD at TinyURL.com/MetermaidsCollection

Pre-save the album on Spotify at TinyURL.com/PreSaveMetermaids

Watch the video for "All The Smoke" at TinyURL.com/AllTheSmokeVideo

After nearly a decade lost in space, METERMAIDS return to Earth to team with producer ALXNDRBRWN & turntable titan BUDDY PEACE for A LINE IN THE SKY, their latest otherworldly transmission on Strange Famous Records, dropping everywhere November 10, 2023!

MM emcees Sentence & Swell are joined on the mission by SAGE FRANCIS, MOPES, CAS ONE, SEEZ MICS, JESSE THE TREE, and EARLY ADOPTED.

A LINE IN THE SKY will be available from Strange Famous Records everywhere you listen to music on November 10, 2023

Still, Life

"STILL, LIFE" - Metermaids feat. Seez Mics

All Digital Stores: https://bsr.ffm.to/stagepresence
Pre-Order "The Raw Factor" Vinyl: https://bsr.ffm.to/therawfactorvinyl

"Stage Presence" is a vintage unreleased single from North Carolina rhyme-vet Omniscence. The song was recorded in 1996 shortly after the recording of what was to be his major label debut album, "The Raw Factor". Featuring an appearance from fellow NC spitter Toz Torcha (then of local crew The Vandalz) it's a vintage head-nodding 90's Hip-Hop track. The single is produced by Fanatic, who also produced all-but-one track of "The Raw Factor".

Recalling the track Omniscence said "it was originally intended as a B-Side for a future single from the album. At the intro you can hear me describing the scene at DJ Clark Kent's 1994 MC Battle for World Supremacy in New York City which I entered. The guy I was up against was named the winner, but the crowd wanted a rematch because many felt I won."

Though releasing two singles from the album (earning him a Hip-Hop quotable in The Source Magazine) label politics caused "The Raw Factor" to be shelved. This prompted the emcee to take a break from the game (a break which lasted decades). With the release of "Stage Presence", Below System Records is announcing the reissue of "The Raw Factor" on digital stores this spring (with additional unreleased tracks from the same period) as well as its first ever vinyl edition to drop this summer. The double LP edition will be available in purple and black vinyl colors.

The Raw Factor

Stage Presence

Omniscence - Stage Presence (feat. Toz Torcha)

unreleased material from Jewelz Infinite 
lyrics by: Atma of Masta Buildas & Trust One of Formula Abstract
beat by: Mark Goddi

Supersoul Nomenclature: Jewelz Infinite, Prod. by Mark Goddi (unreleased track)

The Dynospectrum (20 Year Anniversary Remaster)

Armor [Remastered]

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The Grouch & DJ.Fresh - Medicine Man

01 Checker Board Floor

Masta Buildas - Sunz of The Eagle Nebula (Prod By: Lord Gamma)

STEPSON (el-p and nick diamonds) "movie tit"

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"ALL THE SMOKE" - Metermaids x Alxndrbrwn x Buddy Peace feat. Sage Francis

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