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Stan Ipcus & Matisyahu (SOURCE: Dan Isenberg) All The Way Live: Stan Ipcus Breaks Down Live Favorites Off His Best of IP Freestyles Mixtape - Written By: Daniel Isenberg (@stanipcus) Stan Ipcus, the extremely handsome, multi-talented, and, dare I say, Top 5 Dead or Alive Caucasian Emcee of All-Time (yeah, I said it. What are you gonna do about it?) just released a Best of IP Freestyles mixtape featuring over 30 tracks of pure fiery spittage. The tape's contents and cover, inspired by "Best of..." mixtapes that you might have found on a Canal Street corner in the early 2000's, features Ipcus unleashing his reckless brand of intricately-constructed raps over beats by everyone from The Beatnuts & A Tribe Called Quest to JAY-Z & Jim Jones. And through it all, he sounds as confident as ever. In fact, on the chorus of his previously unreleased "Ballin'" freestyle, originally recorded in 2007, after absolutely destroying the first verse, he...

CBGB's "Frankenstein" Flyer (CREDIT: David Ackerman) We’ve Got A Flyer On You will (hopefully!) be a new recurring column here at The Witzard. It’s set to feature, examine, and re-visit mixed bill/genre, once-in-a-lifetime, iconic, and otherwise noteworthy Punk/Hardcore show flyers and their corresponding line-ups. As often as possible, we plan to speak directly with the promoters, bookers, flyer artists, soundmen/women, show attendees, and, most importantly, the artists themselves. If all goes well, we’re even hoping to, eventually, cover a handful of shows we attended ourselves in years past, as well. For the inaugural edition of We’ve Got A Flyer On You, we’ll be spotlighting an infamous December 2000 show at CBGB’s featuring Mouthpiece (who were reuniting,) BANE, Reach The Sky, American Nightmare, and Tear It Up! The infamous Frankenstein/Santa Claus flyer was posted last December across a bunch of Punk/Hardcore flyer Instagram, and like-minded, pages in honor of ...