NC Hip Hop at it's finest
@bigpurpington on production @seeshreve on the podium
i guess that's why i'm best when i got broccoli
http://FTOlife.com

C.Shreve the Professor - My Philosophy (prod. by P.U.R.P.)

Not sure why DOOM didn't crush this on Madvillainy
We think Madlib was just saving it for @seeshreve
...for all the starving artists, I'm rolling up a harvest
http://FTOlife.com

C.Shreve the Professor - Sickfit (prod. by Madlib)

C.Shreve & P.U.R.P. linking up once again
We just goin in, tell me what you waitin on
https://soundcloud.com/black-pharaoh
artwork by Kuchi 3 Star 
http://FTOlife.com

C.Shreve the Professor - What You Waitin On (prod. by P.U.R.P.)

I sent you a fortune....it said to count your fortune
FTOTHC: https://itunes.apple.com/album/f.t.o.t.h.c./id805015904
http://twitter.com/seeshreve + http://twitter.com/JUSTFLUE
http://FTOlife.com

C.Shreve the Professor - Swordsman (prod. by Flue)

C.Shreve the Professor and D.R.U.G.S. Beats are back with their first release since 2022's "Must Be The D.R.U.G.S." album. 

Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering.

C.Shreve the Professor - Pimp Light (feat. D.R.U.G.S. Beats)

BE TRUE. 
The land of the free was the home of the braves / long before American soil was on a page / and maybe that's the reason for half of the world's rage / and why i play my part? cuz the whole world's a stage. 


C.Shreve the Professor | Ill Will - Be True (prod. by Handbook)

I WAS LEGENDARY. 

http://soundcloud.com/cshrevepro & http://soundcloud.com/jrusalam on an ill beat from from http://soundcloud.com/nosmoking
http://facebook.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://FTOlife.com

mixed by http://soundcloud.com/whokairs

C.Shreve the Professor feat. Jrusalam - LEGENDARY (prod. by NosmoKing)

L!VE on the beat. C.Shreve on the flow. FTO heat if you ain't already know. 
Mixed and mastered by Lazarus
http://FTOlife.com
http://facebook.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://youtube.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://twitter.com/FreeTheOptimus

C.Shreve the Professor - L!VE On The Beat (prod. by Mike L!VE)

DJ Jet on the cuts. C.Shreve & Mike L!VE on the mic. Double A on the visuals. Dylan Guye on production. #FTOLive coming soon
http://FTOlife.com
Official Video by Double A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa53v-XN1W4

Free The Optimus - 1234 (prod. by Grove$ide) C.Shreve | DJ Jet | Mike L!VE

Cyph Heads hit me up like what's goodie God? Wind chill 16 throw my hoodie on. Cyphs everywhere, it's that new shit. Put a fuckin fist in the air, it's the movement. #FTOLive coming soon. 
http://FTOlife.com
http://twitter.com/LongLiveLive

Mike L!VE - Cyph Heads (prod. By EG Engineering)

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6mQcvnkn-w
Lyrics: http://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-fade-away-lyrics
And when we write strong, I don't know what to say. All I know today is I ain't tryna Fade Away. #TwentySixteens coming 4.20.16
Production by Handbook. Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering. 
http://FTOlife.com
http://facebook.com/FreeTheOptimus
http://twitter.com/seeshreve

C.Shreve the Professor - Fade Away (prod. by Handbook)

I told H.E.R. I love her, I don't think that she believe me....
Twenty Sixteens: http://freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/track/i-love-h-e-r-prod-by
http://twitter.com/seeshreve
http://facebook.com/CShreveTheProfessor


iTunes

C.Shreve the Professor - I Love H.E.R. (prod. by ΔΣ)

Epic song in the Mind Ninjas catalogue (basically this was the impetus for the whole idea)....this track will be on the Free the Optimus album The Rise (of c.shreve).....Shep Bryan killing the production game per usual

Free the Optimus - Quiet Night (Mind Ninjas)

Slicin food for thought up in that Boom Bap Bistro...
@JohnAlexHarper & @CShrevePro throwing down on a @black-pharaoh crafted production. 
mixed / mastered by Lazurus

Keep up look out for new music:
http://twitter.com/seeSHREVE
http://twitter.com/JohnAlexHarper
https://twitter.com/bigpurpington

FTOLive

C.Shreve the Professor | John Alex Harper - Boom Bap Bistro (prod. by P.U.R.P.)

In the center of the cypher screaming WHERE THE GOD AT????
Three of Cypher Univercity's finest in voltron mode. #NCHipHop #WTGA
First taste of https://soundcloud.com/cshrevepro's Daddy Love To Rap.
Full new projects from https://soundcloud.com/jrusalam and https://soundcloud.com/tuscon1100 on deck this fall
Mixed & mastered by Brian Kidd

Daddy Love To Rap

C.Shreve the Professor - Where The God At? (feat. Jrusalam & Tuscon) [prod. by Grove$ide] #WTGA

Production by Good.F.NeLLa. 
Mixed and mastered by Lazurus.

The Lost Files

Walked Into My Life (feat. Mike L!VE & C.Shreve the Professor)

Production by minthaze. 
Mixed & mastered by Brian Kidd.

Made To Fly (feat. Mike L!VE & C.Shreve the Professor)

Daddy Love To Rap: freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/daddy…love-to-rap
The Toast video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BdJj3gGbo

Produced by FLUE. 
Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering.

C.Shreve the Professor - Moves (prod. by FLUE)

Daddy Love To Rap: freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/daddy…love-to-rap
The Toast video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BdJj3gGbo

Mixed and mastered by Brian Kidd.

C.Shreve the Professor - Roundball (feat. John Harper & Mike L!VE)

Daddy Love To Rap: freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/daddy…love-to-rap
The Toast video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BdJj3gGbo
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-the-toast-lyrics

Produced by Pat Junior. 
Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering.

C.Shreve the Professor - The Toast (prod. by Pat Junior)

Daddy Love To Rap: freetheoptimus.bandcamp.com/album/daddy…love-to-rap
Lyrics: https://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-run-it-back-lyrics
The Toast video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BdJj3gGbo

Produced by Delta Sigma. 
Mixed and mastered by EG Engineering.

C.Shreve the Professor - Run It Back (prod. by Delta Sigma)

Official Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvb1Q9oUBQA
Follow MiKE L!VE: 
https://twitter.com/MIKELIVELIHOOD
https://instagram.com/mikelivelihood
http://FTOlife.com

MiKE L!VE - My Mentality Is... (prod. by MiKE L!VE)

Go follow MiKE L!VE: 
https://instagram.com/mikelivelihood
https://twitter.com/MIKELIVELIHOOD
https://facebook.com/MikeLIVEfto
http://FTOlife.com

MiKE L!VE - It's The Beat (prod. by MiKE L!VE)

It's a visceral experience when I'm televisin my theorists...
https://twitter.com/seeSHREVE
https://instagram.com/seeshreve
https://facebook.com/CShreveTheProfessor
http://FTOlife.com
Mixed by EG Engineering.

C.Shreve the Professor - Hands Up (prod. by Kid Ocean)

Lost Love Found. 
https://open.spotify.com/album/49OGicnwO8u2QEZup0DMjc
A new collections of songs from C.Shreve the Professor. 

http://twitter.com/seeSHREVE
http://instagram.com/seeshreve
http://facebook.com/CShreveTheProfessor

Lost Love Found

C.Shreve the Professor - Flight Crew (prod. by FLUE)

Where would you be without a cell phone...Mine does everything but hold me back...
Produced by MIKE L!VE. Mixed by DJ Soulchildd. 
#LIVELIHOOD #FreeTheOptimus #FTOLive
https://www.instagram.com/mikelivelihood/
https://twitter.com/MIKELIVELIHOOD

LIVELIHOOD

MIKE L!VE - Star 69 (prod. by MIKE L!VE)

#WOODYHARRELSON  ...  12/25  24/7
Shep Bryan and Chris Shreve jumping off
(Mind Ninjas = Good Shepard & C.Shreve the Professor)
Burning Leaf Technique
http://freetheoptimus.tumblr.com

Mind Ninjas - Woody Harrelson

Intro track from FTOverseas
http://FTOlife.com
what's the course ID?

C.Shreve the Professor - Victory Speech Intro (prod. by iLe Flottante)

Gone....but I found my way
Produced by Kevo Beats in Greensboro, NC. 
Mixed & mastered by EG Engineering in Los Angeles, CA. 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3vvDUo9cg5yA4n9WNyzV9a
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gone-single/1458352657?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
lyrics: https://genius.com/Cshreve-the-professor-gone-lyrics

C.Shreve the Professor - Gone (prod. by Kevo Beats)

Phlo Deli and C.Shreve ride out to that Dilla Vibeout instrumental
2013 is gonna be a big year folks
@ItsDeliMan @seeshreve
https://soundcloud.com/bkilgoe
http://FTOlife.com

Phlo Deli l C.Shreve the Professor - VIBEOUT (DILLA)

Ill Will making his FTO catalog debut. This is the essence.
Professing Vol 1 @seeshreve @willbradleysp
@Handbook on production
https://facebook.com/freetheoptimus

Ill Will  I  C.Shreve the Professor - JET PACK (prod. by Handbook)

No need for dumb luck when you workin like a lunch truck
The full release of Professing Vol. 1 will be on June 4.
Sorry for the delay, we just got some last minute features that are worth it.
@seeshreve http://FTOlife.com


C.Shreve the Professor - COME UP (prod. by creambeats)

@seeshreve and @ItsDeliMan ripped some @HandbookYork production
Sit it down if you can't stand it / why you waitin hatin you can go make me a damn sandwich....or keep it movin
http://youtube.com/freetheoptimus

C.Shreve the Professor I Phlo Deli - KEEP IT MOVIN (prod. by Handbook)

NC Hip Hop. All That I Feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Iv4cJIGk0 Carolina Proud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEYu3i7LJw It's The Beat [video]: https://bit.ly/2L4N9Mz The Toast [video]: https://bit.ly/2uU0K05 Lost Love Found: https://open.spotify.com/album/49OGicnwO8u2QEZup0DMjc
Catacombs [video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmIEoJk4_wk 1234 [video]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa53v-XN1W4
https://soundcloud.com/CShrevePro & company search to find... http://soundcloud.com/good-shepard http://soundcloud.com/longlivelive https://soundcloud.com/unrealjet 
Mike L!VE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX-sIsudvGo
Summer Ransom Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KoCO3qPGsk
The Feast Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZUeHSQfEm8
Crews' Corpses Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBra7yObnxk
What It Do Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5L-GlWTtqM
UAINDOPE @ The Orange Peel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQw-E7dHzCA
Dogfight @ The Orange Peel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdD6LyVTgcs

hand picked beats + mindstates outside the maintstream = ______________

Free the Optimus (FTO) is a North Carolina hip hop collective comprised of C.Shreve the Professor, DJ Jet, Mike L!VE, Phil Dangerous, Ill Will, She Carretta, Good Shepard, and other affiliated collaborators including Double A, Pragmaddix, Tuscon, Phlo Deli, ILe Flottante, Jerrel Moore, P.U.R.P. and Beek the Sneak. The focus is on raw food for thought packed full of phytochemicals.

we put em on whats up
they try to pull us down 
they love to interrupt but they never stop the sound

Free The Optimus

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