Premiere: William J. Sullivan Recruits doseone for Latest Just Call Me Bill Single “Victim’s Victim”
William J. Sullivan & doseone (photographers unknown, SOURCE: William J. Sullivan / Adam Drucker)
After years of working on hits and album stand-outs for a plethora of popular artists including K*nye W*st/ye, Kids See Ghosts, Selena Gomez, Kid Cudi, PUSHA-T, Ty Dolla $ign, Paris Texas, ROSALÍA, Dave East, ScHoolboy Q, and Philly’s own Zilla Rocca, producer, mixer, and writer William “Bill” J. Sullivan is finally ready to focus on his own music once more. Sullivan previously released music with and/or as part of Indelible, Upon Creation, Architects of A Broken Design, Priesticide, Memo, and three instrumental EP’s, Transition, Other People, They Always Think There's More Time, credited to his own name between 2018-19. Sullivan has primarily released music on his own Wreckin’ Joint Productions AKA W.J.P. or WRKN JNT PROD and the bulk of his solo/group-involved work is available to stream on the label’s own Bandcamp page(s). Sullivan—a Philly native, now living and working in Los Angeles—has been quietly prepping his latest solo project, fittingly titled, Just Call Me Bill, for the past few years and has organically transitioned it from and EP to a full-length album chockfull of features from friends, long-time collaborators, and artists he’s grown up idolizing.
Following singles boasting contributions from Rob Sonic (Hail Mary Mallon, Sonic Sum,) Zilla Rocca, and Luci, Sullivan has returned with the roll-out for the album’s fourth single, “Victim's Victim,” this time, with gruff, grizzly-voiced emcee, producer, and artist doseone in tow. “I made the beat/instrumental for “Victim’s [Victim]” about five or six years ago. I had just gotten a bunch of Michael Rucci Electronics’ synths for Christmas and was experimenting with syncing them to my MPC Live. I ended up making this simple, but brutal beat. I’m glad it’s so sparse, in hindsight, as [doseone] really went off on this one. I knew he was going to bring it, but I didn’t expect all of that!” Sullivan shared about the beat-making process and working with doseone. “Having someone like him on the project blew me away. I spent a lot of time in high school, college, and beyond listening to anticon. projects and was a huge Subtle fan. Having him on this just adds to how special this project is and things coming full-circle for me,” Sullivan continued. Lest we forget, doseone was most recently featured right here amongst these storied pages of The Witzard for a staggering double-header interview/track-by-track breakdown for his contributions to the Wood Teeth EP with newfound collaborator Height Keech.
“When the good Dr. [William J.] Sullivan sent me this beat, I opened it and was beside myself with what a face-melter it was! Beats like these, force the PEN in all the right ways; before I knew it, the rap had [written] itself. I, also, knew right away, I’d [probably] end up summoning the screechy side of my voice to mingle better with the distortion and high-end crunch of all things this beat! Lyrically, I just channeled the oligarch-obsessed hot mess of all things AmeriKKKa and late-stage Capitalism ‘cause it’s the most important nail to drive into the dark times 😊,” doseone shared of his contributions to “Victim’s Victim.” Sullivan assures us that, as with the previous three singles, “Victim’s Victim”’s accompanying music video will premiere on YouTube within one week of the digital single’s release, so that puts us at next Friday, August 29, 2025. Wreckin’ Joint Productions will continue to “Make Noise” through the end of the year, steadily releasing singles/music videos at this same pace. William J. Sullivan’s Just Call Me Bill will see a January 2026 release on Wreckin’ Joint Recordings. However, while you wait, you can easily stream “Tiger Stripes” featuring Rob Sonic, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” featuring Zilla Rocca, “Hit Yo’ Phone” featuring Luci, and now “Victim’s Victim” featuring doseone on your streaming service of choice. Judging by what’s been released thus far, Just Call Me Bill is truly going to be one brooding bruiser of an album!
