Eventually fellow artists and friends of Williams such as Tyler Major, Andre McCloud, and Floyd Mables had joined the group, renaming themselves “The Bandits” and releasing a mixtape entitled “The Goodwill Tape” in 2009.
Williams’ mother had always been supportive of his musical endeavors, letting him and the rest of NRK work in their house’s basement as a rudimentary recording studio.
[5] Before “The Goodwill Tape” was released In 2009, Williams reached out to Odd Future artist Matt Martians on the social media then known as Twitter, requesting that he help mix and master the songs on the project.
That year, not only did he release what was considered his first solo project, Eloise, but also continued experimenting with numerous musical styles with Matt Martians as “The Jet Age of Tomorrow” (then “The Super 3”), becoming an Odd Future sub-group.
Voyager being a mostly instrumental project featuring the song titled “The Knight Hawk” which was later sampled by Kendrick Lamar on the song “A.D.H.D”,[8] and the latter being a larger scale project with guest appearances from additional Odd Future members and affiliates such as Hodgy, Tyler, The Creator, Mike G, Casey Veggies, Vince Staples, and Kilo Kish, alongside NRK members such as Jay Cue and Tyler Major.
[10] Both albums had distinctly excluded the wider leaning towards shock value Odd Future fans had come to expect from the other members, instead opting for a greater emphasis on atmospheric melodies and electronic approaches to acid jazz.
Yet by the release of the band's initial debut Purple Naked Ladies, with both Williams and Left Brain featuring on the tracks “Gurl” and “Cocaine” respectively, the project developed solely into a duo effort between Martians and Syd themselves.
The group was featured alongside additional NRK member Jay Cue, Matt Martians, and Vince Staples on an 18 minute EP by Williams, consisting of a single track, titled “Elenor”.
[19] The project would fully culminate in a mixtape with longtime collaborator Caleb Stone entitled “-___-”, alternatively verbally titled “Smuggins”, which they released tumblr for free.
The mixtape was described featuring the blends of hip hop with neo-Soul synth funk NRK and Jet age of Tomorrow fans had come to expect, with a noted emphasis on how no samples were utilized during its production.
As the Jet Age of Tomorrow began to achieve momentum in the underground Hip Hop community, Williams would move from Georgia to Los Angeles to live with Matt Martians to work closer on musical projects as well as attend label meetings.
This frustrated Williams, as when he returned, he had felt like most Odd Future acts had already been signed and built their careers, while he was left behind, unable to secure similar success.
The project featured more Odd Future members and collaborators such as Earl Sweatshirt, Mac Miller, Casey Veggies, Mike G Hodgy, Vince Staples, Domo Genesis, and Kilo Kish.
The album was also promoted by Williams himself in 2013, with an EP titled “Big Ralph’s Midnight Pink River Weather Grey” to generate interest in his then forthcoming studio release.
While the album received admiration and praise within the underground hip-hop scene, Williams was still unable to maintain the means to leave his job as a forklift operator between touring and performing with his label.
The entire project is about getting older, and yellowing as plastic does and pictures do when they age.” The album featured the track “Wings” which was dedicated to William’s then newly born son, Ivan.
Featuring production on the song “Failsafe”, by Matt Martians as the Jet Age of Tomorrow, beckoning one of the first instances of their professional relationship reuniting since William’s period with Stone’s Throw.
[31] The album was released on April 5, 2019 via Bad Taste records to generally positive reviews by critics and fans alike, and spawned various music videos for the songs “Ketchup” and “Targets & Digits”.
The single “Shallow Grave” received a significant amount of traction from a mainstream audience, earning millions of streams on platforms such as Spotify, and being featured on the soundtrack to the American drama film The Fallout directed by Megan Park.
The album served as a primarily jazz rap focused work, differing from William’s more self proclaimed “alternative dance [music], just from a more hip-hop perspective”.
This alias would remain largely secondary to the "VRITRA" pseudonym fans were acutely familiar with, until February 2024, with the release of the Extended Play single "NOTHING MATTERS".
Released under Bad Taste records, the 9 track project featured production from Williams himself, Deleano Gipson, ELWD, Wilma Archer, and Big Flowers.
Around late 2019, Williams began creating a design firm specializing in product, visual conceptualization, fashion and textiles known as WDYSWYEC (What Do You See When Your Eyes Close).