KEV BROWN Homework KEY SELLING POINTS • Years in the making, long awaited follow up to I Do What I Do • First in a new line of Kev Brown releases, many more exciting projects and production placements will be announced in the months to follow • Music videos will be published before and after release date • Release party is planned in DC for the week of release • Will be on tour in Europe this fall • Bonus 45 features a track with scratches by Damu The Fudgemunk DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Kev Brown The DMV’s own, Kev Brown has announced his first solo rap album since TITLE: Homework 2005. Hailing from Palmer Park in Landover, Maryland specifically, after CATALOG: L-RDF134-CLR / L-RDF134 / CD-RDF134 a 13 year hiatus, the producer/MC has finally prepared the sophomore LABEL: Redefinition Records sequel to 2005’s influential cult classic, I Do What I Do. Entitled, GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 134120183012 / 134120182022 / 134348520224 Homework, Brown and Redefinition Recs have partnered to release an FORMAT: LP Red Vinyl + 7” / LP / CD LP the game has been missing for too long. HOME MARKET: Washington DC RELEASE: 8/3/2018 Now 13 years is a long wait, but don’t think Kev has been idle in obscurity. LIST PRICE: $25.98 / FA / $23.98 / FL / $12.98 / AL He has been involved with several collaborative projects, garnered tons of production credits and released over a half dozen beat tapes during TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) that time frame. It is also important to note that he was in no rush to drop another rap album and preferred to compose Homework organically and 1. Introduction 18. Superman Iii at his own pace, in the comforts of his own home; hence the title. Though 2. Still Triumphant 19. Gittin’ Down 2 Bizness Brown is known as one of hip-hop’s elite producers from heavyweights 3. Back Home 20. Everything You Need To like Diamond D, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes, Peter Rosenberg, 9th Wonder 4. Walkin’ Thru The Metro Win Ft Cy Young and Jazzy Jeff, he is a man of many hats. 5. Headlining 2 1. Feelin’ 6. Tell Me About The Stuff 22. Like Dat Kev Brown’s debut album was groundbreaking in so many areas that 7. Blueprint From The 23. Passion / Energy / Heart the recording itself and Kev is cemented as legendary. It would be no Masters 24. Change Takes Place surprise that hip-hop would ask for the next installment and he’s nowhere 8. We’re Artistsss 25. Voltron near done leaving his mark. Homework is a seamless nonstop exhibition 9. Non Destructive Chop 26. Waiting For You of KB’s range. Kev raps confidently and wisely throughout the album’s 10. Legato 2 7. I Know This Style 27 tracks. Lyrically it’s personal, introspective, comedic, observatory 11. Look At The Way The Word and witty delivered in Kev’s smooth baritone style. Vocals are equally Move Bonus Tracks (On Cd & Bonus complimented by instrumentals all produced by the man himself and 12. No Gimmicks 7” Only) fluidly morph into instrumental compositions too good to be considered 13. Homework Part One 1. Under-rated interludes. The album was composed using several different samplers 14. Homework Part Two 2. Real Life (Ft Kaimbr & and recording technologies, but the vibe is never compromised. 15. Put In A Lot Of Time Cuts By Damu, Prod By Homework is the perfect game plan for today’s climate and for those 16. Continue On Hassaan Mackey) who haven’t, do your homework on this man. You won’t be disappointed. 1 7. The Buttery Hotness PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM OHBLIV Retrospective KEY SELLING POINTS • Ohbliv’s greatest hits pressed on vinyl for the first time ever • For fans of J Dilla, Mndsgn, Flying Lotus, Knxwledge • East coast OG and prolific Richmond producer, inspired artists like Mndsgn, Swarvy, Knxwledge, Dibiase • “Mesmerizing.” –The Fader DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Ohbliv Paxico Records is proud to bring you Retrospective, a survey of the silky, TITLE: Retrospective home-spun productions signature of Richmond legend Ohbliv. These are CATALOG: L-PX054 his greatest hits, pressed on vinyl for the first time. Presented on double LABEL: Paxico Records LP with mesmerizing labels, the album is 28 tracks hand-picked by the GENRE: Hip-Hop/Intrumental BARCODE: 659123098113 artist and label head Chris Hund, marking his most expansive career FORMAT: 2XLP anthology to date. HOME MARKET: Richmond, Virginia RELEASE: 8/3/2018 Ohbliv is a lone prospector in the realm of beats - a producer’s-producer, LIST PRICE: $24.98 / CT an innovating force in an ever multi-hyphenating sound. After 30+ beat tapes, various side projects and an exceedingly lovely radio show TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) delivered over the course of a decade, Ohbliv heads may know the calling cards: a telepathic ear for samples, devastating harmonics, spirit- 1. 94 Bubble Jacket With The 18. Silent Crowns shaking drums and the raw, tactile energy he manages to wrangle from GoreTex 19. Chokmah a 404. 2. Afrofreeq 20. TakeMeOhm 3. DreamReal 2 1. My Heart Can’t Take With assiduous technique and ferocity of heart, he crafts experiences 4. Weed 22. Whatchumean that speak to whispers of the soul and messages from the cosmos. 5. Strange Heart 23. Moundbuilders 6. It Will Set You Free 24. Amethyst Here his works are lovingly collected in an effort to bring forth the glowing 7. Don’tdo.mewrong 25. Koolout Ish soul and versatile spirit of the artist, inviting you to bask in the vision. 8. Fate Fer Breakfast 26. You Me And The Dog 9. Cacao 2 7. Erb Magik “Mesmerizing.” –The Fader 10. Raw Zeta 28. My Love (Ware) 11. Time Tourists “Sickening groove.” –Okay player 12. Sunhymn 13. Skeetersbeatcd “There’s nothing really like an Ohbliv beat.” –AdHoc 14. Don’t Take My Love For Granted 15. Siriusly B 16. Chills 1 7. Inner Work PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM THE KOREATOWN ODDITY A Beat At The Table KEY SELLING POINTS • The Koreatown Oddity is a Los Angeles based rapper/ producer who has released records with Stones Throw Records, New Los Angeles and Leaving Records • Recorded and released on tape with Strictly Cassette in 2017 and now out of print, A Beat At The Table will now be available on vinyl DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Koreatown Oddity A Beat At The Table is an instrumental project by The Koreatown Oddity TITLE: A Beat At The Table conceptualized from Solange’s A Seat At The Table album. A deep dive CATALOG: L-KTO001 into the black sounds & messages reinterpreted into 19 mins of raw beat LABEL: Koreatown Oddity energy as heard through the ear of KtownOdd. Recorded and released GENRE: Hip-Hop BARCODE: 659123109710 on tape with Strictly Cassette in 2017 and now out of print, A Beat At The FORMAT: LP Coke Bottle Clear Table now sees a limited edition vinyl release. HOME MARKET: Los Angeles RELEASE: 8/3/2018 LIST PRICE: $17.98 / CH TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) 1. A Beat at the Table Anthem 2. Smile Right Quick 3. Blackness Sparklin in the Sun 4. They Dnt Get It (White People) 5. Black Beauty 6. We Royalty Not Slaves 7. MasterPiece Theater 8. MasterPiece Theater Continued 9. Take It & Break It 10. So U Crumble 11. Touch My Soul 12. All My Niggas 13. Yeah Nigga!!!!! PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8930 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM GONE BEYOND & MUMBLES Notes From The Underground KEY SELLING POINTS • New music from the legendary beatmaker Mumbles, the producer of Aceyalone’s classic hip-hop album A Book of Human Language • Originally premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as part of Pravada, alongside performances by Amon Tobin, Dj Spooky, & Peanut Butter Wolf of Stones Throw Records • Showcases the art of sampling by remixing Russian Classical Music (primarily Mosolov, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev) • Reunites the production duo Gone Beyond & Mumbles know for their S.E.V.A project and various collaborations with Cut Chemist • Executive Produced by Dday One DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Gone Beyond & Mumbles Years in the making, Notes From The Underground is an essential and TITLE: Notes From The Underground evocative album from acclaimed producers Gone Beyond and Mumbles. CATALOG: L-CNT1033 / CD-CNT1033 The journey began when Cut Chemist enlisted the duo to participate in a 2007 concert series titled Pravda, held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LABEL: The Content Label Los Angeles. The series was a tribute to the Russian classical musicians GENRE: Hip-Hop/Instrumental living under the rule of Joseph Stalin, primarily Mosolov, Shostakovich, BARCODE: 701183784878 / 191091648186 and Prokofiev. One night featured DJs and producers incorporating these FORMAT: LP / CD works into their beats and included the likes of DJ Spooky and Amon Tobin. Gone Beyond and Mumbles spent months scouring through HOME MARKET: USA hundreds of recordings from various classical performances and put RELEASE: 8/3/2018 together five tracks for the show. LIST PRICE: $21.98 / CX / $12.98 / AL Ten years later and the spark of this performance has ignited into a full album, made even more relevant by current events and the socio-political atmosphere. Notes from the Underground is named after Dostoyevsky’s TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) classic existential novel, pointing the way to the themes presented by the music. The album is an artistic commentary on the ability of the human 1.