Master Cleanse feat. OldBoy Rhymes, Sage Francis, Rituals of Mine, Alxndrbrwn, Strange Famous Records, 2024, Single

Lyrics: OldBoy Rhymes, Sage Francis, Rituals of Mine Production, mixing, and mastering: Alxndrbrwn

Artwork: ArtByTai

(OldBoy Rhymes) This is a lost Earth People's heads are down but they're pointing up like it's God's turf A synagogue, a mosque, a black rock, or a pop church Playing Christian rock in a concert Whether left wing like Madonna's skirts or the right wing like the John Birch A holy man quotes proverbs while they toss dirt on a toddler In a casket that he's wrapped in like a bratwurst Real monsters where the shots burst from militiamen in their assault merch Where the helicopters sound like cha-ka cha-ka cha-ka cha-ka …Reconnaissance work Where the citizens stop as they're frisking their pockets a kid who's just out on a job search Where a doctor's got post-traumatic stress disorder ‘cause all the gory stuff that he saw hurts Where the people are stuck and the demons amok And they're saying that peace is some treasonous stuff and babies are dying like clockwork I'm having lucid dreams of gruesome scenes Things that humans beings do when we become too extreme Pursue our pray like wolverines, we root for teams But some see troops as a means to an end They salute the marines while funding the Mujahideen Funding coups for a new regime, puppets we move on strings But then there's blowback collateral damage you see on your news feed And we choose to read only one side of the narrative screaming through computer screens Zoom meetings where the truth is reduced to a meme Lunacy we can't find unity instead I'm losing sleep Watching refugee encampment tents turn to blood baths Of punctured abdomens, gashed skin, and fractured limbs While weapon manufacturers are cashing in Flags of neo-fascist men flap in the wind Back in Washington fat, old, conservative chickenhawks act masculine And they act offended like I'm a bigot for even questioning or asking them If hate is a communicable pathogen passed to them Javelin missiles and Apache's blasting This is the psychology of a master cleanse

(Rituals of Mine) How many becomes too much? How many justified then becomes enough? I see the whole becoming hollow But the terrain's still rough Losing ourselves in ego When we should have given up The kingdom failed you Your king failed you To loosen your grip The fear of unknown The fear of being seen I guess it's easier to deflect and revise the history Hold the white flag Give me something to believe in

(Sage Francis) How can I watch all these kids get killed and not speak up? Along with healthcare workers and not speak up? Journalist upon journalist and not speak up? While so many mouth pieces feel the need to keep shut. For what? Is that career suicide to you? Or just the comfortable but scared side of you? Who was thumping their bible when Bethlehem got bombed on Christmas? Did y'all send your thoughts and prayers in whispers? Hoping no one would really listen or hear it and then share their own opinions? Schools and hospitals get targeted, this ain't a difference of religion Nor is it antisemitism Judaism is not the zionist agenda, America funds Israel by the billions Upon billions, upon billions It's all good since they use that money to purchase our weapons and ammunition If you always identify as the victim I guess any form of resistance is an assault on your existence Just remember how the “Won't someone think of the children” contingent Went dead silent amidst all the the indiscriminate killing The apartheid, the genocide, the open air prisons Slaughtered civilians, please spare us the what about-isms This is a 75 year negative feedback loop With an oppressed and an oppressor, a neck and boot For a people who've been brutalized for so goddamn long You've gotta know deep down this shit is wrong

(Rituals of Mine) Give me something to believe in Give me something to believe in

(OldBoy Rhymes) How many men of God are demigods in them synagogues or little mosques? Hypocritical Christians tending to the flock like Chickenhawks squawk on CNN and Fox? How many kids pitch rocks against soldiers with Kalashnikovs? The planet is a tinderbox, humanity just missed the plot I'm not bowing to the Twitter mob, naw, my mind is clear I'm rising to a higher tear, up above the primal fear Up above the riot gear, up above the puppeteers who profiteer like financiers Above the little kids who died eyes wide as frightened deer I'm up above the biosphere, here crying ultraviolet tears Looking at us fighting like tribes with spears on our tiny sphere If you're like Werner Von Braun what's the consequence of murder? They don't take your life away just like some non-essential workers I'm not talking ‘bout your server, I'm not talking flipping burgers I'm talking ‘bout the hate like when the Christians fought the Berbers We know some scars are ancient and they lead to dark places Like the hearts of hardened racists snarling at the Star of the David And I know It's hard to say it, but I'll say it, here's a question Whose in prison? Who's flexing with precision guided weapons? Yo we witnessed 9/11 they monopolized deception Go Ask Julianne Assange if sunlight's a disinfectant Washing bloody clothes in chloride, standing on the lord's side Let's turn em into animals like we anthropomorphize AI and warp drives, baby corpse with horse flies Mordecai, fortify the king, protect your tribe The New York Times, both sides report lies We're watching martyrs memorialized as we justify war crimes

sage francis ft. oldboy rhymes, rituals of mine, alxndrbrwn -- master cleanse

New mixtape:

blindone- the acidic hasidic 11- The Old Test a ment Extended Vers Dax Pierson- snap Radioinactive- personnality theft Elucid- Burnt Sugar feat. Psychic Twin doseone- Big Bank Basik MC-One Verse Hearse v 1.2 DJ Signify- Costume Kids Mestizo & Controller 7- Lay Your Life Down Danny Brown- 3 Tearz (feat. Run the Jewels) Birdapres- Different Insignificant Elzhi- 1-14 Misright Dope KNife- The Message Feat. Dana Coppafeel De La Soul- The Magic Number Fatt Matt, Ira Lee, Chadio- Downtown mykill miers and pawz one- cult classic (feat. edo.g and dj romes) Factor Chandelier feat. Onry Ozzborn- black nasa Neek the Exotic- One Speed All Out (Feat. Satchel Page) living legends- communion Reks- Animal Kingdom (Prod. By Apollo Brown) Rocwell feat. Swamburger- Memories The Gumshoe Strut- # Stairaway Saukrates- Innovations Feat. Pharoahe Monch dj moves- morris day feat. tachichi rob sonic- gums john jiggs feat crimeapple- teflon manteca 2Mex- Can't Get With Us (feat. Riddlore) Sacred Hoop- Quiet, Im Dying Defcee & Messiah Musik- Shell Game feat. Alaska sixtoo- garbage rain shrapknel- acid vignette(feat. donovan days and the binary marketing show) Mad Kap- Escuse Me Brutha!-Jeff-Self Feat. Jeff Broadway El-P- Oh Hail No (Feat. Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire & Danny Brown) Bag Appeal- Knife Rips (Rich Jones, Jesse The Tree & MJC) Raw Produce- Up All Night Darko The Super- Boomerang (Prod. Steel Tipped Dove) Dr. Octagon- Flying Waterbed The Koreatown Oddity- Meditative Thought Esoteric & Stu Bangas- Blood On the Flowers (feat. Spit Gemz) CURTA- Sky High feat. Kenny Dennis (Serengeti) Farm Fresh- tylers in the coal room (weeping) Diamond D- K.I.S.S. (Keep it Simple Stupid) Defari- Deepest Regards (feat. B Real & J Ro) (prod. by Mike City) Deeskee- Motel Six sadistik- november aj suede and televangel- elysium DJ Muggs x Roc Marciano- Wormhole freestyle fellowship- hillcrest fatboi sharif and roper williams- prescription ODD NOSDAM- horse face anglo- Nine to Five Maximus Da Mantis - KALI-MA - TapeDeck Wizardry Ft Dangerous Dane main flow- dealing with the archives (ft dj greyboy) Controller 7- swallow (feat. Hemlock Ernst) The Nonce- Mix Tapes (1926 Sunday Night Remix) sign one- 2020 Hosannas (TGS Remix) ft. The Gumshoe Strut ddamage- insects are human Mr. Lif- Low Key (Feat. Murs, El-P, BMS & 3 Melancholy Gypsies) Demigodz- The Summer of Sam feat. Apathy, Blacastan, Esoteric, Motive, Ryu & Celph Titled AWOL ONE- REALLY MATTERS FEAT D-STYLES OLD SELF- Golden Rule (Radio Edit) feat. Lt Headtrip & BIG BREAKFAST One Be Lo- Phoenix Sons-HHB open mike eagle- ill fight you (prod. diamond d) Nolto & Factor- Making Out MF Grimm- earth prince po- bump bump (ft raekwon - prod by madlib) existereo- boyz in the hoodwinked DJ Quik- Speed jean grae & quelle chris- breakfast of champions OneWerd- What Living is For (variex. Remix) Moor Mother & Billy Woods- Portrait ft. Navy Blue alxndrbrwn- a boy nostalgic for the future (feat. cas one) Emad Saad Drastic Measures Hip Hop- Shatterd Light (feat. 2Mex & Negro Scoe) Short Fuze & Nasa- Master Peace Eric Bobo & Stu Bangas- Street Smarts feat. Ill Bill & O.C Five Deez- The Rock Rehab The Doppelgangaz- Taking Them Pills sandpeople- sapient and ethic- crown control kay the aquanaut and maki- the day the gods came back The Walrus (Interlude) Degiheugi- Keeping Memory Alive W Nolto, Andrre, Astronautalis & Nomad blue sky black death and ceschi- miracles Das EFX- real hip hop (pete rock remix) dj seinfeld- song for the lonely ERDA- SIGIL (prod. leftfordead) zoviet france- FICKLE WHISTLE, HAND OVER YOUR EARS Oldominion- Same Ol Same Ol (Feat. Barfly, Candidt & Peegee 13) Bike for Three!- First Embrace Eyedress- My Girl The Finest

Billy the Kid, crab & lighthouse drawing I did during a past episode of The @DOD45w Show with special guest @ALXNDRBRWN, producer of a terrific album on @StrangeFamousRecords called Glow Kid. An album I did the cover art for, which features other past DOD45 guests @SageFrancisSFR, @Cas_One, @Blackliq, @Mopes_SFR, @SeezMics, @JesseTheTree. Watch the visual episode on YouTube or Spotify or listen to the show on all major podcast streaming platforms. It’s episode 20 of season 2. . . . . #hiphop #artandmusic #artpodcast #hiphoppodcast #hiphopmusic #hiphopculture #podcast #podcasting #podcastersofinstagram #podcasts #podcastlife #podcaster #musicpodcast #podcasters #podcastshow #spotifypodcast #newpodcast #interview #newepisode #dod45 #artbytai #arttalk #artinterview #musictalk #billythekid #alxndrbrwn #strangefamous https://www.instagram.com/p/CnplxwCOQrV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

"LIFE'S A SHORT TERM MEMORY" - Mopes

Back again for the second time, the artist formerly known as PROLYPHIC continues to build his new name and flexes a veteran perspective on UNWOUND, a new self-produced LP that reveals more about the man of multiple monikers than any project before it. "The last 5 years for me have been an unwinding of who I was as a person, who I am as a person, what I've been through and where I'm going," explains Mopes. "You can't jump the process, and the process for me was therapy, self-reflection, and self-analysis." The results of this time-well-spent can be felt on tracks like "Life's A Short Term Memory" (the first video) and the first single "One That Got Away," which take a frank, measured, and unflinching look into the world around and the world inside of Mopes. The journey continues on "Home Is Like A Tough Leather Jacket," which revisits his Rhode Island origins and the winding road that led to where he is today. "When a spool of thread has issues, it kinks and spins out of control, but keeps spinning until it breaks down. That's a perfect analogy for who I'd become. For me to get back to zero and get to the root of my issues, I needed to go through the necessary task of unwinding all of that thread. I had to slowly unravel the layers to get to the core. The writing, and the title 'Unwound,' reflect that work," says Mopes. The process is also represented visually in the cover artwork of Lamadomus, who designed Mopes' self-titled debut EP in 2021. Like that EP, "Unwound" features a classic Strange Famous posse cut - this time it's "Introvert Party." SFR emcees Jesse The Tree and Runt (of Jivin' Scientists) and vocalist Lynzi Stringer (last heard on ALXNDRBRWN's "Glow Kid" project) join Mopes to mild out in the separate-together manner the title promises. Additionally, Mopes enlisted StrangeFam stalwarts Buddy Peace on cuts, Alan Hague (Prayers For Atheists) on guitar, and Joshua Trinidad (Wheelchair Sports Camp) on trumpet, turning the project into a family affair, and helping to ensure that the introspective tone of the proceedings doesn’t weigh too heavily on the listener. The trio sprinkled their expert flourishes throughout a dozen molten slabs of grit-and-dust that make up the classic beats we've come to expect from Mopes. "Unwound" is a perfect place for the uninitiated and the just-getting-reacquainted alike to get on board for the burgeoning Mopes renaissance - the multi-hyphenate has no less than a half-dozen projects in the works as either an emcee or producer (or both), some of which will surface in the year ahead, and all of which deliver his signature Strange Famous flavor like no other. Mopes "Unwound" dropped February 18, 2022 everywhere you listen to music, and is available now at StrangeFamous.com and on Bandcamp.

If you blink you might miss it. Hit the bio, @strangefamousrecords or @alxndrbrwn and keep your eyes open…. We’re always up to something! #StrangeFamous #ALXNDRBRWN #GLOWKID #NoW #RVA #WOFTD (at Strange Famous) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbI1fxhv2Ci/?utm_medium=tumblr

Watch Get Those Birds (feat. Jesse The Tree & Swell) on YouTube Music

Tom Delay Beats - “Santa’s Anagram” produced by ALXNDRBRWN

Tonight! on OIL OF DOG on KSFR with GARY STORM:

#oilofdog

Listen in Santa Fe at #KSFR, 101.1 FM, and online at http://ksfr.org/schedule/ksfr

• Alex Maryol – Love Is What We Are Made Of – In the Meantime album, 2020

• El Javi – Summerland – El Javi album, circa 2020

• Michael Veitch – First Day – Wachtraum album, 2021

• Silver Nightmares – Light Years Away – The Wandering Angel album, 2020

• David William Philips – Maurice Ravel – Digital File, date unknown

• John Roy Zat – American Dream Café – Where Zat album, 2021

• Sylvia – My Best Friend – Nature Child: A Dreamer's Journey album, 2022

• ALXNDRBRWN – Intro / Problems Got Problems, feat Sage Francis – Glow Kid album, 2021

• Pop Vision – Voodoo Woman – Pop Vision album, 2018

• Tempest – Jolly Roger – Going Home album, 2022

• Matthew Halsall – The Energy of Life – Salute to the Sun album, 2020

• Ben Tatar and the Tatar Tots – Thinking Of Pizza – Seconds album, 2021

• Hank Wedel – The Time We Share – Digital File, 2022

• Ripio – Regresando (Coming Back) – La Furia Que Hay En Mi (The Rage That Is In Me) album, 2019

• David Wheeler – Wild Sky – You Tube Video, 2020

• Boomroots Collective – Key Hole – Digital File, 2022

• Dean Friedman – American Lullaby – American Lullaby album, 2021

• Mike Casey – Click Bait – Digital File, 2022

• Bosna Danì – Dark Skin – Digital Single, 2021

Monday Night April 4, 2022 / April 5, 2022

Midnight Mountain Time (Monday night into Tuesday morning), USA

and

Sunday Night April 10, 2022 / April 11, 2022

Midnight Mountain Time (Sunday night into Monday morning), USA

Listen/purchase: Glow Kid by ALXNDRBRWN

Big shouts to the Westie Bestie for coming through with the absolute bangers for my birthday. Love you pimp!! @sharkysmilez . . . #jordansdaily #jordan #airjordan #michaeljordan #jumpman #nikebasketball #nike #nikeairjordan #jordans #chicagobulls #airjordans #nikeairjordans #todayskicks #baltimore #sneakers #jordan1 #tattoos #picoftheday #lifestyle #model #nicekicks #maryland #shoes #Kicks #shoes . . . . @nikelab @nikesb @nikesbornothing @sb_addicts @sbcollector @sbdunkhead @nike @kicksonfire @kicksgeek @thechickswithkicks @jodirockstar @jrehus @sharkysmilez @sbinsiders @shoezeum @sneakernews @sneakershields @sneakersnstuff @sneakercon @emjaydee101 @j_dame88 @alxndrbrwn @jordandepot @tamaredhia (at Domino Sugar Baltimore)

Vor Shcherbatsky blindone drewschermick- HER 20-

Thorts & Haunted Days- Cocon https://thorts.bandcamp.com/

Tay Da Crown- All The Smoke (Produced by Jake Lockley) https://taydacrown.com

darc mind- tote a heavy bar https://darcmind.bandcamp.com/

aj suede and televangel- respect the architect (feat. mr. muthafuckin exquire) https://chongwizard.bandcamp.com/

Dope KNife- So 912 https://dopeknife.bandcamp.com/

buck 65 & tachichi- dark alley https://tachichi.bandcamp.com/

mykill miers and pawz one- the first 48 https://belowsystem.bandcamp.com/album/double-homicide

Nigel- No More Waves (feat Sapient) https://fakefour.bandcamp.com/album/tantrum Kool Keith & TOMC3- Mechanical Mechanix Feat. Prince Po https://koolkeith.bandcamp.com/

Quelle Chris- King in Black https://quellechris360.bandcamp.com/

O.G. Bobby Ne'gro- Dope Moves https://www.facebook.com/OG1Kan0be Ghettosocks & DK- All In (Feat O) https://music.ghettosocks.com/

Phaced God & God Of Beats- Samurai (God Of Beats Remix) https://ciphurphace.bandcamp.com/

Ockham's Blazer- Dirtbell (feat. Dizraeli) https://fakefour.bandcamp.com/album/ockhams-blazer

Masai Bey- Five Loaves (Featuring Tensho) https://uncommonrecords.bandcamp.com/ White Horse (Gajah and Uncommon Nasa)- Circus of Smoke https://uncommonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/white-horse

Broadway Joe Baggs- GodSpeed (feat. St. Louis Gibbor) https://joebaggs.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/st.louisgibbor Illogic- Aphextwin https://illogic.bandcamp.com/

gruf and yy- civil defenceses https://audiorecon.us/album/mental-health-day Planet Asia and Dj Jay Ef- Waterfront [prod. Izznyce] https://jay-ef.bandcamp.com/

billy woods ft. Boldy James & Gabe 'Nandez- Sauvage https://billywoods.bandcamp.com/

DJ MUGGS x ROC MARCIANO- The E Train https://soulassassins.com/collections/music/products/kaos-deluxe-digital-edition

fatboi sharif and roper williams- smithsonian https://fatboisharif.bandcamp.com/

Raze The Ratchet- Maleficium https://dontourage.bandcamp.com/

Eric Bobo & Stu Bangas- Empires feat. Mr. Lif & DJ Rhettmatic https://yearofempires.bandcamp.com/ alxndrbrwn- when the pot boils (feat. mopes) https://alxndrbrwn.bandcamp.com/

bazooka joe- the stone https://peanutsandcorn.bandcamp.com/album/prairie-nilsson

Ah yes!!! Just wrapped a session with @alxndrbrwn for an upcoming episode of DOD45. Info on air date coming soon, but in the meantime, run, don’t walk to listen to his recent album #GlowKid, which I did the album art for. It’s an incredibly well-crafted production with a compilation of amazing talents, many of which are of the @StrangeFamousRecords family. I drew him a Baltimore blue crab with a grip on a wooden #BillyTheKid manikin! Cuz we get into Young Guns discussion! “I ain’t got no business with that war no more, peckerhead suns’a’bitches”… . #artbytai #alxndrbrwn (at Art By Tai Studio & Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrk2npMd-U/?utm_medium=tumblr

If you blink you might miss it… so don’t. @alxndrbrwn album Glow Kid is out now on @strangefamousrecords and we love you all for listening and watching! Hit any of our pages to get to it. #StrangeFamous #Alxndrbrwn #glow #kid #RVA #NoW #WOFTD (at Strange Famous) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaslkTlPTON/?utm_medium=tumblr

Keep watching, sharing, and most of all thank you!! @alxndrbrwn on the beat @bcmusic1st on the lens Me on the pen @strangefamousrecords is what it is! Hit any of our pages to get to it. #StrangeFamous #HipHop #RVA #NoW #GlowKid #ALXNDRBRWN #WOFTD (at Richmond, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cap9E6ZPZxW/?utm_medium=tumblr

Hit the bio and connect with us visually. Thank you for supporting everything we do in this crazy world we live in!! @alxndrbrwn on the beat @strangefamousrecords is the label @bcmusic1st behind the lens Glow Kid is out now! #StrangeFamous #HipHop #NoW #ALXNDRBRWN #GlowKid #RVA #WOFTD (at Strange Famous) https://www.instagram.com/p/CapiB91LucB/?utm_medium=tumblr