Grayskul

Grayskul are an alternative hip hop group from Seattle, Washington.

History

In 2003 Onry Ozzborn and JFK, both members of the Pacific Northwest hip hop collective Oldominion, teamed up with bassist Rob Castro to form Grayskul. They recorded about 55 songs in eight months at ATB Studios; these would eventually become the albums Creature, Thee Adventures! and Deadlivers.^[1] After opening for Eyedea & Abilities during their 2004 E&A tour, their music was brought to the attention of Rhymesayers Entertainment head Siddiq by their manager, Wordsayer of Jasiri Media, and Grayskul was signed almost immediately by the major underground label.^[2]

Grayskul's label debut, Deadlivers was met with promising reviews, including Spin who rated the album a B+.^{[citation needed]} Many likened the album to Cannibal Ox's desolate dystopian debut The Cold Vein, which Grayskul admitted was a major influence.^[3]

In 2007, Grayskul released their second album on Rhymesayers, Bloody Radio, this time with Ozzborn going by the name Count Draven and JFK going by the name Count Magnus. While this album curiously excluded Castro, underground hip hop heavy hitters such as Aesop Rock, Cage, and Slug all chipped in verses further solidifying Grayskul's standing in the underground hip hop community.

In 2009, Grayskul in collaboration with producer Maker released Graymaker. In an interview with Seattle Weekly Onry said, "Of the albums we've done in the past, we've never had a whole project that's straight-ahead hip-hop ... People always say our stuff is dark, weird, bugged-out, but I think this one will catch people by surprise. [Maker's] beats in general made us write different. He uses more breakbeats, slower BPMs, so you'll be able to hear that." ^[4]

Discography

References

• "Grayskul Bio". MTV. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
• Mudede, Charles (2003-12-04). "We Got Next". The Stranger. Retrieved 2007-11-08. 
• "Rhymesayers Entertainment Artist Page". Retrieved 2007-11-08. 

External links

• MySpace page