Oren L

“I rap for listeners” begins the first verse of “Memory Lane” off of Nas’s iconic “Illmatic”. The four-word sentiment is one that Oren L. (fka Champion Sound Killa Black) of The Foodchain has emulated his entire career. And as a member of one of Denver’s most notable hip-hop collectives to date, the emcee now known simply as Oren L., has spent his music career doing just that. With a style best described as word paths and rhyme schemes that wind complex and yet ever so poignantly, ending often in blunt realism, Oren L. often plays with vocabulary but rarely minces words. "The blind stare of a billion pair of eyes that couldn't size me up or see me closely... aint got no friends on Facebook hommie... loc you barely know me"