All of it helped me paint the concept I was trying to get across. I tried to do it all through the elements of being a young person in an urban city. Who are you when no one else is looking? Are you the same person that you show to your friends and family? The same person on the bus headed to work? "Open 24 Hours" is my painting the effort towards being a "real" person. The album title is interesting and I’m kind of wondering what the meaning is behind Open 24 Hours? Then, finish it off with raps to create the classic Hip Hop energy we all love. Then add heavy drums to get people's hips moving. You can utilize beautiful melodies to create a mood. Luckily, Hip Hop is the perfect genre for this. That's what I try to portray in my songs. So that sound is something I'm trying to accomplish with everything I do in music. So the "sunshine and easy living vibes" with "a lot of grit" is a result of my surroundings. It's a blend of so many cultures and people. This city has the brokest of the broke to the richest of the rich.
It has a lot of sunshine and easy living vibes, but there is also a lot of grit? Was that something you were trying to accomplish with this album?
The one thing I notice about this album when I listen to it is that it captures the California vibe. So it's important to not rest on the success of one project. People's attention span doesn't last long nowadays. Cause now that there's attention towards me, I can't be stagnant anymore. My involvement with The Hundreds has boosted my fan base. Plus, "street wear" cultures thrives off Hip Hop music. These fans of The Hundreds, trust in what The Hundreds put out as being dope. So, being that they are arguably the biggest "street wear" company out right now, it put my music in front of a lot of people. I've never had much appeal in the so-called "street wear" demographic. In regards to what its done for my success. He pretty much explained that he would be fully supportive of what I was trying to do with music. A few days later, Bobby hit me back completely ecstatic about what I'd been doing. That night I sent them what I had been working on as well as footage from live shows and what not. A conversation began came up that I make rap music. I met the owners Ben and Bobby Hundreds a few months into being at the SF shop. and now they're putting out my debut solo album. I barely knew anything of The Hundreds until a year ago. Cause I kinda got the job itself at random through a friend. My Clark Kent is at The Hundreds store in SF. How did you hook up with The Hundreds to release the album? With The Hundreds being one of the top urban lines out right now has their involvement helped the album be a big success? Your new album Open 24 Hours was released by The Hundreds. I think it's important for listeners and people to understand, that most great works of art, are the result of several people's helping hands. I ain't able to pay these folks so their work means a lot. Luckily, I do have a team of homies that ride for me. I've always been big on the DIY (Do It Yourself) method of work. But I feel that the reward is more fulfilling.
The metaphor I always use to describe the hustle is that now I'm "spinning plates". Whereas before, the workload was divvied up between four members, now it’s all in my hands. Now that I've gone solo, its forced me to work ten times harder. I was a solo artist before the crew had even started. We toured the country crammed in a van playing gigs for free! Being in that crew taught me the art of paying dues as a musician.ĭuring that time, I was always working on solo music. Before I was old enough to be at bars, we were performing at them for sold out crowds. Before I was even legally able to buy cigarettes we were performing in front of a huge audience. And what we had done together from the age of 15 until now (22) was huge. It's the result of all members agreeing that what we were doing was at its end. Is that group officially over? If so what made you decide to pursue the solo route and how has stepping out on your own as a solo artists been so far?Īs of right now, The Instant Messengers are not working on any music or doing shows together. You just released your first solo album, before that you were a member of the Instant Messengers.
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