Mellow Drum Addict

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The talent in our community is unreal. If you are a part of Inner Metro Green you may already be familiar with more than a few of the talented individuals who have taken up the journey with us. Some you may have missed. We do have a disproportionate number of incredibly talented original musicians, artists, and writers who call IMG their faith home, so it’s not at all surprising when another one suddenly rises up. It’s a beautiful thing to have all of these creatives journeying along with us in mission, but it is even more beautiful to call them friends.

Mellow Drum Addict, for example, is an awesome brother. He and his family have been on the journey with us for a few months now. I know his kids absolutely love him. I saw the Father’s Day crafts his kids made for him on Father’s Day Sunday. No doubt, his kids adore him. They are a beautiful family. I look forward to getting to know him and his wonderful wife even better. Here’s to the journey, guys!

I also know that Mellow is an incredible hip hop artist. He handed me a copy of his newest album after church. The album is titled “Corner of Broadened Mind.” I went home and gave it a listen. I was absolutely blown away by his originality, passion and talent. His music has a message. He delivers it with style and originality, ala Arrested Development, The Coup, and The Roots. It is urban, honest, raw, and hopeful. Inspirational.

I’ll let Mellow speak for himself, with a quick blurb and a few MP3 samples.

YO! It’s finished. A year and a half of working very hard on my third full length release. This is the best material to date and leaps and bounds better than anything I’ve ever done. The album is a 6 panel digipak with some dope photographs of my fair city (Lancaster, PA). It’s 14 tracks and almost an hour of music. The beats are produced by the world famous Maker and includes a lot of dope emcees on the guest spots. Hit this link up if you’re interested and I’ll cover the shipping of the cd. Thanks to anyone who supports independent artists in 2009. We’re a dying breed …

Here are a few choice MP3 samples: Intro., One Time for Your Minds Eye, Corner of Broadened Mind

Hit Mellow’s Myspace too to hear more original tracks.

Thanks, Mellow. Thank you for sharing your gifts and talents. Keep going up, brother.

To everyone else reading this, support an awesome indie artist and brother by grabbing his album. It’s good listening too. Some of the best music out there is local, homegrown.

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