Marlowe

Marlowe is a collaborative alt-rap project from Seattle-based hip-hop producer L'Orange and North Carolina-based rapper Solemn Brigham. Their unique blend of quickfire vocals and dusty breakbeats is most well-known on tracks such as "Lost Arts" and "Cold Open." The project came together in 2018 with the sole intent of marrying Brigham's lyrics concerning social commentary, police brutality, and poverty with L'Orange's thudding beats and crackling vinyl samples to achieve a new, refreshing take on hip-hop in the late 2010s. They made their first appearance in mid- to late 2018 with the track "Lost Arts." Their self-titled LP soon followed via Mello Music Group. ~ Rob Wacey