Welcome to the Last Minute Records home page. We're a small label in Chicago, IL with releases and connections to artists in the midwest and around the country.



Not taking ourselves quite so seriously anymore.... still, new ten-speed record is out and copies of Luis Humberto Valadez's "wat ahm on" are flying off the figurative shelves! You can purchase what ahm on on our Artists page... you can also purchase his book here. the ten-speed record is available for download on their website.

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We're excited to have been a part of the release of Luis Humberto Valadez's first collection of poetry, what i'm on. In cooperation with Casa Aztlan and Chicago Hopes, Luis released his book with a live performance featuring himself, Ten-Speed, and Young Chicago Authors. Along with the book, we released an EP of original music with selections from the book. Visit the artists page to purchase a copy.

Luis H. Valadez is a poet/performer/musician from the south side of the Chicago area whose work owes as much to hip-hop as it does to the canon and has been described by esteemed activist writer Amiri Baraka as, "strong--real light flashes." what i'm on (University of Arizona Press) is frankly autobiographical, recounting the experiences of a Mexican American boy growing up in a tough town near Chicago. Just as in life, the feelings in these poems are often jumbled, sometimes spilling out in a tumble, sometimes coolly recollected.

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