Van Buren Records is a Brockton, MA-based hip-hop collective and self-described, coup d’état. As Mano Sundaresan puts it, “If the Wu-Tang Clan are Shaolin swordsmen, the Van Buren Boys dual-wield pistols like they’re in a John Woo movie, firing off flows like volleys of bullets.” On some songs, you can expect to hear Valee flows or a dark, Odd Future vibe, on others you can expect to hear something like a new-age, Del The Funky Homosapien, and other times, you might even get an Elton John sample. Yes, they have a crazy, new, and unique sound where you never really know what you’re going to get on a new song, but the group is more than just music, having four designers as part of their roster. The group is comprised of 12 currently active members: lyricists Luke Bar$, SAINT LYOR, Lord Felix/FELIX!, Jiles, Home Invader/Invada, and Meech BOLD, producers Ricky Felix, RLouie Andrew Regis (who attended the Revenge of the Dreamers III sessions), and designers Mo, Kiron, and Shelby.

The group formed around 2014, but did not really start moving until 2016. Some of the members knew each other from school, but the group marks its start at a recording studio/creative hub called SoundLab in Brockton. Their name originated from an episode of Seinfeld, where there was a gang called the “Van Buren Boys,” which the group credits former member, Rui in coming up with.

Individual members have been releasing projects since 2019, but as a collective, Van Buren Records released its first project, Bad For Press in April 2021. Just a few months later, the group would team up with producer, AzizTheShake to release, BLACK WALL STREET – EP in August 2021.

Source: Fresh Scoops