about
Osunlewa Records, LLC offers multimedia services that are ​available to mission-driven individuals, businesses, collectives, ​and nonprofit organizations.
Beat production, ​songwriting, musical ​performances, and more.
Archival and field research ​on African descendants in ​Latin America, the ​Caribbean, and the
United States.
Narrative strategy ​consultation for social and ​cultural change ​organizations.
Learn more about our services here.
about the founder
Osunlewa Records is a Maryland-based
Limited Liability Company (LLC) owned and operated ​by Jaylin “Ifalade Osunlewa Adeola” Ward.
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I’m Jaylin “Ifalade Osunlewa Adeola” Ward, and I use they ​and she pronouns. I am a queer Afro-Latine Osun priest in ​the Isese Lagba tradition, digital storyteller, producer, and ​singer. I’m from Co-op City in The Bronx, New York and I ​currently live in Silver Spring, Maryland.
During undergrad at Howard University, I became a ​community organizer and urban grower serving the ​Howard-Shaw neighborhood at the Halo G.R.E.E.N. Garden. ​This work led me to nonprofit social movements, where I ​co-founded Generation Green and developed enviro​nmental liberation theory. I also co-founded mĀk collective,​ an art collective and digital media platform for young​ and Black queer artist​s​.
I am one of the first graduates of the Interdiscipli​nary Journalism program at Howard University, and my th​esis report on Afro-Antillean Panamanian experiences du​ring Operation Just Cause is published with the Pulitzer Cen​ter. I am called to building narratives as a digital storyte​ller with Black-led anti-capitalist communities of practice, ​and I am currently stationed in the solidarity eco​nomy movem​e​nt.
This work required me to start Osunlewa Records, LLC​ to answer the expanding calls for consulting, research​, editing, and musical production services grounded i​n liberation movement praxis​.
In Solidarity.
services
Music
Beat production, ​songwriting, musical ​performances, and more.
Research
Archival and field research ​on African descendants in ​Latin America, the ​Caribbean, and the
United States.
Consulting
Narrative strategy ​consultation for ​economic, social and ​cultural advancement ​organizations.
services include but are not limited to...
background vocals, co-production, composition, graphic design, plenary speaking, editorial ​planning, analog and digital photography, social media strategy, brand voice consultation, ​and digital community consultation.
Email us for any requests or inquiries.
consulting
from doubt to dignity
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A common complaint with consultancies is that they drag ​you through a long process to identify the problem but do ​not guide you through implementing the solution.
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Osunlewa Records is not a consultancy. This service is a ​need-responsive offering to mission-driven people seeking ​a capacity-building partner. I do not take more than one ​contract at a time, and solution implementation uses ​sociocratic principles and anti-harm facilitation practices.
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My approach to consulting is thought partnership, rejecting ​rigidity, and redirecting false urgency.
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Each consultation includes orientation, tailored ​assessments, project design, coaching sessions, role ​development, and more.
research
My research centers elders and survivors of state-sanctioned ​violence as memory keepers that can inform and lead ​solutions for economies that place people over profit.
music
Publishing under the name LAD3 ​(pronounced Ladè), she creates a fusion ​of ambient, electronic, and R&B music. ​She started making music in 2022 on ​GarageBand, which she learned how to ​use in a middle school music class. ​Inspired by her older sister's music ​catalog that jumped from EDM to ​MySpace hip-hop, she pulled from the ​sounds she grew up listening to and ​began producing. They pray for their ​sonics to reach the ears of folks longing ​for deep reflection, intimacy, or a party.
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Like many musicians born of the digital age, LAD3’s first experimentations with ​music started with garage band formulations influenced by the techno ​drumbeats that populated the 2010s, citing influences such as Skrillex and ​genres jungle, intelligent dance music, and ambient. Since platforming their ​music on popular streaming services like SoundCloud and Spotify, they’ve ​developed a distinguishable sound by pairing heady supersonic synths with ​breathy and intimate vocals. GON3, a siren’s song about heartbreak, is ​nostalgic and emotional. The synth-y composition is heavy in its evocation of ​the angst and tumult of navigating romance and betrayal in your 20s. The ​spaciousness of GON3’s vocals paired with lyrical repetition, make the song ​hauntingly beautiful. This in comparison with their previously released OP3N, a ​moody exploration of desire, choice and vulnerability while maintaining the ​musician’s playful cheekiness. In OP3N, the layered vocals and hypnotic ​production give rise to the universal erotic tension of budding romance heard ​in the lyric, “I wanna open you up to my pain…”. Clear in their musical catalog is ​the skill of captivating an audience through their musical storytelling and fun-​loving, risqué persona. LAD3 is complex and complicated and more than ​willing to take us there. Allowing themselves to be many things, they continue ​to push the limits of the artistry in their sound.
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