Suspenceful views music as an emotional outlet. He takes inspiration from everyone from Steely Dan to Mac Miller. As a result, he produces a diverse array of music with his taste spanning several eras plus a multitude of genres, including Hip Hop derivatives like Trap, Drill, Boombap and EDM like Dubstep, Dance and Hardwave. He also plays guitar, and creates a variety of subgenres of rock, including shoegaze, metal and punk. Suspenceful’s creations blend moods and ideas into forms of expression that can often be better felt than said.
Growing up in New York, and having ties to Los Angeles California, Oddsmokee has always been influenced by meaningful art. In 2017, he found making music as a way to escape a dark road of criminal charges through drug dealing, as well as to help overcome addiction. Oddsmokee spans a wide range of sounds, blending a variety of genres such as Rock, Rap, Hip Hop, Pop, Emo Trap, and Country. In 2020 he met 518 Producer and EDM artist Suspenceful. He was then introduced to Entrepreneur and Augmented founder Rich G shortly after and joined Augmented, a Lifestyle and Entertainment company. Oddsmokee shares his past struggles with drugs, addiction, and mental health, through relatable yet unique art. Oddsmokee's primary message is that it's OKAY to be different and follow your OWN path. What some may call ODD is what makes us who WE are, and that is something to celebrate.
Hailing from upstate New York and located for more than a decade in NYC, Rich G, born Richard Gordon, is a New Yorker through and through. While gritty boombap and lyricism is his passion, Rich G is also known to venture into other hip-hop related subgenres as well - from experimental to trap. Rich considers himself a student of hip hop, with primary influences spanning MC’s such as King Los, Royce Da 5’9”, Jay Electronica, Immortal Technique, Eminem, Ab-Soul, Mac Miller, MF Doom, and Conway the Machine. With an emphasis on lyricism and wordplay, Rich G often delivers artistry you have to listen to multiple times to pick-up on all the entendres, metaphors, and the deeper message being delivered. As the founder of Augmented, Rich G tries to end each day in a better place than where it started- whether in business, as an individual, or by having a positive impact on the world.