Slum Beach Denny

Find Your Own Way

Hailing from Columbus, Ohio, the seven piece “Reggae / Rap / Rock” fusion, Shrub, has been rapidly gaining momentum and building a solid national fan base since being voted by readers as High Times Magazine’s Unsigned Band of the Month in September of 2010.

Recently, Shrub released their first full length album, Highceratops, which debuted in the Top 10 on the iTunes Reggae Charts. The album features guest appearances by C-Money from Slightly Stoopid, Dubmatix, and Kimberly Freeman from One-Eyed Doll.

The band garners comparisons to artists like: Sublime, The Dirty Heads, Atmosphere, Gym Class Heroes, and G. Love, but Shrub maintains an innately unique and raw sound all their own. With the addition of new guitar player, Kevin Oliver, former member of the world’s funkiest band, Parliament/Funkadelic (George Clinton), Shrub’s sound has now quickly become full-grown.

“The Midwest has long been a hotbed for successful rap artists, but Shrub’s eclectic fusion of rap, reggae, and rock brings a whole new flavor to the scene.”
- High Times Magazine

Fast Lane

Cool & Collected

After a year long of recording and mixing, My Peoples self-entitled "My Peoples" introduces you to a new sound of the reggae-rock-hip-hop genre. Follow My Peoples at http://www.facebook.com/mypeoplesmusic

Tell Me - My Peoples

HOT N GLASSY

I’LL BE GONE

Joy Addition - Karma Contract


Woke up, my toaster’s asking me
If I “approve cookies” to make tea
Neighbour’s wearing VR pants
Dancing with invisible ants
Politicians livestream lies
With puppy filters in their eyes

Everyone’s scrolling
No one’s controlling

It gets weirder and weirder oh boy!
Every glitch is the new real McCoy
Laugh or cry, you gotta enjoy
Life gets weirder and weirder oh joy!


AI dreams in neon frogs
Influencers date their dogs
Self-driving scooters shout “HEY YOU!”
When you walk too close to the queue
Grandma mines for crypto cash
Bingo cards turned cyber-trash

Trending confusion
Welcome delusion

It gets weirder and weirder oh boy!
Every glitch is the new real McCoy
Laugh or cry, you gotta enjoy
Life gets weirder and weirder oh joy!


Wear a mask not for disease
Just protects from NPCs
Mars is booked for holiday
Earth’s now “Beta” who’s to say?


Weirder and weirder nonstop!
Waiting for the sky to drop
Ride the chaos  reach the top
Weirder and weirder POP POP POP!

Weirder and weirder nonstop!
Waiting for the sky to drop
Ride the chaos  reach the top
Weirder and weirder POP POP POP!


WEIRDER AND WEIRDER

02 - Arden Park Roots - Grateful That The Sun Shines (1)

From the album Prove It

The Expendables
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The Expendables - Wells ft. G. Love

Meridian (Cosmic Dub feat. Johnny Cosmic & KBong)

With the release of his genre-hopping debut album, Slum Beach Denny, it’s time to add DENM to the storied list of Southern California’s musical ambassadors.  And like his most recent predecessors- Slightly Stoopid and Sublime- the twenty-something musician, songwriter, and producer drops plenty of hazy daze optimism into his melting pot of youth culture and life experience, emerging with a 21st century soundtrack from SoCal’s sun-kissed sand, surf, and streets.  “It might look overnight to some people,” says DENM, “but I’ve been working.”
Working, first as a producer, most recently as a songwriter and musician, DENM has been a highly sought-after creative force in the indie music scene for over a decade.  He’s evolved, thankfully and successfully, from years as an admittedly troubled teen bouncing from beach town to beach town.  And, as much as itinerant residencies in San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Isla Vista marked his personal narrative, they also fostered deeply authentic and eclectic sources of inspiration for the budding artist.  
DENM taught himself guitar at 14, studying Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin II, replicating every lick on his Alvarez acoustic- “the sickest present ever” from his mother.  He devoured YouTube videos on production techniques and, in 2017, found kindred spirits in the Rock Mafia duo of producers, Tim James and Antonina Armato.  He constantly grinded out new material, trusted constructive feedback from Rock Mafia, and chose positive vibes as motivation.  “Instead of trying to prove people wrong, I want to make sure that the people that believed in me are right.”
Utilizing his “ghetto set-up,” recording wherever the muse took him, DENM began crafting his own repertoire.  He built a personal studio- in a shipping container, no less- in Costa Mesa, Calif., where he assembled his raw tracks.  Then, in Los Angeles with Rock Mafia, he polished his prospective cuts into gems.  
DENM’s songs were notably genuine and reflective, not just autobiographically, but of the multicultural influences that surrounded him; revealing, if not celebrating, the seedier side of SoCal.  They also attracted a host of admiring peers; Dirty Heads’ Jared Watson, for one, guested on the album’s lead single, the reggae/punk cruiser “Califas.”
A devotedly independent artist, DENM signed with Ineffable Records in 2020; a strategic partnership that enables Slum Beach Denny to reach his ever-widening audience.  For DENM, this first record is an immense source of pride; his coming-of-age moment.  “Everything was fully realized: the vision; the mission.  I wanted to make a soundtrack of life that everyone can experience: falling in love; good times; hard times; a little bit of everything.”
And it’s just the beginning.
“Expect more out of me.  I’m going to write about my life.  I’m going to write about make-believe.  Whatever.  We’re just getting started.  Slum Beach Denny is album one,” says DENM.  “I’m living every day.  There’s inspiration everywhere.  I’m expecting to do this for the rest of my life.”