Title: “Boycott Love: Hostile Takeover”
Release Date: January 24, 2016
Recorded: October – December 2015 – Half-Moon Studios, Las Vegas, Nevada
Genres: Pop-Punk, Alternative Rock, Rap, Hip-Hop
Label: Studio60 Records
Producer(s): Riot! In The Boulevard, Avil Hartmann

“Boycott Love: Hostile Takeover” is the title of a remix album by the American pop-punk trio ‘Riot! In The Boulevard’. The album is a collaborative re-working of the bands 2015 album “Boycott Love” which features a number of the top rappers and hip-hop artists of the music industry. All fourteen official tracks from the original album have been re-worked and it marks the first major large scale collaborative effort from the band who have only ever collaborated with other artists on rare occasions. It marks the seventh overall album from the band who have released five studio albums along with one live album in their five-year career. The album was produced by Riot! in the Boulevard and Avil Hartmann, the same combination that produced the original album.
The release of the album comes after the band announced their return at the beginning of last year and with a studio album, string of singles and live tour announced, the band have fully embarked on their return and with the release of this album it sees the band who was always known for their high work ethic pick up where they left off. The first single from the album was “Revolt/Resist” which featured duo ‘Rum & Coke’, the track peaked at number #2 and the second single is expected to be released very soon.

Upon announcing the plans to release the remix album, the band released the following statement; “Riot! in the Boulevard are delighted to confirm the release of a remixed version of our latest album ‘Boycott Love’. The album will feature the following rap and hip-hop artists, Young Hood, Kara Romero, Chloe, Kidd Amaze, Rum & Coke, Drew Westbrook, Jaymay, Liyah, Lotus, Miami, Matt Young and Jay-C. It has been an idea that we’ve collectively had as a band upon our return and ever since we began discussing the plans for our fifth album ‘Boycott Love’. When we released our return single “This is a Hostile Takeover” we knew that the idea of a hostile takeover by the industry’s best urban artists of our album would be a great and highly interesting idea if we were able to pull it off.
Thankfully after months spent in the recording studio with all these incredible artists, we are able to confirm the release of the album and say that we believe that our hopes for the album have been exceeded and executed incredibly well. So we hope you all enjoy the record and who knows, maybe someday we will do this again.”

The album was written by Riot! in the Boulevard with the featured artists writing and adding their own lyrics into the songs that were already written. The album was produced by Riot! In The Boulevard and Avil Hartmann at Half-Moon Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada between October and December 2015 and is set to be released on January 23, 2016.

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Tracklisting;

1. Boycott Love (feat. Young Hood & Kara Romero) (5:06)
2. Las Vegas, NV (feat. Chloe) (4:39)
3. Here’s To The Kids ... (feat. Kidd Amaze) (5:11)
4. Revolt/Resist (feat. Rum & Coke) (5:17)
5. This is a Hostile Takeover (feat. Drew Westbrook) (6:22)
6. First Class Saints (feat. Jaymay) (4:46)
7. When We Were Believers (feat. Young Hood) (5:29)
8. We Aren’t Lost, Just Misguided Slightly (feat. Kidd Amaze) (4:44)
9. Where Did All The Heroes Go (feat. Liyah) (5:17)
10. Bury The Hatchet (feat. Lotus) (5:31)
11. Poster Kids of Pop-Punk (feat. Kara Romero) (6:04)
12. It’s True What They Said, Romance Is Dead (feat. Miami) (5:36)
13. Bury Me In Memory (feat. Matt Young) (4:41)
14. With Clear Eyes and Full Hearts (feat. Jay-C) (6:48)

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Personnel;

Amy Meyer – lead vocals, piano, lyrics, composition, production
Adam Benjamin – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lyrics, composition, production
Jason Greenberg – bass guitar, lyrics, composition, production
Billie Langdon – drums, percussion
Avil Hartmann – production, programming, engineering
Cara Zayn – mixing, photography

Young Hood – vocals, lyrics (*track 1, 7)
Kara Romero – vocals, lyrics (*track 1, 11)
Chloe – vocals, lyrics (*track 2)
Kidd Amaze – vocals, lyrics (*track 3, 8)
Rum & Coke – vocals, lyrics (*track 4)
Drew Westbrook – vocals, lyrics (*track 5)
Jaymay – vocals, lyrics (*track 6)
Liyah – vocals, lyrics (*track 9)
Lotus – vocals, lyrics (*track 10)
Miami – vocals, lyrics (*track 12)
Matt Young – vocals, lyrics (*track 13)
Jay-C – vocals, lyrics (*track 14)

Track: # - 02
Title: “Las Vegas, NV (feat. Chloe)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Chloe

Lyrics;

“Bright lights and city nights, shining down over the Vegas skyline
The noise echoes through the neighbourhood like the dreams as a child that were always mine
Those dreams were once enough to keep me alive
But tonight it seems like those big city dreams in my mind have all but died
And I’m left with scattered paper on my apartment floor
Memories of friends that are just no more
And I’m pondering
What I’m left fighting for
Lying alone on the cold hard floor

I have respect for those who give it back
Faith in something higher and greater than any of you haters out there
I feel love, I feel thank, I feel wrong, I feel great
I feel sad, I feel struggle, but what I don't feel is hate
Don't fuck with me if you know what's comin' for you
Don't fuck with somethin' you can't handle
Haters push me forward, haters push me down
Then I remember this rap and push right back to where I am now
"She can't rap. She can't sing"
Don't care what you say, I hold my ground, hold my place, don't come up if you can't face

We gon' take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can make it this far?
I'm taking charge, all these haters in my heart
We gon' take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can make it this far?
Too many scars, and it's not from my haters

We said one day we’d take over the world together
But instead we just crumbled apart
They say the dreams we make as children never truly last forever
Now I’m just questioning where to start
And I wanna be a hero
With all my friends standing by my side
I wanna be a hero to the masses
Not this haunted mess
Destined to hide

So here we are right now
All of our dreams are washed up in Las Vegas
We wanna make it somewhere, somehow
We don’t ever wanna fake this
Here we are right now
Dreams washed up in Las Vegas
No matter how much we tried to get out of here
This will be the first place we ever made it

Years ago, worlds away, something happened to this place
What I mean is where'd it go? That happy place, that happy glow?
Gone, out the window with my self-esteem and everything dear to me
My family, my friends, they're still here but they're not the same
The only thing remaining is my haters, they haven't changed
I'm still worthless, still crazy, still stupid, still just me
But I'm every bit as strong as I was and always will be

We gon' take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can make it this far?
I'm taking charge, all these haters in my heart
We gon' take it to the moon, take it to the stars
How many people you know can make it this far?
Too many scars, and it's not from my haters

These days, this City doesn’t look the same to me
Just haunted visions of failed reality
Everybody I ever knew were just trying to make it out of here
But something pulled them back
Something called fear
But we’ll stay strong and we’ll stand our ground
We’re gonna find a way outta here
With a familiar sound

We said one day we’d take over the world together
But instead we just crumbled apart
They say the dreams we make as children never truly last forever
Now I’m just questioning where to start
And I wanna be a hero
With all my friends standing by my side
I wanna be a hero to the masses
Not this haunted mess
Destined to hide

So here we are right now
All of our dreams are washed up in Las Vegas
We wanna make it somewhere, somehow
We don’t ever wanna fake this
Here we are right now
Dreams washed up in Las Vegas
No matter how much we tried to get out of here
This will be the first place we ever made it”

Track: # - 04
Title: “Revolt/Resist (feat. Rum + Coke)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Nina Tarantino, Airemese Smith

Lyrics;

Riot! In The Boulevard
Rum
Coke

Time flies, she screws everybody too
Poison like Bell Biv Devoe, it's always showtime, but back then it was all for 2
Blood pact, bond could never come loose like we were messing with voodoo
Friends On the Other Side, I could've sworn I had you
Now I'm tryna walk my own path, trying to figure out how to survive without getting hurt
If I can't make it out with you by my side, I can't be the one to kick up the dirt
What we had was left to kick the dirt, now I gotta leave you in the dust
Departing without words, could've sworn there was a little more to us
Is this really all there is to the endings?
Some people get to say goodbye, other's get destroyed by the feelings?
Some people move on, others are turned into pillars?
Rubbing salt in my wounds, hoping my goodbye wont turn into a filler

The years we spent together seem to be worth nothing now
A former friend has turned to enemy
And it seems I’m just left here wondering how
You said a lot has changed since then
And people grow apart
But I still think back to the promises made
For both of us to never part

Messes form inside open hearts
And things often end before they start
But they say the good things are what will remain
But I’m left feeling nothing but pain
And I hate to say goodbye
It’s just not for me
I hate to say goodbye
To someone that meant so much to me

But if you were to just
Tell me what it all meant, I'd get the jist
Here's to the kids who destroyed a darkness in it's darkest
It shouldn't be hard to revolt or, revolt or..
Grab my arm
And remind me of those times we were armed
To face way bigger than this
I just need you to revolt or, revolt or resist

When you walked away, you left these wounds open
And there’s an empty space in my heart where you used to be
All of my soul is telling me to carry on
But it feels like what we once had has now all but gone

Is this all there is?
Stuck waiting for you to hit the surface
I need for you to come to your senses
I need for you to revolt or, revolt or,
Look in my eyes
And tell me exactly why again
The empires we build can't always stand
I just need something, you need to revolt or, revolt or resist

It’s hard to walk away from someone
When you feel like there’s still something there
It’s hard to give up all you love
But you realize they just don’t seem to care
And they don’t talk to you any more
They don’t smile at you like they used to do
They don’t even remember your name
You only have yourself to blame

Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Revolt or, revolt or resist
Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Revolt or, revolt or resist
Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Revolt or, revolt or resist
Is this all there is?
Is this all there is?
Revolt or, revolt or resist

Track: # - 06
Title: “First Class Saints (feat. Jaymay)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Jaymay

Lyrics;

“Maybe this was all just a game to you
But this is life and death and everything above to the fragile hearts that believe in true love
And you just build people up, only to knock them right back down
You’ll take a match and strike it fast
And watch everything you claim to love burn right to the ground
And you’ll be smiling through the flames
Watching memories turn to dust
And we’ll still be fighting through all this pain
In love and faith we trust
Love, faith and trust

We are the first class saints
Picking up the pieces
Mending broken hearts one by one
This is where we belong
We are the first class saints
Picking up the pieces
Mending broken hearts one by one
I guarantee you’ll miss this
When it’s all gone

We could have been the greatest
Could have been more than just fucking famous
Ready to prove everybody wrong when they said that we weren’t strong
We were something unique, proved that we belong
Said from the start that we wanted to make our hometown proud
Even though some said we couldn’t make it
We showed up and stuck around
You’d tell the younger me that was afraid and all alone
That things will work out someday, you’ll finally have people that treat you like their own
I know someday we’ll all find what we’re searching for
And when people talk shit, we’ll have the strength to rise above
Always tried our very best to stay humble
But you gotta be ruthless in this game, the industries a fucking jungle
And if you wanna eat tonight, then you gotta learn to fight
And scrap and battle and dig your nails deep
Don’t settle for the mountain you’re standing on top of
Because the fall is just as deep
See if you want what you have then you have to go for it
You’ll become the number one target, gotta dodge every fucking bullet
But in the end when you get what you want
You’ll know it was all worth it

See, don’t you remember how it felt
When you had the world at your fingers and the stars all in reach
Now you’re just left with nothing but those shallow and empty words that you preach
When you look out over Vegas, tell me what do you see
Just those neon lights reminding you of all that you could have been
Well maybe you’ve learnt not to throw stones
But it’s too late now you’re alone

We are the first class saints
We all are inside
We’ll keep fighting to the very end
In love, faith, trust and pride
Woah oh-oh-oh
In love, faith, trust and pride

So remember when you run away
Please take the knife from my back soft and slow
Because we’re all done carrying the weight of the love that we once used to know
The love that we once used to know
And perhaps we’ll go our separate ways, never to see each others face
But the day that we meet again
When our eyes reconnect with you
I know we’ll be able to hold our head up high
But is that something you think that you can really do

We are the first class saints
Picking up the pieces
Mending broken hearts one by one
This is where we belong
We are the first class saints
Picking up the pieces
Mending broken hearts one by one
I guarantee you’ll miss this
When it’s all gone”

Track: # - 08
Title: “We Aren’t Lost, Just Misguided Slightly (feat. Chloe)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Chloe

LYRICS

“Tired of living in a town
Where all the lights are bright and they shine for the pretty
But tonight we’re gonna head out to the city
Where they let love blossom and dreams shine through
Not just for the beautiful and rich
But for the alternatives, the screw-ups, people just like me and you
It’s our only hope

We aren’t lost
We’re just misguided slightly
Looking for the answers
Day and nightly
Fighting our way to the front of the crowd
Just get a glimpse of hero’s
That make us feel proud
And we wonder
We dream
That it’ll be us up there someday
And the kids will listen to every word I say

Looking in the mirror I see visions of my past
and I wonder if this thing will always seem to last
I have questions about my future, am I really moving forward
or am I just trying to find peace and closure for my former
I can't escape from what I use to me
dragging around these memories
how did this money, turn friends into enemies
They say that I cary a chip on my shoulder
so why does it feel like I dragging a boulder
I don't want to do this
just cause people say I wouldn't make it
I want to do this
So I can say that I can take it
The problem is there no road map
for where I going
I already past everything they were showing
broke the cap, so I'm out here on my own
the thing about pioneers is that there often alone
it's to find someone to tell you what is right and wrong
There going to be a lot of doubt you just need to stay strong
but what happens when that strength is fading
buzzers over head
slowly anticipating
Until they realize that you pull something deep within
You keep going seeing that the tunnel is going to end
Only to put you in a place where you have to start again
Questions pile on but you gotten better when your pen
to us musician, that just sharpen our swords
We find new ways to challenge people with words
with friends, but they not always willing to play
and negativity always seems to find a way
Misery loves company but fuck that bitch
I got a lot to do, and for I have to be rich
Cause no one takes you serious unless you have the backing
and you never going to find me out here slacking
Man I want it all, I want it all
eventually I will fall but still be able to ball
cause everything is positional I'm just setting up
everything I accomplish will never be enough
I am selfish because of what I had to sacrifice
So I'm only do this so I live twice
to hear my message,
and heed my call
whatever you want you in life give it your all
give all you have, and want all in return
you going to fail but those are just lessons to learn
with every turn, there my might be bridges burned
I live through it, and I know what you can earned
I take the burdens because I want to make it easier
For kids looking at me, I can say I was there teacher
So, even when that mirror get hard to look at
I know it would be better then me fold going back
looking back, the fewer footsteps that I see
the only thing is I wish someone could have done this for me
But I get it, someone has to knock the door down
just for us to finally get around
hip hop music was just a faze
that turn into a culture
we're known around world
but still have them vultures
I'm not going say that getting here make life easy
You know when you get here that their a responsibility
and money makes your problems seems to magnify
So I'm just here to testify,
that you should know what you are going this for
what comes with success is a lot more
but people don't see it cause of the life we life
they see the outcome not what he have to give

But the famous and wise
They say be careful what you wish for
Because you might work your whole life to get it
To realize that it’s a real war
And that growing up in the spotlight
Is not all that it seems though
It can cut you apart at your very seams
Take away
Your youthful dreams

We aren’t lost
We’re just misguided slightly
Looking for the answers
Day and nightly
Fighting our way to the front of the crowd
Just get a glimpse of our hero’s
That make us feel proud
And we wonder
We dream
That it’ll be us up there someday
And the kids will listen to every word I say

Yeah, but we aren’t lost
We’re just misguided slightly
Looking for the answers
Day and nightly”

Track: # - 10
Title: “Bury The Hatchet (feat. Lotus)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Lotus

LYRICS

“You’re a victim of your own success
Thought you were the one sitting behind the wheel
What once was a heart so pure and true
Has forgotten how to feel
And now where are you tonight?
Did everything work out according to plan?
I tried to fix the mess you caused
I offered you a helping hand
Yeah, I offered you a helping hand

They say that everybody leaves
But sometimes it gets better
They say that everybody leaves
But sometimes it gets better
They say that everybody leaves
But sometimes it gets better

I don't need you to wipe the tears from my eyes, I'm a big girl
Don't need to beg for your help, I'm on my own in this world
Not gonna lean on your shoulder when I know it'll go away
If it's gonna be anyone, I'll be the one to aim the gun at my face
There's enough scabs on my back from the stabs of the past
The blood's already draining fast, aint no time to look back
I've been up, I've been down, think I'm settling now
All this weight on my shoulders settles in by the pound
So used to dragging my feet but it's over now
Waiting to exhale, this is the countdown

They say we must bury the hatchet
Put an end to this pointless war
They say we must bury the hatchet
Get things back to how they were before
They say we must bury the hatchet
But I feel like I’ve done all that I possibly can
They say we must bury the hatchet
But it looks like jealousy has broken an honest man

So with all of that being said
I don’t think I should be carrying this weight
I’m just a girl with a heart full of dreams
That wanted to show the world that five misfits could someday be great
And I’ve tried and tried and tried and tried
To put the pieces back together
But we’ve had to mould a new shape
With the pieces that are left

Stop screaming it hurts you more than it hurts me, the fuck does that mean?
Isn't this what the world wanted to see, a weak me, something y'all can snap easily?
Or is it, you don't care at all, you just want to keep your lunch in your throat?
I should self destruct on my own time, after all, that was apart of the hoax
Never meant to set the shelter you offered on fire, but I don't mind dying in this blizzard
My only hope but I made you the victim, can't you just leave me to pick my own blisters?
You had a chance to give a shit, why wait until the last minute?
They say Alice fell down the hole, I'm just tryna jump in it
Never did like the plot but I just gotta see the ending
Bottom of the barrel, it was all finished from the get in

They say that everybody leaves
But sometimes it gets better
They say that everybody leaves
But sometimes it gets better
They say that everybody leaves
But sometimes it gets better

They say we must bury the hatchet
Put an end to this pointless war
They say we must bury the hatchet
Get things back to how they were before
They say we must bury the hatchet
But I feel like I’ve done all that I possibly can
They say we must bury the hatchet
But it looks like jealousy has broken an honest man”

Track: # - 12
Title: “It’s True What They Said, Romance Is Dead (feat. Miami)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Miami

Lyrics

“They warned you that maybe there’s more than meets the eye
Don’t fall for the girl that writes of wounds and lies
Cause maybe you’ll find yourself tangled inside my web like all of the other victims along the way
And maybe you’ll hear my voice echo inside your head
With all of the sharp little words that I say
Just let them echo inside your head
Every word I’ve ever said

I should open my mind and let you read it
But I don't got time and you wouldn't believe it
So I sit, waitin, wishin on some kind of superstition
To bring you back, avoid all the cracks, black cats
I stay away from ladders and mirrors
So maybe one day I could have you nearer
But we all know it aint true
Everyone but me knows he aint you
I don't want to admit the truth
That you were probably the love of my youth
I choke up even as I spit this
Because in my mind our love was priceless
Now I walk around no where to go, just lifeless
Thinking to myself, asking from dusk to dawn
How could it die, how could it have gone wrong
Gave you everything boy did you forget it?
All those times you fell down and I lifted
And you did the same for me, this is insane to me
Tell my emotions to shut the fuck up or I'm gonna lose it
I swear to god if my mind don't stop I'm gonna bruise it

I’m going down in a spiral
And I wish that I could take you with me
But apparently absence makes the heart grow fonder
So stay away from me a little longer
I’m going down in a spiral
And I wish that I could take you with me
But apparently absence makes the heart grow fonder
So stay away from me a little longer

Maybe it’s true what they said
Romance is dead
Don’t bring me flowers
I’d rather have a gun to the head
Maybe it’s true what they said
Romance is dead
Don’t bring me flowers
I’d rather have a gun to the head

Perhaps it’s true
I don’t have a heart like the others
I’ve had my share of pain enough times to know when to find shelter from the rain
And now I’ve become cynical, hollow and filled with regret
I’m only reminded of love and faith from that cross hanging from my neck
And although my wrists may not be clean and my eyes may not be dry
The scars deep inside my heart are the ones that I’ll always hide
Because I know I have been burnt one time too many
I’ve had enough of holding onto a memory

I’m going down in a spiral
And I wish that I could take you with me
But apparently absence makes the heart grow fonder
So stay away from me a little longer
I’m going down in a spiral
And I wish that I could take you with me
But apparently absence makes the heart grow fonder
So stay away from me a little longer

Now these months have passed and still cant stop thinkin of you
They say time heals but it doesn't stop the wonder
The who, the why, where and the what
Its true I tried to get over him but
This isn't like anything I've ever felt
Don't tell me you been through this shit yourself
Nobody understands and nobody will
When someone so close they leave and your ill
The nights run dark and I'm alone again
Don't give a shit because I'm drunk off gin
With a shaky grip I put the bullet in
Take a sip and look at your picture one last time
Pull the hammer back, click clack, flat line!
What once was, is never more...
And with blood shed, this romance is dead


Maybe it’s true what they said
Romance is dead
Don’t bring me flowers
I’d rather have a gun to the head
Maybe it’s true what they said
Romance is dead
Don’t bring me flowers
I’d rather have a gun to the head”

Track: # - 14
Title: “With Clear Eyes and Full Hearts (feat. Jay-C)”
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop-Punk, Rap
Label: Studio60 Records
Writer(s): Adam Benjamin, Amy Meyer, Jason Greenberg, Jay-C

Lyrics;

”Looking back through the struggle I done been through
I never had nobody hold me down like you do
Me with loose screws true figuring these blues clues
I Marinate my thoughts like brown stew before I hit the booth
I'm a wolf I hunt sheep under the full moon
Shred you piece by piece and feed you to the whole hood
Headed steeper into detail mounting thoughts profound
like the blood god shed from the thorn crown
Many times I failed many times I fell,
Wasted days in jail recollecting my thoughts behind the cell

There comes a time when the dark clouds need to pass
Tired of always seeing the pain
And realizing that the good times just don’t last
And we have to fight to regain a sense of who we are and where we are going
But in this life it seems there is no way of knowing
I’m just clinging on
And you’re just clinging on
For dear life

But I think we need a change to come
To learn that not everything is a pain that we just can’t numb
And we are stronger than we think
We’re warriors and we’re on the brink
And this is our time now
Let us make a change somehow

So here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts

It’s time to start feeling better
The past is the past and it’s out of control
Put on a smile and put on a show
Wipe those tears from your eyes now
And let your heart get wild now

You kept me on my toes and believed I'd reach success
To my surprise I survived tough times In this rotten mess
I know god don’t like ugly but take a good view at world
If there was unity my community wouldn't be weak
Picture the power we can contribute similar to kings, together
We can make it a better place for a child to grow feathers
Despite the unpredictable people change like the weather
But shit, even a blind person sees the light right before they die
You foes murder each other dog I murder mics
I promise momma I'm a strive big and stay high like mike

So here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts

So here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts

So here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts
Here we are now
With clear eyes and full hearts”