MR DIBBS brings OHIO DIRT to Strange Famous!
The newest Strange Famous artist is one of our oldest comrades, collaborators, and friends… SFR is proud (and slightly terrified) to welcome MR. DIBBS to the roster! His SFR debut LP “Ohio Dirt” is available now on Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD, and Digital Download – and is streaming wherever you listen to music! If you […] The post MR DIBBS brings OHIO DIRT to Strange Famous! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
The newest Strange Famous artist is one of our oldest comrades, collaborators, and friends… SFR is proud (and slightly terrified) to welcome MR. DIBBS to the roster! His SFR debut LP “Ohio Dirt” is available now on Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD, and Digital Download – and is streaming wherever you listen to music! <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="819" height="1024" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_01_photocredit_beegats-819x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8249" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_01_photocredit_beegats-819x1024.jpg 819w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_01_photocredit_beegats-240x300.jpg 240w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_01_photocredit_beegats-768x960.jpg 768w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_01_photocredit_beegats.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px" /> If you are somehow unfamiliar with this oppositional & defiant villainous veteran who’s been digging up graves & digging in crates since the ’90s, here’s just a fraction of the math…. • Co-founder of the hip hop collective 1200 Hobos • Co-founder of the foundational indie rap music festival Scribble Jam • Touring DJ for Atmosphere (2000-2005) • DJ for El-P (Run The Jewels / Company Flow / Def Jux) during the “I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead” era • Producer of the soundtrack/original score “Primitive Tracks” for the Habitat / Alien Workshop Photosynthesis aka “the orange tape” • Has legit worked with, performed with, and collaborated with everyone from Atmosphere to Z-Trip (see what we did there) “OHIO DIRT” is his first release on Strange Famous Records, and it’s as unorthodox as its creator: sonically stamped with ‘For Advanced Placement Students Only‘ in invisible bloody red ink. Legendary producer, turntablist, DJ and all-around general menace… Mr. Effin Dibbs. <img decoding="async" width="1080" height="720" class="wp-image-8251" style="width: 1080px;" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_02_photocredit_beegats.jpg" alt="" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_02_photocredit_beegats.jpg 1080w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_02_photocredit_beegats-300x200.jpg 300w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_02_photocredit_beegats-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/mrdibbs_pressphoto_02_photocredit_beegats-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" /> What do you do with hundreds of circuit-bent toys, synthesizers, keyboards, drum machines, Euro rack modules, and obscure dialogue that’s been deconstructed, sampled, and then turned into twenty hours of sequential music? You chop it down to forty minutes of sound, nineteen-ish minutes for each side, two tracks that tell two different stories. Now wait out a global fuckin’ pandemic and a fire at the only plant that produces vinyl pellets, and here we are. “Ohio Dirt” is not your standard DJ record… This is chaos math. A layered message hidden in a riddle that you overheard from your drunk uncle who just got back from Camp Hero. So buckle up… put on your headphones, take a deep breath, and we’ll see you on the other side. <img decoding="async" width="1024" height="1024" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SFR069_MrDibbs_OhioDirt_COVER_RGB_1080px_72dpi-1024x1024.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-8253" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SFR069_MrDibbs_OhioDirt_COVER_RGB_1080px_72dpi-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SFR069_MrDibbs_OhioDirt_COVER_RGB_1080px_72dpi-300x300.jpg 300w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SFR069_MrDibbs_OhioDirt_COVER_RGB_1080px_72dpi-150x150.jpg 150w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SFR069_MrDibbs_OhioDirt_COVER_RGB_1080px_72dpi-768x768.jpg 768w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SFR069_MrDibbs_OhioDirt_COVER_RGB_1080px_72dpi.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> SIDE A: S’Curity (running time: 18 min 23 sec) SIDE B: Speedbeard (running time: 18 min 24 sec) Ohio Dirt by Mr. Dibbs Album credits: Rogue research & additional auditory ammunition supplied by William Carter Circuit assassination instruction by ERIC MEISTER (@e_makes_music) Mastered by Tobe “Tobotius” Donohue at ThunderTone Studios Photography by Alissa Weaver Ohio Dirt mural by When One DF/TA/TSC Design & handstyles by Devious1 TSC Album layout & design by Chris Gliebe Dedication: You said “Ride or Die,” and you fucking meant it. Laura Rae, I love you. The post MR DIBBS brings OHIO DIRT to Strange Famous! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
JESSE THE TREE x MOPES rise again with WORM IN HEAVEN!
Tree is risen! WORM IN HEAVEN, the second full-length collaboration between emcee JESSE THE TREE and producer MOPES, is out now on Strange Famous Records! Pre-order the album on Vinyl LP / CD / Cassette or grab the limited edition GRIM TREE-PER Pocket T-Shirt here Digital downloads are available at the SFR Bandcamp here Three years after they fused […] The post JESSE THE TREE x MOPES rise again with WORM IN HEAVEN! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
Tree is risen! WORM IN HEAVEN, the second full-length collaboration between emcee JESSE THE TREE and producer MOPES, is out now on Strange Famous Records! Pre-order the album on Vinyl LP / CD / Cassette or grab the limited edition GRIM TREE-PER Pocket T-Shirt here Digital downloads are available at the SFR Bandcamp here Three years after they fused forces for their SFR debut album PIGEON MAN, the Rhode Islanders return with 14 slabs of their signature mellow magma & a flock of friends to keep the flow going. Special guests include Strange Famous label boss Sage Francis, indie rap legend Slug (of Atmosphere), long-time Tree collaborators Onry Ozzborn (Grayskul / Dark Time Sunshine) and Andrew (sleepingdogs), labelmate BlackLiq, and an impressive roster of underground vets including K-the-i???, Fatboi Sharif, Defcee, and ToadStool! Worm In Heaven by jesse the Tree Words from the duo on their resurrection and ascension: MOPES: Pigeon Man felt like a warm-up to us, so while Jesse and I started working on Worm In Heaven soon after PM dropped, we wanted to be sure to take our time making it. That approach paid off, and we feel like we’ve grown a lot in the time between albums. JESSE: The release of Pigeon Man left us feeling like we had some good creative momentum, and we had a lot of ideas about what kind of a sound we wanted to capture. The process of making PM brought us closer as people and as collaborators, so by the time we got to working on Worm in Heaven, we had a good sense of each other stylistically. Mopes is my guy, and a dear friend. Our personal relationship makes the album creation process more human, and allows us both to be more open-minded. He’s such a talented producer and has a great ear for sounds and composition, for making the beats feel larger than life. His style challenges me to step outside my comfort zone, because on other projects I often opt for more subdued, mellow production. MOPES: Jesse and I are also very active with other projects, so we wanted Worm In Heaven to stand out and have its own sound. JESSE: Lots of life happens in between albums. It can be hard to find time to really lock in with writing, to make time to go to the studio after work. This can lead to overthinking a lot of shit, which can create roadblocks on the path to finishing a project. Pigeon Man felt like, boom, let’s do this. And we did. Worm in Heaven felt like an uphill battle at times. In a good way, though. Somehow having to work harder to get where we wanted to be kept me going. MOPES: I also wanted Jesse to have more solo songs this time around, so he could flex his writing ability and display his range. And he absolutely shines. JESSE: The album has some familiar themes, but is a bit scatterbrained too. So am I, so that feels right. There are songs about family, songs about basketball, lots of life observations. Mopes’ production does a very good job of drawing you towards a feeling or a memory. Like with the song “Like Mike” – as soon as I heard the beat I knew I wanted to write about hoops, watching games with my dad, which is one of my favorite things in the world to do. Mopes is a badass. I started writing this album around the same time I got a job as a mental health therapist. So l feel like that experience weaved its way into some of what I was feeling and learning. The album title is borrowed from a song by an artist called Protomartyr. A really beautiful song. These lyrics from it really inspired me: I am the worm in heaven / Remember me, how I lived / I was frightened / Always frightened / I did exist, I did / I was here, I am / And what I left behind / Never be the simple kind In the end, of course, we were just trying to make a good hip hop record. I didn’t want to lose that core goal in all the other things I’m trying to write about or reflect on or convey. It felt important to remember that we can just have fun, and I don’t always have to use darkness or depth to figure shit out in a song. We’re very fortunate to have some really killer guests on the album, ranging from close friends to artists that I admire a lot. They all add so much to the project and make their songs feel whole. One of the coolest parts of all of this is connecting with someone to build a song. And then it lasts forever. That is a very special thing. Thank you to everyone who’s tuned in over the years. I hope to keep going as long as I can. I feel very lucky that music is a part of my life where I can find peace, share stories, and make friends that remain. Shoutout to all my loved ones who keep me going. To Strange Famous Motha Fuckin Records. And thank you everyone. I hope you dig. Pre-order the album on Vinyl LP / CD / Cassette or grab the limited edition GRIM TREE-PER Pocket T-Shirt here ———- TRACKLIST 01 Dharma Bum 02 Hidden Temples feat. K-the-i??? & Fatboi Sharif 03 A Bad MFer feat. Sage Francis 04 Like Mike 05 Death of Vanity 06 Supernatural Disasters feat. Slug 07 Condition Report feat. andrew 08 Doris Burke feat. Onry Ozzborn 09 Righteous! feat. BlackLiq & ToadStool 10 Anima 11 Secret Recipes feat. Defcee 12 Origami 13 Starship 14 Frankenstein All songs written and performed by Jesse the Tree, except where noted All songs produced by Mopes Mixed and Mastered by Mopes Front cover photo by Tim Fish Back cover artwork by Pulp Prints Layout & design by Storm Davis The post JESSE THE TREE x MOPES rise again with WORM IN HEAVEN! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
OldBoy Rhymes returns with “Curly Head” – produced by Ariano!
CURLY HEAD, the sophomore album from OLDBOY RHYMES (produced by ARIANO) drops August 22 everywhere you listen to music! Check out the whole collection of OldBoy merch here – available exclusively at StrangeFamous.com! From the dark tundra of Alaska to the heaving jungles of Papua, OldBoy Rhymes has experienced a lot. He’s befriended billionaires, kids […] The post OldBoy Rhymes returns with “Curly Head” – produced by Ariano! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
CURLY HEAD, the sophomore album from OLDBOY RHYMES (produced by ARIANO) drops August 22 everywhere you listen to music! Check out the whole collection of OldBoy merch here – available exclusively at StrangeFamous.com! From the dark tundra of Alaska to the heaving jungles of Papua, OldBoy Rhymes has experienced a lot. He’s befriended billionaires, kids in “third world” slums, and people at all levels in between. OldBoy Rhymes has lived a crazy, multi-polar life, and his lyricism is drenched in the love and angst he soaked up along the way. His debut LP, 2024’s The Sane Asylum, painted these experiences in broad strokes and viewed them through a widescreen lens. On Curly Head, OBR focuses his vision to take a deeper look within, and everything from the song lyrics to the album title tells his story: “I have very curly hair, and so does my son, ” OldBoy explains. “When I was a little kid in Alaska, bullies called me ‘curly head.’ I’ve shaved my head since I was 10 years old, which is when I moved to Jakarta. A dichotomy exists within me between the nerdy curly head and the troublemaker who’s fought his way through a lifetime of extreme experiences. This album explores that duality, telling some of the stories I didn’t detail in my debut album The Sane Asylum — from a stabbing, to a home invasion, to my son’s medical challenges, to personally searching for and finding my wife’s biological mother in the Philippines. That curly head became a fighter in both body and spirit, which has allowed me to persevere and achieve in life, but it also built defense mechanisms that haven’t always served my mental health. This album is dedicated to my younger self. It’s also for my beautiful, curly-headed son and my wife, who safeguards the light in his eyes. I dedicate Curly Head to my friend Aaron M, who knows what it’s like to fight for a childhood dream and achieve it and David J who has always taken the time to understand and support me when others didn’t. David was the one who found me after the home invasion I detail in the song “Interpol.” Curly Head is produced entirely by and features vocals from Ariano, an industry veteran whose exceptional versatility has earned him unwavering respect, enduring collaborations, and coveted stage time with some of hip-hop’s most iconic figures. His impressive list of collaborators and performance partners can be found at his website, https://arianomusic.com. Over the past decade, Ariano has masterfully blended genres, releasing standout solo albums and numerous collaborative projects that showcase his range and creativity. OldBoy & Sage Francis interviewed on James DiFiore’s ‘Blackballed’ podcast: ———- ALBUM TRACK LIST: 1. Curly Head 2. Rage 3. Serenity (Interlude) 4. Survival State 5. Pediatric Ward 6. Dr. Choy 7. Promise It Will Be Ok 8. Sari Club (Interlude) 9. Interpol 10. Tiny Pills 11. Never Leave Me 12. Monarch 333 Produced by ARIANO | ArianoMusic.com Cover artwork by Tai Taeoalii | ArtByTai.com OldBoy Rhymes logo by Inkymole The post OldBoy Rhymes returns with “Curly Head” – produced by Ariano! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
LEE REED’s righteously sinister “PITCHFORKS & TORCHES” is out now!
The sophomore Strange Famous Records release from Canada’s legendary indie rap warrior LEE REED is here! A dozen dark designs for the darkest of times, featuring his SFR brother OldBoy Rhymes over beats by ripple-eh-hex and cuts from !Kryme Won. ——————————— https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=227101008/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/Words from Lee on the creation of the record: Pitchforks & Torches was written in […] The post LEE REED’s righteously sinister “PITCHFORKS & TORCHES” is out now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
The sophomore Strange Famous Records release from Canada’s legendary indie rap warrior LEE REED is here! A dozen dark designs for the darkest of times, featuring his SFR brother OldBoy Rhymes over beats by ripple-eh-hex and cuts from !Kryme Won. ——————————— https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=227101008/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/ Words from Lee on the creation of the record: Pitchforks & Torches was written in 2022-2023, as the Covid crisis morphed into a cost of living crisis. The basics – rent, food, water, medicine, heating, cooling, etc. – became difficult or impossible to afford. Friends and neighbours were facing eviction. Friends and family were being laid off, or having their hours cut. Inflation and food prices soared. Parks became encampments for the unhoused; people froze or sweltered depending on the season. The streets filled with people in distress and trauma, with nowhere to go. Extreme weather became the norm – record temperatures, record storms, record fires, record floods, record drought, record rains – the stats kept going up. And all the while, the rich racked up historic gains, accumulating more wealth and property; bombs continued to be shipped and dropped across the globe; police budgets swelled and the militarization of police forces continued unchecked; the manufactured left vs. right culture war raged on every channel and platform; and politicians continued to feed us the same tired bullshit that got us here, sliding us into the maw of full blown fascism. Pitchforks and Torches was written to this dystopian backdrop. The album is dark and unsettling, like the world we live in; a raw, angry and visceral reaction to the times. Where most of my music could be seen as political commentary or critique, Pitchforks & Torches is expressly confrontational. Belligerent even. 34 minutes of pure, concentrated class war; with heavy lyrical bricks lobbed at cops, bosses, landlords, bankers, billionaires and the electoral sham that keeps this whole death dance in step. Dirty, scuffed, lo-fi beats from the big homie ripple-eh-hex. Cuts and arrangements by my fam !Kryme Won. And just one lone feature, from my Strange Famous brother OldBoy Rhymes. The soundscape hits as raw as the lyrical content. The darkest of music for the darkest of times. Pitchforks & Torches dropped as a Bandcamp exclusive on May 1, 2025 on Strange Famous Records, and is available on Spotify, iTunes/Apple Music, YouTube Music, and at digital retailers on May 9, 2025. CDs and Cassettes (all including Instant MP3 downloads of the full album) are available for pre-order at www.StrangeFamous.com. TRACKLISTING 1. NO REFORM 2. PITCHFORKS & TORCHES 3. BLACK MASK 4. SHARPENING BLADES 5. LIFT A FIST ROCK 6. THIS ECONOMY 7. FULLY FUNCTIONING LUXURY 8. ELXN SZN (ft. OLDBOY RHYMES) 9. THIS AINT RAP 10. DO A DANCE 11. THE SYSTEM 12. HOPE LESS Beats by: ripple-eh-hex Cuts & Arrangement by: !Kryme Won Tracked and Mixed by: Aidan Robson at Catherine North Studios Mastered by: Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Album Art and Layout by: Anthony Haley The post LEE REED’s righteously sinister “PITCHFORKS & TORCHES” is out now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
AUPHEUS returns with the star-studded “High Artifice”!
London, UK super-producer AUPHEUS returns with his latest Strange Famous juggernaut, “HIGH ARTIFICE” (featuring appearances by Sage Francis, Slug of Atmosphere, Buck 65, Illogic, Kool Keith, El Da Sensei, Blueprint, Rob Sonic, Sole, BlackLiq and Lee Reed)!——————————— SFR veteran beat technician AUPHEUS adds to an already impressive catalog (including his 2018 opus Megalith + his most […] The post AUPHEUS returns with the star-studded “High Artifice”! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
London, UK super-producer AUPHEUS returns with his latest Strange Famous juggernaut, “HIGH ARTIFICE” (featuring appearances by Sage Francis, Slug of Atmosphere, Buck 65, Illogic, Kool Keith, El Da Sensei, Blueprint, Rob Sonic, Sole, BlackLiq and Lee Reed)! ——————————— SFR veteran beat technician AUPHEUS adds to an already impressive catalog (including his 2018 opus Megalith + his most recent collab LP with emcee Seez Mics Cancel The Guillotine) by inviting a roster of indie rap luminaries to add the finishing touches to his rock-solid sonic foundations. His latest offering, High Artifice, drops everywhere you listen to music on April 18, 2025! Words from Aupheus on the creation of the record: “I didn’t initially set out to make a full album. I didn’t have a musical agenda, an end product in mind or a deadline. I just wanted to make dope music. This project was just over 5 years in the making. The world was very different when I started working on these tracks at the end of 2019 before the pandemic kicked in, and I was a different person too. There is no ‘theme’ running through the record. One common thread that all the tracks share is the process; I reached out to some of my favourite rappers about the potential of working together and went with the flow. Every track on the album is a collaboration and the making of each track was a unique journey. Some of these came off in a couple of days, some took months, a couple took years and some never came off at all. Some of these beats evolved over time as the world changed and my life and approach to making music changed with it. I didn’t brief any of the featured artists unless they asked. Most of the beats I made specifically with each artist in mind. I’m a huge fan of everyone I reached out to and I wanted them to have the creative freedom to do their thing with the music and take things in whatever direction they were feeling. In terms of the production I wasn’t aiming for a particular style or concerned with how the tracks were going to sound in relation to each other – I treated each track as a standalone piece and tried to tailor the music to compliment each artists’ individual style. Huge thanks and big ups to all the incredible artists who contributed to this project, in order of appearance; Illogic, Sage Francis, Buck 65, Slug, El Da Sensei, Kool Keith, Rob Sonic, Blueprint, BlackLiq, Sole and Lee Reed. Everyone totally killed it and I never expected to enlist such an insane lineup of rap legends. A special shout out to Illogic; ‘CHEMTRAILS’ was the first track we finished for this project and was the catalyst for the rest of the album. What he did with that joint blew my mind (and still does) and I know it got some of the other artists excited to get involved too. Also a special shout to Sage Francis for the help with organising, enlisting and persuading, for his own super dope vocal contributions to the record and for all the general encouragement and support with expanding this project into something bigger than I’d originally envisioned.” – Aupheus High Artifice dropped April 18, 2025 on Strange Famous Records, and is available on Spotify, iTunes/Apple Music, YouTube Music, and at digital retailers everywhere. Limited edition 7-inch Lathe Cut Records, CDs, and Cassettes (all including Instant MP3 downloads of the full album) are available for pre-order at www.StrangeFamous.com. TRACKLISTING 1. CHEMTRAILS feat. Illogic (4:56) 2. RECOVERING ADRENALINE ADDICT feat. Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Slug (4:31) 3. NO DICE feat. El Da Sensei (3:02) 4. IT’S MY SPACE feat. Kool Keith (3:34) 5. DRIVE feat. Rob Sonic, Sage Francis and Blueprint (4:03) 6. PERSONAL RECORDINGS feat. BlackLiq (2:50) 7. DESERTS OF THE PRE-PRESENT feat. Sole (3:38) 8. IT’S OVER feat. Lee Reed (2:31) Total Running Time: 29:05 The post AUPHEUS returns with the star-studded “High Artifice”! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
NEW Sage Francis MIXTAPE! A Sick Twist Ending to the ‘Sick Of’ Series!
Fresh for 2025: Sage Francis’ new mixtape “A Sick Twist Ending,” the final installment in the legendary “Sick Of…” series! Get yours on Digital Download, CD, & Cassette exclusively at SFRstore or on Bandcamp. A Sick Twist Ending by Sage Francis TRACKLIST: 01 Wheels of Steal (prod. Buck 65)02 Heavy Load (Non-Prophets demo, 1999)03 Crunchy (prod. Buck 65)04 Exes […] The post NEW Sage Francis MIXTAPE! A Sick Twist Ending to the ‘Sick Of’ Series! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
Fresh for 2025: Sage Francis’ new mixtape “A Sick Twist Ending,” the final installment in the legendary “Sick Of…” series! Get yours on Digital Download, CD, & Cassette exclusively at SFRstore or on Bandcamp. A Sick Twist Ending by Sage Francis TRACKLIST: 01 Wheels of Steal (prod. Buck 65) 02 Heavy Load (Non-Prophets demo, 1999) 03 Crunchy (prod. Buck 65) 04 Exes & Ohs Freestyle (90.3 WRIU, 1998) 05 Take Me to the Lake (EBM “Five Hearts” Redux) feat. Mega Ran, Eternia, Benefit, MC Chris 06 Launchpad Demo (music by Sparklehorse, 2008) 07 Weak Link (AOI, 2000) 08 And Some Batteries (music by Ben Kordus) 09 As It Is (music by Swell of Metermaids) 10 Dumb Ghosts (prod. Buck 65) 11 Master Cleanse (Mopes Remix) feat. OldBoy Rhymes & RITUALS OF MINE? 12 On My Way (Non-Prophets demo, 1999) 13 Shit Brick House (prod. Buddy Peace) 14 A Confident Interlude 15 Got Up This Demo (prod. Buck 65, 2006) 16 Secret Service Freestyle (90.3 WRIU, 1998) 17 Slumlord of the Slumlords (prod. Buck 65) 18 Lost Loves (Lil Sage vs Xaul Zan, 1991-2011) 19 All The Smoke (Buddy Peace Remix) feat. Metermaids 20 Pimp that Niche (prod. Buck 65) 21 Vision Quest Freestyle (90.3 WRIU, 1998) 22 The Last Eulogy Ever Written (music by Ceschi & Factor Chandelier) 23 FrAnne Fam Outro Jam (prod. Jaye M.) CREDITS & ADDITIONAL TRACK INFO BELOW. ———- Words from Sage on “A Sick Twist Ending”: This “Sick Twist Ending” mixtape concludes my “Sick of…” mixtape series, which began in 1999 with the “Sick of Waiting” tape. As with the first one, this mixtape consists of a wild mix of material from various unreleased studio recordings, bedroom demos, live radio recordings, stage performances, and remixes. And more. It’s what the hell a mixtape is supposed to be no matter what these newfangled knuckleheads are going on about. It also including features from emcees I work with along with material from each outfit I’ve been a part of over the decades (AOI, Non-Prophets, Epic Beard Men). The sound quality can shift from track to track as some of these files date back to the mid 90s, but I’ve always enjoyed threading together my timeline with the listeners. I’ve somehow managed to salvage these recordings despite the many moves, technological shifts, hard drive crashes, etc… There’s some sheen in this bad boy for sure, but most of it is very raw. By this point, almost nothing has been left on the cutting room floor. I’ve emptied the old tape vaults and now there aren’t anymore unreleased songs that I think are shareable, hence, the conclusion of a mixtape series that lasted 25 years. It’s the reason the Strange Famous Records label grew legs in the first place and continues to kick ass. A couple of the songs on this mixtape were leaked at one point or another, but now they all have an official home. The most special of shoutouts goes to Buck 65, whose production appears throughout this mixtape. We began working on a project in 2018 (which 4 of these songs are from), but soon after recording the demos I ended up in a whirlwind of life stuff which eventually landed in me in CT with a wife and kids. That type of life switch can really mess with your artistic output, but I think I’ve figured it out now. Buck also had some life whirlwinds of his own, which made it difficult to focus much on what we had started. Before we knew it, 8 years had flown by and the original files were no longer accessible for a lot of the music. I look forward to us doing more official collaborations and I’m eager for people to hear the material that wasn’t chosen for this mixtape. In the meantime, I recommend people check out his vast catalog on Bandcamp. Not everything is available on the streaming sites, so sometimes you just have to dig a bit in your pocket and support the artists you love. Now that this is finished, every project I start from here on out needs to be completed soon after starting it with an actual release date in mind. This has to happen. Whether I have a budget and a team behind the project or not. That should be good news for people who’ve been patiently waiting for me to release new solo material because there is a lot on the way. My wonderful wife is probably the most relieved to hear that. All the love to her and the kiddos. The whole family. Deepest of appreciation to the SFR artists and community for helping keep these wheels turning and for making it fun again. Lastly, thank you to all the fans for your patience and continued support if you managed to hang on this long. Salute! Sage Francis ———- CREDITS & ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFO: Mastering on track 01, 05, 07, 15, 20 by Alxndrbrwn. “Weak Link” includes Scott Begin on drums, Matt Z. on upright bass, Matt C. on flute, Tara H. on keys, Jay P. on guitar, Laura Escudé on violin. The beats on the Non-Prophets songs were made by Joe Beats. Ceschi & Factor Chandelier provide the sound design/synth on “The Last Eulogy Ever Written.” The beat for “Take Me to the Lake” was made by Le Parasite, redux arranged by Sage Francis. The original version of “All the Smoke” is from the Metermaids album, A Line in the Sky. The original version of “Master Cleanse” was produced by Alxndrbrwn and released as an OldBoy Rhymes single on Jan 19th, 2024. The “FrAnne Fam Outro Jam” was a birthday present for me from my family, produced by the children’s Auntie who managed to make something fun in a tight two hour window while she watched the kids. Photos by Paul Winner. Layout and design by Storm Davis. Additional artwork on CD version by Pat Jensen. The post NEW Sage Francis MIXTAPE! A Sick Twist Ending to the ‘Sick Of’ Series! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
SEEZ MICS returns WITH SFR – his new LP is out now!
Seez Mics is back, and he’s WITH SFR! Of course, you already knew that – but it’s also the title of his new LP! ‘With SFR’ features a different member of the Strange Famous crew on every song – check the track listing below to see the star-studded roster! Musical accompaniment was provided by the talented […] The post SEEZ MICS returns WITH SFR – his new LP is out now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
Seez Mics is back, and he’s WITH SFR! Of course, you already knew that – but it’s also the title of his new LP! ‘With SFR’ features a different member of the Strange Famous crew on every song – check the track listing below to see the star-studded roster! Musical accompaniment was provided by the talented SpeaksBeats, with cover art by the always on-time Pat Jensen. The 11-song collection is available to download at StrangeFamous.com and at the SFR Bandcamp. 7-Inch Records, CDs, Cassettes, and Turntable Slipmats are also available to pre-order here. ‘With SFR’ Is also available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and wherever you listen to music. ———- Listen to the album at the SFR Bandcamp! With SFR by Seez Mics TRACKLISTING 01 Grinding Halt WITH Sage Francis 02 A Little On Us WITH Mopes 03 Another Morning WITH Lee Reed 04 Walter Wrong WITH Swell of Metermaids 05 Write On Time WITH BlackLiq 06 Monkey In The Middle Ground WITH Runt of Jivin Scientists 07 Over It WITH OldBoy Rhymes 08 As A Child, As A Master WITH Jesse The Tree 09 Things Must Change WITH Early Adopted 10 Quit It Now WITH Cas One 11 Five Daily Conscious Decisions All vocals by Seez Mics (except where noted in tracklisting) All music by SpeaksBeats Mixed & mastered by SpeaksBeats Additional post-production assistance by Alxndrbrwn Artwork by Pat Jensen The post SEEZ MICS returns WITH SFR – his new LP is out now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
The Sane Asylum is open: OldBoy Rhymes’ SFR debut is here!
THE SANE ASYLUM, the Strange Famous debut album from OLDBOY RHYMES (produced by MOPES) drops August 9 everywhere you listen to music! Featuring appearances from Sage Francis, Brother Ali, Mr. Lif, Zion I, Akil of Jurassic 5, Myka 9, Locksmith, Tom Thum, BlackLiq, JEL, and more! Check out the whole collection of OldBoy merch here […] The post The Sane Asylum is open: OldBoy Rhymes’ SFR debut is here! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
THE SANE ASYLUM, the Strange Famous debut album from OLDBOY RHYMES (produced by MOPES) drops August 9 everywhere you listen to music! Featuring appearances from Sage Francis, Brother Ali, Mr. Lif, Zion I, Akil of Jurassic 5, Myka 9, Locksmith, Tom Thum, BlackLiq, JEL, and more! Check out the whole collection of OldBoy merch here – available exclusively at StrangeFamous.com! ——— From the dark tundra of Alaska to the heaving jungles of Papua, OldBoy Rhymes has experienced a lot — from terrorist attacks to home invasions. He’s befriended billionaires, kids in “third world” slums, and people at all levels in between. OldBoy Rhymes has lived a crazy, multi-polar life, and his lyricism is drenched in the love and angst he soaked up along the way. OldBoy Rhymes’ The Sane Asylum is the war journal of a reluctant combatant fighting for loved ones who can’t. The international American emcee’s full-length debut is a series of true, dramatic dispatches from frontlines all over the planet. From Jakarta to Silicon Valley, the saga has left him with scarred hands, a scarred brain, and an unbroken spirit. “I’ve spent the majority of my life outside the US,” explains OldBoy. “Since I was a kid, rhyming has been an outlet that I’ve leaned on to process my perspective on life and society.” The Sane Asylum broadcasts a point of view that is delicately balanced and brutally informed. It bumps with that trademark Strange Famous Records blend of personal resonance over strong, musical tracks. This no-skips album provides your recommended daily allowance of big beats, soul-shaking samples, and nimble rhymes from an overstimulated mind. CHECK OUT THE LYRIC VIDEO FOR “LIFTOFF” featuring MYKA 9, JEL, + BUDDY PEACE! OldBoy’s stage name functions on different levels. Most obviously, he doesn’t feel young. And he’s not. “I don’t believe a no-name nobody has ever dropped a debut album from out of nowhere, in their late 30’s, featuring a bunch of genre icons,” says the rhymer, typing in his top secret American headquarters. The Sane Asylum is produced by Rhode Island rap vet Mopes (the artist formerly known as Prolyphic). And the record arrives like a mortar shell from indie-rap stronghold Strange Famous. The label is home to a committed crew under the charge of hip-hop luminary Sage Francis. Features and collabs on the record include Sage, Akil (Jurassic 5), BlackLiq, Brother Ali, JEL (anticon), Mr. Lif (The Perceptionists), Myka 9, Runt (of Jivin Scientists), Tom Thum, Locksmith, Lee Reed, Buddy Peace, and the late, great Zumbi of Zion I. OldBoy’s journey includes a visit to a mental health ward and a life-and-death street scuffle. It almost ends in a plane crash. He takes notes the whole time. Palestine. The pandemic. Generational trauma. Terrorist attacks. An American legacy of murder from JFK to Trayvon Martin. Dysmorphia. Abandonment issues. The immunocompromised life. Body dysmorphia. OldBoy knows what is hard: Life is hard. <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-7990" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboyrhymes_thesaneasylum_wallwriting_blue_promoimage_1080px-1024x590.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="590" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboyrhymes_thesaneasylum_wallwriting_blue_promoimage_1080px-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboyrhymes_thesaneasylum_wallwriting_blue_promoimage_1080px-300x173.jpg 300w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboyrhymes_thesaneasylum_wallwriting_blue_promoimage_1080px-768x442.jpg 768w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboyrhymes_thesaneasylum_wallwriting_blue_promoimage_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> “Despite the tone of the album, I am not anti-American,” clarifies OldBoy. “I grew up abroad as an unbelievably patriotic American boy. However, the older I became, and the more I learned, I felt like a kid who grows up to realize their father is a duplicitous deadbeat. My anger is because I love the US and expect more from it. US foreign policy is not ethereal when you have been attacked and beaten down by a crowd of 30+ men and women angry at the US invasion of Iraq — like I have.” His family’s sole breadwinner, OldBoy quit his job to bring his family to America for various medical and mental treatments. It’s just one of a series of ten draining family challenges that besieged him over the last six years. (Ask him, but be ready. He has receipts.) Moving through The Sane Asylum, OldBoy revisits formative events and irresistible forces. OldBoy, Sage, and Mr. Lif call out the empire in “American Pyramids.” Righteous rage gives way to personal vulnerability on tender tracks like “Sasquatch” and “Somehow.” After the aerobic verbal acrobatics of “Liftoff,” the door closes. And hope has kept him standing. “The life reviews that I do in ‘What’s Hard?’ and ‘Strange Kids’ are directly tied to conversations I had in therapy,” says OldBoy. “The world around me, and people closest to me, had literally gone crazy. And being sane was driving me out of my mind. Staying solid and carrying everyone on my shoulders resulted in The Sane Asylum.” Check out the whole collection of OldBoy merch here– available exclusively at StrangeFamous.com! <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-7992" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboy_video_endcard_1080px-1024x540.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="540" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboy_video_endcard_1080px-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboy_video_endcard_1080px-300x158.jpg 300w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboy_video_endcard_1080px-768x405.jpg 768w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/oldboy_video_endcard_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> ALBUM TRACK LIST: 01. “What’s Hard?”* 02. “American Pyramids” (feat. Sage Francis, Mr. Lif)* 03. “Strange Kids” (feat. Tre, Runt of Jivin Scientists)* 04. “How Many” (feat. Tom Thum)* 05. “Lose You” (feat. Lee Reed, Black Liq, Deuce Eclipse, Mopes)* 06. “New Day” (feat. Akil of Jurassic 5, Maksik)* 07. “Somehow” (feat. Brother Ali)* 08. “Smiley Pills” (interlude)* 09. “War” (feat. Locksmith)* 10. “Faith Healer”* 11. “The Indicator” (feat. Sage Francis)* 12. “Sick with You”* 13. “Sasquatch” (feat. Zion I, Ariano)* 14. “Liftoff” (feat. Myka 9, prod. by JEL of anticon)* * a true story Produced by MOPES, except “Liftoff” produced by JEL All cuts by BUDDY PEACE Guitar on tracks 1, 2, 9 by ALAN HAGUE of Passionplay Cover artwork byNick P.G. OldBoy Rhymes logo by Inkymole Album liner notes by DX Ferris Check out the whole collection of OldBoy merch here – available exclusively at StrangeFamous.com! The post The Sane Asylum is open: OldBoy Rhymes’ SFR debut is here! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
METERMAIDS are back with A LINE IN THE SKY! Vinyl Available Now!
After nearly a decade lost in space, METERMAIDS return to Earth to team with producer ALXNDRBRWN & turntable titan BUDDY PEACE for A LINE IN THE SKY, their latest otherworldly transmission on Strange Famous Records, dropped on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and wherever you listen to music on November 10, 2023! Order the album […] The post METERMAIDS are back with A LINE IN THE SKY! Vinyl Available Now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
After nearly a decade lost in space, METERMAIDS return to Earth to team with producer ALXNDRBRWN & turntable titan BUDDY PEACE for A LINE IN THE SKY, their latest otherworldly transmission on Strange Famous Records, dropped on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and wherever you listen to music on November 10, 2023! Order the album on Vinyl LP, Cassette, CD here. Sentence & Swell are joined on the mission by SAGE FRANCIS, MOPES, CAS ONE, SEEZ MICS, JESSE THE TREE, and EARLY ADOPTED – check out the intro video featuring the SFR crew! “All The Smoke” featuring Sage Francis is the first single: TRACKLISTING: 01 A Line In The Sky 02 All The Smoke feat. Sage Francis 03 Mysterious Ways feat. Jesse The Tree 04 Still, Life feat. Seez Mics 05 Quiet on the Set feat. Sage Francis 06 Little Kids Birthday feat. Mopes 07 How To Make Your Bed Like Stanley Kubrick 08 Steady Drip (Time Warp) feat. Cas One 09 Every Picture Of Me feat. Mopes & Early Adopted 10 Best Friends <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-7922" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/metermaids_alits_vinyl_newsarticle_1080px-1024x611.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/metermaids_alits_vinyl_newsarticle_1080px-1024x611.jpg 1024w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/metermaids_alits_vinyl_newsarticle_1080px-300x179.jpg 300w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/metermaids_alits_vinyl_newsarticle_1080px-768x458.jpg 768w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/metermaids_alits_vinyl_newsarticle_1080px.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> The post METERMAIDS are back with A LINE IN THE SKY! Vinyl Available Now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
TRADEMARC x MOPES tag up for HAM & EGGERS! New LP out now!
HAM & EGGERS, the debut collaboration from Strange Famous Records’ new tag team combination of emcee TRADEMARC and producer/emcee MOPES, drops everywhere you listen to music on August 18, 2023! Pre-order the album on Vinyl, Cassette, and CD at SFRstore here. Listen & download now on Bandcamp here. Ham & Eggers by Trademarc x Mopes […] The post TRADEMARC x MOPES tag up for HAM & EGGERS! New LP out now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.
HAM & EGGERS, the debut collaboration from Strange Famous Records’ new tag team combination of emcee TRADEMARC and producer/emcee MOPES, drops everywhere you listen to music on August 18, 2023! Pre-order the album on Vinyl, Cassette, and CD at SFRstore here. Listen & download now on Bandcamp here. Ham & Eggers by Trademarc x Mopes H&E features raps by Trademarc and Mopes, production by Mopes, scratches by DJ Zole, plus appearances by Sage Francis, 7L & Esoteric (CZARFACE), Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks / Army of the Pharaohs), Jesse The Tree, Lee Reed, SUBSTANCE810, and more! Check out the first video for “BAG WORK” featuring 7L & Esoteric & Vinnie Paz! Video directed by Mopes Additional animation by Morgansbrother Special thanks to Beyond Wrestling —————————————————————————————— TRACKLISTING 01 Gold Chains 02 Interrupt This Program f/ Sage Francis 03 No Huddle f/ SUBSTANCE810 04 Stockton To Stallone 05 Ain’t Nothing 06 Fun While It Lasted 07 Behind Curtains (interlude) 08 Bag Work f/ 7L & Esoteric, Vinnie Paz 09 Royalty Checks f/ Jesse the Tree 10 Brass Knuckle Game f/ Lee Reed 11 Something Funny To Watch 12 What Doesn’t Kill You 13 Coat Of Arms f/ Lee Reed 14 Chance To Be Champ (Outro) <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-7907" src="https://www.strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TrademarcXMopes_HamEggers_Trio_WIDE_1080px_WEB_VERSION-1024x512.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="512" srcset="https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TrademarcXMopes_HamEggers_Trio_WIDE_1080px_WEB_VERSION-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TrademarcXMopes_HamEggers_Trio_WIDE_1080px_WEB_VERSION-300x150.jpg 300w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TrademarcXMopes_HamEggers_Trio_WIDE_1080px_WEB_VERSION-768x384.jpg 768w, https://strangefamousrecords.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TrademarcXMopes_HamEggers_Trio_WIDE_1080px_WEB_VERSION.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /> “LISTEN HERE, ALL YOU HUMANOIDS OUT THERE…” “Now hang on a minute, Marty!” I had to break in now or I might never get in a word edgewise. After all, I was talking to Marty “The Mind” Herman, the mouthiest meatball of a manager in the entertainment game, the PR hack’s dream, the quip-and-quote machine, the megaphone for champs and challengers alike. And now he had his hooks into TRADEMARC and MOPES, and had christened them HAM & EGGERS. But I was the microphone in front of the man, the agenda-setter, the one who guided the fans through this forest of hyperbole and hubris. This was an arena where if you interview two, one lies and the other swears to it. I was here to get to the truth, to let the people know who Trademarc and Mopes really were. “Let’s start with your new frontman, Trademarc. He used to be tag team partners with the champ, the big bruiser from Boston…” “THAT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE,” Marty blurted, his pale babyface now an eclipse of crimson. “Doesn’t need him, he’s a member of the Herman Family now. Doesn’t need to be off making romantic comedies and putting on superhero suits for the kiddies. Family is family, but Trademarc is with The Family now, whoever and however he did whatever with is none of your concern, pipsqueak.” But understanding who T&M once were was everyone’s concern: how these two vested veterans of the rap game could come under the tutelage of this double-dealing, sequin-soaked Beverly Hills blowhard was perplexing at best. Both members of the team had a dossier of impressive credentials, to say the least. Straight from the pages of SFR Magazine: Trademarc began his musical journey with fellow indie rap heavy-hitters 7L & Esoteric (CZARFACE), forming his first official group (under the name God Complex) with the duo and other college friends in the mid-1990s. After the crew’s amicable split, Trademarc hooked up with another (more literal) heavy-hitter: his cousin, professional wrestler (and rapper) John Cena. The pair released the RIAA certified-platinum LP “You Can’t See Me” on Columbia Records, touring the US and Europe and making high profile appearances on TV’s Monday Night RAW. Predka struck out on his own with his follow-up, the more conceptual “Inferiority Complex”, and in 2008 joined old friends Esoteric and DC the MIDI Alien for 3 releases as the indie rap supergroup East Coast Avengers. His 2015 LP “Black Ash Days” (with producer DC) led him to link with SFR label boss Sage Francis, and he has been a valued part of the Strange Famous universe ever since. “What about Mopes?” I retorted, “Now he doesn’t seem like the type of individual who would associate with your…” Cut off again. “WHAT ABOUT MOPES?” The Mind was seething now, his vocal pitch bordering on that of a siren, his velour-jumpsuit-draped arms gesticulating wildly. “Let me tell you about Mopes: he can tell you himself! Mopes, get out here! You tell ‘em what’s what!” Suddenly, a slender and intense presence made itself known, emerging from the curtain backdrop and inserting itself into the frame. The legendary underground double-threat Mopes (once a soft-spoken, well-respected, upstanding member of the hip hop community known as Prolyphic, before his dramatic heel turn) was no longer wearing his customary SFR work jacket – in its place was a sparkling satin jacket, bright baby blue and emblazoned with a large ‘HAM & EGGERS’ patch on the back. “This ain’t some willy-nilly freak show, brother!” Mopes came out of the gate as a race car in the red. “When Marc and I step in the ring August 18th at the Civic Center, 10,000 years of primal evolution is gonna kick in like acid on your esophagus. We’re not a bunch of farm-team ham-and-eggers! Look at these ham hocks!” Mopes frantically rolled up his shimmering azure sleeves, spastically flailing and flexing what resembled a pair of prepubescent potatoes taped to lengths of PVC pipe. “YOU SEE? You see what type of respect you command when you join The Herman Family?” The Mind was gleefully bathing himself with non-sequiturs. This was not the Mopes that his supporters had come to know. This was not the same person who wrote “Two Track Mind.” This was no longer the Mopes of “RDNY,” or the congenial team-player that spearheaded the “Party McFly” sessions. Again, we refer to the pages of the recognized symbol of excellence in underground hip hop, SFR Magazine: The producer/emcee (and the first signee to Strange Famous Records) spent his first 20 years in music as Prolyphic, crafting a collection of classic indie material under a name chosen with all the enthusiasm and forethought 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. His 2021 transition to Mopes led to an Olympian-paced output – just to name a few: a self-titled EP and it’s follow-up full-length “Unwound;” a pair of releases with Richmond, VA titan BlackLiq; “Pigeon Man,” his first opus with fellow Rhode Islander Jesse The Tree. “We’re tried and tested!” Mopes returned his elbows of mass destruction to their silos and restarted his rant. “And when the referee counts 1-2-3 this Friday night, you’re gonna be the one sunny side up, brother. OH YEAAAAAH!” He stalked off, loudly uttering random sounds to himself, leaving Marty The Mind grinning like a Cheshire Cat in a cubic-Zirconia-encrusted collar. “What a disgusting display of…” was all I was able to say. The Mouth, er, that is, ‘The Mind’ interrupted yet again. “A DISPLAY OF DYNAMIC ATHLETICISM AND LUSCIOUS LYRICISM, YOU MEAN.” Marty guffawed. “The rest of the industry is about to hear what true champions sound like. That is, if you can afford a pair of headphones, mister microphone.” The Mind was positively tickled by his taunts. “Now you just wait a minute – “ I extended my index finger, inches from his nose. “WHAT ARE YA, SHOWING US HOW HIGH YOU CAN COUNT?” More sharp laughter, “That’s it, interview is over. You know what you need to know. The Ham & Eggers are here, the Herman Family is building an addition on the trophy case, and the rap world better wake up and watch out.” With that, The Mind slinked out of the studio, his snakeskin steps etching echos in the ears of the assembled camera crew. Was I furious at the mistreatment laid upon me by this Weasel of a man? Absolutely. But I had a job to do. And that job was to fill you, our loyal StrangeFam, in on the facts, and let you listen and decide for yourselves: “Alright fans, you’ve heard it here first: on August 18, 2023, the Ham & Eggers collide with headphones everywhere, in the ultimate battle for control over the hearts and minds of the rap world! You do not want to miss it.” —————————————————————————————— All songs written and performed by Trademarc & Mopes, except where noted All songs produced by Mopes All cuts by DJ Zole, except cuts on “Bag Work” by 7L Mixed and Mastered by DJ Zole Artwork by Trademarc Layout & design by Storm Davis The post TRADEMARC x MOPES tag up for HAM & EGGERS! New LP out now! appeared first on Strange Famous Records.