Chicago Progressive Hip-Hop Crew Jyroscope Unleash Jyroscope On The House Follow-up MUTE EP (ReSERVED Records)
Jyroscope is a Chicago-based Hip-Hop crew/self-described "3-headed monster" consisting of producer I.B. Fokuz, emcee Collasoul Structure, and turntablist DJ Seanile; "Jyroscope is the epitome of Progressive Hip-Hop over ear-consuming soundscapes, upon which the strongest impressions of truth are painted. Ranging from poetic rhyme schemes to heart-felt imagery, this group symbolizes the first time you fell in love with music," explains their impassioned Facebook Biography. Jyroscope (@jyroscope) are affiliated with Chicago-based Tomorrow Kings collective, which was actually, founded by I.B. Fokuz and are loosely "signed" to close friend and emcee Gilead7's LA imprint, ReSERVED Records. Jyroscope's past releases include 2011's RAGTIME and Rock "N" Roll-flipping JYROSCOPE ON THE ROCKS... Mixtape, and 2016's House music re-working Jyroscope On The House, as well as 2018 released singles, "MUTE" Feat. Gatz N Goods & "QUASI" Feat. Jason Gatz. JYROSCOPE ON THE ROCKS... Mixtape features a phenomenal track entitled "What's Yo' Occupation" (Black Keys Remix) which flips both The Black Keys' "I Got Mine" from Attack & Release and I.B. Fokuz's "What's Yo' Occupation" from his own 2005 album, Author & His Paintbrush. Now, those two 2018 singles, along with five previously unreleased tracks, have been re-collected as Jyroscope's long-awaited third full-length release, MUTE EP.
It starts out with a 7-minute track/spoken word intro featuring Gatz N Goods AKA Jason "Gatz" Shaw & Ashley "Goods" Good, wherein Wizard Jenkins The Great proclaims "when I first heard Jyroscope... these two dudes come up and they like, "yeah, we from around the corner," so, automatically, it's 2004-2005, I'm expecting some Drill sh*t, some real Drill sh*t before that sh*t blew up and then, the beat drops and I'm just like, "oh my God!" This is some real-a$$ progressive/futuristic Chicago sh*t that, like, I've always wanted to hear, but never knew f***kin' existed." Honestly, the first time I had heard anything even remotely similar to Chicago Drill music was throughout Kanye's 2013 Aggro-Rap magnum opus, Yeezus featuring fellow Chicagoans Chief Keef, King L AKA King Louie, Lupe Fiasco, and super-producer No I.D. In addition to Yeezus-era Kanye and Chicago Drill, Collasoul Structure, I.B. Fokuz & DJ Seanile channel Run The Jewels, OutKast, and Eminem throughout their MUTE EP, in my "humble" opinion, at least. Jyroscope's MUTE EP features production throughout from I.B. Fokuz, as well as co-production from Gatz N Goods, scratches throughout from DJ Seanile, and features from Gatz N Goods, Jason Gatz, Wizard Jenkins The Great, Malakh El, and Ashley Good. Jyroscope earnestly recorded their MUTE EP at Fokul Mount Studios in East Chicago with mixing done by Clockwise at "The Mothership" in La Puenta, California, and mastering handled by Sean Owens at Lounge Fidelity Studios right in the heart of Chicago. Jyroscope's MUTE EP is now available to stream or download on their Bandcamp page, as well as like-minded digital streaming platforms.