I typed this love song on my Blackberry, about my Blackberry.  We’re no longer together, it’s good thing I recorded it.

One Be Lo X Blacker the Berry

  When I was twelve or thirteen, I worked a couple months as a paperboy.   Even then, it seemed like the newspaper only focused on the negative things that happened in our community.


One Be Lo X The Oakland Press

“Even on my off day, Ferris/fairest tongue to ever come”.  Most people I know, study or work their nine to fives during the week, and on the weekend, they work around the house or have other things that need to be taken care of.  My mind never stops working, I’m sure I have some form of OCD.  I’m always working and I travel a lot but its never a problem because I love what I do.  It doesn’t feel like work when there’s a greater purpose.  Everyday is like a Saturday.

One Be Lo X Saturday

Hayes Wendell Jones born in Pontiac Mi, August 4, 1938
Gold Medal winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome.

One Be Lo X Hayes Jones

Pontiac was an Ottawa Chief who helped organized Indian Resistance towards the British, from 1763-1765.

One Be Lo X Pontiac's Rebellion

Born and Raised in Pontiac Mi, 1958-present
WBC Heavyweight Champion:  Aug 31, 1984- Mar 22 1986
Alias: Pink
Trainer:  Angelo Dundee

One Be Lo X Pinklon Thomas

In some minds, “Freedom of Speech” is a right granted by an authority or government.  I believe if you have the ability to speak, then you have the right and obligation to speak your individual mind.  This is Free Dumb.

One Be Lo X Free Dumb

Rahlo is raw and uncut. He pre-dates One Be Lo, One Man Army and Nahshid.

One Be Lo X Rahlo

While growing up in Pontiac, the assembly line is where my step-father, grandmother, and people throughout my community worked and supported their families.  Men and women migrated from Southern states to work in the factories.  Every year we would visit our relatives in Tennessee.  Even as a child, I noticed differences in way people lived and treated each other.  In the South, I always thought the people to be friendlier, and more hospitable.  In Michigan, the weather was colder, and that seemed  reflect on the attitude in the North.

One Be Lo X The Assembly

Pontiac is a city in Michigan located within the Detroit Metroplitan area.  The city is named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac.

One Be Lo was born Raland Scruggs aka Rahlo on Nov 7, 1976
High School: Pontiac Northern, Class of ‘94
Affiliations: Binary Star, Decompoze, RoSpit, Kodac, Autocons, PSBL, Subterraneous Records

One Be Lo X Born and Raised in Pontiac

The city of Pontiac, Michigan once thrived as a landlord of General Motors, even receiving the honor of having a GM brand named after the city itself.  Men and Women relocated to Pontiac (Yac for short), gaining employment within the auto-industry. Families earned decent wages, and the community prospered as a whole. Those days are long gone, and the abandonment of the Auto Industry has left a crippling effect on the entire city, now plagued with unemployment, crime and corruption.

One Be Lo and Derek “The Tyrant Caraway, both natives of Pontiac join creative forces to establish a new production team called The AUTOCONS.

 By definition:

Auto- 1.) self, by oneself or spontaneous, by itself or automatic  2.) relating to cars

con- (v) persuade (someone) to do or believe something, typically out of deception

The machines and the bodies of those GM workers may have burnt out in the factories, but their spirit lives forever. Residents of Pontiac have been familiar with the Phoenix as a symbol since construction of the Phoenix Center in the ‘80’s, a huge structure that lies in the heart of the city.  Many legends speak of the Phoenix being a bird that possesses the ability to be reborn from it’s own ashes.  The AUTOCONS logo is a skull, that displays wear and decay, but contains a Phoenix within that represents hope and new life.  A Rebirth, and ultimately a New Yak State of mind.

The AUTOCONS logo is a skull, that displays wear and decay, but contains a Phoenix within that represents hope and new life. A Rebirth, and ultimately a New Yak State of mind.

“It’s kinda ironic that Derek converted his mother’s garage into a studio.  “That’s where we met.  Instead of working on cars, we work on music.  It was around the time I was mixing LABOR.  I would be downtown at another studio all day working on the mixes for LABOR,  then at night when everybody went home I would link with Derek at the garage and work on music, sometimes til the afternoon.  Sometimes we went 2 and 3 days straight in the studio.  We worked like zombies.  Two of the first songs we did together were “Tails from the Hood R.a.t.s. and “Doggy Style Biscuits”.  Those were the last two songs I added to the LABOR album.  We had know idea it would turn into this.

From those nocturnal studio sessions, the foundation was laid.  Dave Vied (DMT) and his guitar are also a part of the team.  All those crazy guitar solo’s you hear on LABOR and most of the new stuff is all Dave.  Another member of the team is Gasmaskedaily.  With Full Sail credentials, and GMD’s natural ear for incredible samples, stay tuned for a wide range of dynamic production from the AUTOCONS.

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