Just a humble guy trying to leave a footprint big enough for others to mold & model after. DJ/Actor/Dancer, Hood Hard DJ's

Bass artist from Clemson, SC. Hippie Pit or Die

OFFICIAL BIO
Regarded upon his 2006 arrival as a promising beatmaker looming in the shadows of J Dilla, Madlib, waterfalls and Dabrye, Steven Ellison -- known as Flying Lotus -- nullified all comparisons only two years later with Los Angeles. On that album, his first of five for the Warp label, Ellison distilled a uniquely crisp, spasmodic, and heady sound with elements of hip-hop, avant-garde jazz, IDM, and dubstep. While the abovementioned producers fueled Ellison, he had also been excited as a youngster by the '90s West Coast rap classics that combined programming and live instrumentation. His sound continued to develop as he put his own twist on the approach, recording with a crop of jazz musicians including the indispensable likes of bassist Thundercat and strings master Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. This process began with the turbulent 2010 set Cosmogramma and peaked in terms of acclaim in 2014 with You're Dead!, which crashed the Top 20 of the Billboard 200 and spawned the Kendrick Lamar collaboration "Never Catch Me," a Grammy nominee for Best Dance Recording. Ellison devoted a few years to various forms of film work and the operation of his revered Brainfeeder label, and returned in 2019 with Flamagra, his second consecutive album to top Billboard's Dance/Electronic chart.

Know before you spin that Crocker track that you won't be pandered to. He might challenge your worldview. He might imply that you're closet bigot, a intellectual coward, or a lazy, blind follower of whatever disposable trend, belief or ideology is being marketed to you. He'll call you out. If he's not making you uncomfortable, that's because you aren't listening.

That's not hype. In 2013, the annual Spring Fling festival in Spartanburg, South Carolina, banned a contracted performer from taking the stage. It was the first time in the festival's 35 year history that this had happened, and it only added to the controversy that the performer was a native son, a hip-hop artist, and had gotten the festival slot in the first place due to popular vote. That performer was Crocker, and the reason he was banned was due to a controversial collaboration track with The Lone Gunmen titled "American Way." In the track, Crocker railed against ethnic, socioeconomic and religious prejudice, culminating in a rousing refrain, "Kill Whitey! Kill Whitey! / Say what you like but you think just like me." Had it been another performer, perhaps the whole controversy would have quietly faded. But that didn't happen. Within hours, TV crews and newspaper reporters were covering the story. The public outcry was so loud that there was another first from the City of Spartanburg ... a formal apology.

That's Crocker's story in miniature. He says what needs to be said, even if it means alienating his audience. And then, after the waves anger and the outrage have crested and receded, that same riled-up crowd comes back, desperate for more.

Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Terry Stephen Crocker, Jr. became a rapper because, as he puts it, "I'm an extrovert, and I can't sing." Starting with "The Story of Hansel & Gretel," his joint debut EP release with producer Jack Bandit in Spring 2009, Crocker has been a constant presence on the Carolina underground hip-hop scene. He was a featured performer in the "The Boom Bap & Broke Tour," joined by Ghani Gautama, Ratchet Kills and Lock One. He has opened for underground acts like Ceschi & AWOL One, as well as more mainstream performers like Akil The MC of Jurassic 5, Tame One and El Da Sensei.

Crocker is also the founder and co-owner of LVLRN Records, an independent label focused on finding and developing talented, undiscovered artists. He's joined on the LVLRN by performers like Lindsay Keane, Feather Fly Focus and Hillary Keane, as well as a wealth of collaborators such as Katalyst and Walter Kronkite.

Crocker's work, like all great art, asks probing, uncomfortable questions. It challenges dominant perspectives. It defies the mainstream trends, and speaks to the problematic, often unsolvable truths. He's not the type of performer who panders to prejudices or sticks to formulas just to sell albums. He takes his rhymes and beats, his lyrics and riffs, and uses them to draw a line in sand. On one side is complacent consumption, on the other side something closer to the truth. His music stares you right in the eyes, and asks that unspoken question: "Which side do you want to be on?" The next step is yours. - Steve Shanafelt (October 19, 2013)

The placeholder sequel to my crew tape "The Bastard Sessions Vol. 1.5": http://www.mediafire.com/download/cwd3gunj82g9ded/Crocker%2C_Krosswordze%2C_%26_Walter_Kronkite-_The_24_Hours_%26_Counting_EP.zip

My 24 hour collaboration EP w/ Walter Kronkite & Krosswordze "The 24 Hours & Counting EP": http://www.mediafire.com/download/cwd3gunj82g9ded/Crocker%2C_Krosswordze%2C_%26_Walter_Kronkite-_The_24_Hours_%26_Counting_EP.zip

My cover of Prof. Logik's "Audible Palindrome" : http://www.mediafire.com/download/2lfdn3c8fpdfc7s/Crocker_%26_Prof._Logik_-_Crocker_Does_Audible_Palindrome_(2011).zip


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All tracks that appear on the Soundcloud are mixed/mastered by Brian Kidd for 1Sound1Vision.

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Credits:  Commercial production/songwriting  for On Da Grine Tv, Shaw Tv B.C. Canada - worked with many indie artists, DaQuan, I.K.P., Tango P.I., Lester Greene, Shorry G, Booder, Buddy Piedmont, Khaos Da Rapper, P.R.E.A.C.H. (Us), Lady Jerz, etc... Currently working on a mixtape that will have all original beats created by myself, featuring various Rnb, and hip hop artists. 

Performance: Long Beach Pride, DiPiazzi's, Mj's Bar, Private parties

Affiliates: WndyhouseGraphics, YoLgbtRaps, Street Leakerz 


 

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