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"Facts Machine" video: https://youtu.be/Arqw4Bqu6go
Bandcamp: https://mopessfr.bandcamp.com/album/mopes
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Introducing… MOPES! 

Back again for the first time, the artist formerly known as PROLYPHIC is marching forward with a new name, a new perspective, and a new EP that formally announces his presence with authority. It’s not just a name change - it’s a game change. 

The producer/emcee (and the first signee to Strange Famous Records) has spent his past 20 years as Prolyphic crafting a collection of classic indie material under a name chosen with all the enthusiasm and hubris of an aspiring teenage rap addict. While his work ethic never wavered, the finished product trickled out at a pace that mocked his moniker - it was the polar opposite of prolific, with new sounds escaping the lab every half a decade or so. He dropped formidable platters with underground hip hop production legends Reanimator (The Ugly Truth) and Buddy Peace (Working Man) before spearheading SFR’s digital imprint SFdigi with his self-produced LP DNGRFLD in 2016.

“I was 17 when I first started to get recognition under the name Prolyphic,” the freshly-minted Mopes explains. “I was a kid. I was making music to find out who I was. I'm now 40, an adult man, a father who has a career, knows who he is and is now comfortable in his own skin. I went through so much shit between the ages of 17 and 40 that I couldn't make music under the same pseudonym again. I'm just not that same person anymore. Prolyphic is out, Mopes is in.”

The self-titled debut EP from MOPES contains four slabs of granulated granite, rhythms and rhymes broken down and built back up again, resulting in formations carved by the hands of a master craftsman. Every line, note, and drum beat screams no-fucking-around.

The first single and video, “Facts Machine,” manifests a new-era version of the classic Prolyphic style: masterfully manipulated soul samples and neck-knocking drums drizzled with dense and thoughtful lyrics, delivered with an unflappable flow in the cadence of a vested veteran. 

The posse cut “Party McFly” features SFR label overlord Sage Francis leading the charge, with a fresh crop of StrangeFam in tow: emcees BlackLiq (Virginia) and Jesse The Tree (Rhode Island) make their splashdown in Strange Famous waters with an impact that creates a wave sure to be felt for years to come. 

“I’m excited, I'm having fun and there's a lot to look forward to,” says Mopes. “Ya boy is putting that work in and being very prolific.”

The eponymous debut EP is available now to stream or purchase on all digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, and Amazon. Limited edition package deals including T-Shirts and 7-Inch Lathe Cut Records are exclusive to StrangeFamous.com, and include the full digital EP + Instrumentals (only available at SFRstore)!

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"Facts Machine" - MOPES (formerly known as Prolyphic)

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P.O.S's Album "We Don't Even Live Here" Remixed & Re-Imagined by Marijuana Death Squads.

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Time Invested II is the twenty year anniversary release of Factor Chandelier's first ever album! Preorder now on beautifully packaged gatefold vinyl side by side with a 7": https://fakefour.bandcamp.com/album/time-invested-ii

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Factor Chandelier - Lost My Way feat. Def3

FTR: Blow Sum Smoke consists of the mixture of organic drums and heavy electronics that have always been present in my sound. This song is a continuation of that, and is still open to lyrics. Melodically i wanted to proceed with a more laid back approach. Smooth chords, simple, but focused on the sound, opening up room for the raps, rather than going to far out there with different tangents.

Opio: Off the bat, this track was hella stoney. The music is a stimulant within itself and it put me in that frame of mind. The music reminded of how I like the mixture of marijuana and music, how cannabis can help open your mind to really hear something, like you have never heard it before. Most weed songs can be corny and cliche but when I heard this track it sounded like a classic, it sounded familiar. I wanted to provide a new take on a generally unapproachable subject. There's an authenticity to this song both musically and lyrically. It just has that dope vibe, it makes you feel good.

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Written and Performed by Red Pill
Produced by Ill Poetic
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Mello Music Group rapper Red Pill is releasing the second single off of his upcoming album Instinctive Drowning. The song, Gin & Tonic, is a spiritual sequel to his 2015 song Rum & Coke, but with a disenchanted tone and a discouraged outlook. Maybe Red Pill is a hip-hop curmudgeon, but the new album demonstrates his ability to make himself vulnerable, wear his heartbreak on his plaid sleeve. 
The new album is entirely produced by Ill Poetic, swinging the production towards creative abstractions while preserving the intimacy and honesty of Red Pill's previous works. Instinctive Drowning will be here 8/26

Written by Red Pill (C.Orrick, Red Pill ASCAP). Produced by Ill Poetic (T. Gmeiner, ReDefinition Publishing ASCAP) for SoundRzn Graphic & Sound-Design. Trombone by Evan Oberla (Evan Oberla Music, BMI). Guitar by Alex Schrock (ASCAP). Additional Vocals by The Ingrid Rachel Project (Idonis, ASCAP)

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Fish Fly (feat. Kelli Love)

"This is a song about how art is our master and we are subservient to it. While feeling like we master it, It is truly making us it’s servant. It will make you feel like a king some days, a peasant the next, followed by feeling like nothing. In the end we always go back to the thing a that abuse us because it’s more comfortable than being alone. 
Find what you love. Let it kill you. But surf in the eye of the storm for as long as you can." - Cas

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released April 17, 2020 
Produced by Dizzy Wolfe 
Featuring Bitter Stephens 
Mixed & mastered by Eric Hunter 
Artwork by Ben Barnhart

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"PATRIARCH" - Cas One feat. Bitter Stephens & Dizzy Wolfe

Opio Lindsey, known by his stage name, Opio (born 1974[1]), is a member of the four-member, Oakland-based underground hip hop group, Souls of Mischief, and the eight-member, underground hip hop collective, Hieroglyphics.

Since the early-1990s, Opio has always done double duty for Hieroglyphics as both an emcee and producer. As a teen, Opio hooked up with local rappers Tajai and A-Plus, whom he met through Casual, another emcee who was Opio's classmate and neighbor. 

Opio has appeared on all four Souls of Mischief albums, both Hieroglyphics studio albums, and released his solo debut, Triangulation Station, in February, 2005 on the Hieroglyphics' own independent label, Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings.

Opio's second solo album, Vulture's Wisdom, Volume 1, was released on July 15, 2008 on Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings as well. In 2012 Opio released Vulture's Wisdom, Volume 2. 

In 2014, in addition to performing his solo show, Opio has joined forces with Las Vegas hip hop DJ legend DJ Scientific and Aagee of Compound 7 to create a live hip hop experience called Opio Live.​ With Scientific on the ones and twos and Aagee playing multiple instruments and drum machines Opio's unique style and verses come to life. Opio accentuates his performance by playing multiple drum machines and vocal manipulators while still giving you a real hip hop show. Accompanied by visuals this show is an all-around hip hop experience.

March 3, 2015 Opio will be releasing his newest solo endeavor The Subconscious Mind EP. Produced soley by Free The Robots. This is not something to miss!

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