There is more than one artist using this name: Stockton CA hip-hop duo tones consists of rapper-producer, Retro aka Raymond "Retro" Owens, and rapper-singer, Suhn aka Rayshaun "Suhn" Ingram. They have recently put out their debut album entitled ‘Dreamtalk’ as a result of their deal with the Bay Area-based Kero-One operated record label Plug. They are gaining acclaim worldwide and hope to tour Japan in 2009 on the strength of their debut. In 2003 they released a self-titled album as The Earthtones, but have since gone on to shorten the name, and appear at live events with hip-hop influentials like Common, Little Brother, Slum Village and even Harvard's Dr. Cornell West. Their debut ‘Dreamtalk’ is an album about pursuing dreams and living through the struggles and pleasures encountered on the way. For instance, “I done been through some thangs, homeless and locked in chains/ and during this whole process Suhn never lost his brain/ dealing with shady labels, telling they shady tales/ talking ‘bout this and that, homie y’all could go to hell.”