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A co-founder of the Chicago-based label Galapagos4, Offwhyte helped to coordinate the recording and production of the label's first release, The Blackbook Sessions EP. Squints by Offwhyte was released shortly after, with production by Open i, Anacron and Offwhyte. As Galapagos4's first full-length CD, Squints was met with great critical acclaim. The Village Voice described it as 'free-floating intelligence' and HipHopInfinity.com listed Offwhyte as one of their top 50 emcees of the year.
Other exclusive Offwhyte tracks are featured on Molemen presents: Chicago City Limits Vol. I, DJ WhiteLightning Exposes White On White Crime, and the soon-to-be-released compilation album The Chicago Project.
Offwhyte is currently touring with DJ Dr. Jones in support of his new album The Fifth Sun, available November 2002 on Galapagos4 and Agenda (Peacefrog) Records.
The album's first single, "High Fidelity" has gained airplay across the country and has been heralded by critics as showing a new, 'evolved' Offwhyte, and the rest of The Fifth Sun is sure to follow in that tradition.
Delving deeper into his abilities as a songwriter, Offwhyte instantly shows his skills as a lyricist have gained a greater breadth on the intro track, a post-apocalyptic fable entitled 'the merchant'. The poetics get even deeper in the songs that follow, such as the brave new world-inspired "Beta Alpha" and the confessional "Complex Destiny". Other highlights include the uptempo crowd-pleaser "Ups" and Offwhyte's collaborations with Typical Cats emcees Qwel (on "Masonry") and Qwazaar (on "Get a Hold").
The Fifth Sun's production is top-notch, with beats handled by Meaty Ogre ,Open i, Alias of Anticon, the late Chicago producer Metrognome, and Offwhyte himself. The album is sprinkled with minimal live instrumentation and scratching by Dallas Jackson and DJ Norman Rockwell of the Pacifics.
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