Aware Records has had success with an artist from Eugene, Oregon, whose debut album was called what?
Mat Kearney Mathew William Kearney ( ; born December 1, 1978) is an American musician born in Eugene, Oregon, now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kearney has received critical acclaim and widespread recognition for his Columbia Records debut, "Nothing Left to Lose". So far, he has a total of 5 top 20 hits on the Adult Top 40 Chart.
Casual (rapper) Jon Owens (born December 19, 1973), known by his stage name Casual, is an American rapper from Oakland, California and one of the founding members of the alternative hip hop collective Hieroglyphics. After his debut album "Fear Itself" garnered both critical and commercial success, Casual went on to become one of the most prominent and recognizable faces on the Hieroglyphics roster, releasing five full-length LPs over the span of his twenty-year career. Despite the lackluster sales of the LPs following his debut, which were preceded by an absence of both critical and popular acclaim, Owens has garnered a following amongst devoted hip hop fans, particularly in the Bay Area hip hop scene, largely due to his specialization in hardcore battle rhymes.