The Witzard

Last month we told you about the latest installment of Brycon & G-Pek's There's No More Room In Hell (6) just in time for a last-minute addition to your Halloween-themed playlists. Now, less than a month later, Brycon has already returned with his next proper solo outing: Brutalism EP. It's being described as "a 7-song EP focused on city life and some of its associated hardships. Each track surveys and explores around these themes, but leaves the resolve in the listener's hands." More or less, a "beat tape" in most aspects of said term, Brutalism boasts slow mechanical drums, ethereal samples, hazy conga lines, and haunting voices, as well as an overarching conceptual theme. Not entirely unlike J Dilla, Madlib, or even Kanye West before him, Brycon fully employs the "producer/musician as feature" theory here and is, indeed, front and center through and through. Additionally, to help fully flesh out this ensemble-like EP, Brycon h...

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...

Equipto & Brycon Present The Watershed by The Watershed The Watershed are a San Francisco -based Hip-Hop crew consisting of emcees Equipto and Old Soul Kollective members MC Pauze & Professor Gabel , as well as producers Brycon , Old Soul Kollective beat-makers Baghead & Mcstravick , and emcee/producer Monk HTS . However, Monk HTS only contributed his emcees skills to Equipto & Brycon Present: The Watershed . The Watershed describes itself as a "multi-generational group" with a line-up consisting of both "vets and up-and-coming Frisco -bred talents (with one exception.)" I personally, heard about The Watershed just this past weekend from I Had An Accident Records (IHAA) label owner Damien Miller of Luke Sick & Damien fame; we were discussing one of IHAA 's upcoming releases— Rabbi Max 's TRANSATLANTIC tape—as well as The Watershed , along with Luke Sick & Damien 's Strike The Clutch EP and Bonzo Speechless & Da...