Benjamin Howard Laub (February 23, 1984), better known by his stage name Grieves, is an American hip hop artist based in

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Career

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

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''. 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) *

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- "Close Your Eyes" from '' Strange Journey Volume Two'' (2009) * Engineers in Your Ear - "Honest Microphone" from ''Till the Clouds Run Dry'' (2010) *

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- "#busbros" from ''Indie Rocket Science'' (2011) *

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& AmpLive - "Beautiful Addiction" from '' Therapy at 3'' (2011) * Big Chocolate - "Hilion" from ''Hilion'' (2011) *

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- "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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- "Fireflies" from ''Frida Kahlo vs. Ezra Pound'' (2016) *

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- "Exquisite Corpse" from ''

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'' (2016) * Darenots - "911" from ''The Now Is Truth'' (2016) *

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- "Take You Home" (2017) *

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- “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

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grieves 1984 births Alternative hip-hop musicians American hip-hop record producers American male rappers Living people Rappers from Washington (state) Rhymesayers Entertainment artists 21st-century American rappers 21st-century American male musicians West Coast hip-hop musicians