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title: Highlands Ranch Champ
type: LP
releasedAt: 2025-12-01
coverArt: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
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blurb: |-
  The debut LP. Suburban-Colorado dad-rap built around the Rehberger household — Maria and the four kids by name, Town Center to BFA to Goddard, the Lexus and the double shot. Half-sung, half-rapped, no auto-tune, clean only. Establishes the catalog's whole voice.
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tracks:
  - num: 1
    title: Highlands Ranch Daddy
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/highlands-ranch-daddy.mp3
    duration: 261
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Opener and title track. The morning school run from the driver's seat — Lexus, double shot, four kids in the back, drops at BFA and Goddard. The album's thesis statement about who's doing the rapping and from where.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/highlands-ranch-daddy.md
  - num: 2
    title: Bammed It
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/bammed-it.mp3
    duration: 254
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Living-room comedy. Liam at four broke the new 65-inch with a wiffle bat trying to change the channel from Dexter's Lab to Gravity Falls. The cover-up that never had a chance.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/bammed-it.md
  - num: 3
    title: Christmas Flight
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/christmas-flight.mp3
    duration: 282
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      4 AM Denver-to-Sea-Tac travel saga. Six bags, Thule on the Lexus, stroller on the porch, Tahoe waiting on the other end. The whole family on United at sunrise.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/christmas-flight.md
  - num: 4
    title: Clean Your Room
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/clean-your-room-country-mix.mp3
    duration: 248
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Saturday "before any screens" cleaning negotiation. Three rooms, one job, ten minutes that never actually take ten minutes. *"Daddy I'm done"* — but it ain't true.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/clean-your-room.md
  - num: 5
    title: Crayon Season
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/crayon-season.mp3
    duration: 274
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      The album's quiet one. Whole family at the craft table, Tessa in the highchair, Liam sorting his colors with intention, tongue out for focus. No conflict, just the table.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/crayon-season.md
  - num: 6
    title: Dinner Bell
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/dinner-bell.mp3
    duration: 215
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      6 PM at the Rehberger table. Hawaiian chicken on the platter, Ava the five-year-old food critic asking for bread and salami instead. Maria slicing the loaf without missing a beat.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/dinner-bell.md
  - num: 7
    title: Iowa Run
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/iowa-run.mp3
    duration: 285
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Road trip to the Tulip Festival in Orange City. TX500h loaded down, eastbound on I-76, four kids in the back, bathroom stops every five miles.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/iowa-run.md
  - num: 8
    title: Lego Down
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/lego-down.mp3
    duration: 272
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Friday night Lego dump on the rug. All four kids deep, the bin upended, the inevitable dad-foot finding a brick at midnight.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/lego-down.md
  - num: 9
    title: Lights Out
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/lights-out.mp3
    duration: 215
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      The bedtime hustle. Jammies on, brush teeth, last call at the kitchen, four kids tucked. The wind-down at the end of an album-side day.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/lights-out.md
  - num: 10
    title: Move Like You
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/move-like-you.mp3
    duration: 240
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Slow one. Liam at seven mirroring every move his dad makes in the kitchen — bobbing along to a Brooks & Dunn track on the speaker. *"Daddy, I've been watchin' you."*
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/move-like-you.md
  - num: 11
    title: Thirteen Steps
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/thirteen-steps.mp3
    duration: 256
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Tessa's first walk. Whole house holding its breath, Liam yelling *"look! look!"*, Maria's phone up. Thirteen steps before she went back to crawling because it was quicker.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/thirteen-steps.md
  - num: 12
    title: Tuesday Night Flip
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/tuesday-night-flip.mp3
    duration: 263
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Gymnastics night. Ava and Iyla on the floor, dad in the waiting room with a double shot, Liam and Tessa back at the house with mama. Lexus in the lot.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/tuesday-night-flip.md
  - num: 13
    title: Highlands Ranch Daddy Country Mix
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/highlands-ranch-daddy-country-mix.mp3
    duration: 220
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Same song, country production. Slower, acoustic, banjo-anchored. Same story, different room.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/highlands-ranch-daddy.md
  - num: 14
    title: Highlands Ranch Daddy Southern Bounce Mix
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/highlands-ranch-daddy-southern-bounce-mix.mp3
    duration: 200
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/highlands-ranch-champ/folder.webp
    date: 2025-12-01
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Same song, Cash Money / Mannie Fresh bounce-flex. Twinkly music-box synth lead, half-sung slow strut. *Still Fly* energy applied to the cul-de-sac.
    lyricsFile: highlands-ranch-champ/highlands-ranch-daddy.md
---