"It's a Thursday night in late January, and the members of the newly formed rap supergroup 1 Umbrella are scattered around an EMPIRE recording studio in San Francisco."
"Guests on 1 Umbrella include Larry June, 1100 Himself and Rexx Life Raj. With production from the likes of Reece Beats, Brutal Money and EazyDrez, the album will undoubtedly be played boisterously from the sound systems of fly cars for months to come."
""It's like an ancestor to us," he says - adding that it's still in us, and, if provoked, "we can show you the real definition of hyphy.""
Members 22nd Jim, Lil Bean, Lil Yee, Zaybang and ALLBLACK gather at an EMPIRE recording studio in San Francisco as the newly formed rap supergroup 1 Umbrella. Guests on the project include Larry June, 1100 Himself and Rexx Life Raj, with production by Reece Beats, Brutal Money and EazyDrez. The group anticipates the album will be played from car sound systems across the Bay. Lil Yee frames the hyphy era as an ancestor that remains in their sound and can be provoked into full expression. A listening party and record signing takes place Feb. 7 at Amoeba Records. Younger Bay hip-hop fans now favor high-end fashion and foreign cars over Vans and scrapers. 22nd Jim cites expanding Bay influence in film and music, naming Ryan Coogler, Kehlani and LaRussell.
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