I didn’t learn how to do anything in particular, so I’m just playing with sounds. Check out Hooker. Watch live streams, get artist updates, buy tickets, and RSVP to shows with Bandsintown Shop at our store and also enjoy the best in daily editorial content. clock. Awful Records: The Abbreviated Oral History. All we need to do is get our business papers and do this shit legit and we’ll be printing our own money. Father "YHE" Limited LP Promo Jacket Edition (150 available). Fuck it. Then I was like, "That shit gay as fuck, fuck that." New from the Atlanta rap crep, Awful Records. Richposlim: The way it generally works is that somebody responsible gets a place to stay, then all of the rest of our irresponsible asses show up within a month, and we live there. An Awful Concert. calendar. He just gets out a lot. It wasn’t a label then. There’s not a city where he can go where it’s not like, “Hey, my partner, goddamn, so-and-so.”. Management: ... Atlanta. Father Announces ‘Awful Swim’ Mixtape Set For Release On September 21st In Collaboration With Adult Swim. Sometimes we don’t talk for a minute, it’s just when he decides to resurface. “On the intro song of [my 2014 debut], Young Hot Ebony, I said, 'Never mix vodka and Percocet / It almost had me dead,'" Father … Find Father (Awful Records) tour dates and concerts in your city. Awful Records: The Abbreviated Oral History Get to know Atlanta’s reigning do-it-together rap label, as told by five artists living in the heart of Awful. Young Hot Ebony doesn't sound like much else right now. He likes people. About seven years ago, Awful Records began as a group of likeminded Atlanta ‘weirdos’ who liked to party and make art. SoundCloud. A list of fundraisers you can support right now. Jack Rabbit Slim's. Then we was like, fuck it, we’re about to whip out the cocaine. Three days later, I’m walking down the street alone, I bump into them, and they’re like, “Come on, man, come out and kick it.” From there I’ve just been rocking. “They’re the two cornerstones,” says Po. Father & Awful Records Score Partnership With RCA Records. Awful Records' fearless leader and most savage lyrical stylist has been on one hell of a ride. We knew him from Twitter in 2012 when he first started music. I just like having the treatment and going to shoot some shit. Archibald Slim: We met them through Obie, too. In the space of a few years Awful Records have gone from a regional oddity to a global cult. I’m the youngest member of Awful Records in terms of initiation. Game, and the video came out immaculate. He said he samples because of the shit I was listening to sophomore year. Inspired designs on t-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. iLoveMakonnen and Father have a party in the "All Black Hummer" video. 9 talking about this. Awful Records began with the feedback loop of inspiration between KeithCharles Spacebar, Father and Ethereal (who wasn’t counted as an actual Awful member until 2014) in 2011, and by the following year the group was official. Richposlim: Obie is around, bruh, he’s very charismatic. Awful Records founder Father is focused on leveling up his label through creative partnerships with RCA and Adult Swim. He was an art school dropout who founded “Awful Media Group” as a video and branding service in Atlanta, later turning to music as an experiment. Along with a dedicated group of collaborators, Father runs his own label, Awful Records, which is taking full advantage of the opportunities the Atlanta rap scene has to offer. Discover what's missing in your discography … Richposlim: I first heard Father rap in 2012. Everything that I envisioned in my mind and wrote in my storyboards came out the way I wanted it to. The awful records one looks like it was inspired by this, but at least it's not a direct copy. High quality Awful Records gifts and merchandise. We all trying to match each other’s pace. Father: Really, it was this Keith and Obie, who records as Ethereal. I’ve gotta go home, please. Fuck it, put it out. And then we run it into the ground and start over. Usually, people are like, “Nigga, you ain’t paying rent and you ain’t doing shit to help nothing. I had known this nigga Archibald Slim for a minute. Report Save. He started putting out EPs. It was the three of us living in my apartment. With his handicap, it’s so amazing to me. The Atlanta rap group, Awful Records, has come a long way from performing at dive bars or all-out sketchy venues. Does everyone always have a project at the time, or do you have a schedule of releases? 40413 Followers. By Devin Ch Jun 21, 2018. Even in high school, all the females loved him. Eventually I dropped out of school, I quit my job…, Richposlim: The reason it works is: we’re really like a family. Father. Any time I’m like, “Ah, I should just go pay an engineer,” I’ll be like, “Nah, fuck that. Awful Records. info@awfulrecords.com. Richposlim: Summer 2012, Keith was putting shit out. Explore releases from the Awful Records label. It was, like, Awful Media. KeithCharles of Awful Records talks leaving Atlanta, finding his niche, and his first-ever solo I Need Space tour. A collection of 2011 tracks from Father and KeithCharles Spacebar of Awful Records has surfaced. He’ll pick their brain and observe and want to be in that element. All I need is dope, which I’ve got, because I’ve got 11 niggas who are dope as hell, and a way to get it out there, which I’ve got, the internet and Spotify and all that. We was just having a regular day. Atlanta. Evento organizzato da WavyLand, Father e altre 2 persone. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Father didn’t teach me shoot videos, but he asked me to, and he taught me how to edit. Father: Basically everyone’s just going in. His rap style was different, and he’s a little more high-pitched and Eazy-E. I’ve seen the maturation before he put it out there. Here’s What It’s Really Like On Tour With Awful Records . Watch live streams, get artist updates, buy tickets, and RSVP to shows with Bandsintown It’s crazy that we hung out every day in high school, and in my adult life he’s still around. Her second EP, Princess was released by True Panther Sounds on July 15, 2016. But y’all’s music, y’all’s personalities, y’all are authentic as fuck. FATHER. Find Father (Awful Records) tour dates and concerts in your city. About seven years ago, Awful Records began as a group of likeminded Atlanta ‘weirdos’ who liked to party and make art. We won’t announce shit, just shoot the video and drop it, and shit’s done. He was like, “Bruh, I don’t like listening to other people outside the group, and I don’t like writing the treatment. Over the summer, their profile—like Makonnen's—has only gone up, as the internet has scrambled to follow 11 seemingly out-of-nowhere artists racing to one-up each other and rap in general. This is how he made those deals happen. She’s just in there like, “Take me home. We went to North Springs. Once we get high, it’s Fourth of July, like, niggas start being like, “Ay, bruh, I got my gun, let’s go out back and bust it. Here's what came next. It’s like that girl that came with us on Fourth of July. And I’m going to fuck with y’all.” And everything Makonnen said he was going to do, he did. KeithCharlesSpacebar: Obie put Reason on my computer, and then I started playing some shit I was making on Fruity Loops, and we started hanging out. About seven years ago, Awful Records began as a group of likeminded Atlanta ‘weirdos’ who liked to party and make art. Father took to Twitter to attack Key! Make a beat. Not even like he’s fucking all the girls, but that they just fuck with Obie. Father. Big L, Nas, shit from New York. You’re around me all the damn time. Listen to the first episode with Zack Fox and Flying Lotus. Richposlim: We would have had to know and liked them for two, three years. ©2021 The Fader, Inc. All rights reserved. One day Obie just showed up with them. Atlanta. I got tired of being a jailbird. Her first EP, BLQ Velvet, was released in 2015. It was called the Darlington, in Buckhead. I switched to art, but I only took drawing before I dropped out. Father is the founder of Awful Records, which originally began as an offshoot of an endeavour he called Awfully Creative (which in turn became Awful Media Group). ©2021 The Fader, Inc. All rights reserved. Stream Tracks and Playlists from Father on your desktop or mobile device. Is there a particular sound to the label? Either way, Father doesn't have room to talk here. Me, in particular, I mimic the shit I listened to when I was younger, like Timbaland and shit like that. Richposlim: I was 24 when I first met them, and I was in a transition period from being on that serious street life, ignorant nigga fuck shit, to trying to not going to jail every year. Mar. Father: It’s really because it’s self-taught. 170 Tracks. Pre-Barrio, Father and Archibald were roommates at Georgia State University. I just shortened it down to Awful. 210. Are people getting paid from the record label? Archibald Slim: We’ve always been friends and he’s always been around, it’s just: he don’t have a phone. He tweets once every four days with a black power rant or some shit, and then he stops. Father: I want to keep the brand pure. Father: We destroyed my first loft. I liked to draw a lot, though, and that turned into graphic design, which turned into video editing, then learning how to produce, rapping and recording myself, learning to engineer. Richposlim: That guy Makonnnen, he’s one of the realest friends I’ve made in this industry ever. We don’t care about dates. All we gotta do is continue making quality music. Share. As the team grew, I needed more people that knew how to do that, too. Get the fuck out.” With Awful, it’s like, “Nigga, you my drunk uncle who I don’t really like being around like that all the time, but you my uncle and I love you. Father: That’s where the name came about. Our homeboy Stalin dropped, and everybody just started dropping shit. music / Hip-Hop. Rappers Playboi Carti and Tommy Genesis have both seen their rise originate in the depths of Awful, and a slew of other artists continue to thrive in the DIY depths of the collective. Father: I came up with the logo and decided to call my creative company Awfully Creative. They started out in Atlanta, formed from a rough nucleus of Father, KeithCharles Spacebar and Ethereal. I figured it was because, like, y’all are awful. I feel like it was literally ten two weeks ago. Richposlim: When he says he’s Ethereal, he’s being dead-ass serious. Archibald Slim: We were roommates in college. Mostra mappa. He fell back, then he came back with the new shit and we was hitting him up. What's that relationship like? I was in school for pharmacy. In a few hours at the local venue Baby’s All Right, the Atlanta record label and crew’s benevolent overlord, Father, will play his first solo New York City show. The way I heard about Awful was from Makonnen, and I think it’s been like that for a lot of people. Thing is that Father done just shot up out of here, so everybody’s like, “You ain’t about shit on me, I’m going hard out here too.” It’s really 20 things being worked on at once. Meeting people. Jul 2018. FATHER. It’s a chilly weeknight in the Hasidic part of Williamsburg, and Awful Records is taking over. Ain’t nobody about to come.” Three niggas shoot outside to go bust a gun, you just hear bap, bap, bap, bap. Around the corner from the gas station where Gucci Mane supposedly made his first million, this ragtag DIY crew has made a headquarters in a messy two-bedroom apartment with mattresses on the floors and pictures of naked nuns on the walls. Like, “Hey, Po! Lord Narf And Ethereal Team Up On “The Devil Wants You Home”, iLoveMakonnen teams up with Awful Records artists LuiDiamonds, Father, and Lord Narf for Tunji Ige produced track, "Jag.". Sabato 27 giugno 2020 dalle ore 20:00 alle 23:59 UTC+08. I need you to fucking learn to edit now.”. Father: A lot of people want it too fast and not put in as much work. Stream Tracks and Playlists from AWFUL RECORDS on your desktop or mobile device. But apparently that’s why he makes what he makes now, because of the shit I’d play in the dorm room. I hung out with them, smoked with them, and ain’t none of them what they say they are. I thought this only happens in the movies.” That shit awful, I don’t know. American producer, recording artist and founder of Atlanta label Awful Records. That swarm metastasized into Awful Records. That’s my vision, and I never had that feeling before. Father wears a jacket and shirt by AllSaints, glasses by Retrosuperfuture . When five of them—Father, Richposlim, KeithCharlesSpacebar, Archibald Slim and GAHM—came to New York recently, we linked up again for a chat about how they all became Awful. I was like, “Man, these niggas is young as hell, and they’re just doing everything.” I was just trying to figure out how I could get in and help and not just be a dick-rider. ... built its momentum around the cult hit “Look at Wrist,” in which the Awful Records patriarch plainly admits, “Never had to flip a brick, but I get the gist.” Welcome to Beatport. 177449 Followers. It’s 2014, if you’re not smart enough to stay at a major label and learn how to use the internet and market, then you’re a dumbass, in my opinion. They started coming over smoking blunts. Stand down to come up and shit, instead of that fast, instant, overnight shit. They were doing music, and I was doing graphic design, pretty much, and they got me started making beats. Created by Atlanta oddball Father, Awful has set out to be the HQ for some of the most peculiar and innovative music today. 97 Tracks. She later joined the label in 2014. Father; Awful Swim. Father: If I don’t like you, it doesn’t work. A list of fundraisers you can support right now. Archibald Slim: We came up with the logo first. Father excited to offer his artists increased exposure. We went to high school together. This led to her being discovered by Awful Records founder and rapper Father, who encouraged her to make original music. Father: We just got Obie. How’d everyone know Obie in the first place? When you’re doing this, you come up with ideas that I use. We went to a few barbecues, we got some alcohol, we got blunts. Especially when we’re in an environment where we’re comfortable. Awful Records' Father and Archibald Slim pay tribute to trashing hotels in new song "Fuck Up The Sheraton." He does it at his own pace. It’s not many people that I’ve met outside my family that I’ve known for 10-plus years. 139.9k Followers, 841 Following, 127 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Father (@father) 133 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge, Western Australia, WA, Australia 6003. Toward the end of the night, me and Father talked to him, and he was like, “Bruh, I pulled up on all these little cliques, all these little scene guys in Atlanta. Atlanta rapper and Awful Records member Father dropped I'm A Piece Of Shit album and unveils "Slide Thru" video. One day he was just like, “If you’ve got a song and want me on a remix, just send it to me.” Father saw it early in the morning, sent him “Nokia.” Makonnen sent back a verse in 30 minutes and said “When we gonna shoot the video?” We said, “Boy, we ready.” We threw a barbecue to shoot the video, and he was peeping the situation and looking at us and shit. Beatport is the world's largest electronic music store for DJs Richposlim: We don’t care. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran or disability status. I’ve been trying to limit crossover and all that. The first thing they did was ask if it was okay to drink in FADER's offices. Photographer Brandon McClain shares a photo diary of his days on the road with Awful Records: Father, Carti, Abra, and more. I’m going to teach you how to do something useful.”, Father: All the stuff that I do, I never went to school for. Richposlim: It’s a spirit of competition. Our homegirl had never seen in real life people snorting cocaine and just chilling and shit. Check out Awful Records/RCA Records on Beatport. - Online Store Powered by Storenvy. I had a nice pretty blue wall that I painted, I went through the effort with my girlfriend, and then I met all… these… niggas. Father Releases “Thotnite” From His Forthcoming Album Due Out This Fall Via Awful Records/RCA Records. Richposlim: I want a Cash Money Baby deal. Awful Records - The leading online destination for men's contemporary fashion and streetwear. And I learned from Keith. pin. The answer was yes. Fuck a major label. We’ve always been making stuff together, but he’s always been off doing Obie. Just went on from there. The group had recently performed a Red Bull event at St. John at Hackney Church. One of the many highlights from my time spent in Atlanta with iLoveMakonnen—recounted in the 94th issue of The FADER—was meeting the squad behind Awful Records. I’ve made some shit and been like, “Damn, this sounded like Keith last year.” Apparently Archie samples. I need to sit here and learn how to do it.”. Archibald Slim: We didn’t get to that level yet. Aug 2018. 13. 11. Father Shares Two New Tracks. Tek 9 has never dropped a studio album and he made the Forbes list. Awful Records announces monthly Red Bull radio show Bruh. Give them to me, help me shoot it, it’s going to go a lot quicker, and we can make money.” We did a video for a group out of Florida called PayUp! Awful Records is one of the weirdest labels out there. Richposlim: I’ve known Ethereal since I was 16. Father If anyone could be called leader of the modern mess of a rap crew—Awful Records—it would be Father. over a Look At Wrist royalty dispute. He was sitting in the studio for a year practicing that style, and now he’s hard as fuck. Write the treatments, Po. Father releases "Alleyoop Swish" video, first track from his collaborative EP with Lex Luger, Man, Somebody Get These New N****s. Awful Records' Father and Archibald Slim pay tribute to trashing hotels in new song "Fuck Up The Sheraton.". A rather peculiar location to have a rap concert, but indelible none the less. Y’all ain’t trying to put on and say you have a bunch of money. Sub Pop Records is an equal opportunity employer. Awful Records' Ethereal is Atlanta’s do-it-all artist who's gearing up for his 8th studio album, Mankind. 17. $20.00