Tycoon A.K.A. William Russ!

Vintage Brand New Hip-Hop Instrumental

2026-02-27T13:56:00.003-08:00

Check my brand new instrumental I made last night. I was showing my friend Scuba how my process works and what I do when I am making music from start to scratch. Eventually, him, myself and our friend James are going to make an album together, so that was the first meeting we had to get started on the ideas for the new project. Links Below.

Vintage - YouTube

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Vintage - SoundCloud

Find A Home - Brand New Instrumental LP!!!

2026-02-26T15:05:00.001-08:00

Find A Home

I had a blast making this album, it's my most polished and well produced to date. I feel like it's the best instrumental LP I have made so far in my career. I titled this album "Find a Home", because I would like to have these beats be placed on MC's projects, and to manifest artists that I have great chemistry with to make great songs that are timeless and big hits.

I continuously upgrade my skills in all aspects in music. As always, my goal is to make funky, head noddin' party music for people to enjoy in all environments, from BBQ's, family reunions, night clubs, cars, trucks, planes, trains and automobiles. And, most importantly, headphones. I want people to feel good and have fun when they are listening to my jams and I hope you all love this one just as much as I do. Let me know how you all like it.

Artwork done by @lilr_Ragaey, he's the best, get at him on instagram!!!

Aight Peace.

creditsreleased February 6, 2026

This album was produced, mixed and mastered, by William "Tycoon" Russ.

Artwork done by @lilr_Ragaey, he's the best, get at him on instagram!!!

Juux Diamondz - Da Dark Side of The Moon - Review

2025-07-11T09:31:00.009-07:00

The Russ Report - Juux Diamondz

(Da Dark Side of The Moon)

Da Dark Side of The Moon - Purchase

I’ve been lucky enough to get the chance to review Juxx Diamondz 'last couple of LP’s. His solo album Jewelz Unbreakable Xcellent Xcluzive Diamondz, and his album with Ledger called N.A.O. and both projects that were pure adrenaline and firepower. When Juxx messaged me and asked if I would review his new album Da Dark Side of Da Moon I was immediately happy to dust off The Russ Report to do some coverage on the album.

The album starts with clips of interviews talking about U.A.E.s and U.F.O.’s, coinciding with the name of the LP. From the get go, after the intro, the album hits with some serious firepower, with the solo effort “Gem Star”, the beat by the great Murda Megz is bangin’ and rocks heavy while the bars are appropriately tough. This is a great way to open the album. The hook is very dope “gem star razor and a dinner plate, servin’ ya’ll fiends dinner time, with ya dinner date, standin’ outside impatient, but you gotta wait, take a break, Juxx Diamondz here servin’ major weight”.

“Warrior - (Feat. Ledge and Ladi Diamondz)”, kicks off with the iconic “Warriors!! Come out to plaaaeeeyaay!!!”, and we are hit again with some major heat. It’s clear that Juux Diamondz is on a mission with this album and his featured guests understand their assignments. leads Juux leads off the barrage and Ledger finishes off the competition second. These two MC’s are stomping any haters and opps appropriately throughout. The flows are tight and bars are heavy, no beating around the bush, just straight calling out anybody out who challenges them.

“Tread on Serpents”, features a super dope bluesy beat that features a guitar and keys that really set the tone of the song over some very grimy drums. Juxx proceeds to tell a story of fake friends and snakes plotting on him behind his back. He asks the lord to have mercy on those that stab him in the back and reminds us that he’s accomplished a lot even in these circumstances. It’s a very dark and soulful track. “Lord have mercy yo I payed for these sins, lord forgive them, they don’t want me to win, they plottin’ on me, but they say that we friends, yeah the truth unfold, they wasn’t down till the end.”

“Real Talk” - (Feat. Ladi Diamondz), has another banger of a dark soul beat and that’s when I started to realize that this album is something special. Juux is dropping some of the best brag raps on the entire LP, and Ladi Diamondz drops a very dope singing hook, reminiscent of something on the Liquid Swords LP. It almost feels like a party joint, but it is also heavy as hell in its presentation. Another monster of a track. “Ya’ll bing with Master Splinter, so ya all hang with rats”.

“Can’t Stop Us” - (Feat. Ladi Diamondz), is a piano driven dark banger. It features Ladi Diamondz running double duty singing the hook and droppin’ the second verse. She’s fire on both parts and really tears apart this track.”don’t give a damn about you hoes or how you all dress”. “Walkin’ On The Moon” - (feat. Jake Palumbo) brings the asian influence to the bangers party and it’s an incredible beat. “Like Mike Jack we moonwalk on em”, I have to say the hooks on this album are all top notch and catchy. That’s a rarity for underground gritty albums and it’s a massive stand out for this project.

“We Da Gang” - (feat. Ledger, Hazemomical, King Harv, and Maph (B.B.G.), Is a dope posse cut that isn’t just battle raps and each MC trying to outdo each other. All five MC’s tell stories of what life was like and how dark things got, and also how they overcame these struggles and pain. It’s the lyrical highlight of the LP for sure. Each MC is in the zone. The beat is the most soulful on the LP and the lyrics fill the space perfectly. The hook is another stand out on the album and this is a must listen song for this project. It’s a six minute long epic.

“First Things First”, opens up with a guitar driven boom bap beat and it’s dope as hell. Juux switches subjects and tells stories of how hip-hop and all its artists affected his life and everybody else’s through time and it’s a super dope reflective song. “Tunnel Visionz”, has Juux talking about the trials and tribulations he’s faced and where he is at now feeling like he’s in the stars and reaching higher. The beat is another banger and uplifting at the same time. Juux reminds the haters that he’s on another level, and they can’t reach him anymore, and he’s stayed true to himself this whole time.

“Hold It Down” - (feat. M.A.P.H.), is another reflective soulful track, where Juxx, is talking about holding it down no matter what throughout his life he’s going to be rock solid. He and M.A.P.H. talk about their brotherhood and they’ll win no matter what the situations are surrounding them. The hook is a beautiful sample of a singer saying she’s going to hold it down and it’s amazing.

The final song “Something In the Wind - (feat. Haze Hustle)”, is a great way to end the album. From the introduction it states that Haze ain’t with us anymore and it makes his verse haunting to listen to, it’s a sharp verse. Juux then drops his verse honoring the lost friends and soldiers that are no longer here. It’s a verse filled with brag raps, shout outs to the lost ones, and it’s amazing. What a way to go out for this project. It just stops and I can’t wait to hit play again.

This is Juux Diamondz at his most versatile, the album flows so smoothly from tough slap you in the face bars, to deeply reflective storytelling that at first listen it’s almost hard to notice the transition in the middle of the album. The production is universally excellent and diverse through the entire project. My hats off to Murda Megs, DJ Disaster, Snowgoons, Saulyo and Juux himself, for putting together such a cohesive and diverse album from straight up bangers to soulful without any sore spots to point out. Lyrically this is Juux at his best and this is a superior album that all hip-hop heads need in their collection.

Beats - 4.5

Rhymes - 4.5

Life 4.5

Check out my bandcamp and follow!!!

2024-08-20T09:33:00.001-07:00

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Still Here - Brand New Video for my song!!!

2024-08-17T14:49:00.005-07:00

Brand New Album!!!!

2024-07-08T10:07:00.005-07:00

Indian Summer

From Mental To Reality

2024-02-12T10:18:00.003-08:00

https://carvingshedstudios.bandcamp.com/album/from-mental-to-reality

I'm very proud of this project. Sometimes things come from sheer inspiration, no planning necessary. This one came about just from sitting down to make the music I wanted to hear.

From Mental To Reality

2024-02-03T12:39:00.006-08:00

https://carvingshedstudios.bandcamp.com/album/from-mental-to-reality

Here is a brand new instrumental album! There is some west coast production, boom bap, futuristic, and pop beats on here that I just had fun making. I was working beats for sale over the last couple of months, but they sounded really great together so I made this beat tape for everyone to enjoy! Let me know what you all think!!

Shout out to Lilr Ragaey for hooking me up with another dope album cover and drawing whatever crazy ideas I have.

Check out my music, if you haven't already.

2024-01-16T11:42:00.003-08:00

https://soundcloud.com/carvingshedstudios

2023-11-24T13:46:00.003-08:00

Link Tree!!!

Beats for Sale!

2023-11-24T11:08:00.001-08:00

https://buybeats.com/BigTyBeatDowns

Beats for sale on new platform!

2023-11-11T10:04:00.004-08:00

https://buybeats.com/BigTyBeatDowns

Rockin' Steady - Instrumental!

2023-11-08T09:28:00.003-08:00

Rockin' Steady

Great write up of our Hydra Gwaii LP!

2023-08-07T10:52:00.006-07:00

Hydra Gwaii download!

Shout out to Rudy Barro and Laura Michelle for the great write up about Hydra Gwaii.

Here is an excerpt!

“Out of all of the underground music I encounter, I have yet to come across a collaborative project as intricately prepped and planned such as. “The Elements of Fire”. Hail Hydra Gwaii, the insanely talented trio that brought us this album.”

Hydra Gwaii Review!

My Completely revamped and remastered album Persevere!

2023-08-02T11:11:00.006-07:00

https://carvingshedstudios.bandcamp.com/album/persevere-remastered

This album (Persevere) has been a year and a half in the making. I quite literally had to persevere to complete it. The concept of Persevere is exactly that, to overcome all obstacles and keep thriving no matter what the challenges may be. This is the story I wanted to share this time around to inspire all of those who struggle with the hardships of life. I also wanted to make this project totally solo, with just my vocals and production, as well as, the mixing and mastering, and the album art. The previous version of this LP was mixed and mastered by Ezza of Choom Gang, but I wanted to do the entire project myself and it has been sitting with me for a year eating at me to actually do the mixing and mastering myself. So I did just that on this new version of the LP. Enjoy!

I also haven't made a song since 2012 and had planned on never making a rap song ever again. That changed, however, when I met and started working with Ase Mor The Corner Store Rapper. He shared his crew's music with me and specifically an MC named ES, and his album We Are Only Getting Older. His beliefs and talent inspired me to continue to make music no matter how old I get, that really got me inspired to get back on the microphone. I have another release that arrived earlier this year with my group Hydra Gwaii (Pot C and DJ Hotwings/Cheese), called The Elements Of Fire, and you can find that killer release @ https://blocsonic.com/releases/hydra-gwaii/the-elements-of-fire.

Another aspect for this album was to tell my journey to becoming a stronger, healthier person. I wanted to translate some of the actual things that I did in order to truly love and care for myself. Also I wanted to make an album that was more positive without being corny, which was a challenge because I didn't know how. Many of the projects I made before were homages to artists that I loved/love and listened to, so with this one I had to find my own voice. I started with my journey into my darkness with the song Exactly What We Need (I re-recorded the entire track recently) and went from there to tell a full story from the successes and failures I had experienced throughout this journey that I started fourteen years ago.

At times during the pandemic I found it hard to be positive in any circumstance, so the music was created slowly, and written when inspiration hit, I didn't force anything to happen. I had other songs that didn't make the cut, and other beats that I wanted to use, but these twelve tracks here I feel encompass the message I wanted to convey. I wanted to be lyrical, I wanted to say something that had meaning, and I wanted people to feel like they could dance along with me on my journey. It was important to me that the sequence of the album could flow from start to finish, then go right back to the beginning for repeated listens, without being jarring. So I have to say that I have never put so much time into a project before and I believe it shows throughout its duration in quality, strength, and replay-ability. Putting my story into an album was a great experience and I hope you all enjoy thoroughly and feel the message I am conveying.

Musically, the album is inspired by Dr. Dre, Parliament, Snoop Dogg, DJ Battle Cat, Daz Dillinger, E-40, E-A-Ski, and all the west coast artists that came up in California. I've always wanted to make an LP with G-Funk type beats. I wanted it to be as funky and groovy as possible. With my own personal flair and touch. I created dozens of beats and used some older beats I created in the past and chose what I thought was the best of my productions. I also wanted beats that worked well together in the sequence of the album, and I believe this is some of the best work I have ever done. I would say this album is my personal best project that I have done. It was created with topics that are close to my heart and left me feeling vulnerable, but I am looking forward to sharing it with all of you.

I look forward to your responses and thank you all for your time, the purchase, and listening.

Aight Peace!

2023-07-28T11:05:00.009-07:00

William "Tycoon" Russ - Spotify

I've been getting a lot of listens lately, Thank you!

Persevere (Remastered)

2023-05-12T10:23:00.006-07:00

This album took me a year and a half to make. It was tough because I wanted to do something that was positive and told a bit of my story. Some of things I did to improve my life. There are plenty of songs about self-empowerment, growth, failing to achieve those goals, and then picking myself back up to keep it moving. It was the hardest project to make because it was personal, and also, strayed away from the mostly negative elements that come along with many forms of hip-Hop. It was also very hard to mix and master this project. It took many different versions to get to a point of where I felt like it was finished. I'll probably keep trying to improve it over the years. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time out to listen to it over the last couple of years. Here is another remastered and remixed version of the project that sounds much better than previous versions.

Persevere (Remastered)

Yeah Well! Brand New West Coast Instrumental!

2023-04-10T12:43:00.002-07:00

https://on.soundcloud.com/njish

On The Shoulders of Giants - New Instrumental LP!

2023-01-03T12:19:00.001-08:00

On The Shoulders of Giants

Blue Steel - Brand New Futuristic West Coast Beat!

2022-11-03T13:14:00.002-07:00

How are you all doing? Just wanted to let you all know that I have a new musical number up on some of my other platforms. Let me know how you all like it!

Blue Steel - YouTube

Blue Steel - Reverbnation

Blue Steel - SoundCloud

Persevere My Newly Remixed and Remastered Album!

2022-10-15T22:58:00.013-07:00

Persevere (Remixed & Remastered)

Persevere (Remixed & Remastered)

I also haven't made a song since 2012 and had planned on never making a rap song ever again. That changed, however, when I met and started working with Ase Mor The Corner Store Rapper. He shared his crew's music with me and specifically an MC named ES, and his album We Are Only Getting Older. His beliefs and talent inspired me to continue to make music no matter how old I get, that really got me inspired to get back on the microphone. I have another release that arrived earlier this year with my group Hydra Gwaii (Pot C and DJ Hotwings/Cheese), called The Elements Of Fire, and you can find that killer release @ blocsonic.com/releases/hydra-gwaii/the-elements-of-fire.

Musically, the album is inspired by Dr. Dre, Parliament, Snoop Dogg, DJ Battle Cat, Daz Dillinger, E-40, and all the west coast artists that came up in California. I've always wanted to make an LP with G-Funk type beats. I wanted it to be as funky and groovy as possible. With my own personal flair and touch. I created dozens of beats and used some older beats I created in the past and chose what I thought was the best of my productions. I also wanted beats that worked well together in the sequence of the album, and I believe this is some of the best work I have ever done. I would say this album is my personal best project that I have done. It was created with topics that are close to my heart and left me feeling vulnerable, but I am looking forward to sharing it with all of you.

I look forward to your responses and thank you all for your time, the purchase, and listening.

Aight Peace!

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released October 11, 2022

All songs Written and Produced by William "Tycoon" Russ

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New Instrumental LP "From Whence It Came"!

2020-09-19T16:16:00.000-07:00

From Whence It Came - Spotify

From Whence It Came - Band Camp

From Whence It Came - Reverb Nation Direct Sale

Brand New Instrumental Album Now Available on my bandcamp!

2020-08-07T10:08:00.003-07:00

https://bigtybeatdowns.bandcamp.com/album/beat-challenges

The Hip-Hop Curator Ep.9

2020-06-08T23:28:00.001-07:00

The Hip-Hop Curator Episode-9

New Single "Keep It True"

2020-05-22T23:24:00.001-07:00

New Single out Now! “Keep It True”

Keep It True - YouTube

Keep It True - SoundCloud

Have you heard this yet? "Keep It True" by yours truly 🙌 - Keep It True - ReverbNation