Dear Psilocybin [LP]

Zelooperz & Real Bad Man - Dear Psilocybin [LP]

LA-based producer Real Bad Man and Detroit artist ZelooperZ release their joint album DearPsilocybin via the producer’s own Real Bad Man Records. The album marks the duo’s firstcollaboration, culminating in a full-length project that also features guest appearances from BoldyJames, MAVI and a verse from The Alchemist. On Dear Psilocybin, ZelooperZ invokesunconventional production out of Real Bad Man to match his own unpredictable and outlandishdelivery, working outside of traditional song structures and existing in a lane of his own. The Detroitmultihyphenate, who is an integral part of Danny Brown’s Bruiser Brigadecollective and also anaccomplished visual artist, painted the album’s corresponding cover artwork as well.“I definitely haven’t made anything like this before, it’s a very subtle version of my music as far astone, ” ZelooperZ explained in a conversation with Real Bad Man for his RBM Radio show. Heelaborates on the off-kilter approach to the way he recorded to say, “the album feels like a moviesoundtrack for a film about a man losing his mind and getting spurts of memories along the way. ”Speaking about how the project differs from the rest of his collaborative catalog, RBM says, “It’strippy and it’s a little different – but the main goal was for it to be authentic to Z and his process. ”That dedication to authenticity rings true across his catalog, drawing back to the foundations of hisbeginnings as a producer, learning the fundamentals of sampling, experimenting with chords andlearning to piece songs together by ear. RBM builds a cohesive production arc around each artisthe works with, catered to their strengths as artists, working with a variety of lyrical stylists includingMemphis rapper Lukah, Pink Siifu, Blu, Kool Keith, Elcamino & more.Real Bad Man is the production moniker of visual artist and designer Adam Jay Weissman. Adesigner and visual artist first, he made his foray into music through his On High Alert series ofimaginative, multi-generational compilations, which have featured the likes of Roc Marciano,ROME STREETZ, Pink Siifu, Maxo and more. In the years since, he’s partnered with some of hiphop’smost talented and adventurous artists on full-length projects, refining and shaping thetrajectory of some of rap’s most exciting independent artists.