Welcome to the mind of Pseudo!
The Dayton Ohio based phenomenon, Pseudo! Cites inspiration from the obscure corners of
the old school hip hop underground. With a Father that loved and listened to more conscious
and lyrical hip hop such as Del the Funky Homosapien, De la soul and Nas to name a few. Having
that kind music around at such an early age, helped him define an individualistic style of funky
cadences, unique clever lyrics and chantey hooks.
With influences like this in his life, as well as a background in performance art. Pseudo's passion
for the genre became a reality when he recorded his first song at the age of 20. From there he
began to hone his craft by working behind the scenes as a songwriter on various artists projects
as well as recording demos to shop around for labels. Wanting to carve his own identity, he
began releasing his early projects on cassette and getting a distribution deal to have them sent
around the globe, allowing him to get a small cult following in underground circles. He signed a deal with Hardcore Rap 4 Life label as he felt the old school
rowdy, boom bap style of the label would be a great combination to his unorthodox old school
style.
"Frustrated" simply put, is a very angry debut album. "I'm very happy with how this record has come along"
says Pseudo. "It's essentially a mosh pit record, but has a great deal of writing put into it as
well as deep references from dark events throughout hip hop and history in general. Plus the
anger comes from a genuine place. Partly from frustrations dealing with the music industry
and having to let people know I'm not one to fuck with even if I have a friendly smile on my face
haha!" The debut album has lots of crowd rousing hooks to definitely get people moving as well
as Pseudo's "give no fucks" attitude when performing the material shows that this could go a
long way. "Frustrated" will be out soon on the Hardcore Rap 4 Life label and will be available on
Bandcamp, YouTube as well as physical releases for all you collectors out there! So go out and
give it a listen when it's here! Cause if you sleep, Pseudo will come and pimp smack your ass
awake!!
In one ear (intro)
Produced/Mixed by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh, Blowin Up Beats
Co-Produced by Awrylo Jones and Philly Phill
Written by Awrylo Jones
Frustrated
Mixed/Produced by Blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Micah Carli at Popside Recordings, Troy Oh.
Scratches provided by Dj Etch
Where I Come From
Mixed/Produced by Blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh, Blowin Up Beats
Hardcore Shit
Mixed/Produced by blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Micah Carli at Popside recordings, Troy Oh.
Scratches Provided by Dj Etch
Who Wants It?
Mixed/Produced by Blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Markus Cornwell at Cwell Music Studios, Dayton Oh.
The Voice... (Warped Mind Interlude)
Produced and Engineered by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh
Co-produced by Awrylo Jones and Philly Phill
Written by Awrylo Jones
Vocals provided by Pseudo and Philly Phill
Words From A Warped Mind
Mixed/Produced by Blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by DeMarco at Encore Studios, Dayton Oh
Berzerk
Mixed/Produced by Blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Markus Cornwell at Cwell Music Studios, Dayton Oh
Time's Up
Mixed/Produced by blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Micah Carli at Popside recordings, Troy Oh
Scratches provided by Dj Etch
F.Y.U.W.N.R
Mixed/Produced by blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh
Past in Present
Mixed/Produced by blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh
Scratches provided by Tobotius and Nati Kid of Animal Crackers
If/Then
Mixed/Produced by blowing up beats
Written by Awrylo Jones
Engineered by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh
Right Out The Other (Outro)
Produced/Engineered by Tobe Donahue at Manimal Recordings, Cincinnati Oh
Co-produced by Awrylo Jones and Philly Phill
Scratches Provided by Tobotius of Animal Crackers
Album artwork and Photography Done by Chris Corn
Logo designed by Christopher "Etch" Weyrich
Management by Jonathan Phillips of Philly Phill ent.
Shouts outs go too!
First off, My mom Leslie Haskins and Nathan Peters for always supporting a fella! My dad
Dennis Jones for being so knowledgeable about this hip hop shit! My Aunt Danielle, Uncle Kevin
and My cousins Kevin, Lauren and Aaron for always being there for being the best Family a fella
could ask for! To Philly Phill for being the man! My dj Etch, the Scratch Sensation! Tobe, Noah
and the Rest of the Animal Crackers! To all the engineers! Micah Carli, DeMarco and Markus!
Joey Beech and Manray, Jesse Ellis and Vestibular Records, Coleman, Mark an Da Boyz, Evan
Davell, Burris Dixon, Ol Warlord, Luke And Cathleen at Skeleton Dust Records, Jeremy Mix, Eric Reimers, John Doe, Pyromancer Radio, Tino and to all my hip hoppers and homies I
may have forgot. Love ya, just need to wrap it up HA! Shout out to all the old school black metal
bands I listened to religiously for inspiration during this record. Also shout outs too all the Old
School hip hoppers who have inspired me as well as generations of kids to pick up the mic and
rock the motherfucker like 3 the hard way! Times change, and strange things rearrange. But what
you all did will never go in vain!
- Pseudo the Feral Child