Krypol Haze

While the rap scene in neighboring Houston has a big reputation, bigger names, and one truly screwed-up style, Austin's own hip-hop community has always struggled to maintain momentum. On Saturday, the Chronicle showcases some of our favorite local hip-hop acts through a free, all-ages throwdown at the Scoot Inn that includes the League of Extraordinary G'z, Kydd Jones, 10YR, KB the Boo Bonic, Phranchyze, Krypol Haze, and upstarts Magna Carda. Both grills and mics start cooking at 5pm. More information in this weeks Music listings. - The Austin Chronicle

Krypol Haze
(Opera House Music)

Krypol Haze looks like a cross between Rittz and Roach Gigz, and he raps like a bass-heavy Tuk da Gat from Austin's League of Extraordinary G'z. His debut LP, self-titled and released through local imprint Opera House Music, mixes murky and Memphian ("Almighty Dollar," "Today Might Be My Last," which features Three 6 Mafia expat Project Pat) with the triumphant and soulful ("Here We Are Again," "Celebrate Like a Champion"), creating an uplifting chase of the "Almighty Dollar" that "find[s] sun in the shittiest weather." "Those who choose to wait will be sitting there forever," raps Haze over the "Dream On"-biting "Try Success," the album's centerpiece. "I got too much riding on this shit to take a loss." Don't blame Krypol Haze for maintaining the mindset that he's the best there ever was. Dude knows the story's now or never.
(3 stars) - The Austin Chronicle

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Weekly Playlists

Thursday, October 23, 2014 (Austin Artists at SXSW 2015)

East Cameron Folkcore - "In The House Everything Dies"
American Sharks - “XVI”
Hundred Visions - “Where Do I Sign”
Kydd Jones - "Who Are You"
Krypol Haze - "Looking Over My Shoulder"
Warm Soda - "Strange As It Seems"
Flesh Lights - “Free Yourself”
A Giant Dog - “The Grand”
RF Shannon - “Egyption White Musk”
Happen-Ins - “Never Said”
The Boxing Lesson - "Red River Blues"
The Octopus Project - "Upmann" - Chronolog SXSW

The first round of 2015 SXSW Showcasing Artists has finally arrived! More than 170 artists from all over the world make up one of the strongest first round artist announcements to date.

At SXSW in March, you’ll hear iconic UK post-punk band The Pop Group, soul-influenced Detroit rapper Black Milk, new buzz acts like Madrid's Deers and Austin's own Institute, a minimalist blend of Yoruba music with modern electronic from XL Recordings’ Ibeyi, contagious electronic pop by Charlotte OC and much more. Australian psych-pop legends The Church will also be performing at the SXSW Music Festival to coincide with their interview at the SXSW Music Conference.

We’re just getting started on the lineup for the 2015 SXSW Music Festival, so there’s plenty more to come. In the meantime, listen to SXSWfm to stay up on the must-listen acts coming to Austin for the festival. Mobile apps are available for iPhone and Android!

Browse the full list of first round artists below. Don’t forget - this Friday, October 24 is the next registration deadline. Register now and witness the diversity of music at SXSW this March.

Agoraphobia (Boiro SPAIN)
Agosto (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Alvvays (Toronto CANADA)
Angus & Julia Stone (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Babes (New Orleans LA)
Baby In Vain (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (Birmingham AL)
Ballet School (Berlin GERMANY)
Ball Park Music (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
The Barberettes (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Courtney Barnett (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
James Bay (Hitchin UK-ENGLAND)
Be Forest (Pesaro ITALY)
Big Phony (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Bishop Nehru (New York NY)
Blacklist Royals (Nashville TN)
Black Milk (Detroit MI)
Black Taxi (New York NY)
Bloods (Newtown AUSTRALIA)
Bogan Via (Los Angeles CA)
Bomba Estéreo (Bogotá COLOMBIA)
Bonaparte (Berlin GERMANY)
The Boxing Lesson (Austin TX)
Brolin (Yorkshire UK-ENGLAND)
Butcher Brown (Richmond VA)
Buenaparte (Lecheria VENEZUELA)
The California Honeydrops (Oakland CA)
Ben Caplan (Halifax CANADA)
Carl Barat and The Jackals (London UK-ENGLAND)
Ceschi (New Haven CT)
Charlotte OC (Blackburn UK-ENGLAND)
Cheerleader (Philadelphia MN)
ChihiroYamazaki+ROUTE14band (Tokyo JAPAN)
The Church (Sydney AUSTRALIA)
Civil Twilight (Cape Town SOUTH AFRICA)
Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (Phoenix AZ)
Coasts (Bristol UK-ENGLAND)
Crew54 (Killeen TX)
Dark Time Sunshine (Seattle WA)
Deers (Madrid SPAIN)
Dena (Berlin GERMANY)
Diwan Saz (Yodefat ISRAEL)
The Dodos (San Francisco CA)
Cettina Donato & Serena Brancale Group (Messina ITALY)
Dream Police (Brooklyn NY)
Dry the River (London UK-ENGLAND)
East Cameron Folkcore (Austin TX)
Eastern Sidekick (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
EE (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
El Conjunto Nueva Ola (Los Angeles CA)
El Freaky (Bogota COLOMBIA)
Él Mató A Un Policía Motorizado (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Fatherson (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Marcelo Fruet & os Cozinheiros (Porto Alegre BRAZIL)
Colin Gilmore (Austin TX)
GoldLink (Washington DC)
The Gooch Palms (Newcastle AUSTRALIA)
Jenn Grant (Halifax CANADA)
Haioka (Tokyo JAPAN)
Happyness (London UK-ENGLAND)
Haroon (Islamabad PAKISTAN)
Danny B. Harvey (Austin TX)
Mekaal Hasan Band (Lahore PAKISTAN)
Heat (Montreal CANADA)
Heaters (Grand Rapids MI)
Hey Marseilles (Seattle WA)
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble (Brooklyn NY)
Ibeyi (Paris FRANCE)
The Inspector Cluzo (Mont de Marsan FRANCE)
Institute (Austin TX)
Jared & The Mill (Tempe AZ)
Jitterbug Vipers (Austin TX)
Alexz Johnson (New York NY)
JoyCut (Bologna ITALY)
Dustin Kensrue (Orange County CA)
Khumariyaan (Peshawar PAKISTAN)
Hanne Kolstø (Oslo NORWAY)
Krypol Haze (Austin TX)
Ben Kweller (Austin TX)
Kydd (Austin TX)
La Orquesta Vulgar (Mexico City MEXICO)
The Last Bison (Chesapeake VA)
Howie Lee (Beijing CHINA)
The Lonely Wild (Los Angeles CA)
Lost Midas (Los Angeles CA)
Demi Louise (Boronia AUSTRALIA)
Love Inks (Austin TX)
Low Cut Connie (Philadelphia PA)
Low Roar (Reykjavik ICELAND)
Luluc (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
Lust for Youth (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Lydia (Phoenix AZ)
Mai Dhai (Thar Parker PAKISTAN)
Marching Church (Copenhagen DENMARK)
MC Lars (Oakland CA)
Mew (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Mini Mansions (Los Angeles CA)
Miss Chain & The Broken Heels (Thiene ITALY)
Modestep (London UK-ENGLAND)
Moon Duo (Portland OR)
Angelo Moore & The Brand New Step (San Francisco CA)
mothercoat (Fukaya JAPAN)
Mr.Kitty (Austin TX)
Nakia (Austin TX)
Jay Nash and Josh Day are the Contenders (Los Angeles CA)
Nightmare Air (Los Angeles CA)
No Brain (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Noveller (Austin TX)
Ocellot (Barcelona SPAIN)
The Octopus Project (Austin TX)
Panda Elliot (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
The Parrots (Madrid SPAIN)
Pharmakon (New York NY)
Pommez Internacional (Buenos Aires ARGENTINA)
Poor Rich Boy (Lahore PAKISTAN)
The Pop Group (London UK-ENGLAND)
Publicist UK (Longmont CO)
Quantic (New York NY)
Que (Atlanta GA)
Rangleklods (Copenhagen DENMARK)
Residual Kid (Austin TX)
Roddy (New Orleans LA)
Royal Teeth (New Orleans LA)
Sain Tanveer Brothers (Sialkot PAKISTAN)
Sertified (Austin TX)
Seven Davis Jr (Los Angeles CA)
Sexores (Barcelona SPAIN)
Silk Rodeo (Austin TX)
Charanjit Singh (Bombay INDIA)
Skinny Lister (London UK-ENGLAND)
Sleep ∞ Over (Austin TX)
Luisa Sobral (Lisbon PORTUGAL)
Songhoy Blues (Bamako MALI)
Sorne (Austin TX)
The Sour Notes (Austin TX)
SSLEEPERHOLD (Los Angeles CA)
The Stone Foxes (San Francisco CA)
Suboi (Saigon VIETNAM)
Suicideyear (Baton Rouge LA)
숨[su:m] (Seoul SOUTH KOREA)
Summer Heart (Malmo SWEDEN)
Sy Ari Da Kid (Atlanta GA)
Tanya Tagaq (Brandon CANADA)
Talking To Turtles (Leipzig GERMANY)
Talkshow (Bratislava SLOVAKIA)
The Big Pink (London UK-ENGLAND)
Thee Oh Sees (Los Angeles CA)
Jonathan Toubin (New York NY)
Tourmaline (Portland OR)
Transit (Calgary CANADA)
Hailey Tuck (London UK-ENGLAND)
Twerps (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)
The Twilight Sad (Glasgow UK-SCOTLAND)
Twin Peaks (Chicago IL)
Txarango (Barcelona SPAIN)
Ume (Austin TX)
Vaadat Charigim (Tel Aviv ISRAEL)
Vampillia (Nihon'odori JAPAN)
Vockah Redu (New Orleans LA)
Vuurwerk (Brussels BELGIUM)
Wand (Los Angeles CA)
Jessie Ware (London UK-ENGLAND)
Warm Soda (Austin TX)
Lewis Watson (Oxford UK-ENGLAND)
Weekend Money (New York NY)
Scott Weiland and The Wildabouts (Los Angeles CA)
Hank West & the Smokin Hots (Asheville NC)
Whitehorse (Toronto CANADA)
Jess Williamson (Austin TX)
Emily Wolfe (Austin TX) - SXSW

CD REVIEW: "INDUCED" - KRYPOL HAZE

I want to start off this review by referencing another review. In the Keith Corona CD review, I had stated that I thought the tracks done by Da Bosnian sounded almost identical to others on the project. I DID NOT SAY THEY WEREN'T GOOD!!! I actually liked the tracks individually. On this CD though, I think Krypol Haze compliments all the production. From the lyrical style to the arrangement of the music, I loved this CD from beginning to end. His flow kept me listening and always curious to what he was saying next. "Choose A Pimp" had a good R&B feel to it and had me rewinding to hear it again. The tone of his voice draws you in and makes you say "DAMN!!!". The actual flow is not as metaphorical as some, but the delivery of the lyrics is AWESOME!!! "Get Away" sounds like a radio hit if it was only edited. "One Night Stand" and a few others reminded me of an early Eminem for some reason, and please take that as a compliment. The quality of this CD is way better than most CDs I have heard recently. Even though the packaging of the CD was less than expected, once I heard the project, that fact was totally ignored. This CD sounds like it could have NATIONAL appeal if pushed in the right way. Even the hilarious "Pick Up Some Rubbers" had me rolling. As far as the negative, I think the Journey sample was overused in "Small Town Bitch", even though it is still an alright song. If there were any other production flaws, they are not noticeable from the way that Krypol Haze holds your attention. I am anxious to hear his next project!!!

RATING: (on a scale of 1-10)....... 9 - Todd Engle (88.7 FM)

The Weird City Hip-Hop Festival returns for a second year with a vengeance, pulling out the big timbers at Delta Millworks, located at Fifth and Springdale. There’s mystery to the new digs, a lumber mill smack in the heart of East Austin. Equally mysterious is the headliner’s row – specifically the inclusion of ever-elusive savant Jay Electronica.
Setting itself up as Austin’s early fall classic – Sept. 18 & 19 – the front line includes mercurial Detroit rapper Danny Brown, garrulous Bay Area wordsmith Aesop Rock, and resident hooligan MC (and Austin constant) Freddie Gibbs. Former mixtape maven turned Interscope signee Charles Hamilton arrives trending up, reigniting a career miraculously reborn after numerous missteps. The Harlem rapper and former XXL Freshman has fought depression and bipolar disorder..

New Orleans’ Electronica, who released “Road to Perdition” featuring his label boss Jay-Z in March, has reemerged after his dalliance with a UK Rothschild heir in full Fruit of Islam regalia. He was previously scheduled for a December 2014 date at the Mohawk, so this is something of a makeup date. Heads will be hopeful the flighty MC stays put, at least through “Exhibit C.”

The bill is packed with Austin luminaries, such as two-time Austin Band of the Year, Riders Against the Storm, who are currently prepping a new release. Ditto for Dat Boy Supa, who crested to new heights with 2014’s Supacabra. Youth is served with Magna Carda, still kicking a July residency at Holy Mountain.

Local crews roll up en masse, including talented misfits – and recent Chronicle Cookout highlights – Subkulture Patriots and the mighty LNS Crew. Swang and bang set the League of Extraordinary Gz appears in many iterations, including Green Room’s Tuk Da Gat, S. Dot, Eric Dingus, and Dowrong, and Lowkey as a solo act. Continuing the two and over theme, super vets Crew54 put in the “Labor.”

Austin Mic Exchange host and Weird City founder Protextor, who just dropped new single “Austin,” maintains performance mode. Verbosity doubles down with a changed and forward-marching Scuare+, who’s flipped his sound considerably – to the positive. “Farah Flossitt” herself, KB the Boo Bonic, floats in on a new spaced-out single, “Stars Ain’t For Us,” featuring the Moon Guys.

Perennial ATX favorites Doughbeezy and Fat Tony make the trip from Houston.

Shows start 3pm Friday and at noon on Saturday. Two-day passes are $65 or $150 for VIP treatment. More at the Weird City Hip-Hop hub.

A.Dd+
Adrienne Mack-Davis
Aesop Rock
Anthony Maintain
Bamsworth
Ben Buck
Buckamore
Chakeeta B
Charles Hamilton
Clemits
Click-Clack
Cory Jreamz
Country Kingz
Crew54
Da’ Shade Moonbeam
Danny Brown
Dat Boy Supa
Dominican Jay
Doughbeezy
Fat Tony
Feral the Earthworm
Freddie Gibbs
Green Room (Eric Dingus, S.Dot, Tuk, Dowrong)
Jae Jax
Jay Electronica
KB the Boo Bonic
Krypol Haze
LNS Crew
League of Extraordinary Gz
Lowkey of LOEGz
Magna Carda
Mindz of a Different Kind
Modal
Protextor
Public Offenders
Riders Against the Storm
Ruler Why
Scuare+
Sertified
Sip Sip
Space Camp Death Squad
Subkulture Patriots
The Outfit, TX
The Underdogz (Phraynkh P + Mainstreem)
Topic
Worldwide - The Austin Chronicle

Weird City Hip-hop Festival which launched last year will return in 2015 to Delta Millworks, a warehouse space in East Austin. The second edition of the festival is headlined by rapper/producer Jay Electronica on Friday and Detroit oddball Danny Brown on Saturday. Backpack rap lifer Aesop Rock and new school gangsta Freddie Gibbs will also perform. A solid undercard of top Austin hip-hop talent including Riders Against the Storm, Space Camp Death Squad, Subkulture Patriots and Da’Shade Moonbeam provide support.

The festival is promoted by Austin Mic Exchange, the collective behind the weekly hip-hop open mic on Tuesdays at Spiderhouse Ballroom and Empire ATX affiliates Heard Entertainment. As they did last year, the fest will host a series of performance and production workshops for youths (age 12-21) during the day.

Weekend Passes are on sale now for $65 (GA) and $150 (VIP) at www.weirdcityfest.com. VIP passes include access to exclusive events before, during and after the fest such as the Closing BBQ, expedited entry, and an exclusive viewing area with complimentary food and beverages.

Full lineup

Jay Electronica, Danny Brown, Aesop Rock w/ Rob Sonic, Freddie Gibbs, Charles Hamilton, Riders Against the Storm, Space Camp Death Squad, Fat Tony, SiP SiP, Magna Carda, Subkulture Patriots, Phranchyze, Doughbeezy, Adrienne Mack-Davis, Country Cousins, Ben Buck, Mindz of a Different Kind, Click Clack, Sertified, Dat Boy Supa, The Underdogz (Phraynkh P, Mainstreem), Buckamore, Cory Jreamz, MODAL, Chakeeta B, Da’Shade Moonbeam, Clemits, Anthony Maintain, Topic, Bamsworth Belli, Krypol Haze, Feral the Earthworm, Anya, Jae Jax, Crew 54, League of Extraordinary G’z, KB the Boo Bonic, Public Offenders, Ruler Why, Scuare, Protextor, LNS Crew, Worldwide, A.Dd+,The Outfit, TX - Austin360