Daringer - Baker's Dozen: Daringer ​ KEY SELLING POINTS - Daringer is the in-house producer for Griselda Records having produced a significant amount of the Westside Gunn and Conway catalog in addition to working with Roc Marciano, MF Doom, Termanology and others - “a master of the mournful soul loop” – Okayplayer - Rhythm Roulette Feature via Mass Appeal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmKLE RyDUFY DESCRIPTION The 11th installment in Fat Beats’ heralded instrumental series. Artist Daringer Title Baker's Dozen: Daringer “I’ve been developing the ear for composition since Catalog # l-BDZ011 my born day. My father is a jazz pianist, I grew up Label Fat Beats Records everyday listening to hours of his practicing solo Genre Hip-Hop/Instrumental improv. That’s why my sequences are often Barcode 680599101588 unconventional. Format LP + Flexi Disc Home Market Buffalo, NY I grew up surrounded by a family of musicians. That Release Date 6/7/19 had me listening to jazz, piano, horns, bass, and Cost $12.50 drums. The MPC became the most natural musical List Price $19.98 extension for me. The City of Buffalo provided the Allotments Will Be Necessary gritty, and ominous influence I became recognized for. TRACKLISTING I cooked this Baker’s Dozen as a token of 1. Entrance appreciation to all the artists who have inquired for 2. Afet the opportunity to rap over my music.” 3. Mente 4. Next Of Kin -DARINGER 5. Gold 97s 6. Bayonet 7. Oddball 8. Benzo’s 9. Omicidio 10. Oowop 11. Pistol Lake 12. April 13. Villa PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM XL Middleton - 2 Minutes Till Midnight ​ KEY SELLING POINTS - XL Middleton's first rap album in 6 years, after previous modern funk albums "Tap Water" & "Things Are Happening" - Features including Zackey Force Funk, Kokane, Domino, Z-Man, Moniquea & more - Album cover art designed by Joe Cool (Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" & "Last Meal" albums & more) - XL is an international touring artist who has performed & DJ'ed in Japan, Europe, & Canada several times (most recent performances in Japan in March 2019, Germany, Austria, France, & Sweden in April-May 2019) - Previous collaborations w/ labels & artists including B. Bravo, Lucas Arruda & Leon Artist XL Middleton Ware, Polyester The Saint & Jay Worthy, Title 2 Minutes Till Midnight Crooked I, Mistah FAB, Soul Clap Records, Catalog # cd-MOFUNK024 / l-MOFUNK024 / Omega Supreme Records, Austin Boogie c-MOFUNK024 Crew Records, & others Label MoFunk Records Genre G-Funk/Modern Funk DESCRIPTION Barcode CD: 672975027001 / LP: 672975027018 After making serious noise in the modern funk world, XL Format CD / LP / Cassette Middleton makes a return to the g-funk/hip hop sound that marked his earlier work with "2 Minutes Till Midnight." It’s a Home Market Los Angeles, CA funked out, synth-heavy excursion with an equal amount of Release Date 6/7/19 appeal for modern funksters or the underground legions of Cost CD: $8.40, LP: $13.12, CS: $6.50 g-funk fans that put XL on the map originally. Those familiar List Price CD: $12.98, LP: $20.98, CS: $9.98 with his most recent albums, “Tap Water” and “Things Are No Export to EU Happening,” will recognize the signature synth leads and intricate analog bass lines. Those unfamiliar with Middleton TRACKLISTING as an MC will find that he challenges standards in the worlds of both underground and mainstream rap, CD/Cassette: eschewing the backpack as much as the Bentley, falling into 1. PTL (feat. Zackey Force Funk) 2. Where We About To Take It (Salvation) a space that few can. XL’s lyricism is cerebral and well-read, 3. I Don't Wanna Wait 4. What She Sounds Like (feat. I, Ced) yet it’s clear that he comes from a part of the world that 5. Love When It Comes Down To It (feat. Z-Man & Moniquea) relishes khakis, Chuck Taylors & Zapp records. 6. Gentched Up 7. I Can't Get Away (feat. Domino) 8. Think U Slick (feat. Kokane & Rev) 9. Trippin "2 Minutes Till Midnight" stands firmly rooted in the funk 10. Wintertime In Cali tradition of Los Angeles, showing reverence for the music 11. Tingle Down Below 12. Cool Minute (feat. Moniquea) that inspired it by bringing g-funk legends Kokane & Domino LP: ("Getto Jam") into the fold as guest artists and by featuring A1. PTL (feat. Zackey Force Funk) album artwork from Joe aCool, who designed the iconic A2. Where We About To Take It (Salvation) A3. I Don't Wanna Wait "Doggystyle" album cover for Snoop Dogg. XL's A4. What She Sounds Like (feat. I, Ced) A5. Love When It Comes Down To It (feat. Z-Man & Moniquea) contemporaries, such as labelmates Zackey Force Funk, B1. Gentched Up Moniquea, & I, Ced, also join in and help to remind us that B2. I Can't Get Away (feat. Domino) B3. Think U Slick (feat. Kokane & Rev) the album is not just a self-indulgent tribute to a bygone era B4. Trippin B5. Wintertime In Cali of music. As modern funk grew largely out of hip hop, XL takes that growth backward, and moves the music forward as a result. PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM Big Tone + House Shoes - Big Shoes ​ KEY SELLING POINTS - House Shoes has produced for J Dilla, Mach Hommy, Danny Brown and Quelle Chris among a long list of others. - Album features Blu, Quelle Chris, Denmark Vessey, Jimetta Rose - Big Tone is a graduate member of The Breakfast Club, a Detroit collective including Elzhi, Dwele, and Ta’Raach.Tone also was a featured artist on J Dilla’s Welcome 2 Detroit LP. - CD version includes full album instrumentals* DESCRIPTION “BIG SHOES is all about fitting the shoes that came Artist Big Tone + House Shoes before you and filling the shoes that will come after Title Big Shoes you. Taking the best from those who led and Catalog # l-SCM133 / cd-SCM133 teaching those who will follow in your footsteps how Label Street Corner Music to lead.” Genre Hip-Hop - House Shoes Barcode LP: 680392908247, CD: 682670887640 BIG SHOES deals in legacy. The legacies we inherit, Format 2XLP / 2XCD carry on or betray, and the legacies we leave behind Home Market Detroit / Los Angeles for others. House Shoes and Big Tone know about Release Date 6/7/19 legacy. The Motor City titans came up in a time when Cost LP: $16.95, CD: $9.15 Detroit Hip-Hop experienced a super-bloom of List Price LP: $24.98, CD: $13.98 creativity and innovation. In their own ways, they took on a mantle for the city and it’s music scene. They bled for it. They lost friends and pillars of their city. TRACKLISTING Then, they grew up and created families of their own. Still, they’ve pressed on and continued. 1. Autobiography 2. High Velocity pt 1 & 2 Tone and Shoes have been friends and collaborators 3. From My Mouth to Gods Ears for a lifetime. BIG SHOES is a chronicle of their 4. King Shit Feat. Denmark Vessey & MoSel experiences, together and alone, carrying out the 5. Exodus (Fly Away) heavy and heralded legacy of being a Detroit 6. No Guest List feat. Quelle Chris musician. This reconciliation of the pain their journeys 7. Homage have faced includes a recognition of the growth 8. 8th Day feat. Ta’Raach & 87 brought about as a result. BIG SHOES is also a family 9. Most OF Us reunion, with a litany of guests, witnesses and 10. Haze feat. Jimetta Rose friends. 11. Beautiful Mind feat. Blu 12. True Story PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM The Emotions / Big Daddy Kane - Blind Alley ​ Remixes KEY SELLING POINTS - Altered Tapes - Is a DJ/production duo from Chicago, IL. With over 30 remixes under their belt, their arsenal has garnered support from legends like The Beat Junkies, Z Trip, Jazzy Jeff, Mixmaster Mike. - As live act they've performed with Ghostface Killah, Nightmares on Wax, Savoy, Cut Chemist, as well as sets at North Coast Music Festival. Brisk is a renowned Hiphop producer who has worked with Planet Asia, Cali Agents, Bahamadia, Baby Bash, MAC Dre, Pep Love (Heiro) Phoreyz is New York born, Los Angeles bred Dj and producer. - His mixtape arsenal includes mixes for Mochilla, Undefeated, Stones Throw, Frank Artist The Emotions / Big Daddy Kane 151, and Dissizit, amongst others. As a Title Blind Alley Remixes producer he has collaborated and recorded Catalog # f-HR001 with acts such as DMC (from Run Dmc), Label Heat Rock Records Talib Kweli, Guilty Simpson, Elzhi (from Slum Genre Hip-Hop/Soul Village), and numerous others. Barcode 613505500441 Format 7" DESCRIPTION Home Market Chicago, IL Release Date 6/7/19 The first release from Heat Rock, and it’s all about Cost $7.00 The Emotion’s classic Soul track “Blind Alley.” List Price $10.98 Featuring remixes based on the original master No Export, US / Canada Only stems. Altered Tapes (Chicago) adds a boombap flair, brings the horns to the front, with enough bump TRACKLISTING for the dancefloor. Phoreyz + Brisk (Las Vegas) focus on one of the most influential Hip-Hop tracks to 1. The Emotions - Blind Alley (Altered Tapes sample “Blind Alley” with their remix of BDK’s “Ain’t Remix) No Half Steppin.” 2. Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin' (Phoreyez & Brisk Multramix) PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM Mamas Gun - Golden Days ​ KEY SELLING POINTS - Mamas Gun are masters of modern soul music.