JONWAYNE Rap Album Two KEY SELLING POINTS • LP is housed in a deluxe chipboard jacket with thick inner sleeve and pressed on 180 gram black vinyl • Jonwayne has released projects with Stones Throw Records, Alpha Pup, and Street Corner Music DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Jonwayne Jonwayne’s Rap Album Two is the latest offering of music from TITLE: Rap Album Two the California based MC and producer, releasing the album on CATALOG: l-ARC002 / cd-ARC002 his label Authors Recording Company. Rap Album Two follows up LABEL: Authors Recording Company on four maxi-singles released over the last twelve months, further GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap entrenching the archives and material available through his new BARCODE: 659123083218 / 659123083225 imprint. Recordings for Jonwayne’s new full-length took place at FORMAT: LP / CD the Cosmic Zoo in Los Angeles, CA and features contributions from RELEASE: 6/16/17 close allies Shango, Danny Watts, Low Leaf and Zeroh. Production LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR / $12.98 / AL guests include D-Styles, Eets, Oliver The 2nd, Babu and Dibiase, with mastering facilitation by Low End Theory’s Daddy Kev. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) 1. Ted Talk Conceptually, Rap Album Two serves as a detailed painting of 2. Live From The Fuck You Jonwayne’s life changing experiences over the last few years, 3. Human Condition diving into the inner realms of conflict and the alterations of life that 4. Out Of Sight followed. The album has been praised from journalists and radio all 5. The Single over the world, adding to the success of his sold out Rap Album 6. Paper ft. Shango Two European tour. Rap Album Two has been coupled with a series 7. City Lights of music videos, including the already released Almost | Raymond 8. Rainbow directed “These Words Are Everything” and the Ruffmercy animated 9. Afraid Of Us “Live From The Fuck You.” 10. Blue Green 11. Hills 12. These Words Are Everything PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM FLOBOTS NOENEMIES KEY SELLING POINTS • NOENEMIES album release tour starting in June • They teamed up with founding Flobot Mackenzie Gault (viola) and longtime musical collaborator Serafin Sanchez (saxophone, keys) to co-write a number of songs • Platinum single for “Handlebars” #1 song on KROQ Los Angeles, #3 song on Billboard alt radio charts & fastest rising alt single of the decade by debut band • Flobots have appeared with Jay Leno, Conan O’Brian, Carson Daly, BBC Radio Live Lounge DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Flobots American alternative hip-hop band’s highly anticipated fourth album, TITLE: NOENEMIES NOENEMIES, is their most ambitious and sophisticated statement CATALOG: l-FLO17005 / cd-FLO17005 to date. NOENEMIES is a body of songs that speaks to the urgency LABEL: Flobots Music of the current social movement. Each of the tracks on NOENEMIES GENRE: Alternative Hip-Hop serves as a powerful, poignant new anthem, packed with surprises BARCODE: 814867023757 / 822685384790 both subtle and grand. Taken as a whole, the album is enormous FORMAT: 2XLP / CD in breadth and electrically charged. When Flobots first catapulted RELEASE: 6/16/2017 onto the global scene in 2008 with their platinum single ‘Handlebars,’ LIST PRICE: $26.98 / EM / $11.98 / AK it was the fastest charting song debut by a new artist in 10 years. Released during the frenzy of that year’ s election, the band’ s call to TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) envision “another America” resonated with a generation experiencing 1. Philia (Prelude) a sense of profound political and social awakening. Now, a decade 2. Failure Games later, amidst a nation taking to the streets, Flobot’s are delivering a 3. Blood in the River powerful new batch of protest songs to a new generation. 4. Carousel 5. Quarantine 6. American Dreams 7. Rattle the Cage 8. Buried Alive 9. Dancing in the Light of a Burning City (Phoenixes) 10. Antioch (Interlude) 11. Pray 12. Voices of the Dead 13. Temimut (Interlude) 14. Related 15. Hurqalya (Postlude) 16. Sleeping Giant PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM KIEFER Kickinit Alone KEY SELLING POINTS • Debut album on Leaving Records now available on vinyl • Polo shirt concept from Kiefer and Chris Hund • Includes download card DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kiefer Californian keyboardist & beatmaker Kiefer (birthname Kiefer TITLE: Kickinit Alone Shackelford) drops his debut LP on Leaving Records, which has CATALOG: l-LR118 “enough jazz piano chops to transform L.A.’s Low End Theory into a LABEL: Leaving Records smokey speak easy.” GENRE: Hip-Hop/Jazz BARCODE: 659457522513 “The title track from Kiefer’s debut album, Kickinit Alone, is a striking FORMAT: LP entry to this lineage of hip-hop inextricably tethered to jazz. “Kickinit RELEASE: 6/16/2017 Alone” moves with a patient step, its short piano phrase looping like LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH it was ripped from a dusty vinyl and brought to life. The warm hiss of tape noise and subtle effects give the track a smokey vibe. But TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) then the piano suddenly flips to a Rhodes-y sound, and the melody 1. Tubesocks moves from its blues center towards more muted hues. Even in brief 2. Evil Eye (feat. Castelluzzo) divergences, Kiefer is a subtle showman, bringing depth to quiet 3. 5000 Dollar Check flourishes.” - Pitchfork 4. Butterfly Inside My House 5. Ghosted 6. IDK 7. U R What U Repeatedly Do 8. Happysad Sunday 9. Most Beautiful Grl 10. In Pursuit of U 11. Reinvent Yo Self 12. Kickinit Alone PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM RONALD BRUNER, JR. Triumph NO EXPORT TO JAPAN KEY SELLING POINTS • Double LP debut album from Grammy Award winner Ronald Bruner Jr. • Featuring Thundercat, George Duke, and Mac Miller • Digital download included DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ronald Bruner, Jr. Grammy Award winning composer, producer, singer and drummer TITLE: Triumph Ronald Bruner Jr. presents the megalithic debut album, Triumph. Eleven cuts of deep fusion, soul, R&B, jazz and pop, Triumph was CATALOG: l-WG004 put together with Ronald’s brothers Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner LABEL: World Galaxy / Alpha Pup and Jameel Bruner of The Internet. It was captured during the GENRE: Jazz infamous KSL Sessions that produced Kamasi Washington’s The BARCODE: 669158531813 Epic and many other West Coast Get Down recordings. FORMAT: 2XLP RELEASE: 6/16/2017 Triumph’s trajectory in fusion is, in one way, a direct result of working LIST PRICE: $25.98 / FA with century defining artists such as Stanley Clarke, Kendrick Lamar, Flying Lotus, Wayne Shorter, Prince, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Kenny Garrett and Stevie Wonder. In another way, it’s the expression of a soul that’s independently seasoned, rich in unique experiences 1. True Story and unashamedly unrestrained. The musical manifestation of a man that’s evolved into the role of a father, musical anchor and 2. Take The Time (feat. Thundercat) community leader. 3. She’ll Never Change 4. Geome Deome (feat. George Duke) Lyrically, Triumph touches on the deepest extensions of the heart, 5. Whenever the restraints of human connection and the dynamic free for all of 6. Doesn’t Matter (feat. Taylor “Dov” Graves) growing through this world. Every cadence and form of Ronald’s 7. Open The Gate singing is pulled from the bottom of his heart because of this. Family, friendships, love, turmoil, happiness, social issues, politics, musical 8. One Night heritage and many other topics find a seat at the table on Triumph. 9. Sensation (feat. Mac Miller and Danielle Withers) A powerful combination of musicianship and lyricism that’s unlike 10. To You / For You anything else out right now. 11. Chick’s Web One of the most important roads leading to Triumph has seeds planted with bass extraordinaire Stanley Clarke and keyboard maestro George Duke. While working with the legends in the mid-2000s, they pushed Ronald to unleash his own masterwork and join a legacy only a handful of drummers have entered. The influence that Stanley Clarke, George Duke and many others had on the birthing process of Triumph is a magnificent story that will continue to present new chapters through time. Stepping back from the influences and Triumph stands firmly as a pure amalgamation of fusion, reaching the highest plateaus of creativity, songwriting and technicality in this era. PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM KOOL G RAP Return Of The Don *LP coming in August KEY SELLING POINTS • “Return Of The Don World Tour” starting in US and Europe May thru August and rest of the world later in the year and 2018 • Notable press + radio support: Hot 97, Power 105, Sirius hiphop nation, XXL, The Source, VIBE, Rapradar, Ambrosia For Heads, Sirius Shade 45, Beat 1 Radio, Mass Appeal, Miss Info, DJ Premier, Kay Slay, Statik Selektah, Tony Touch, Sway in the morning, Peter Rosenberg, DJ Eclipse, DJ Wonder, This is 50, Vlad TV • NPR advance album stream week of release • Sirius “First Play” album special June 2-16 DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kool G Rap In June, Kool G Rap will release his new solo album, Return Of The TITLE: Return Of The Don Don, which is entirely produced by MoSS and features a veritable who’s who list of new and familiar spitters; Freeway, Noreaga, CATALOG: cd-CW001 Cormega, Raekwon, Sheek Louch, Saigon, Termanology, Fame, LABEL: Clockwork Music KXNG Crooked, Conway The Machine & Westside Gunn (the newest GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap signees to Eminem’s Shady Records) and the late Sean Price.