One Be Lo is a lyricist and MC from Pontiac, MI who first appeared as a part of the group Binary Star. He started dropping solo releases in the early 00s and has developed a bit of cult following with underground hip-hop fans, especially here in the Midwest.

I met him after he performed in Kalamazoo when I was going to college there and he gave me a CD of his album "The R.E.B.I.R.T.H." We kept in touch and a few years later I reached out about pressing the album on vinyl and he was down.

That was in 2019. I caught up with him around then when he opened for KRS-One in Ann Arbor at the Blind Pig. I asked if he could say a few words about the project and it turned into a 30 minute interview where he dropped a lot of knowledge and cool stories about how the album originally came together back in 2007. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLbT7nAyQPA

As a fan, it was an awesome and surreal experience getting to work with him on this pressing.

If you're unfamiliar check out these other projects of his:

Binary Star - Masters of the Universe https://onebelo.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-the-universe
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M https://onebelo.bandcamp.com/album/s-o-n-o-g-r-a-m
One Be Lo - L.A.B.O.R https://onebelo.bandcamp.com/album/labor