Independent label

Planetary Alignment Music: Get Aligned.

Our purpose is to help independent artists attain recognition and income doing dope music while retaining complete creative control.

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01 / About

Artists first.Control stays with them.

Planetary Alignment Music is an independent label. The goal is simple: recognition and income for independent artists making dope music, with complete creative control kept by the artist.

The catalog runs from Thesselonious (in hip hop since 1984) and Mallz x Thess to Cool D, Jura Shaheed, RC Walker and The Munkeys Are Conspiring.

As heard on WVLM · VisulLive

22Titles listed, 2014 to 2022

02 / Selected works

The crate.

Pull a record: hover or tap a sleeve, swipe, or use the left and right arrow keys while the crate is focused. Every title links to the label's existing discography page.

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2014

Ready For The Curl (W.I.W.C.M.B. 2)

Thesselonious

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03 / In the label's words

Said plainly.

"Our purpose is to help independent artists attain recognition and income doing dope music while retaining complete creative control."

Planetary Alignment Music

"incredible chemistry and amazing skills in both lyrics and production"

On Mallz x Thess

"A Tribe Called Thess: The work ethic speaks for itself."

Thesselonious bio

04 / Artists

The roster.

Thesselonious
Emcee, producer, reggae collector and DJ, in hip hop since 1984. Chicago's Very Own Marathon DJ. Latest: The Death of Saturn and Meditations in Mahogany.
"A Tribe Called Thess: The work ethic speaks for itself."Thesselonious bio
Twitter
Cool D
Has been contributing to the art of hip-hop since age 10. At 14 he began making beats with two Casio SK-10 keyboards. Dedicated to dropping music every chance he gets, he is a "free agent" with a large number of releases, including with the label. Latest: My Sincere Appreciation Volume 16 and Funny Bone, Vol. 1.
Twitter: link coming
Jura Shaheed
Emcee, producer, songwriter and composer. Loves traditional jazz, soul and hip hop, and has produced and written since his youth. His music blends soul and experimental sounds, with the goal of being recognized as a renaissance emcee. Latest: The Search Pt. 2 and The Afterlife EP.
Twitter
Mallz X Thess
"Incredible chemistry and amazing skills in both lyrics and production." KILLSHIT is "a musically aesthetic body of work that reminds us that hip hop is alive and well." Latest: KILLSHIT and Culture Re-Hustled.
Mallz on Twitter
RC Walker
Writes, plays several instruments, sometimes sings. Started in the 90s as a guitarist with a live instrumental crew, and has worked with house legends Terry Hunter and Ron Maney, jazz artists Kafele and Khari Lemuel, and hip-hop masters Jura Shaheed and Drunken Monkeee. Latest: Let Go Be Free b/w Let's Make The Room Stank and Let Me In b/w Queen of Grace.
The Munkeys Are Conspiring
"Evolution meeting revolution. The banana in your proverbial tailpipe." A group featuring Audio (Voodoo) Forensicks and Thess. Latest: The Re-Release.
ConspiringMunkeys.com

05 / On air

Thess, live.

Man in glasses and a floral shirt holding a drink beside a turntable, with shelves of records behind him — From the archive

Adapted from the label bioThesselonious has been involved with hip hop since 1984 in some form, whether rapping, DJing, or making beats. He's an emcee. Producer. Reggae collector. Chicago's Very Own Marathon DJ. NACROBATS founding member. #ShrugLifer #OBCT Team Founder. #DrumSnob. Twitter addict. Talk show cohost. #UsualSuspect
Co-hosts the talk show on VisulLive and DJs live on air there. DJs live shows on WVLM, a radio station.
His Sunday show has been running for over a decade.

Radio schedule / station per show not listed