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An independent label where artists keep complete creative control.

Cover art for The Afterlife EP by Jura Shaheed
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The Afterlife EP

Jura Shaheed

“What you NEED to close out this year properly!!”In the label's words
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In the label's words

In the label's words

“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
The roster

Artists

01

Thesselonious

Emcee. Producer. Reggae collector. Chicago's Very Own Marathon DJ. In hip hop since 1984, whether rapping, DJing or making beats. NACROBATS founding member, #OBCT Team Founder, #DrumSnob, Twitter addict and talk show cohost.

“A Tribe Called Thess: The work ethic speaks for itself.”Thesselonious bio

LatestThe Death of Saturn; Meditations in Mahogany

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02

Cool D

Contributing to the art of hip-hop since age 10. At 14 he began making beats with two Casio SK-10 keyboards, and he is dedicated to dropping music every chance he gets. A free agent with a large number of releases with Joe LeftHand and Culture Power 45, as well as with the label.

LatestMy Sincere Appreciation Volume 16; Funny Bone, Vol. 1 (feat. Max Ptah)

03

Jura Shaheed

Emcee, producer, songwriter and composer. He 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.

LatestThe Search Pt. 2 feat Riyah B.; The Afterlife EP

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04

RC Walker

Formerly Rob Walker. He writes, plays several instruments and sometimes sings. He started in the '90s as a guitarist with the live instrumental Maroon Colony 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.

LatestLet Go Be Free b/w Let's Make The Room Stank; Let Me In b/w Queen of Grace

05

Mallz x Thess

Mallz x Thess have “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.

LatestKILLSHIT; Culture Re-Hustled

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06

The Munkeys Are Conspiring

Evolution meeting revolution. The banana in your proverbial tailpipe. A group featuring Audio (Voodoo) Forensicks and Thess.

LatestThe Re-Release

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With Thess

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His Sunday show has been running for over a decade. Central time, Chicago.

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From the archive

A smiling man in glasses and a floral shirt holds a drink beside two turntables and a mixer.
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A man with closed eyes wearing headphones rests his head near the knobs and buttons of a mixing console.
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It's ALL art

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