The No Time Outs Tour | July 7th – July 17th, West Coast Tour

Rec-League

The Rec-League All-Stars are Northern California’s preeminent hip-hop crew. A reputation cemented by countless live shows, albums, mixtapes, and memorable appearances on highly-respected radio stations from underground classic KZSU (on DJ Kevvy Kev’s legendary show The Drum) to commercial heavyweight KDON (central Cali’s urban-music powerhouse). Rarely have so many high-quality rappers come together under one banner.

Stepping straight out the golden age and into the future, the members of the Rec—QM, Grip Grand, Haji P, MF Shalem, Proe, Bob Clean, Richie Cunning, No Wonder, and Rob Rush—come correct with complimentary styles that represent different sides of the same classic hip-hop story. And, like the fabled crews of yesteryear, they present a unified sonic front, with versatile in-house production from rappers Grip, Proe, and Richie Cunning, as well as from DJ/producer Shalem. Rec-League as shared the stage with such established national acts as KRS-ONE, Wu-Tang Clan, Kool Keith, The Living Legends, Naughty By Nature, The Coup, Camp Lo, Das EFX, Canibus, Redman, and new rising stars including Fashawn, Blu, Little Brother, & U-N-I.

And the world is taking notice. Fully 50% of the group’s six rappers have been honored by URB Magazine as part of its annual Next…campaign (Grip Grand was previously featured in the magazine’s Next 100 issue, while Richie Cunning and Rob Rush made the rounds through Urb’s online Next 1000). In addition, Grip has worked with A.G. and Percee P; Shalem was Sage Francis’ original DJ; and on a press junket through North Carolina, Barack Obama totally bought a copy of the Brown Company album starring Haji P. In short, word is getting around: Rec-League is the truth.

From self-pressed vinyl in the 90’s to their own digital blog-erhood and superstore in the now (www.routinefly.com); from selling 4000 copies of a single EP in Japan to being sampled by Madlib; the Rec-League All-Stars have been there and done that. And with a hot new compilation in the chamber, plus full-length bangers from Richie Cunning (Night Train), Haji P (Neighborhood Kid) and QM (The Happy Hour) in the clip, it looks like they’ll be here for a long while to come. Rec-League is the team of tomorrow, today. See you at the game…