5 years ago, BenOaks made his best hiphop album w a handful of Bones Culture’s best lyricists- 66notes, Daytym, Android Eddie, & L. Soul.
SAMSARA drops on 12/13/22!
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5 years ago, BenOaks made his best hiphop album w a handful of Bones Culture’s best lyricists- 66notes, Daytym, Android Eddie, & L. Soul.
SAMSARA drops on 12/13/22!
Feed your Spirit with ‘SoulFood’! The third of BenOaks’ lofi / boombap trilogy released in the past year. Following ‘Gemini Vibes’ & ‘Lofi Dreams’. This album of jazzy, funky, soulful triphop instrumentals & lofi beats is very hopeful & less melancholy than ‘Lofi Dreams’ & ‘Gemini Vibes’ even though it was recorded mostly in May of this year when BenOaks was very suicidal. He later received professional help. After intensive therapy this summer, Benjamin Oaks has made a full mental health recovery thanks to regular community service, a home-made food diet, regular spiritual practice, and a loving home.
66notes & BenOaks were in a triphop group called The Numinous. The Numinous released an EP & a full-length album CHAPTER ZERO. You can find them on Spotify, Apple, etc. After The Numinous disbanded, 66notes & BenOaks have continued as a dynamic duo releasing over 5 albums together in just about 10 years. Did you know THEY HAVE NOT yet met in person??
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clean off the “Dust on the Ceiling Fan” w this new funky mid90’s-style hiphop throwback feat. spoken word stars Circumstantial Saint, sean hogan & smooth crooning by Sir Dominique Jordan. Music by, engineered by & produced by our fave neurodivergent recording artist & cofounder: BenOaks. Follow their Facebook pages and ours by clicking HERE to stay up to date with the latest music releases, videos, merch & performances. Thank you for ALL your support. We LOVE YOU!!
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“Very interesting this is a nice piece of art hip-hop…” – MCCFUNK
“Enjoyed the funky production…” – LISTEN MAG
“…the lyricism is great” – Tongue Tied Magazine
“Strong lyricism” – DUMMY
“Dope track” – AURISION
“extraordinary production and song” – Bastido
“Definitely a very intriguing sound here, and I do think the production’s great” – Fashionably-Early
“enjoyed the substance to the words and the production has nice creativity” – Global Money World
“Nice easy vibe with your charming vocal part” – Hardkoreva
“good production” – Independent Spirits
“interesting instrumentation” – Futureproof
“A great, unusual track ” – Only A Northern One
“the interpretative vocal work is remarkable” R+
“I love the vibes” – @speedonthebeat
“Poetic for sure.” – RatingsGameMusic
“Music creates interesting layers and textures which work pretty well and have a subtle groovy vibe” – Somos Grandes
“I like the uniqueness of this track though definitely haven’t heard something like this before, your lyrical content… is pretty nice and its very easy to listen and understand the track in my opinion” – Matthew Chavez
we cnt believe we were blessed w over 20k streams/views in its debut wknd! 😱🙏😍😂
Bones Culture drops “Money” today on Spotify (and all other digital music providers like Apple, Google, Amazon, Tidal, Pandora, etc) with an insane verse from special guest Ren Thomas- Bar Fight League & World Freestyle #battleRAP champion. Ren Thomas was also on VH1’s Signed.
New Jersey bred, Philly & #backpack rap fave Ren Thomas had a legendary performance on Sway!
Watch Bar Fight League Freestyle World Champion Ren Thomas #battleRAP
“Money” has a soulful hook from Lancaster, PA based singer/songwriter Jefferson Ambrose.
66notes originally created the concept for this hiphop throwback beat by Benjamin Oaks aka BenOaks fka V1TAL of The Numinous.
Benjamin Oaks aka BenOaks releases his 1st all hiphop album. BenOaks has been making hiphop since buying his drum machine (Alesis HR-16b) at age 15 in 1993. And he has produced hundreds of singles & a few albums for other artists. But this is his first album using the all hiphop moniker “BenOaks”.
BenOaks is Ben’s hiphop stage name. It differentiates between his usual electronica. He also uses the name V1TAL to release dance music.
in 2012 Ben posted Craigslist ads in most major United States cities. After combing through hundreds of submissions, Benjamin Oaks found the handful of incredibly talented lyricists featured on “SAMSARA”
“SAMSARA” was recording between 2012-2015. It took so long to release because it went through two different record label distributors going out of business. There were 3 weeks in the past 3 years where it was available on all major retailers.
After relaunching the musical collaboration project Bones Culture-BenOaks, 66notes, Jefferson Ambrose, Nick the Blacklisted & Android Eddie decided to relaunch our record label & publishing company madPHATTER music. And also our media parent PH Makes an F Sound (which also specializes in live events, social media marketing, branding & design).
“SAMSARA” definition from Wikipedia: Saṃsāra is a Sanskrit word that means “wandering” or “world”, with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change. It is also the concept of rebirth and “cyclicality of all life, matter, existence”, a fundamental belief of most Indian religions. In short, it is the cycle of death and rebirth. Saṃsāra is sometimes referred to with terms or phrases such as transmigration, karmic cycle, reincarnation, and “cycle of aimless drifting, wandering or mundane existence”.
66notes sets fire to the mic on this mid 90s flavored banger by BenOaks. Featuring his signature grimey bass & alternative guitars mixed w powerful 808 & this time an uptempo, Soul style beat.
Click here to #preSAVE on Spotify, Apple, etc
#BattleRAP Champ & VH1 ‘Signed’ #RealityStar- Ren Thomas also delivers an incredible warning about other perils of #MONEY
Ren Thomas delivered a legendary performance on Sway
Lancaster, PA based singer/songwriter Jefferson Ambrose drops a powerful #Motown style #falsetto hook on “Money”. Jefferson Ambrose debut solo single “Like a Ghost” drops 9/11/20
www.youtube.com/channel/UCaejYJ3OiIpgKwTrDrjKyOA
www.facebook.com/therealrenthomas/
His debut Rock solo single “Like a Ghost” available everywhere on Sept 11th!
PINK I & BenOaks’ “BARS (I Can’t Breathe)” is a Black Lives Matter anthem! Blast it loud! There will be no peace until there is justice for Black American murders by the Police! This official video with lyrics was shot & directed by Chloe Rivera, age 14. Daughter of Android Eddie (& niece of BenOaks).
This music video proudly shows that Black Lives Matter in small town USA!
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