Erick The Architect

THE ENIGMATIC ARCHITECT IS A BRILLIANT AND PROLIFIC SONGWRITER, MUSICIAN, AND ARTIST IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE. 2020 WAS A MOMENTOUS YEAR FOR THE ARCHITECT AND KICKED OFF WITH THE EP “NOW MORE THAN EVER” BY THE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TRIO GROUP THE FLATBUSH ZOMBIES (FBZ). CONTINUING WITH THE MOMENTUM, IN AUGUST 2020 THE HIT SINGLE “AFTERLIFE” WAS RELEASED BY THE FLATBUSH ZOMBIES AND PRODUCED BY JAMES BLAKE. AS A SOLO ARTIST THE ARCHITECT SELF-RELEASED AND PRODUCED ALL OF HIS/ZOMBIES PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN RELEASED SINCE 2010. THE MIXTAPES, NOIR (2010), ALMOST REMEMBERED (2011) AND RENVOI (2011) RESPECTIVELY REPRESENT THE EARLY SOLO WORKS OF ERICK. NOTED FOR HIS DISTINCTIVE PRODUCTION SKILLS, THE ARCHITECT IS AN EQUALLY SKILLED RAPPER/LYRICIST. “TOO MANY RAPPERS AND NOT ENOUGH PAINTERS” THESE ARE HIS METAPHORICAL LYRICS FROM THE SONG TITLED DISTANCE ON THE AFOREMENTIONED 2019 ALBUM BY SUPER RAP GROUP BEAST COAST, “ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK,” WHICH WAS ALSO EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY ERICK. ERICK THE ARCHITECT IS A CELEBRATED ARTIST AND A SOUGHT-AFTER COLLABORATOR, HAVING WORKED WITH OVER 50 DIFFERENT ARTISTS INCLUDING RZA, DENZEL CURRY AND PORTUGAL. THE MAN. HE IS WORKING ON FORTHCOMING PROJECTS WITH BOTH LONGTIME AND NEW COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS - JOEY BADA$$ AND JAMES BLAKE RESPECTIVELY. AS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND PRIMARY PRODUCER OF FLATBUSH ZOMBIES, ERICK HAS ACCOMPLISHED SOME INCREDIBLE FEATS INCLUDING 871 MILLION STREAMS ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS, BILLBOARD 200 DEBUTS AND HAVING PLAYED SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS INCLUDING COACHELLA AND LOLLAPALOOZA. WITH SUPERGROUP BEAST COAST, ERICK HAS PERFORMED ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE AND THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JIMMY FALLON. ERICK ALSO HAS AN EXCLUSIVE TWITCH PARTNERSHIP THAT STREAMS MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS EACH WEEK. “ARCHITECT’S CORNER” ARE LATE NIGHT LIVE STREAMS (4 MILLION CUMULATIVE STREAMS) THAT STARTED DURING THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN AND OFFER AN UNADORNED LOOK INTO ERICK’S MIND.