The Good Fight, Rapper Big Pooh's Words Paint Pictures (produced by Apollo Brown), L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae's The Night Took Us In Like Family, Georgia Anne Muldrow's A Thoughtiverse Unmarred, Pete Rock's PeteStrumentals 2, L'Orange & Kool Keith's Time? Astonishing!, Finale's Odds & Ends, Verbal Kent's Anesthesia, Apollo Brown's Grandeur, Semi Hendrix's (Ras Kass, Jack Splash) Breakfast At Banksy's, Rapper Big Pooh & Nottz's Home Sweet Home and Red Pill's Day Drunk EP. In October 2015, veteran rapper Mr. Lif signed to Mello Music Group for an album deal of two new studio albums, plus the reissue of his debut album I Phantom, which was released on November 27, 2015. 2016–Present: Recent Releases In 2016, Mello Music Group released new albums from Mr. Lif, Ugly Heroes, Oddisee, Open Mike Eagle & Paul White, Lando Chill, Kool Keith, L'Orange, Chris Orrick, and Apollo Brown & Skyzoo. In 2019, Homeboy Sandman signed to Mello Music Group. Distribution From the label's inception, they were distributed by Fat Beats Records. In 2015, Mello Music Group switched distribution to The Orchard. Style and genres Mello Music Group has released a number of purely instrumental albums, many of which are the side projects of hip hop producers associated with the label. The label also focuses on the hip hop music of various scenes, including Detroit hip hop. In 2012 MTV Hive described MMG as having "dedication to intelligent, street-wise boom bap... these artists make attainable music that doesn’t find them praising their jewelry or stunting on private jets. Instead, they talk about real-life issues that relate to everyday listeners — paying bills, raising children, and finding inner peace." Current Artists Apollo Brown Gensu Dean Georgia Anne Muldrow Homeboy Sandman Joell Ortiz Kool Keith The Lasso L'Orange Namir Blade Oddisee Open Mike Eagle Quelle Chris Seba Kaapstad Skyzoo Solemn Brigham Discography Further reading Mello Music Group Discography at Discogs Interviews Articles List of Mello Music Articles at AllHipHop "Top 12 Mellow Music Group Albums" by New Noise Hip Hop. October 19, 2013. See also List of record labels Underground hip hop References External links MelloMusicGroup.com Mello Music Group on Facebook Mello Music Group on Twitter Video and audio Mello Music Group on YouTube Mello Music Group on Bandcamp Mello Music Group on SoundCloud American record labels Record labels established in 2007 Hip hop record labels Companies based in Tucson, Arizona