User:Josh McScily

Special Features: A History The underground hip-hop group Special Features was established in early 2011 by McScily (Josh Myslicki) and Mr. 3li (Eli Wennstrom), first releasing their one minute single "Movin’ Out”, followed by their first album Digitally, most of the songs on which had their own music videos. This album was the most childish album produced by the group, seeing as they were very young and inexperienced, moving 2-3 songs a day, and both members of the group quickly stopped taking it seriously as a collection of their work. However, this album included several songs which featured the group's future frequent collaborator KR MAX (Kenneth Robinson), including "Does it Make You Hot", "Icees", and "S.F. Tupac Rap". There was no song longer than 2 minutes included on the album. Digitally was quickly followed by Special Features' sophomore album, Retake, which was a much more mature album, both in content, audio, and lyrical quality. McScily was the main force behind the album, pushing it forward quickly, and having most of the space on songs, with Mr. 3li showing up with shorter verses, or on the chorus. However, in several songs, this role is reversed, such as in "Signs", a song led by Mr. 3li, and one of the best-recieved songs of the album. This album gathered only music video, for its first single (more akin to their first album, Digitally than Retake, however), " Never Gonna' Stop”, but much accolades from the group's growing following. For Retake, at least one song was produced a day for the album. KR MAX returned to feature on several albums on the album, as did KCnolove (Kolin Pettigrew), and ChrissyThe Black (Chris Parish). After a several-month hiatus following the completion of Retake, during which, their official website was launched, Special Features began work on a new album, You Know It. This album was produced much slowly than the group's first two albums, and took several months to complete, also containing fewer songs than Retake. You Know It incorporated both the stranger, funnier lyrics of Digitally on some tracks (such as " Fix It”), and the slightly darker tone of Retake (such as in "Tough”). This album was universally celebrated by Special Features' fans as their best album. Soon after the completion of You Know It, resulting from Mr. 3li's hesitation on a fourth album, McScily moved onto work with the comedic group the Candy Rappers with Chrissy the Black and Mr. $teph, and a semi-serious, Special Features-like group called Real Talk, with Chrissy The Black. The Candy Rappers have one almost-complete album, their first single being “Jelly Belly”, and Real Talk has no official album, but 10 recorded songs, most notably “Fat Emo Hipsters”, and “Famous”, which features Mr. 3li. Mr. 3li slowly returned to hip-hop over time, recently featuring on “Halloween on the Thirteenth”, the latest song by Real Talk, an amalgam of horror film references, created for the holiday Halloween; this song shows Mr. 3li's recent change of sound and rhyme-scheme, developed during his absence from the hip-hop scene. McScily has, however, also moved onto a semi-solo career, most recently creating “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, which features new collaborator Andrizzle. Recently, talks have come between Mr. 3li and McScily to create a new album, combining all of their experiences. It is unknown what this album will be called, or how many tracks will be included. A reported track being worked on currently is called "Tag Team", and Mr. 3li has been quoted saying: "We really want it to be perfect. Our perfect album. I think this may be the one that really defines us, and decides our future. Will we keep making albums? This one's going to decide that."