By JC Poppe Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published May 03, 2011 at 10:42 AM

One of the few Wisconsin artists that happens to continually find his stature climb is rapper/producer Klassik.

Klassik, in my opinion, is one of those rare talents that can compose music that feels like a breath of fresh air, even if it doesn't exactly hit every groove you'd like on every single occasion.

You can tell that Klassik is pushing himself and the boundaries of his music, and there are many people around him that benefit from that. Artists like Frankie Flowers, iOye!, Blizz McFly, Rtystic, and Direc are some of the people that have been well complemented by work from Klassik.

If he'll do it, Klassik is a guy that any quality rapper or singer should try to work with in whatever capacity he makes himself available – rapper or producer.

Recently, he released a music video for the song "We Up/Everybody Down" that features Blizz McFly, a SAFS Crew member that I'm getting to know better musically myself. The video is put together very nicely and was directed by TBZ.

JC Poppe Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.

As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.

Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.