Cold Residents

In the era of hyper-stylized, over-produced watered down rap, its rare to find artists who embody the essence of the Hip-Hop culture that paved the way for the multi-billion dollar a year entity it is today. Even more rare is to find a collective of musicians who each represent the piece of the culture that inspires them so purely.  The Cold Residents are a group of like minded individuals, each with their own established presence in the west coast Hip-hop scene, and each the master of their own respective style. they have come together to create something bigger than themselves, a platform for them to breathe new life into the forgotten art or Hip-Hop.  At the helm is the prolific and extremely hard working Producer Aleph 1ne. The distinctive sound of Cold Residents, (dubbed innovated old school) because of its 90's era influence yet contemporary feel, laden with thick drums, raw baselines and intricately dissected samples, comes from Aleph 1ne and his impressive MV-8800. To compliment the nostalgic sound he creates, every Cold Resident has a sound reminiscent of 90's era hip-hop while staying refreshingly original. Theres Reflectionz, The gateway to thought prov... more...