What does it take to be an independent record label? Hiero’s Karen Dere talks about the challenges and rewards of the modern music industry.
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Musically diverse, self-contained, self-supported, and artistically driven—most importantly, independent. Read about the early-aughts Bay Area music scene and its influence on Hieroglyphics.
Watch Casual’s perspective on Hieroglyphics’ innovative move to take their music online in 1995.
Fresh off the resounding success of “You Never Knew,” director Jacob Rosenberg shares his experience working on the second and last video for Hieroglyphics’ breakthrough debut album.
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Hieroglyphics Colorado Tour, 1997
In December of 1997, director, photographer, and Hieroglyphics Dot Com contributor Jacob Rosenberg toured across the state of Colorado with the Hiero Crew as they performed across three cities. “Saucee Jake” captured a wealth of photographs and wrote an excellent travelogue, which became one of our earliest collaborations on the Hiero site.
It used to be Hieros this, Hieros that. But Souls of Mischief and the rest of the Hieroglyphics clique fell back to earth as quickly as their star had risen. Now the Bay Area bandwagon is back in effect. To infinity and beyond…
“The net is going to be bigger than television,” says Tajai. “It’s going to be something where everybody is connected.”
As Hiero was reaching the finish line during the recording of their debut “family album,” 3rd Eye Vision in 1997, I sat down with Domino to get caught up on how the album was progressing.
Hustling & innovations online lead to the establishment of Hiero Day: an officially-recognized holiday in the city of Oakland, California.
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‘Second Wind’, Rap Pages
Oakland’s Hieroglyphics Crew regroup to relaunch as they go independent from their respective major label recording contracts.