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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)

From the upcoming Oddisee mixtape "Tangible Dream"

Mixtape available exclusively with "The Beauty In All" his new instrumental album everywhere October 1st.

Produced by Oddisee
Vocals by Oddisee

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Oddisee - Own Appeal

Bonus material from the DICE GAME album sessions.

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

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

9. The Ladder - Common

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

"Industry" the first official single off the Mega Philosophy album! Production by Large Professor. Artwork by Ibrahim Sincere.  Mixed and Mastered by Hazardis Soundz @Realcormega #megaphilosophy.



Industry (Clean) - Cormega Prod. By Large Professor

Preview for the new album, A Wax Painting of Sound. Stay tuned for more info. Peace & Love.

Free Downloads

The Reintroduction (A Wax Painting of Sound) Prod. by Mr. Kid

produced by Apollo Brown
vocals by Red Pill & Verbal Kent

After Ugly Heroes' 2013 classic self titled LP, Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent and Red Pill are back again with a new EP coming out August 19th.  The new EP features five new songs (including a Murs feature) and 4 bonus track b-sides.  Ugly Heroes will also being touring Europe for a few weeks this August, starting with the legendary Hip-Hop Kemp Festival before hitting London and a number of other spots (all the dates will soon be up on the MMG Event Calendar).  The new EP will first be available digitally with a vinyl edition to follow late in the year. Original artwork by illustrator Paul Grelet.

Ugly Heroes - Naysayers & Playmakers

Like the track? Pick it up in iTunes: http://found.ee/goldenstateofmind

Produced by Exile, "Golden State of Mind" ft Dom Kennedy is the first single off of Fashawn's forthcoming album The Ecology slated for 2015 release.

This single will also be featured on the Mass Appeal Vol. I coming to you soon. 

Fashawn Tour Dates:
October - 17 - Las Vegas w/ Nas
October - 19 - Oakland w/ Nas
October - 22 - San Francisco w/ Ab-Soul
November - 20 - Orange County w/ Dilated Peoples

In the meantime, get the latest news on Fashawn:
www.twitter.com/fashawn
www.facebook.com/fashawn
www.instagram.com/therealfashawn


Fashawn - Golden State of Mind (feat. Dom Kennedy)

produced by Tall Black Guy
from The Black Opera's new album "The Great Year"

The Black Opera - Beginning Of The End (starring Georgia Anne Muldrow)

Fellow - Dayne Jordan produced by DJ Jazzy Jeff

It's been an incredible year for Open Mike Eagle, first he signed a multi-album deal with Mello Music Group, then he released the critically acclaimed album "Dark Comedy," and after months of touring North America, he is off for his first ever European Tour.  Oh, and he has an incredible new podcast called "Secret Skin" that is on the Infinite Guests network of American Public Media.  Here's an end of the year reminder of why he should be on you radar: Late Show, produced by Exile, starring Open Mike Eagle (side note, this will appear on the annual Mello Music Group compilation out in early 2015).

Open Mike Eagle - "Dark Comedy Late Show" (prod. Exile)

Black Milk remixes Diamond District "Ain't Over" from the newest Diamond District record "March on Washington."

Pre-Order on iTunes now! https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/march-on-washington-redux/id945512212

Diamond District - "Ain't Over (Black Milk Remix)"

Fashawn "Never Waiting In Vein"
Produced by: Alchemist
From the EP: Fash-ionably Late 

FREE EP DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.datpiff.com/Fashawn-x-Alchemist-FASH-ionably-Late-mixtape.672080.html

Never Waiting In Vein

"B4.DA.$$" Out Now & Available Everywhere! 
iTunes: po.st/b4damoney  
Amazon: amzn.to/17bOJo9 
Google Play: http://bit.ly/1Behk8P

Follow Joey Bada$$ on Twitter: twitter.com/joeyBADASS
"Like" Joey on Facebook: www.facebook.com/fckingbadass 
Follow Joey on Instagram: instagram.com/joeybadass

Joey Bada$$ - "On & On" ft. Maverick Sabre & Dyemond Lewis (Prod. by Freddie Joachim)

from the mello music group album "Persona" coming out 3/10.
prod. Oddisee | vocals: Oddisee & Phonte hook: Tamisha Waden | art: Oliver Barrett

If the soul of hip-hop belongs to the culture, the skeleton belongs to the independent label. From Sugar Hill to Def Jam, Tommy Boy to Rawkus, Fondle Em to Def Jux, the genre’s best music has been birthed by imprints that brazenly defy the status quo, those who champion fearless artists and always prize quality over commerce.
 
For the last eight years, Mello Music Group has lived by that ethos. If you’re reading these words, you’re inevitably well aware of its ascendance and growing legacy. But more importantly, you know the artists—those singular voices channeling the spirits of the past and spitting premonitions of the future. Boom-bap at its best: evolving and expanding the art form, capturing stories of the struggle, upholding the tradition, and keeping the crooked honest.
 
Persona unveils the murderer’s row that is the Mello roster of 2015. Oddisee, Apollo Brown, yU, L'Orange, Red Pill, Open Mike Eagle, Rapper Big Pooh, Quelle Chris. The stars of the present teamed with timeless innovators like Phonte (Little Brother), Blockhead, Ras Kass, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Oh No, Masta Ace, and Bilal Salaam. The result is something that binds current greats with the pioneers who paved the asphalt. It’s both a historical moment and hard as hell.
 
If most compilations are nothing more than a loosely thrown together collection of songs, Persona boasts meticulous focus. These aren’t spare tracks, they’re potent messages and poisonous darts. “Requiem” finds Phonte and Oddisee indicting American racism and Xenophobia with fury and precision. On “Homicide,” yU and Nottz leave blood dripping all over the canvas. There’s “Celebrity Reduction Prayer,” where Open Mike Eagle lampoons fundamentalists and religious zealots over Oddisee’s warm Stevie Wonder keyboards.
 
But there’s ultimately no need to do the track-by-track breakdown. This is an anthology in the most traditional well-curated sense. Turn here if you want to find the best hip-hop artists of their generation in raw and unfiltered form. The bars are brimstone; the beats force your neck to swivel. Through all the discontent, rays of hope begin to emerge. If you remember the feeling you got when you first heard Soundbombing, stop searching. The slang has changed, the style remains indelible, the latest personas have emerged. The new sound is here.



Requiem (feat. Oddisee & Phonte)

Surreal - Downtown Trodden

JAZZHOP. c) 2006

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Kero One -  In All The Wrong Places (2006)

Download Here: http://praverbthewyse.bandcamp.com/album/waiting-for-the-finish-single

Latest single produced by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/croupbeatz" target=_blank>Croup</a>.

Waiting for the Finish Lyrics 

(Praverb) 
I know the sex of my child 
Never settle for style 
Start anew, I grew, I see the heaven through clouds 
Talk to my mother, she's been dead for awhile 
Gazing down, I know that she's definitely proud// 

Nervous, searching, feeling the baby bump 
Ditch the Mercedes, I want us to be safe 
She thinks she's ugly, I love her lady lumps 
Second trimester, see the glow in her face// 

Baby growing, it's exposing her waist 
She walks slower, it's controlling her gate 
Think to myself, how much more can she take 
Carrying a seed, that doesn't know that it's great// 

Am I jumping the gun? 
Daydreaming, steady scheming, probably having lunch with my son 
If I have a girl, I'll protect her to death 
I only have one life, heed this lesson through text// 

(Chorus - 2x) 
If you live it, you gotta love it 
If you love it, you gotta live it 
So I live each day to the limit 
24/7, waiting for the finish 

(Praverb) 
Think about success, that's what knowledge does 
Saving bills, put directly in a college fund 
No booze or weed, I want a honest buzz 
Trying to shine without having to polish stuff// 

Look for work, jerk, she keeps yelling 
Work 12 hour shifts, I'm dealing with feet swelling 
We built a boat that floats on hope 
A little bit of faith, can you relate, we keep sailing// 

Built leads against the Heat, we keep trailing 
No longer a beat felon 
I'm overseas gelling 
With the Croup, I'm astute, over beats, in the booth 
Give you my life, this is free speech to the youth// 

It's the truth, I want my own fans, a grown man 
With a known plan to one day own land 
But for now, I'll make it one day at a time 
Living to the limit, staying patient with these rhymes// 

(Chorus - 2x)

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