Souls of Liberty

Ryan Escobar and Tenelle Donta make up hip-hop duo, Souls of Liberty. We are not here to give you fluff, we are not here to give you something we feel like you could get somewhere else; we are here to give you 'Life Music'. 'Life Music' is the brand of music that we make, songs to get you through the journey of life. We have been best friends since 3rd and 2nd grade, and through our music we want to communicate life's emotions and make a real connection with you. We hope that we can become ap...

Ryan Escobar and Tenelle Donta make up hip-hop duo, Souls of Liberty. We are not here to give you fluff, we are not here to give you something we feel like you could get somewhere else; we are here to give you 'Life Music'. 'Life Music' is the brand of music that we make, songs to get you through the journey of life. We have been best friends since 3rd and 2nd grade, and through our music we want to communicate life's emotions and make a real connection with you. We hope that we can become apart of your everyday musical enjoyment, and be there with you through your journey of life. Ryan Escobar and Tenelle Donta are Souls of Liberty, hip-hop duo destined to be the next revolutionary artists of their generation. The Souls’ debut mixtape, One Soul at a Time, dropped the summer of 2009 and was an introduction in the St.Louis hip-hop scene. Shortly after, The Best Is Yet To Come, released on January 1,2010 and continued the momentum and reached fans across the midwest because of its exposure at the University of Missouri. Carpe Diem, dropped July 2010, and was ranked #2 on STLmixtapes.com. Carpe Diem featured songs “Chosen,” which was featured on Worldstarhiphop, and “Pretty Brown Girl” which gained popularity on St. Louis’ only local hip-hop station Hot 104.1. The song was featured on the popular weekly show HomeJamz for 3 straight weeks.  In the summer of 2011, The Souls released their most acclaimed project to date with Brave New World. The project was voted as the Album of the Year at the 2012 SlumFest Awards, and several songs from the project were featured on hip-hop blogs HipHopDX and DJBooth.Net.