Benjamin Howard Laub (February 23, 1984), better known by his stage name Grieves, is an American hip hop artist based in Seattle, Washington. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he has lived in Colorado, San Diego, and New York City. He is signed to Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Career

Grieves released his first album, ''Irreversible'', independently in 2007. In 2008, Grieves teamed up with multi-instrumentalist and producer

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, with whom he would release his next two albums: ''88 Keys & Counting'' in 2010, and '' Together/Apart'' in 2011. ''Together/Apart'' debuted at #112 in the Top 200 Album Sales, marking his first appearance in the Top 200. Grieves, along with Budo, performed at South by Southwest 2011 and also at Warped Tour 2011. His music has also been featured in '' Real Detroit Weekly'', '' Seattle Weekly'', and '' The Washington Post''. His fourth album, '' Winter & the Wolves'', was released on March 25, 2014. It peaked at number 57 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Irreversible'' (2007) * ''88 Keys & Counting'' (2010) * '' Together/Apart'' (2011) * '' Winter & the Wolves'' (2014) * ''Running Wild'' (2017) * ''Canopy'' (2021)

Compilation albums

* ''The Falling Off Your Shoes'' (2009)

EPs

* ''Every Hell Has Its Springtime'' (2005) * ''My Girlfriend Beats Me EP'' (2008) * ''The Confessions of Mr. Modest'' (2010) *''The Collections of Mr. Nice Guy'' (2019)

Singles

* "Unedible" (2007) * "Lightspeed" (2011) * "Bloody Poetry" (2011) * "On the Rocks" (2011) * "Shreds" (2014) * "Serpents" (2014) * "Ain't Nothin'" (2014) * "Cougar Catnip" (2015) * "Back at Em" (2018)

Guest appearances

* Unknown Prophets - "Hate Face" from ''Le System D'' (2009) * Mac Lethal - "Hold Me Down" and "Fuck Mac Lethal" from ''Crown Prime Rib Mixtape'' (2009) * CunninLynguists - "Close Your Eyes" from '' Strange Journey Volume Two'' (2009) * Engineers in Your Ear - "Honest Microphone" from ''Till the Clouds Run Dry'' (2010) * MC Lars - "#busbros" from ''Indie Rocket Science'' (2011) * Eligh & AmpLive - "Beautiful Addiction" from '' Therapy at 3'' (2011) * Big Chocolate - "Hilion" from ''Hilion'' (2011) * Transit - "Settled Smoke" from ''Stale'' (2012) * Griff J - "To Each Their Own" from ''After the Starting Gun'' (2013) * Horrorshow - "On the One Hand" from ''King Amongst Many'' (2013) * The MC Type - "Meat Beater" from ''A Good Tattoo'' (2013) * Soulcrate - "Shot in the Dark" from ''Welcome Back from Wherever You've Been'' (2013) * CunninLynguists - "Drunk Dial" from ''Strange Journey Volume Three'' (2014) * Fearce Vill - "Let It Be (Remix)" (2014) *

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Watsky George Virden Watsky (born September 15, 1986), better known mononymously as Watsky, is an American rapper, singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, poet, author, and illustrator. Watsky broke out as a rapper with his viral video "Pale ...

- "Exquisite Corpse" from '' X Infinity'' (2016) * Darenots - "911" from ''The Now Is Truth'' (2016) * Spose - "Take You Home" (2017) * Chris Webby - “Prayer Hands” (2020) * The MC Type – "A Diss Track For Our Dead Friend" from ''Lucky Silverback'' (2024) * COOLETHAN – "Make This" from ''You Can Never Go Back'' (2024)

Productions

* The MC Type – "Junk Punter" (2008)

References

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