GWMC

Recognized in the Twin Cites Hip Hop Music scene, GWMC (geoffreywatsonMC) helped establish Dialogue Elevaters Crew during the summer of 2001. Founding members: Ernie Rhodes and geoffreywatsonMC met at various shows and open mics in both Minneapolis and St Paul. Soon after they combined forces to create DEC (Dialogue Elevaters Crew). Unrecorded and determined, both members worked hard to release their own CD’s roughly a year later. Ernie Rhodes’ “This Journey My Mission”, in late Oct. 2002 and geoffreywatsonMC’s, “Lyrical Spit ep”, in late Dec. 2002. In 2003 they decided to expand DEC’s membership once again adding newfound confidant and veteran MC DisputeOne, and a new DJ, Last Word. In August 2004 Dialogue Elevaters Crew released their first full-length CD “Elevater Music”. Having already started his new project in March of 2003 GWMC was determined to release a full length CD. First collaborating with Doomtree Producers: Lazerbeak, Emily Bloodmobile and P.O.S., he was able to get a number of tracks done before DEC started working on Elevater Music. Once the focus had shifted back to GWMC’s solo material (Late 2004) he was able to collaborate and record more tracks working with Columbus, Ohio’s own Przm. Known for producing tracks for artists from Fonosluts, MHZ, Weightless, and Def Jux, Przm was able to give GWMC the old school boom bap beats he was looking for to complete his first official release. At the same time, GWMC was also getting production from Chicago’s Living Legend affiliate Anacron. Now armed with an arsenal of beats and rhymes GWMC worked hard to lay tracks in the studio. He then began to polish up the project by adding scratch tracks from Last Word, Willy Lose (Unknown Prophets) & Turbonemesis (Doomtree). Getting additional production from Ricanstrukta (Break Bread) and Chancellor (Dirty Smarts) he was able to lay some hard hitting collaborations featuring some of the best Lyricists in the Twin Cities. Featuring DEC, Synoptic Pressure as well as Carnage & Illusion (Hecatomb) GWMC was able to finish his first full length CD, “Detrimental Dialogue” in early summer 2005. It’s an homage to days gone by showcasing very scratch heavy songs with concise lyrical content and arrangements. Detrimental Dialogue’s subject matter is mostly omniscient braggadocio trash talk with a number of GWMC’s subjective perspectives interjected as well. Released on Tuesday July 26th 2005, Detrimental Dialogue continues to be a topic of conversation. The CD release party was a success being featured at the Fifth Element’s monthly event: Essential Elements, held at the Dinkytowner (412 14th Ave. SE, Dinkytown, MPLS MN) the same day of the release. The Lineup included performances by: GWMC w/Last Word, Carnage w/Jimmy2Times, and Snakebird.