1 Umbrella - 1 Umbrella [Cassette]

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: ERE1235
Barcode: 199316458930
Release Date: 27 Mar 2026
Genre: Rap

Cassette: Black Shell

About: 
1 Umbrella represents a watershed moment for modern Bay Area hip-hop, effectively serving as the region’s "Avengers" assembly designed to consolidate the Northern California sound. For years, the local scene has been bisected by the distinct "mob music" bounce of Oakland and the melodic, trauma-drenched "pain music" of San Francisco; this collective is the first major commercial force to deliberately fuse these competing energies into a single, dominant infrastructure. The roster is a calculated cross-Bay alliance that balances opposing sonic weights: Lil Bean and Lil Yee anchor the group with the emotive, auto-tune-heavy melodies that define the current SF landscape, while Zaybang cuts through that introspection with his signature high-octane aggression.

Balancing the scales are ALLBLACK and 22nd Jim, who inject the classic East Bay attitude—ALLBLACK delivering the motivational, sports-heavy "player" lineage of the region, contrasted against Jim’s nonchalant, rhythmic flow. Backed by the powerhouse infrastructure of EMPIRE and united under tracks like "Baller Blockin" and the unification anthem "The Blueprint," the group is attempting to solve the fragmentation that has historically plagued the Bay’s independent market. By synchronizing their movement with the arrival of Super Bowl LX, 1 Umbrella is positioning itself not merely as a rap group, but as the official cultural ambassadors for the region, betting that a unified front can finally command the national spotlight that often eludes the West Coast’s independent giants.

Tracklist:
A1/1. 1 Umbrella
A2/2. One Of Those
A3/3. CODE
A4/4. Baller Blockin
A5/5. The Blueprint
A6/6. Off Top (feat. Larry June)
A7/7. No Gimmicks (feat. DaBoii)
B1/8. Pretty
B2/9. Type of Time
B3/10. N.E.W.S. (feat. Lingo & Dooder)
B4/11. Change My Ways
B5/12. Foreign Whip Swinger (feat. Rexx Life Raj)
B6/13. For The Night (feat. Larry June & 1100 Himself)
B7/14. Run The City
B8/15. Real Nigga Diary