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Bay Area emcee, producer, and musician Luke Sick (Strike The Clutch, ON TILT, DANKSLOB, Grand Killa Con, Grand Invincible, Grand Collab, DANK GOBLINS, CCRRCCSSLLRRKKRRSSS, The Disturbers, Dwarves) has returned with a new release from yet another band/group. CREEP PLAYER is Luke's new Gangsta Rap-influenced group with producer AC415n AKA AC. Their inaugural release, RIVAL DEALER, was recently profiled within the latest edition of okayplayer's Mixtape Monday , along with choice cuts from Big Kahuna OG, Justo The MC x maticulous, Zilla Rocca & andrew., Rhys Langston, and plenty more rising stars. okayplayer's Karas Lamb reported: "Luke Sick & AC combine as CREEP PLAYER to drop their super-raw Gangsta Rap collection dubbed RIVAL DEALER." RIVAL DEALER by CREEP PLAYER Luke Sick himself recently told The Witzard, "I think the most important thing to get out there about this tape is that it was crafted in the fashion of the classic Bay Area analog mob...

Damien is a rather mysterious character. The producer is owner of Spokane, Washington-based tape label, I Had An Accident (IHAA) Records and we've been in contact for quite a few years now. IHAA has released limited edition tape and digital collections from Rabbi Max, Walter Gross, Tenshun, CCCRRCCSSLLRRKKRRSSS, Brycon & G-Pek's annual There's No More Room In Hell Series, EQUIPTO, BRZOWSKI & MC Homeless, Uncommon Nasa, P.SO & 2 Hungry Bros., and Stu Bangas. Damien has issued a handful of his own solo cassette tapes on the label, as well as collaborative projects with the likes on Tenshun (10shun,) Namo, Luke Sick, Bonzo Speechless, Deep (2 Hungry Bros.,) Koba Dera, Kuartz, and with Luke Sick, Deep & QM as The Snake Mountain Crew. Luke Sick is an emcee, producer, artist, etc. Gurp City crew member, and the owner/operator of both Megakut Records. He's sometimes known as J. Luke Oakson, Clell Miller, Luke The Sick Sailor, and Sour Porch. Luke has bee...

Spooky Season is upon up and you know what that means... it's time for another installment of Brycon & G-PEK's annual There's No More Room In Hell (TNMRIH) mixtape series. There's No More Room In Hell tapes have dropped every year since 2015 leading up to Halloween. Unfortunately, this will be the seventh and final installment of TNMRIH. We've been listening to these tapes for quite a few years now and have gotten to personally know some of the players; they're, seriously, some of the most gifted inventive producers, emcees, and artists we've ever encountered! For TNMRIH 7, Gurp City beat goblins Brycon & G-PEK are joined by frequent contributors Yelir, DJ Eons One, B.I. Lectric, Argonaut, BeatsMe, and guest emcee Luke Sick. There's No More Room In Hell 7 by Maitre D Plus, first-time participants Maitre D, Smooveez, Aagee, Otayo Dubb, Tahaj The First (The Regulars,) Chaz Emphatic, and Philo Reitzel. There's No More Room In Hell 7 ...

G-Pek & Brycon have returned with the latest spook-tacular installment of their annual Halloween mix series, There's No More Room In Hell . This year, Brycon & G-Pek recruited producer buddies Yelir, B.I. Lectric, The Architect & Baghead to join in on the ghoulish festivities. G-Pek & Brycon Present: "There's No More Room In Hell" (1) was quietly released on October 30, 2015 and only featured the production talents of series founders G-Pek & Brycon . For 2016's "There's No More Room In Hell II," DJ Eons One AKA Dan Lactose from SPAZZ was brought into the fold; then, 2016's "There's No More Room In Hell Part 3" boasted contributions from G-Pek, Brycon & Eons , along with newly-added beatsmith Yelir . Last year's submission, "There's No More Room In Hell Part 4" featured G​-​Pek, Brycon, Eons One, Yelir , and new-comer, B​.​I. Lectric AKA Big Shawn from Bored Stiff . For There'...

August Heat by Ialive John "Jumbled" Bachman was one of the many talented artists, writers, and Beastie Boys super-fans who contributed to our recent 3-part PB30 All-around Breakdown feature and now, he's returned with his second self-released full-length of 2019, AUGUST HEAT . Jumbled 's first long-form project since January 2019's Padre , AUGUST HEAT is just as it sounds: 17 tracks-worth of sweltering instrumental beats and emcee-assisted vocal tracks. "In early June, Jumbled compiled a list of his heat: heavy Boom-Bap beats that meshed together to create an album," explains a press release. John Bachman goes on to define "heat (noun)" as "1. hot beats / raps, 2. oppressively hot or humid weather, 3. pressure" and then, somehow, manages to reference a JAY-Z rhyme from "Light Up" alongside Drake: "Triple entendre, don't even ask me how." Although, originally conceived as a single-emcee affair, AUGUST...

DANKSLOB II & III by G-Pek & Luke Sick DANKSLOB is a mega-mix style Hip-Hop duo consisting of emcee and multi-instrumentalist Luke Sick and Gurp City affiliated producer G-Pek . Their first release was one 13-minute side of a 2014 digi-split with J-Eazy & Brycon simply entitled DANKSLOB / DAMAGED GOODS EP . Now, nearly five years later, G-Pek & Luke Sick have finally returned with their DANKSLOB II & III double-EP released on California -based imprint, Megakut Records . When asked to tell us a bit more about DANKSLOB II & III , G-Pek (@gpekbeats) stated: "Basically, me and Luke , we're making songs. They were all on some dirthead after the party is over sh*t and we were watching The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) that sh*t really spawned DANKSLOB and we just keep going... we just gurp [drink/smoke?] and record" on Twitter . If necessary, I suggest looking up both "dirthead" and "gurp" on UrbanDictionary.com —don...

The Tiltalation by ON TILT "It would be sick, if all these people were on the same album: ON TILT , Monk Madino, J-Lately , Dev Rambis, Eddie K , Brandon B, Ben Buck , L*Roneous, DJ MARZ , Richie Cunning, D. Vincent , Diamond Lung, Big Shawn , Bad Larry, Kayer , Rime Force Most Illin', Pudge , Squalid, Philo , Gus Cutty, Ritchy Flo , White Mic, Sacred Hoop , Monikape, DamCold$ , S.T.A.T.I.K. Too Tough , Uncle Buck, Brycon , G-Pek, DJ Eons One , Yelir, Spex , Shag Diggler, Chaz One , Just Jay, VRSE Murphy , and Z-Man... Oh yeah, it drops tomorrow... THE TILTALATION ," Mega Kut cryptically posted on their Facebook page late Monday night. Megakut Records are, of course, speaking of Bay Area Hip-Hop crew ON TILT 's third proper release, THE TITALATION . ON TILT consists of emcees QM & VRSE Murphy , producer/multi-instrumentalist Luke Sick , and the group's own personal "Bob Power" — A Tribe Called Quest , De La Soul, The Roots , and D'Angelo s...

WINTER 365 by Grand Invincible Grand Invincible is a California -based 2-man Hip-Hop crew featuring emcee Luke Sick and esteemed producer/turntablist DJ Eons One . Luke Sick AKA J. Luke Oakson & Clell Miller owns and operates Punk/Hip-Hop imprint, Megakut Records . While DJ Eons One AKA Dan Lactose was once a founding member of Hip-Hop -loving Powerviolence band, SPAZZ and has his own small-batch imprint called Tinted Windows Record Co. Both DJ Eons One & Luke Sick have released countless records under an infinite amount of aliases, but together, they've released three albums and three singles/EP's as Grand Invincible between about 2008-15. Ask The Dust (2008) was self-released by Grand Invincible themselves, 2010's COLD HAND IN THE DICE GAME was released on Zero Friends , and Menace Mode was released on super-limited cassette by Luke 's own Megakut Record s. Amidst this aforementioned series of releases, Luke Sick & DJ Eons One unleashed...

Strike the Clutch by Luke Sick & Damien It's been a big year for Spokane, Washington -based I Had An Accident (IHAA) Records . Just this year, they've released a staggering number of releases from EQUIPTO & Brycon Present: The Watershed , Rabbi Max, Tenshun & Bonzo , BRZOWSKI/MC Homeless, C$ BURNS , Audiosiris, Bonzo Speechless & Damien , Namo, Blood Monk Consortium , Mhaze, The Deaf Index , SKRAPEZ AKA Tenshun & Psychopop, and countless others. Now, IHAA have returned with what's poised to be their last release of 2018: Luke Sick & Damien's Strike The Clutch. As many of you may well remember, Luke Sick & Damien previously released a similarly-titled EP together, which was featured within an edition of The Witzard 's Rap EP Wrap-up earlier this year. Damien Miller is, actually, the current owner and label-head at I Had An Accident , as well as a skilled producer on their roster, while Luke Sick is an emcee and founder of Megakut Re...

G-Pek, Brycon, Eons One, Yelir & B.I. Lectric - There's No More Room In Hell Part 4 by Brycon It's that time of year wherein artists unleash festive freebies, ghoulish get-downs, and Horror -filled haunts. Yes, we're talking about seasonally-appropriate Halloween -themed/centric releases! San Francisco producers, Bay Area beatsmiths, and Gurp City affiliates G-Pek & Brycon returned with the fourth installment of their annual Halloween beat tape, There's No More Room In Hell Part 4 ; this time, recruiting like-minded producer buddies DJ Eons One AKA Dan Lactose, Yelir , and B.I. Lectric for their ghoulishly good time. Studio Don , a mysterious entity, somehow affiliated with the series, explains: "for the last 4 years, Gurp City producers G-Pek & Brycon have been assembling a nightmare soundtrack for Halloween revelry and inviting one more beat-maker homie to join in every year. This year, the legendary B.I. Lectric AKA Big Shawn of Bored S...

HEALER / DJ EONS presents: DANK GOBLINS - split by Warthog Speak Records Dan "Lactose" AKA Dan Oblivious AKA DanOne 625 AKA Kung Fu Dan AKA DJ Eons One was once the guitarist/vocalist/sampler for Redwood City, California -based Punk/Hardcore & Powerviolence band, SPAZZ . Although, SPAZZ were only initially active from 1992-2001, Oakland -based imprint Tankcrimes has recently re-released Sweatin' to The Oldies , Sweatin' II: Deported Live Gorilla, and Sweatin' 3: Skatin' Satan & Katon , which were originally issued by 625 Thrashcore/Slap A Ham Records . Aside from SPAZZ , Dan Lactose (@DanLactose) has spent time playing or recording with CCCRRCCSSLLRRKKRRSSS , Crate Goblins, Deny The Cross , Dreonism, Funeral Shock , Grand Invincible, Shadow People , Shed Dwellaz, Sheep Squeeze , Three Wheel Motion, Torture Unit , U.S.F. Underbucket , and more. Lactose has also, recorded and released a number of Hip-Hop/Breakbeat -minded projects attributed ...

Drink Floyd by ON TILT ON TILT is a Bay Area -based Hip-Hop crew consisting of emcees QM (@QMRecLeague) & Luke Sick (@megakutrecords) and VRSE Murphy (@vrsemurphy) on beats and production work with Richie Cunning (@RichieCunning) supplying additional production and musical arrangements. I had heard of ON TILT over the last year or so, but hadn't really delved into their music FULL-TILT, until Damien Miller from I Had An Accident Records (IHAA) suggested I check out their recently-released second album, Drink Floyd . Honestly, I'm glad he did because ON TILT 's Drink Floyd is one Hell of a listen; stylistically, Drink Floyd falls somewhere in-between the Beastie Boys' raucous 1986 Frat-Rap debut Licensed to Ill and their sample-laden magnum opus/follow-up, Paul's Boutique (1989) with a dash of Mickey Avalon 's sleazy 2006 self-titled debut, as well as Action Bronson 's foul-mouthed grown man/child-like sense of wonder. Drink Floyd is the...