The Witzard

Kiss The Sky - "Sugar Pie" b/w "Glory" by Kiss The Sky (Melinda Camille, John Robinson, and Pat Van Dyke) It's been quite the busy year (so far) for Jersey City -based drummer, producer, composer, band leader, and multi-instrumentalist Pat Van Dyke ; just this past May, PVD launched his own imprint, Stereo Vision Recordings , with an aptly-titled release called Stereo Vision Music Library, Vol. 1 , which was soon followed by a proper full-length, Hello, Summer , before the end of June. Since The Witzard first covered 2016's PVD Breaks, Vol. 1 & RE: Crates 001 —as well as Animal Ventura 's PVD -produced Forrest St. EP— Van Dyke has released a number of collections, including: Pat Van Dyke / DJ Spinna Limited Edition 7" Vinyl , PVD Breaks, Vol. II, Let The Horns Blow - Remixes , PVD Breaks, Vol. II 12" 45RPM Vinyl, and lastly, PVD Breaks, Vol 3​.​88 . Now, Pat Van Dyke has returned with a newly-minted Jazz/Hip-Hop trio dubbed Kiss T...

I was gonna write up something about Lil B & Joey Bada$$ 's Twitter -fueled Rap beef that went down last night. But after a quick 1-2 punch/mediocre track release, that one had already fizzled out by daybreak Wednesday morning. Man, Hip-Hop sure as Hell isn't what it used to be; So, it's a good thing there are still groups like CZARFACE that manage to keep 90's Boom-Bap traditions alive! Inspectah Deck, 7L & Esoteric first linked up for the "Speaking Real Words" 12" (1999) and finally ended up reuniting now, some 14 years later. "We are CZARFACE because they know our faces and they know us for being dope rhyme suppliers, like Tony Montana we are known for our balls and our word; Lyrically we will conquer the world and everything in it," Inspectah Deck began to vividly detail in a press release ... "CZARFACE is a vigilante. He's and anti-hero character who serves as the face of the project and his focus is on annihil...