Artist: Sealab 2012
Album: Jojo
Location: Hartland Township, USA
Genres: Instrumental Hip Hop, Mashup, Lo-Fi Hip Hop
Year Released: 2016-09-23
Date Re-Found / Posted: 2023-??-?? (found by Bruhmask)
Format(s) Released: Bandcamp
Explanation:
Sealab 2012 are one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. Sure, that statement is a little exaggerative, but I mean it. There are only a handful of producers who even have a similar tropical and upbeat style to that Sealab does.
I would also wager had their pages remained stable and the duo made it through their disputes they would be recognized as one of the best by now.
To add on to it, I have been contacted several times for Sealab's stuff. During their dark period (2018-2020) a lot of people were asking for what I had on them. People would find the remnants of their beats and start seeking it out. There happened at least 10 times with people eventually finding me. And even in the deleted stuff they've still managed to amass
Some of their songs have hundreds of thousands of views too.
But I'm getting too far ahead of myself. Let's start from the beginning.
Sealab 2012 is a beat-making duo consisting of NLK and Riot Rhythm. Their Bandcamp once listed them as from Thailand, though that's been confirmed to be false. They're actually based out of the Hartland Township, out in Michigan.
In 2012 they started dumping beats and tapes on their Bandcamp page which remained in-tact until about 2018 when they broke up and deleted everything. Since then members went solo, re-united, split up, deleted, changed names, put stuff on streaming, took it off streaming, re-released old stuff but at a different tempo and then vanished again. As of right now they don't have any profile up and their last release was under the name DJ Tranquilo.
I added all of their stuff one afternoon, mid-September in 2016. I was adding tons of crap to RYM at that point. I didn't know at the time it would become one of the remaining records of their existence.
They often get lumped in with the lo-fi hip hop community though their beats are far more tropical, happy sounding, and use samples more vibrantly. They also have no qualms about sampling anything. They've sampled everything from Dance Gavin Dance covers to adult swim themes.
When I first listened to them, I thought they were just some vaporwave outfit, but no, they are far more than that.
Reasons for Disappearance: Rapper Jakprogresso occasionally calls himself a 'recovering account-deleter'. Well if he's recovering then Sealab is still sick. The details of their split/reunion/split/reunion are not publicly known. Whether or nor they are even still together is unknown. Either way, this stuff was only available on Bandcamp and then deleted.
This EP is Jojo, an EP that was lost for a long time. It was finally found in 2023 and despite only being 5 minutes long it was a holy grail for fans of the like.
Since it's not much I've just gone ahead and included some of my favourite tapes of theirs. You will find the entire Lady Brown trilogy. Those 3 are among my favourite tapes of theirs. If you so wish to, I recommend Electric Relaxation, Wassup and No More Rappers.
Hopefully one day they come back and re-issue their tapes but only time will tell.
Further Reading:
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Password: sealabforever
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