Travis Miller (born May 13, 1984) is an American rapper, singer and record … Read Full Bio ↴Travis Miller (born May 13, 1984) is an American rapper, singer and record producer from Richmond, Virginia. He has recorded under multiple aliases in various genres since his first known released project in 2005, including Lil Ugly Mane, Shawn Kemp, Vudmurk and Bedwetter.
Miller rose to popularity in the early 2010s with an experimental approach to Southern hip hop. His debut album Mista Thug Isolation gained him notoriety in the underground hip hop scene. Since then, he has experimented with a number of styles within and outside the hip hop genre, most recently releasing the indie rock album Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern. His other work spans genres including instrumental and abstract hip hop, black metal, free jazz and noise music.
Career
Miller began recording music in the 2000s under a number of aliases. Much of his early music cannot be found today on the internet, however some of it has been re-released, such as on his Register compilation album. Some of his early work included the black metal projects Vudmurk and Seidhr, the industrial and noise projects Across, Public Garden and Rats, and the underground hip hop group The Legacy, during which time he rapped under the name Young Gus.
Miller began releasing hip hop under the name Lil Ugly Mane on Bandcamp and producing beats for himself and other artists under the name Shawn Kemp in 2010, releasing his debut mixtape Playaz Circle in 2011. His early work under the Lil Ugly Mane name drew on various styles of underground Southern hip hop from the 1990s such as Memphis rap and chopped and screwed. His style was similar to that of the contemporaneous Raider Klan collective, with whom he collaborated. His 2012 debut album Mista Thug Isolation earned positive reviews from Mishka NYC, among others and support from members of the popular hip hop collective Odd Future. The album has since been hailed as a classic of the 2010s underground hip hop scene, earning later praise from Pitchfork and The Needle Drop. The album was followed by a number of smaller releases, including the Uneven Compromise EP, which is ranked in the top 10 greatest EPs of all time by user-generated music review site RateYourMusic, and the single "On Doing an Evil Deed Blues", in which he outlined his grievances with the music industry and his intention to retire the Lil Ugly Mane project.
Miller announced he would release one final album under the Lil Ugly Mane name, and began sporadically releasing compilations of beats and older material on Bandcamp, including the Three Sided Tape series, the final installment of which, Third Side of Tape, received positive coverage from Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop among others. In 2015, Miller released what was intended to be the final Lil Ugly Mane album – Oblivion Access and the final Shawn Kemp project – Trick Dice, a collaboration with rapper Nickelus F. Oblivion Access saw Lil Ugly Mane taking a more experimental approach divorced from his earlier '90s Southern rap influences.
In 2017, Miller announced he would continue rapping under the name Bedwetter and released his debut project under the name – Vol. 1: Flick Your Tongue Against Your Teeth and Describe the Present. The album continued with the more introspective and experimental style of Oblivion Access. Around the same time however, Miller began rapping under the Lil Ugly Mane name again as part of the group Secret Circle with Antwon and Wiki. After releasing a few singles, the group disbanded and scrapped their debut album due to a personal falling out. Miller began working with the remaining members of GothBoiClique, however then appeared to go on hiatus, only releasing small collections of older material sporadically.
In 2021, Miller began releasing new music under the Lil Ugly Mane name. He released the single "Headboard", followed by "Porcelain Slightly" and then his third major release under the Lil Ugly Mane name – Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern, which was covered positively by Sputnik Music and Stereogum. Around the same time, Miller released a new black metal demo under the Vudmurk name.
Miller rose to popularity in the early 2010s with an experimental approach to Southern hip hop. His debut album Mista Thug Isolation gained him notoriety in the underground hip hop scene. Since then, he has experimented with a number of styles within and outside the hip hop genre, most recently releasing the indie rock album Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern. His other work spans genres including instrumental and abstract hip hop, black metal, free jazz and noise music.
Career
Miller began recording music in the 2000s under a number of aliases. Much of his early music cannot be found today on the internet, however some of it has been re-released, such as on his Register compilation album. Some of his early work included the black metal projects Vudmurk and Seidhr, the industrial and noise projects Across, Public Garden and Rats, and the underground hip hop group The Legacy, during which time he rapped under the name Young Gus.
Miller began releasing hip hop under the name Lil Ugly Mane on Bandcamp and producing beats for himself and other artists under the name Shawn Kemp in 2010, releasing his debut mixtape Playaz Circle in 2011. His early work under the Lil Ugly Mane name drew on various styles of underground Southern hip hop from the 1990s such as Memphis rap and chopped and screwed. His style was similar to that of the contemporaneous Raider Klan collective, with whom he collaborated. His 2012 debut album Mista Thug Isolation earned positive reviews from Mishka NYC, among others and support from members of the popular hip hop collective Odd Future. The album has since been hailed as a classic of the 2010s underground hip hop scene, earning later praise from Pitchfork and The Needle Drop. The album was followed by a number of smaller releases, including the Uneven Compromise EP, which is ranked in the top 10 greatest EPs of all time by user-generated music review site RateYourMusic, and the single "On Doing an Evil Deed Blues", in which he outlined his grievances with the music industry and his intention to retire the Lil Ugly Mane project.
Miller announced he would release one final album under the Lil Ugly Mane name, and began sporadically releasing compilations of beats and older material on Bandcamp, including the Three Sided Tape series, the final installment of which, Third Side of Tape, received positive coverage from Anthony Fantano of The Needle Drop among others. In 2015, Miller released what was intended to be the final Lil Ugly Mane album – Oblivion Access and the final Shawn Kemp project – Trick Dice, a collaboration with rapper Nickelus F. Oblivion Access saw Lil Ugly Mane taking a more experimental approach divorced from his earlier '90s Southern rap influences.
In 2017, Miller announced he would continue rapping under the name Bedwetter and released his debut project under the name – Vol. 1: Flick Your Tongue Against Your Teeth and Describe the Present. The album continued with the more introspective and experimental style of Oblivion Access. Around the same time however, Miller began rapping under the Lil Ugly Mane name again as part of the group Secret Circle with Antwon and Wiki. After releasing a few singles, the group disbanded and scrapped their debut album due to a personal falling out. Miller began working with the remaining members of GothBoiClique, however then appeared to go on hiatus, only releasing small collections of older material sporadically.
In 2021, Miller began releasing new music under the Lil Ugly Mane name. He released the single "Headboard", followed by "Porcelain Slightly" and then his third major release under the Lil Ugly Mane name – Volcanic Bird Enemy and the Voiced Concern, which was covered positively by Sputnik Music and Stereogum. Around the same time, Miller released a new black metal demo under the Vudmurk name.
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Lil Ugly Mane Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Lil Ugly Mane:
BENADRYL SUBMARINE Time′s lost every night I sleep Eyes crossed trying not to…
Bitch I'm Lugubrious YEAH MOTHERFUCKER LIL UGLY MANE 2012 YA HEARD ME? COMIN' AT …
blue sand So many beaches used to be cities Bones ground up in…
broken ladder You exclaimed your proclamations But they fell on crowded ea…
Can Sex Me You can sex me, you can sex me, you can…
Cup Fulla Beetlejuice I'm being goofy on a black Suzuki screaming "Free Gucci!" Sh…
discard I had a memory and lost it And pretend that that's…
Drain Counter Back when I was 15 it seemed Ugly was untouchable What,…
Grave Within A Grave From the inside of my corpse, 30 seconds is like…
Hoeish Ass Bitch I be that no good pimp type, punch you in…
Into a Life Last time I saw you all the power had been…
Lean Got Me Fucked Up [] X 6 Purple lean Got me fucked up Got me fucked up Got…
low tide at the dryin' out facility (A dead person will then become conscious) I took one last…
MANIAC DRUG DEALER III Hoeish ass bitch keep running that mouth Got a couple dumb…
Mona Lisa Overdrive Let me transmit this dick in your pleasure receptor You can…
NO SLACK IN MY MACK I got a lot of profits in my pocket I can…
ON DOING AN EVIL DEED BLUES You and I have some things to discuss! ...I′m at the…
porcelain slightly I hate your constant oscillations You just go back and forth…
Radiation Get high, get high ge-ge-get high Smoke yo blunt, smoke yo…
ricochet I spent the wrong side of a dollar getting down The…
Send Em 2 tha Essence Death is in your blood Fear is all in your head That's…
Serious Shit Bullets, bullets fly Through the air, in the air Serious shi…
SIDE ONE-A 11: 42 good song 5: 43 good song kfofi jfi jfk vjfj icofi j…
Slick Rick Duck down when you see me in that monster coupe Slick…
Styrofoam Hello? Yes, this is Purgatory! The Devil, speaking! My teet…
Tell Dem Boyz Ima Skeleton Yeah it′s Lil Ugly Mane in this bitch Tell dem boyz…
Throw Dem Gunz Yeah motherfucker, Lil Ugly Mane in this bitch Comin' at ya…
Twistin "LAPD police Station Yes, I'd like to report a murder a…
Wishmaster Don't you wish you could be me, bitch? Don't you wish…
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@SunshineAIC
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guess it's not too late to find another niche (no)
Always wished I would have died when I was 26 (ah)
Laid up in the sheets with a honeydip
Not a worry in my mind cause I quit
Stress raps and sounds that make pounds and props
Feelin' like I'm bound to these downtown blocks
I don't know nobody guwap'd up I'm living in a trapped up in the city limits
Every minute, lots of shit I never finished
I don't even want a little smidgen
All these critics try to tell me my music is a shitty gimmick
Shit, I'm just spitting for the fuck of spitting
I ain't worried about some idiots that caught up in the analytics
Never liked the limelight, never was compatible
Only press you getting outta Ugly is the lateral
People too concerned with strictly adding up their capital
But dollars are collapsible, so y'all ain't even rational
But just to keep my motives in the open, never wanted no exposure
Never needed to be noticed, never bothered with promotion, kept the photo out of focus
The mental state was humble though the rhymes was brag-a-docious
Wandered with my hoody up down narcissistic avenues
Vastly captivated turned rapping into stacking loot
But why pursue that gratitude if nothing is an absolute
The aptitude is too acute to navigate my attributes
(Yup)
But I'm way too impatient to wait for stupid vacant disgraces to wake
This the human race and y'all standing in place it's a waste
It's the age of information and all the truth and all the lies
Are just there for the taking
The temporary and ancient, face it, you're basic
Safe and complacent, you’ll never escape it
Totally okay with being under surveillance
This is not praising the foil hats
Y'all are obvious monkeys, go crawl back to your bunkers
And boil rats for your lunches
Shit is too far out of your clutches
Your protests and disruptions just confuse all the dunces
Anyone with brain function already deduced all your hunches
The sky's blue bitch, give me newer assumptions
I'm in the Unabomber’s shack with a Buddha sack
Cause the rap game's neutered and truly whack
Cause rappers milk every last drop
their hooters flat
Nursing off the same dead putrefied titty
I don't remember tellin' you that you could ride with me
@woaq4486
I don't remember tellin' you that you could ride with me.
@alldogsgoheaven
Then u haven't heard too many rap lines n ur lifetime..
@ndx2k
Easily one of the best freestyles of all time.
@menra2
@Eugene Burns freestyle = rap without a beat, off the dome freestyle is the style you're thinking
@zacharicantrell8423
Realist ever.
@augusso2
In Memory Of Phoon.
Always in my heart.
@upularFTW
how is this related to phoon?
@noapple9491
@@upularFTW it was on his last video before he deleted his channel
@upularFTW
@@noapple9491 really, damn I can't find it, although I can find ones where he plays other LUM songs
@noapple9491
@@upularFTW its in the phoon archive. last video. the title is basically underscores