Happy Birthday to the L22Fam! Last weekend we celebrated our 13th Anniversary at The Chaya and enjoyed the rest of our night at The Edison in Downtown LA. It was great seeing all the close homies as well as a couple new faces! Special thanks to my man Reach for setting the whole night up despite all the RSVP changes! Thanks to my girlfriend Jackie for bein’ my beautiful date that evening (hehe), and to Def J, Berretto, Justin, John, Alex, Reed & FreshNSexy.com, Fred, Jelynn, Melissa, Erin, Jill, Rose, Claudia, Cath, Tej, Leah, Sharlene, and Henry, for showing love & support for the L22Fam.

Meesh, Joe, Mike, Jenn, Honda, Leschke, Obscene … you were with us in spirit!

If you didn’t get a chance to read about this event in our ‘Events’ section, here is a little excerpt of what I wrote explaining who we are and what we’re all about.

“For those of you who don’t know our history, we are more than just a “record label” or a Hip-Hop crew. We’re a tight knit group of close friends that we can call “Fam” whether we’ve known each other for 20 years or 2 years. When I came up with the whole idea of “L22″ with Leschke, one of our goals was to create something even bigger than ourselves. It offered a platform for the homies to showcase their unique musical talents while making it fun at the same time. It gave us an identity, a home to call our own. Whether you were an emcee, a DJ, producer, or just a homie showin’ your support, you were a part of what we call the L22Fam. In the past 13 years it brought us closer together through countless shows, recording sessions, anniversary events, house parties, and simple kickbacks. Whenever I’m on stage and I see my people standin’ in the audience havin’ a damn good time, I know my work is done. We have a lot of new faces to the Fam, and we’d like to welcome you as we unveil a new chapter in L22’s long history!”

I’ve compiled all sets of photos taken that night for your convenience. Simply right click and ‘Save As’.
L22 Records 13th Anniversary Dinner Photos

13 years in the making baby! Enjoy!

- Mil

Whattup World!  It’s ya boy MistaMil, Big Mil, Ram Mahn, Goodness Gracious, The Brown Hope, Mr. Perfect in the black silk underwear here to tell y’all that L22Records.com is officially back online and better than ever!  As promised, the new format of the website will be a blog (since that seems to be ‘the thing to do’ nowadays LOL) and will feature news, music, videos, and all that other good stuff as we will update this often.  The site is still somewhat in construction so bare with us.  We’re hoping to get a bio and photo page going in the near future.  In the meantime, you can check out all the classics (haha) on the ‘LISTEN’ page.  There you’ll be able to listen to songs in their entirety instead of the snippets on our media player you see on the side.  Also feel free to leave comments.  We’d love to hear from ya!

As y’all may know, I’ve been out the music loop for nearly 4 years since Def J and I released The Owners Mixtape in 2006.  You’ve probably also been wondering what happened to my second album Lost In Chinatown, which was 50% complete when I decided to take a break.  I’m setting Lost In Chinatown aside to work on our current project The Owners Choice, the followup to our 2006 The Owners Mixtape.  I felt the need to put out a project that would bring us back to where we left off, instead of putting out another solo LP without having anymore relevance in the scene after 4 years of being gone.  This is definitely a project that I owe to the fans.  Below is a taste of what’s in store for 2010!

*NEW MUSIC* MistaMil & XL Middleton – “The New Weapons”
Produced by MistaMil (off the upcoming album The Owners Choice)

To all of our close friends and dedicated fans that have stuck with me & the crew over the years, we truly appreciate your loyalty and support.  4 years missing in action is a very long time, and it took a lot, physically and emotionally, to make this comeback even happen.  You’ve probably heard Def J and I boasting about L22’s return in the last year or so but it never really came through.  Well, I’m here now to make it official … MistaMil, Def J & the L22 Fam are back!  Meesh is on board.  FlipStyles.  Berretto.  RP.  Even the homie Mr. Clean.  I’m even bringin’ back some old friends from our early days for our upcoming project.  I promise you that we will deliver the goods you’ve all been patiently waiting for.  So please stay tuned: bookmark us, subscribe to our feed, anything!  You will not be disappointed!

L22010 and beyond b*tches!  Now play that British Bulldog theme song dammit!

- Mil