SHONIN RECORDS WAS FOUNDED IN 2019 BY LOGAN LECESNE (a.k.a. L YOUNG) ORIGINALLY UNDER THE NAME ," SHONIN PRODUCTIONS." THE NAME WAS CHANGED DUE TO THE COMPANIES SWITCH TO MAINLY FOCUS ON MUSIC AND MUSIC PRODUCTION. IN EARLY 2020, THE LEADING ARTIST OF THE RECORD LABEL, L YOUNG RELEASED THE FIRST EVER SHONIN TRACK TITLED "LAY ME DOWN." EVER SINCE THAT FIRST SONG IN 2020, L YOUNG STARTED REACHING OUT TO HIS CLOSE FRIENDS TO START MAKING MUSIC, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T RAP. TALENTED NAMES SUCH AS, PAYDAY, CHOWDAAA, B WO, SLIME MATIC, AND DJ PARADOX STARTED TO JOIN THE LARGE COLLABORATION ROSTER OF SHONIN RECORDS. RECENTLY ADDED MEMBERS OF SUB-GROUPS ASSOCIATED WITH SHONIN RECORDS INCLUDE LO, AND TRICKYRICK WITHIN ODG (ODYSSEY GANG). SHONIN RECORDS CURRENTLY CONTAINS 2 RAP GROUPS CONSISTING OF ODG (A LARGE COLLECTIVE OF ARTIST/TALENTED PEOPLE) AND CBC (A MUCH MORE CONDENSED GROUP FOCUSED ON PUTTING OUT QUALITY MUSIC WITH LESS FEATURES FROM OUTSIDE ARTISTS). SURPRISINGLY, TRICKYRICK AND L YOUNG FOUNDED BOTH RAP GROUPS. TRICKYRICK HAD PREVIOUSLY ASKED L YOUNG TO BE A PART OF A GROUP CALLED "ODYSSEY GANG" BEFORE SHONIN RECORDS WAS EVEN MADE, BASICALLY WITH THE IDEA TO BRING MULTIPLE ARTISTS TOGETHER TO MAKE SOME COOL NEW TRACKS. THIS WENT ON FOR A SHORT TIME UNTIL THE TWO ARTIST STOPPED INTERACTING FOR A COUPLE YEARS.  MEAN WHILE, L YOUNG WAS WORKING ON MUSIC AND FINDING MORE TALENTED PEOPLE TO HOP ON HIS SONGS AND MAKE NEW TRACKS UNDER THE PRE-MADE NAME FOR THE RAP GROUP TRICKYRICK AND L YOUNG HAD BEEN IN BEFORE, "ODYSSEY GANG(ODG)." DURING THIS NEW TIME OF ODG, THE GROUP FOCUSED ON GETTING BETTER ATTENTION ON THEIR TRACKS, AND MORE QUALITY SOUNDS THAN THE PREVIOUS RELEASES OF L YOUNG. ODYSSEY'S NEW MEMBERS WERE HARD AT WORK WITH EACH OTHER IN THE STUDIO EVERYDAY CREATING SEVERAL HIGH STREAMING TRACKS ON SPOTIFY/APPLE MUSIC, THESE NEW TRACKS PRODUCED AND RELEASED UNDER SHONIN RECORDS REACHED OVER 5K STREAMS EACH ON THE FIRST DAY WHEN L YOUNG AND ODG FINALLY DECIDED TO RELEASE THE LOCALLY HYPED UP ALBUM "The GIFT Pt. 2" A SEQUEL TO AN OLDER E.P. L YOUNG HAD RELEASED AT A DARKER TIME IN HIS LIFE. L YOUNG- ," I released The GIFT pt 1. at a much different mood than part 2. I was feeling much more alone the first time, basically felt like I had no friends and no feedback for the music I was making at that point.  Then, boom, all of a sudden I got a rap group of my favorite people working with me everyday and giving me solid feedback that really helped me make more quality songs the people would enjoy too." AFTER GETTING SHOWN A DECENT AMOUNT OF LOVE FOR "The GIFT pt 2." L YOUNG STARTED TO WORK ON A MUCH MORE FLESHED OUT ALBUM TITLED AFTER THE GROUPS NAME, "THE ODYSSEY TAPE." THIS TAPE OF 15 SONGS CONTAINS SOME OF L YOUNG'S HOTTEST TRACKS SO FAR SUCH AS, "MAGIC MONEY BUSINESS (FEAT. CHOWDAAA)", "NICK NAX", AND ANOTHER CLASSIC L YOUNG MADE WITH CHOWDAAA, "HOUDINI." THESE TRACKS AND MULTIPLE OTHERS RELEASED BY THE LABEL BOOSTED THE RAPPERS UP IN STREAMS AND GAVE THE ARTISTS MOTIVATION TO KEEP WORKING. SHONIN RECORDS CONTINUES TO GROW WITH IT'S EVER EXPANDING COLLABORATIONS AND ARTISTS INVOLVED, RECENTLY INVOLVING LOCAL RAP GROUP LMR'S, JOHN BEEZY AND A LOT MORE ARTISTS TO COME!