Interview by ABC Radio
Describe your music.
My music is like a lion cub - nice and harmless at first, then it grows, without you even knowing, to be the king of the jungle with a taste in its mouth to tear shit up and take over! Or you could just say bouncy up-tempo hip hop with an Australian mentality and an accent to match, with tight raps filled with Mr. Drapht's special herbs and spices and production, ranging from phat and funky to dark and dirty!
Who or what inspired the Ausmusic Month featured track, 'The Music'?
My Next Crop feature track, 'The Music' is about exactly that. I wrote about my music and how much it's taken control of my life and what it does for me. Also, it looks at the music industry through my eyes and with views on some of the shit that's coming out at the moment! It came about from getting a beat off Fdel and the horns in it had a really up-lifting positive vibe about it and that was the most positive thing I could think of coming out of life at that time. I wrote the track and then myself and Dazastah put it all together.
What's the biggest challenge facing your band at this point in time?
Money, money and more money. I'm not saying money to be rich and for us to live off, just a little bit of help so that we can do it properly and hire out a flash studio that we can record in with an experienced engineer, instead of recording all out tracks in our D-grade bedroom set ups! We have problems being without management and trying to do it all off our own backs whilst getting the shows we want and getting interstate from Perth with the airfares being so pricey.
Are there any Australian albums you've listened to recently which you would recommend to fans of your music?
+ Downsyde 'When the Dust Settles'
+ Pegz 'Axis'
+ Hilltop Hoods 'The Calling,' but that's a must have! If you don't have it by now and you're an oz hip hop fan you need to take a long look at your self in the mirror. A long look buddy!
What's your dream gig? Where would you perform and who's in the audience?
My dream goes a little like this. A hot night on the beach with me and these two girls one of them is feeding me strawberries and cream while the other one is...oh nah, wait! That's another dream. My dream gig is a massive party in front of a home crowd in Perth playing for all die hard hip hop heads. 80 percent females of course, with 1960 Beatles fever going crazy and the other 20 percent are my family and friends. AND THE BAR'S ON ME PEOPLE!!
What's your sure fire cure for writer's block?
Alcohol seems to do a pretty good job! It will get yah writing again but I can't guarantee you'll like what you wrote the next day.
The studio or the stage - where's your comfort zone?
The stage. I feel comfortable but its more out of control, anything can happen. In the studio it's a lot more relaxing, it could just be that my studio is also my bedroom, but yeah...my studio is my comfort zone. Just having that space to try what I like and experiment with new ideas without someone looking over my shoulder and pressuring me at any time.
Does you have a support person or mentor that you can't imagine doing without?
SBX are my support crew. I wouldn't have even thought about doing this if I didn't meet people like Optamus, Dazastah, Hunter and Layla. I've learnt a lot from everything they have gone through with their live shows and their recordings. It's just made it that much easier for me to catch on. Each and every person in the crew has helped me out in one way or another in my life musically and personally. Talented fucken' people! |
