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vyle. (born Albert Johnson III) is a rapper, vocalist, and producer from Chicago, Illinois Early Life vyle. was born and raised in the neighborhood of Hyde Park in Chicago, Illinois,and seeing the national success of artists like Common and No I.D. was a part of his early influence. After jokingly free styling for some of the rappers in Hyde Park, they implored him to take music more seriously. Style Characterized for his use of Cyberpunk imagery, Chicago gang culture, and having a "penchant for quick-cut, elliptical imagery", vyle.'s music is described as having a lot of mechanical and dystopian overtones, vyle premiered the first single from his album "A Ü T O/M Ö T O R ", "ROUTEURETHANE" on The Fader in the summer of 2014.In 2015, he announced a partnership with Newhive, a online publishing firm that is part of The New Museum's New Inc. In November 2015, vyle. released the next single from "A Ü T O/M Ö T O R", "Pump Fake" via Dismagazine. vyle. is also a part of the group "Auburn" (fka Neonstriderbitrate) with Eliot Lipp. Live performance vyle has been known to perform in a wide variety of venues, from underground clubs in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, and Montreal to festivals like Governors Ball. vyle has performed on the same stage with A-trak, Bigg Jus of Company Flow, Drake, Future, Kid Sister, Flosstradamus, The Cool Kids, Machinedrum, Eliot Lipp, and many more. Discography ;Albums * "Post-Paleaeontologist" LP (2001) (Twenty64/Unincorporated) ;EPs * "Fairlight A/B" (2004) * 84 Nikes And Cazals" EP (2006) * "ROUTEURETHANE" EP (2014) ;Singles * "ROUTEURETHANE" (2014) * "Pump Fake" (2015) (Newhive) ;Auburn (w/ Eliot Lipp) * "Ultramodern Verandah" (2011) (Box Of Milk Recs/Universal) ;Mixtapes *"C/A/C/H/E" compilation mixtape series Vol. 1-4 (2005-2009) * "Oh I Think Dey Like Hoodtronics" Vol. 1 mixed by Flosstradamus (2006) ;Remixes * "Automatic" by Bird Peterson (2007) * "Lo Forzo" by Ocelot (2007) (Iheartcomix) * "Heart" by Lagos (2010) * "New World Order" by SD featuring Danny Brown (2014) (GBE) * "Bad Dream (The Theme)" by Nick Diamonds (2015) (NPR) * "Maiden Lane And Broadway" by Boyslashfriend (2016) (Feel Up Records) ;Productions * "Big Talk" by Azealia Banks featuring Rick Ross with DJ Yamez (2016) ;Guest appearances * "First Love Remix" by Uffie (2007) * "Tricolor Medallion" by BBU (2009) * "Merda Costosa, Real Nigga Vision" by G.O.D. Jewels (2013) * "Runway" by Halograms (2013)
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