Same Love. Aye, we all have a strong clue of certain fellows already when very young. Mostly we treat them absolutely righteously. We see something gayish, fragile, sensitive inside of them and mostly, yes, we take them along as brothers. It's often just that they themselves doubt it all since for some reason they are born to a minority that is like an anthropological Riddle.  I'm glad I always treated them as equal, naturally. Things happened and I saw tears and stuff. But this liberal talk is BS. Let the everfu****ng core family be the dearest value, it is essential for gays to grow in particularly.

Owuor Arunga is based in Seattle, Washington.  His music is inspired by his Kenyan origins and a kinetic global view formed by apprenticeships, playing and performing with great musicians from all over the world.  He is currently touring with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis in support of their album “The Heist”.

Dadabass (Geneiva Arunga) is a powerhouse rapper, poet and storyteller from Kenya, living in Seattle, Washington. Her social consciousness and ability to tackle the weighty issues of today is fearless, challenging and inspirational. 

Black as They Come Credits:

Owuor Arunga: Producer/Trumpet
Geneiva Arunga: Writing/Vocals
Geoff Ott: Engineer/Mix/Mastering
Felicia Loud: Vox 2
Mark Sampson: Piano/Rhodes
Royce Shorter: Drums
Farko Dasumov: Bass
Thaddeus Turner: Guitar
Jabrille Williams: Guitar
Greg Kramer: Trombone
Darien Asplund: Sax/Flute
Andrew Joslyn: Violin
Thione Diop: Talking Drum
Teo Shants: Conga
Cover Art: Marlee Malpiedi

Black As They Come

CHANT (feat. Tones And I)

MANIAC (feat. Windser)

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I wish that I could say that I was in a “better place” when I found out the news.  It would make for a far more polished and respectable story.  But I think back to that night: praying on the floor at 2am as Tricia went to the bathroom to take the pregnancy test I’d just purchased from Walgreens.  I was scared.  Scared to start working on new music.  Scared of trying again and failing.  Scared of the process of staring at myself through a page and seeing someone that I wasn’t proud of.  Someone that I didn’t like.  Someone that wasn’t ready to be a dad.

I’ve always had some make-believe image in my head of who I would be as a father.  I held on to clear expectations of where I wanted be in my career, my age, my level of self-care, and my maturity.  I basically assumed that I'd have it all together.  But in actuality the hypothetical “dad" version of me looked completely different than the man whose heart was beating out of his chest on the carpet, praying to a god or spirit I hadn’t talked to in months.  When Tricia walked out of the bathroom, I knew. And I knew I had to change.

5 months later we were recording in a remote cabin away from the density that is Seattle.  I was finally having fun in the studio for the first time in years.  Songs were getting made, finally. I was going back to the city once a week to attend a birthing class with Tricia.  When I got back to the cabin the next day, Ryan had made a new beat that would eventually become the song you’re listening to.  Half of it is advice about growing up.  The other half is trying to figure out how to grow up myself.

When you try to escape yourself, life has an interesting way of creating situations that force you to come back.  To look at who you are.  This is why “Growing up” felt like the right song to re-emerge with.  It’s where I’ve been the last year, through all the ups and downs.   We didn’t want to do a big campaign or anything over the top with this.  We just wanted to put out good music, directly to the people that have been here since the beginning.  Thank you for your patience. Hope you enjoy.

And if you’re wondering…

Our daughter, Sloane Ava Simone Haggerty was born 2 months ago on May 29th.  There is nothing like the joy and happiness that comes from bringing a baby into this universe.  She has filled my heart in ways that I never knew were possible.  She is the love of my life.  This song is for her. 

-Ben

Credits

Performed by Macklemore
Produced by Ryan Lewis
Featuring Ed Sheeran

Written by: B. Haggerty; R. Lewis; E. Sheeran; J. Karp; O. Arunga; J. Rawlings

Bass by Joshua "Budo" Karp
Piano by Joshua Rawlings and Joshua "Budo" Karp
Guitar by Ryan Lewis and Joshua "Budo" Karp
Trumpet by Owuor Arunga
Trombone by Greg Kramer
Vibraphone by Susan Pascal
Group Vocals by Deshe' Brooks, Tanisha Brooks, Sherri Charleston, Josephine Howell, Dana Jackson, Karma Johnson, Russell Leonce, Shaunyce Omar, Sally Reavis, Austin Rickel, Francisca Shaw, Maelu Strange and Liah Walker

Mixed by Jon Castelli
Mastered by Dale Becker
Engineered by Stephen Hogan
Assistant Engineered by Dave West (London Bridge Studios) and Scott Cedarholm (Avast Studios) 
Engineer for mix Ryan Nasci

Macklemore Publishing (BMI)
Ryan Lewis Publishing (BMI)
Gutterfunk (ASCAP)
Arunga Music (BMI)
Joshua Rawlings (ASCAP)

Ed Sheeran Limited and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK)
Ed Sheeran appears courtesy of Asylum Records UK Ltd

© 2015 Macklemore, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Growing Up (Sloane's Song) Feat. Ed Sheeran

Listen to the 'f**cked up' version of Nico & Vinz's 'Thats How You Know' featuring Kid Ink and Bebe Rexha. Download the 'Cornerstone' EP on iTunes: http://wbr.fm/CornerstoneI

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Check out the lyrics to 'That's How You Know' below!

[Verse 1: Nico]
You were big city living; girlfriend like Eva Mendes
Until your side chick called you up
Saying she might be pregnant
Now you're alone and crying; inside, you're slowly dying
Cause Magic Mike just got your key

[Chorus: Nico & Vinz]
That's how you know you fucked up
That's how you know you fucked up
That's how you know you fucked up
That's how you know you fucked up

[Verse 2: Bebe Rexha]
Bebe
You were the man in college; got a degree in awesome
And had more zeroes in your bank than all the Matrix coding 
Now you're in your mama's basement
Cause you spend every paycheck
The IRS your new best friend

[Chorus: Nico & Vinz & Bebe Rexha]
That's how you know you fucked up
That's how you know you fucked up
That's how you know you fucked up
That's how you know you fucked up

[Verse 3: Vinz]
Ha, oh
You had it going for you; moved out to California
Got lost in money, drugs, and women; now for all your dollars
Now Nico's unemployed, Vinz's love for coke destroyed him
So now we back in Norway

[Chorus: Nico & Vinz]
That's how we know we fucked up(ha ha ha hey)
That's how we know we fucked up (oh no!)
That's how we know we fucked up (hey)
That's how we know we fucked up
Fucked up, fucked up

[Verse 4: Kid Ink]
Uh, yeah, Kid Ink
You used to be the big spender, grabbing the check every dinner
Showing out to your girlfriend best friends
Just so they could wish they was with you (wait)
You ain't wanna hit the club but the pressure (uh huh)
Got you out trying to get a table and a picture 
Everybody Snapchat pictures
But ain't nobody trying to drive on the liquor, nah nah
I been getting so twisted, tie-dye, bye-bye
Think we should leave after I pay
But you forgot to save cash for the valet, wait, what

[Chorus: Nico & Vinz (Bebe Rexha)]
That's how you know you fucked up (that's how you know)
That's how you know you fucked up (that's how you know)
That's how you know you fucked up (that's how you know) 
That's how you know you fucked up
(That's how you know you fucked up, you fucked up)
That's how you know you fucked up
(Yeah yeah yeah, that's how you know you fucked up, you fucked up)
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah)

That's How You Know (feat. Kid Ink & Bebe Rexha)

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Performed by Macklemore
Produced by Ryan Lewis
Featuring Eric Nally, Melle Mel, Kool Moe Dee, Grandmaster Caz

Written by: B. Haggerty; R. Lewis; E. Nally, J. Karp; J. Rawlings; J. Dutton; E. Flory-Barnes; T. Haggerty; D. Asplund

Bass by Ryan Lewis and Joshua "Budo" Karp
Drum Programming by Jake One, Ryan Lewis, and Joshua "Budo" Karp
Piano by Joshua Rawlings
Keyboards by Joshua Karp and Swish
Guitar by Ryan Lewis and Joshua "Budo" Karp
Saxophone by Darian Asplund
Misc Percussion by Stephen Hogan
Toms by Aaron O'Neil
Trumpet by Owuor Arunga, Jason Chambliss, William Jones and Ahamefule Oluo
Trombone by Gregory Kramer
Group Vocals by DeShe' Brooks, Gena Brooks, Tanisha Brooks, Tyler Dopps, Stephen Hogan, Josephine Howell, Maelu Strange, Joshua "Budo" Karp, Ryan Lewis, Russell Leonce, Malaelupe Samifua and Sam Townsend
Additional Vocals by Tyler "XP" Andrews

Mixed by Jon Castelli
Mastered by Dale Becker
Engineered by Stephen Hogan
Assistant Engineered by Geoff Ott & Dave West (London Bridge Studios), Scott Cedarholm (Avast Studios), and Justin Long (Robert Lang Studios)
Engineer for mix Ryan Nasci

Macklemore Publishing (BMI)
Ryan Lewis Publishing (BMI)
Gutterfunk (ASCAP)
Joshua Rawlings (ASCAP)
Eric Sean Nally (ASCAP)
Darian Asplund (BMI)
Evan Flory-Barnes (ASCAP)
Tim Haggerty (BMI)
WB MUSIC CORP. (ASCAP) AND MOMO ELENA MUSIC (ASCAP) ALL RIGHTS ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND MOMO ELENA MUSIC ADMINISTERED BY WB MUSIC CORP.  

© 2015 Macklemore, LLC. All rights reserved.

This Unruly Mess I've Made

Downtown (feat. Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Eric Nally)

Where Is The Love?

Macklemore
Drug Dealer feat. Ariana DeBoo

Performed by Macklemore
Produced by Macklemore
Co-Produced by Joshua "Budo" Karp
Featuring Ariana DeBoo

Written by: B. Haggerty; J. Karp; J. Rawlings, J. Sinclair; D. Takahashi; D. Dalton; T. Andrews

Lyrics by Ben Haggerty
Featured Vocals by Ariana DeBoo
Drum Programming by Ben Haggerty
Bass by Joshua "Budo" Karp
Piano by Joshua Rawlings
Violin by John William Sinclair
Cello by Dave Takahashi
Additional Background Vocals by Tyler "XP" Andrews and Joshua "Budo" Karp

Mixed by Jon Castelli
Mastered by Dale Becker
Engineered by Stephen Hogan 
Additional Engineering by Adam Burd (Avast Studios Seattle) and Milo Eubank (Robert Lang Studios Seattle)
Assistant Engineered by Eric Droppo (Robert Lang Studios Seattle)

Macklemore Publishing (BMI)
Gutterfunk (ASCAP)
Joshua Rawlings (ASCAP)
John William Sinclair (BMI)
Dave Takahashi 
David Luke Dalton (ASCAP)
Tyler Andrews (ASCAP)

© 2016 Macklemore, LLC. All rights reserved.

Drug Dealer feat Ariana DeBoo - Produced by Macklemore (Co-Produced by Joshua "Budo" Karp)

Macklemore
Wednesday Morning

Performed by Macklemore
Produced by Joshua "Budo" Karp

Written by: B. Haggerty; J. Karp; T. Andrews

Lyrics by Ben Haggerty
Bass by Tyler Dopps

Mixed by Tyler Dopps
Mastered by Dale Becker
Engineered by Tyler Dopps 

Macklemore Publishing (BMI)
Gutterfunk (ASCAP)
Tyler Andrews (ASCAP)

© 2016 Bendo, LLC. All rights reserved.

Growing Up (Sloane's Song) Feat. Ed Sheeran

Macklemore

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