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Family Ties Music Group Presents

Akil
Bey

Our Time — The EP

Eight chapters carved from steel, service, and family. From Gary, Indiana to Charlotte — this is the record legacy sounds like. Clean lyrics. Cinematic sound. No shortcuts.

Status — Out Now Released — September 25, 2026 Edition — Master Edition
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Akil Bey — Our TimeGary, IN → Charlotte, NC

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Our Time

The definitive eight-chapter sonic chronicle. An uncompromising exhibition of legacy, discipline, and raw poetry — mastered for the way you listen.

Official Our Time EP cover art — Akil Bey, The Project: a golden hourglass at sunset over still water, with the eight-song tracklist and the line 'Moments create legacy. Legacy outlasts time.' Out Now
Release — September 25, 2026 Label — Family Ties Music Group
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Master Edition 24-Bit Lossless Audio Hi-Res 24-Bit / 96kHz Dolby Atmos® Spatial Audio 8 Tracks · 26:14
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01 — Our Time · 02:14 · The Single
  1. 01 Our TimeThe Single 02:14
  2. 02 Gary On My BackOrigin Chapter 03:42
  3. 03 LegacyThe Foundation 04:05
  4. 04 Marble FloorsThe Ascent 03:18
  5. 05 Semper FiThe Oath 01:50
  6. 06 Snakes and RatsThe Warning 03:55
  7. 07 She StayedThe Vow 04:22
  8. 08 Turn Me UpThe Finale 02:48

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The Films

Every track on Our Time gets its own animated film — same character, same world, each story told shot by shot. Start with the official videos.

Official Video — Our Time
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The animated series rolls out daily — vertical clips from the films, cut to the hooks, on every platform at once. One story, told everywhere, until the whole world knows the name.

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The Story

Purpose Beyond
The Music

Rooted in reverence for classic storytelling, Akil Bey builds records meant to outlast the moment. Heritage in one hand, the future in the other — and no compromise between them.

01 Gary, Indiana — The Origin

Every lyric on this record is carved from the resilience, steel foundations, and unyielding pride of the place that made him. Gary isn't just where the story began — it's the heartbeat behind every second of this project. My city. My people. My responsibility.

02 Semper Fi — The Service

A United States Marine Corps veteran. The discipline, the oath, and the brotherhood didn't stay in uniform — they became the operating system for everything after. Semper Fi isn't a title. It's a record of it.

03 Charlotte — The Base

Now based in Charlotte, North Carolina, building from the Southeast outward — family first, community always, ownership over everything with his name on it.

04 Family Ties — The Label

Our Time arrives on Family Ties Music Group — an independent house built on the same pillars as the music: discipline, ownership, family, community impact, and long-term legacy. Moments create legacy. Legacy outlasts time.

Art should outlive the moment that birthed it.

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This is the Akil Bey music list — the artist's own list, run separate from every other brand. Music only: new drops, films, and first access. Nothing else.

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  • 01Unreleased TracksMusic from the vault that isn't on any platform — for the list only.
  • 02Early Film AccessSee the animated videos and daily clips before they post anywhere.
  • 03First Word On EverythingNew releases, shows, and drops — you hear it here first, straight from Akil.

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