Lo Key

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Lo Key

Biography

Originating as a vocalist in the metal scene, Lo Key began his musical journey
in 1998 performing with the hardcore rap group Anonymous Tip.

"I couldn't sing. Or scream or anything. It was kind of put up or shut up,
I had to do something. So I started spittin', and we started makin history."

After 2 years with the band, Lo Key called it quits and started recording hip hop
with band mate 100 Proof. Only 2 tracks are rumored to exist, "The Truth",
and "Bottle Dreams (OG)".

"At first we didn't know what the fuck we were doing. We just wrote
random shit down and rapped it. I was experimenting with my style for a
long time. I'm still progressing as an artist and I think that's what keeps
people listening, and outsiders to start listening."

Soon, Lo Key decided to pursue a darker style of music, also known as horrorcore.

"I had been listening to wicked shit for a while, but never really considered it as
a direction I could take musically. But I realized that scene was ME, musically
and in real life. We live wicked, the whole world around us is horrifying.
So I decided I wanted to reflect that in my music."

With a new vision to complete, Key started the group "Temple Rain" with friends
and fellow lyricists Sleepy & Appirition. In 2003 they released theyre debut LP
"The Awakening", a fusion of hip hop and horror. Boasting 19 tracks,
the LP was given away free on the internet and localy.

"The Awakening was a strange time for the 3 of us, I guess we were all
going through a lot of personal shit and you can definitely hear that on the
album. We actually recorded subliminal suicide messages, and shit like
that behind every song. Looking back I can say I have changed alot
since then"

Shortly after it's release, "The Awakening" and all Temple Rain merchandise
was banned in 3 Pennsylvania schools for "promoting / condoning mass suicide
and / or gang violence". This gesture created a stir in the PA underground.

"They said Temple Rain on the news and showed our website, and at the time
we were offering The Awakening free to download. Suddenly we had 300-450
people A DAY getting the CD off the site. It was crazy as hell man"

After being temporarily shut down on several occasions the hype died down
and things appeared to return to normal for the trio. Slipping back into
the studio the group started they're newest project : "The Lost Boys EP"

"Basically, for the EP we were going for a more hip hop feel. There were alot
of people getting into us at that point and we delivered a bomb ass record.
Things seemed to be goin good for us at this point, we did that CD
in 1 month with no outside help or anything."

Released April 30th 2004, "The Lost Boys" hit the streets and local radio.

Around July 2004, Temple Rain went on hiatus to record a full length LP.

"Well there was alot of drama goin on around this time. I don't really want to get
into specifics out of respect for my people but things started fallin apart. Me
and Sleepy got a few tracks done, then we finally decided to call it quits. I
had opportunity elsewhere and he needed a break."

In late 2004 Lo Key moved to Nashville, TN to pursue his dreams of making music
and to continue his journey through the recording industry.

In 2005, Key stepped into new territory when he produced
Madd Maxxx - In The Absence of Sanity, alongside Devize and Fritz
the Cat. Ranging from the emotional piano driven "Saving Grace"
to the hard hitting school shooting based "Classtime Horror", the debut EP
was also Loke's production debut.

"I had mad fun doing that record with him (Maxxx). I literally met that dude
by accident, when he had nothing more than a notepad full of rhymes and
a head full of ideas. And look at him now, his debut EP tops anything
in that genre and cats that been doin it for years. That's something I take
pride in."

In March of 2005, 7th Seal Entertainment and Lo Key released a free, 23 track
full length LP entitled "Repressed Memories". Consisting of rare, unreleased,
and unheard music from the proceeding 4 years, the album was offered free
to download via the 7SE website and given out locally.

"We dropped that shit for our people. Nobody else was putting out QUALITY
free music like that since Tech N9ne did it, and we were hearing alot of
different labels brag about hooking up they're fans, so we strait up took every
piece of material we had and gave it away. For nothing!"

In June 2005 Lo Key released his first solo effort, "Follow Me",
a free EP showcasing his lyrical ability not often seen in the wicked underground
genre. Consisting of 5 tracks, the CD is available to anyone at lokeymusic.net.

"Follow Me is a fuck you to alot of people who doubted me, who said
I should give up and quit doing this wicked shit.. People who live
in a sheltered reality afraid to break away from the worlds
web of madness. It's a big fuck you to those people. You COULD say
it's directed towards THE WORLD, but that's what everyone says."

In October 2005 Key dropped ANOTHER free album, "The House" criticly acclaimed as
"A Horror Masterpeice", "One of the BEST Horror CD's EVER!", and "The Crowning
of a New King of Horrorcore". Featuring production by himself, Stitch Mouth, and
Relapze (as well as collabs with both, and former Temple Rain member SLEEPY), the
album generated over 500gb of downloads in 4 days.

Whats next for Lo Key? Rumor has it a full length LP entitled "So-Lo", a group
project "Devils Rejects" with label mates Madd Maxxx, Stitch Mouth, and Tha Wikid
1, as well as many production spots and appearences!

CREDIT

Bio / Interview - Walt Brimley

Discography

Temple Rain - The Awakening	01. The Awakening 02. Moonlight Driftin' 03. Whispers 04. Don't Breathe 05. Mary Jane 06. 5:43 AM 07. Bottle Dreams (Feat. 100 Proof) 08. HIVOFFINDACLUB (Feat. Murder) 09. H.A.M 10. Mystics & Beyond 11. Dead Asleep 12. Stalker (Interlude) 13. Criminal Minded 14. Edicius (Feat. Psycho Jesus) 15. Yourself (Feat. Red) 16. Lo Key - Snakebites

Temple Rain - The Lost Boys Vol. 1	01. Intro 02. The Lost Boys 03. Critical Slits 04. You Ain't Raw 05. Rhyme Killa 06. Killiquify 07. I Wonder

Mad Maxxx - In The Absence of Sanity	01. Intro 02. Come N Get Me 03. Keep It Underground 04. Be My Victim 05. Fuck Life 06. Classtime Horror 07. Afraid (Feat. Lo Key)* 08. My Saving Grace *Features Lo Key

7th Seal Entertainment Presents...Repressed Memories	01. Temple Rain - The Rain 02. Stitch Mouth - Devil's Night Shenanigans (Feat. Kreepy X) 03. Lo Key - Bloodlust 04. Mad Maxxx - Darkness Approaches (Feat. YouNique) 05. Temple Rain - Corpses In The Morgue 06. 100 Proof - Crazy Fuckin' Bastard (Skit) 07. Tha Wikid One - Hypno 08. Stitch Mouth - Burning Jack'olanterns 09. 100 Proof - Tonight 10. Tha Wikid One - Iron Mic (Feat. Lo Key) 11. Temple Rain - Pig Day 12. Stitch Mouth - Blood Stained Samhain 13. Temple Rain - Control U (Devilz Nite Remix) 14. 100 Proof - Rap Olympics (Skit) 15. Mad Maxxx - Come N Get Me (Original Version) 16. Lo Key - Gh0ztly 17. Stitch Mouth - The Southern Devil (Area 51 Orchestra Mix) 18. Temple Rain - We Feed (Remix) 19. Lo Key - Muthafuckaz 20. Jeff Nipples - Fuck The Mainstream (Skit) 21. Temple Rain - Kidnapped 22. Stitch Mouth - 13 Ghosts 23. Tha Wikid One - Somehow

Follow Me	01. Intro 02. Follow Me 03. Spark Somthin' (Feat. Tha Wikid One) 04. As The World Falls Down 05. Broken Reflection

Stitch Mouth - Summer of Hate	01. Family Vacation (Intro) 02. Summer of Hate 03. Decapitating Neighbors 04. Babble (Instrumental) 05. Grewsome Twosome (Feat. Kreepy X) 06. Psycho-Delic (Feat. Lo Key & Kreepy X)* 07. I'll Show You 08. Propaganda (Outro) *Features Lo Key

Cover Song EP (Myspace Exclusive)	01. Intro 02. Pump Pump (Toxic Remix) (Feat. Candi Creep) 03. Holla Back Boy 04. Rock Star (Feat. Relapze)

The House	01. Intro 02. My House 03. The Basement (Feat. Sleepy) 04. The Kitchen (Feat. Stitch Mouth) 05. The Attic (Feat. Relapze)

The Wicked Underground Presents...Devilz Nite 2005	01. Cobain The Dead (Devilz Nite Intro) 02. Killmatic - The Suffering (Feat. Shy One) 03. Castro The Savage - Coven of The Savage 04. II Rel - You All Know 05. KGP - Premonitions 06. Menacide - The Basement Part 2 (Feat. Dkaid) 07. NBK - Natural Born Killaz 08. Icepick Willie - E.V.I.L. 09. Ressurrector - Dark Side Tales (I'm Psycho) 10. Sinsiter X - Evilness (Feat. Menacide) 11. Cutthroat Productions - Join Us 12. Crakd & Ice Pic - This Is Halloween 13. Bio Killaz - Devilz Nite (Feat. Rheotaxis) 14. Claas - Just In Time 15. Epidemik - Siccem 16. Stitch Mouth - Digging Out My Brains 17. Preacher X - In The Hands of Time (Feat. BADMiND & Ressurrector) 18. LeoK3 & The Darkside Clique - Static 19. Chronic Killaz - Sorry You Must Die 20. V Sinizter - Jack'o Lanterns (Feat. Defekt, Sadist & JB) 21. $woop - About Your God (Feat. TBMA & J-Sin) 22. Skarekrow - Raymond 23. Lo Key - Broken Reflection (Remix)* 24. Cap N1ne - Triple Six 25. Renigade - Coming For You 26. Mainstreet Graveyard (Garrote Remix) 27. Fury - Helloween Night 28. Raven Hunter - Call Me Mista DeadMayne 29. Marazmus - A.O.D. 30. Ill Wayz - Flatline *Features Lo Key

Ecc0 - Critical Condition	01. Intro 02. In The Ground 03. So Hazardous (Feat. Lo Key)* 04. Rottin 2 Da End (Remix) 05. Killa On The Loose 06. The Epitome 07. Rottin 2 Da (Original) (Extra Verse) 08. Outro 09. Tha Cuttin' Room (Sample) 10. So Hazardous (Chopped) (Feat. Lo Key)* *Features Lo Key

Pure Horror Compilation	01. Ecc0 - The Cutting Room 02. Scum - Russian Werewolf In Denver 03. Stitch Mouth - Brutal Mentality (Feat. Bloodshot) 04. Lo Key - My House* 05. Geist - Shut It Down (Feat. Rydas Records) 06. BVK - It's Okay 07. Ressurrector - Str8 To Hell (Feat. SicktanicK) 08. STL Creep - Atrocious Villains (Feat. Scum & Saint Sinna) 09. Temple Rain - Moonlight Drifting* 10. Descartes Ekman - Quazimoto's Quarry Remix 11. Mad Maxxx - Classtime Horror 12. Scum & Bloodshock - Monster 13. G Child - Da Darkside 14. Dkaid - Rydin' Wreckless (Feat. Jason Porter, Trouble & Bloodshot) 15. V Sinizter - The High Cost of Dying 16. DCK - Loonies 2 17. Tha Wikid One - Iron Mic (Feat. Lo Key)* 18. Bloodshot - The Slaughterah King 19. Lo Key - Pump Pump (Feat. Candi Creep)* 20. Stitch Mouth - Summer of Hate 21. Ecc0 - R O T T I N (Lo Key Remix) *Features Lo Key

Ecc0 - Trailer Trash Mixxxtape	01. Wut U Know 02. On Rottin Dayz 03. Get It Pumpin (Feat. Acid Burn) 04. Dat Blazin' One (Feat. Lo Key)* 05. To The 215 * Features Lo Key

Devil's Rejects - Die 2 This	01. Intro 02. I Can't 03. Childhood Killa 04. Die 2 This 05. Revenge Is Slaughter 06. The Woods 07. The Mushrooms 08. Outro

Mad Maxxx - Sick Hop	01. Intro 02. Sick Hop 03. Shit Talkin' 04. 2 Sick (Feat. Lo Key)* 05. Vengeful Possession 06. Alive After Suicide (Feat. Lo Key)* 07. Trapped In Paradise 08. Decline of Mankind 09. The End Is Upon Us 10. Outro *Features Lo Key

The House Remixes	01. Intro 02. My House 03. The Basement (Feat. Sleepy) 04. The Kitchen (Feat. Stitch Mouth) 05. The Attic (Feat. Relapze)

Jack Yo Beats Mixtape	01. Intro 02. Pump Pump 03. 2 Sick (Feat. Mad Maxxx) 04. Hollaback Boy 05. Rockstar (Feat. Relapze) 06. Drastic (Feat. Majik Duce) 07. The SmokeBox

So Lo	Lo Key's Upcoming Solo Album (Tenative Release Date: 05/15/06)