Need You is the first single from the upcoming album, "The Orchid Days" by L'Orange

"A man fell in love. Then, the world was destroyed by an ever growing nothing in the sky."
-L'Orange

Produced by L'Orange
Vocals by Blu
Art by Matthew Andres
Graphic Design by Sarah Mattmiller

Executive Produced by Michael Tolle
Copyright Mello Music Group 2014

L'Orange - Need You Feat. Blu

US CD/Vinyl is available at our bandcamp link 
http://dephacation.bandcamp.com/releases

European vinyl is available at http://sergentrecords.bigcartel.com

"Step Up" represents the underdog in a competitive environment. Representing a culture in a place that doesn't at all embrace it is something that is unique to our struggle. This song is about getting knocked down repeatedly and having both the courage and strength to get up, and keep fighting. "Step Up" is about taking control of our own destiny, paying our dues, and making the necessary sacrifices to win. This one is for people with a heart like a Shabazz Napier, and the determination of a Russell Wilson. 


Please support the underdogs. In doing so, you support your own independence and liberation from the tether of Tom Ford fuckery.   

Awon & Dephlow - Step Up (Prod. Phoniks)(Off New album AVAILABLE NOW!!! link in description)

Jurassic 5 - Thin Line (Blue Version Edit)

Official video link: http://youtu.be/Yqy_YfwOVuc

'Lights Off' produced by F Draper (@FdraperCLP) is a record about the struggles we all go through in every day life. In addition to highlighting the stressors, the song emphasizes the determination and will to be men to our families. The 'Dephacation' album represents the underdog MC fighting to take back our music from those who seek only to brag about the profit they make. We strive to feed our families and our communities. Please support GOOD music on iTunes here:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dephacation-prod.-phoniks/id868637472

and on Bandcamp here:
http://dephacation.bandcamp.com/releases

Follow Awon on Twitter @Awon1988
Follow Dephlow on Twitter @Dephlow
Follow Phoniks on Twitter @hookedonphonikz

Awon & Dephlow - Lights Off (Prod. F Draper)Dephacation LP.(Video link in description)

from the upcoming album "The Night Took Us In Like Family"
Pre-Order (4/21): https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/night-took-us-in-like-family/id962648340

Premeired @ Pigeons & Planes: http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/03/premiere-lorange-jeremiah-jae-taken-by-the-night/

About the Album:
Enter those bloody alleys blocked off with yellow tape and chalk outlines. Secret backrooms riddled with sly crooks and blunt smoke. Slink into the underworld, the seedy shadowland owned by Jeremiah Jae and L’Orange on their noir-hop opus, "The Night Took Us In Like Family."

Consider it the alchemy of Madvillain and "The Maltese Falcon": a five-part fable of tangled crimes, narrow escapes, and raining lead. The door busts open with “A Conspicuous Man.” L’Orange’s carefully severed cinematic clips hold the frame steady. The Windy City-raised Jae muscles the narrative forward—the hitman creeping.

Beats bend sinister with imagery aiming for the temples. Jae invokes dark clouds, crowns of thorns and LSD eyes. Bars written in dirt. Samples are disembodied and ethereal. It’s like a grand jury indictment doubling as a Greek chorus.  A song title like “Ice Obsidian” says it all. This is frozen lava, black and white celluloid, the spoils won by sinners. Watch your back rap.

Or maybe it’s the hip-hop version of the gangster flicks made before the Hays Code—raw and uncensored, deeply artful without pretension. Pitchfork once described Jae as: “a lot of people talk loud and say nothing; Jeremiah Jae finds strength in the inverse." On "The Night Took Us In Like Family," he inhabits both eulogizer and executioner. He triumphantly looms over the corpses and explains how this all came to be. L’Orange supplies concrete requiems of dusted soul: beats to crack safes, soundtracks to stealth assassinations. 

If gangsta rap remains one of the genre’s most well worn tropes, Jae and L’Orange take inspiration from the rarely tapped roots of the tradition. This isn’t riffing on Oliver Stone’s "Scarface" like popular cliché, but rather the original Al Capone exploitation flick from the early 30s. Jae conjures a villain who vaporizes. Run-the-Jewels-raw but still sophisticated. Cuban cigars stuffed with California chronic.

The picture unfolds wide frame. Guest stars include New York poison dart-thrower, Homeboy Sandman and Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab. The chapters flesh out the story: The Conspicuous Man skulks into “God Complex,” “The Damning,” “Revenge and Escape.” Jae and L’ Orange build their world as a catacomb and find a way to escape just as the walls feel like they’re closing in. It fades out as “A Macabre Instrumental” plays. The funeral is closed casket. The memories aren’t easily disposed. 



L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - Taken By The Night

J’Mar GAS - Ran The Storage Up (Freestyle)

SoulChef - Good Vibes LP - out on Délicieuse Records.
Stream ☞ smarturl.it/GoodVibesLP

@soulchefmusic
@d-licieusemusique-records

GOOD VIBES

Stream

SoulChef - Sky High (feat. Chima Anya)

BUY VINYL FROM HHV.DE / WADADA RECORDS: 
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Happy Birthday, P! 

I'm honored to release this song featuring brother Price. Love and miss you, fam.

Rest in Peace, Sean Price.

Another single from my upcoming mixtape "Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?" which is coming soon.

Cover art by wa55up

Written by McKinley Dixon &amp; Sean Price
Produced by P.R
Mixed &amp; Mastered by Vincent Duke
Guitar by Jake Adams
Trumpet by Jackson Shurlds
Saxophone by Nathanael Clark
Trombone by Gabriel Luciano
Cuts by DJ M80

<a href="https://theartistunion.com/tracks/d67091" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Free Download!

Bare Knuckle (Feat. Sean Price) - OFF OF "WHO TAUGHT YOU TO HATE YOURSELF?"

Tiff The Gift's "It Gets Greater Later" available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Deezer as well as CD and colored 12" vinyl (courtesy of Dusty Platter, pre-orders coming soon)

Download/Buy CD Here: https://tiffthegift.bandcamp.com/album/it-gets-greater-later

Production by @phoniksbeats, @linkrust and more

It Get's Greater Later

Download Album

Tiff The Gift - It Gets Greater Later ft. Awon (prod. Phoniks) TITLE TRACK OFF NEW ALBUM OUT NOW

Soul Square & Blezz - Can't We (Just Chill)

Production by myself and raps by @iamkinetik

Pay what you wish for the EP at:
illect.bandcamp.com/album/pencils-not-pistols

Connect with Imperial, K.I.N.E.T.I.K., and Illect Recordings:
illect.com
twitter.com/ImperialBeats
twitter.com/IAmKinetik
twitter.com/illect
facebook.com/illect
facebook.com/imperialbeatsuk
imperialbeats.co.uk/

Pencils Not Pistols is the brand new E.P. from UK duo Imperial and K.I.N.E.T.I.K. This unlikely duo linked up in late 2012 after Imperial (now affectionately known as Big Dave because of his mighty 6’4’’ frame) sent K.I.N.E.T.I.K. (who has yet to be blessed with ANOTHER alias) a polite email requesting to collaborate. After being impressed with the spelling, grammar and attached beat in the email, K.I.N.E.T.I.K. jumped at the chance to work on some music with this courteous chap. What initially began as a track for Imperial’s yet to be released solo album, slowly morphed into a collaborative project, which once again utilizes the tried and tested formula of one producer and one emcee. Following copious amounts of parma ham and pavlova, the two discovered that they not only share a similar outlook on music but on life itself. This mutual foresight enabled them to craft seven interlinked songs that all touch on different subjects in an honest yet humorous manner. Most importantly, the project reinforces the divine duality of the human experience, even in the midst of the laughs and giggles contained throughout.

The sample-based production on Pencils Not Pistols united both Imperial and K.I.N.E.T.I.K. in their love for that strong tradition in Hip Hop. The duo pay homage with their artwork; as it is a parody of Biz Markie’s album, I Need A Haircut. As you might know, that was the album that changed music sampling law forever. Gilbert O’Sullivan… we see you. Sigh.

Future plans include a limited edition album of Pencils Not Pistols on vinyl with official merchandise. All funding will be generated by fan support.

In closing, if Bill & Ted canceled a few excellent adventures and decided to make a Hip Hop project; then it would probably sound like this... Put your pencils in the air.

Jurassic 5 - Thin Line (Blue Version Edit)

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