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The introspective track asks "Who's keeping me from the top? It's Me.  What keeps me punching the clock? It's Me... In the end I have to face Me."

Ugly Heroes continue to connect with listeners through their self-titled debut album.  As they begin booking their fall and winter tour schedule, Apollo Brown and company wanted to drop one of their non-album bonus cuts on everyone.  Red Pill & Verbal Kent both deliver heart felt vocal performances, while Apollo Brown mixes things up for a minute giving us some double-time hi-hats to go with his snares.

Ugly Heroes - Me (Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, Red Pill)

Bonus material from the DICE GAME album sessions.

Apollo Brown & Guilty Simpson - Duckin' Strays (BONUS MATERIAL)

From the upcoming Mello Music Group - Mandala Vol. 2, Today’s Mathematics
Everywhere January 28, 2014

Following a triumphant 2013 for the Mello Music Group label, with full-length releases from Oddisee, Quelle Chris, Ugly Heroes, 14KT and Gensu Dean & Planet Asia to name a few, Mandala Vol. 2, Today’s Mathematics celebrates the breadth of talent on deck over sixteen carefully-selected new tracks. Showcasing the depth of lyricists and producers that the MMG squad has to offer, the LP delivers everything from brag rap workouts, electro funk excursions, tales of relationships turned sour and late night kush soundtracks. 

Audible Doctor contributes three cuts - “No Design To This” features former Onyx MC Fredro Starr, and bodes well for their forthcoming album project, while “Space Age Love” is a rolling instrumental groove built upon layered vocal snippets and horn hits, while “The Last Real One” combines the minds of veteran PRT rapper Wise Intelligent with young gun Has-Lo. 

Gensu Dean provides the backing for Yarbrough’s verbal assault on “Stand Hard In A Circle Of Thieves,” unleashes menacing keys for “Advanced Degrees” (featuring Howard Lloyd on vocal duties) and brings that 12-bit grit for Blacastan to let loose with for the punishing “Stardust.” Apollo Brown teams up with Murs for the engaging narrative of “The Pain Is Gone,” before lacing the Ugly Heroes with a melancholy backdrop for “Pay Attention.”

The Heroes also contribute “Low Serotonin” over a blistering Oddisee beat, while third of the trio Verbal Kent reunites with Kaz 1 for “Beast Mode,” which also boasts some heavy scratch-hook work from the legendary DJ Eclipse. Def Dee laces Jamall Bufford’s “Keep It On The Hush” with an early 90’s N-Tyce vocal grab for the hook, and duets with yU on the breezy “Listen To Me.” 14KT’s sole contribution is the powerful “Up” with songstress Muhsinah, while Duke Westlake recruits former Little Brother MC Rapper Big Pooh and Stik Figa from Kansas for the head-nodding “Juk.”
 
Rounding off proceedings, Oddisee provides the masterfully-constructed “Le Boulevard Montmartre” instrumental, sporting crunchy snares and filtered bass in a manner that would make Pete Rock proud, while Georgia Anne Muldrow‘s “Mantra (Tut’s Revenge)” recalls the sound of early LA electro greats such as The Egyptian Lover and the Arabian Prince with a dusted, addictive groove.

Acting as both an ideal introduction to the Mello Music Group roster for newer listeners and a celebration of the strength of the label for existing fans, Mandala Vol. 2, Today’s Mathematics is an essential experience for anyone with an ear for soulful music that isn’t afraid to stay down to earth while shooting for the stars.

Pay Attention (feat. Ugly Heroes) [prod. Apollo Brown]

From the upcoming Apollo Brown album "Thirty Eight."  Available Digitally, on CD w/ Bonus 5" Vinyl, and on 180 Gram Vinyl w/ Bonus 45 this MAY 6TH on Mello Music Group.

Apollo Brown - The Answer

http://www.vibe.com/article/premiere-apollo-brown-ras-kass
produced by Apollo Brown vocals by Ras Kass
featuring Pharaohe Monch & Rakaa Iriscience
cuts by inDJnous
mastered by Eric Morgeson @ Studio A
mixed by Magnetic @ The Disc

from Apollo Brown & Ras Kass "Blasphemy" Oct. 28th https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blasphemy/id909822088
Limited Edition Splatter 2xLP
http://www.mellomusicgroup.com/collections/pre-order/products/apollo-brown-ras-kass-blasphemy-ltd-splatter
Mello Music Group, 2014.

Apollo Brown & Ras Kass - H20 (feat. Pharoahe Monch & Rakaa Iriscience)

From the album "Blasphemy" - out now on Mello Music Group!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blasphemy/id909822088

Apollo Brown & Ras Kass - "How To Kill God"

Blasphemy, the collaborative album from Detroit producer Apollo Brown and West Coast legend Ras Kass, is a thought-provoking and highly personal treatise on the unspoken. No “ism” is out of bounds, no topic too untoward. Whatever you hold sacred isn’t above aggressive inquiry.

Above all, this album displays Apollo Brown & Ras Kass’ undeniable synergy. Their sacred writ is the same, their blasphemy for those who want to think as they nod to the rhythm. When Ras Kass crucifies supposed facts over Apollo’s beats, it’s clear he is the West Coast’s preeminent philosopher. When Apollo’s blaring suites soothe your soul and his sonic scripture takes you to church, it’s an ontological fact that he ranks among the best producers in the game. With Blasphemy, the duo has delivered the truth.
 
Today, Apollo and Ras Kass release a free download of a non-album bonus track, “Impossible Dream,” f/ Sean Price. 

Free Download: "Impossible Dream"
https://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/track/impossible-dream-feat-sean-price

Checkout the Okayplayer.com Premiere: http://www.okayplayer.com/news/ras-kass-apollo-brown-sean-price-impossible-dream-mp3.html

Purchase Apollo Brown & Ras Kass Blasphemy on iTunes now:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/blasphemy/id909822088

Hardback CD: http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/apollo-brown-ras-kass-blasphemy/MMG058CD/

Red, White & Blue Splatter Vinyl: http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/apollo-brown-ras-kass-blasphemy/MMG058SPLATTERLP/

For More Information:

https://twitter.com/ApolloBrown
https://twitter.com/RasKass
https://twitter.com/seanprice 
https://twitter.com/MelloMusicGroup
http://www.mellomusicgroup.com/


Apollo Brown & Ras Kass f/ Sean Price- 'Impossible Dream'

From the upcoming project "Words Paint Pictures" (prod. Apollo Brown) out 3/24 on Mello Music Group https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/words-paint-pictures/id959134547


Rapper Big Pooh - "Stop (feat. Steve Roxx / prod. Apollo Brown)"

from Rapper Big Pooh's Mello Music Group debut album "Words Paint Pictures" out now everywhere (CD, Digital, Vinyl).

produced by Apollo Brown
photography by Jeremy Deputat

Rapper Big Pooh - Promise Land (prod. Apollo Brown)

from the Apollo Brown album "Grandeur" http://geni.us/32Ft

No one knows the rugged soul of Detroit hiphop like Apollo Brown. He's embraced the gospel of the drums and has brought on the chorus of legendary New York rap group M.O.P. to help ignite the same passions in us. 

From Apollo Brown's upcoming album, the first single "Detonate" displays the grandiose grit of high octane boom bap meets action flick energy. From Detroit to New York, not all that glitters is gold. Grandeur is coming 9.25.15. 

Apollo Brown - Detonate (feat. M.O.P.)

Detroit producer Apollo Brown releases the second single from his upcoming album "Grandeur."  Your Old Droog jumps over the production giving his best Nancy Reagan to dusty heads out there.  
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/grandeur/id1013508061

Apollo Brown - Not That Guy (feat. Your Old Droog)

Apollo Brown - Triple Beams (feat. Westside Gunn & Planet Asia)

Red Pill, Apollo Brown, & Verbal Kent are Ugly Heroes
New Album, Everything In Between, June 24th 
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/everything-in-between/id1094898313?app=itunes

Few things are more ugly or heroic than telling the truth. Life is often bleak, brutal, and over all too swiftly. Leaders are corrupt. Job prospects are limited. Cigarettes and shots of gin rarely lead to a peaceful finish. But between the lunacy and squalor, there exists those who make it all worthwhile: family, friends, and ruthlessly honest artists who remind you that you aren’t alone, shedding light on those dark nights of the soul.
 
As Michigan’s anti-Surgeon General, Red Pill quips: “We may not be the heroes this world needs, we're definitely not the heroes this world wants, but at least we're here.” His partners in Ugly Heroes are Chicago MC Verbal Kent, and Detroit producer Apollo Brown. Their sophomore Mello Music Group release, Everything In Between, offers diamonds of wisdom amidst the existential dumpster fire.


Ugly Heroes - This World (prod. Apollo Brown)

from the upcoming album Ugly Heroes - Everything In Between
https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/everything-in-between/id1094898313?app=itunes

produced by Apollo Brown
vocals by Red Pill & Verbal Kent
mastered by Eric Morgeson
photo by Jeremy Deputat

Ugly Heroes - Heart Attack | Red Pill, Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent

Written by St. Paul Slim & Slug
Production by Julian Fairbanks
Recorded, Mixed, & Mastered at Stophouse Studios

Production, Direction, & Editing by Colton Otte of Blue G Productions, LLC

Co-Creative direction by Common Culture

Fade Away is Slim's second release with Stophouse this year and marks the beginning of a busy summer. 

http://facebook.com/stpaulslim
http://twitter.com/stpaulslim
http://instagram.com/stpaulslim

St. Paul Slim - Fade Away feat. Slug

http://www.REGGAEVILLE.com

BUY @ https://itunes.apple.com/album/bazzle-riddim/id1111668421

Sizzla - Circus [Bazzel Riddim | Yard Vybz Ent./Young Pow 2016]

Apollo Brown - Never In a Million Years

Artist: OC & Apollo Brown
Album: Trophies
Year: 2012
Label: Mello Music Group

Prove Me Wrong

from the album "Daily Bread"

About the album:
Back with that grit, tell the soundman to turn this shit up. New York emcee Hassaan Mackey (Rawkus 50) slangs words and onomatopoeia, rhymes like he wants to, and backs the whole room into a corner with a raw vision of the streets that pierces ordinary experience and gets at life's marrow. Meanwhile Detroit producer Apollo Brown (The Reset, Brown Study, Gas Mask, Clouds) lays the sonic foundation with hard drums and big bass, while the crackle of vinyl hums. Gritty and soaked in soul, Daily Bread brings to mind an old photograph as it bangs out the system. Each track is heavy with a sense of atonement, haunted by experience, and energized by a cathartic sense of hope. Give us our Daily Bread and forgive us our trespasses.

Buy on iTunes

Hassaan Mackey & Apollo Brown - Something

from the Album Ugly Heroes (5/28)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ugly-heroes/id640931667



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