LYRICISS INTERVIEW :: DONT SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE

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For: You have the Voice of the Metro mixtape coming out soon if i’m not mistaken? Hows that coming?

Lyriciss: It’s good, but it’s coming along pretty slowly. I apologize to my fans on that one, but you know, you won’t be disappointed with the final product. I got some real good music on there. It will definitely surpass what I was doing with “The Hope”.

For: How was the feedback on “The Hope”?

Lyriciss: Beautiful, man. A lot of love. More than I even expected, because I’m not even a fan on that tape, in all honesty. That tape was moreso a mashup of songs that I made over a 2-year span and I just threw it together, got some drops from some people I’m cool with, and I called it a tape. It wasn’t as cohesive as I’d want it to be. Even with that being the case though, the people loved it.

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ILL VIBES :: MARKY INTERVIEW

IV:

Marky! Whats good?! Thanks for sitting down for an interview. Let's let the people know what you're about. So for the people that don't know you, who is Marky? Describe a day in the life.

Marky:

Marky isn't your typical 19 year old from Washington, DC. I am a leader in my own right, an overall artist, a believer, a future for music, a future for hiphop. A day in the life with me is just chilled and interesting. I get up, and usually wait for inspiration to hit me out of nowhere or I go in search of. Then from there its the studio and brilliance is performed. I like to be alone while recording because I don't like too many chef's in my kitchen, especially now-n-days since everyone are music "do-ers". lol.

IV:

Definitely, making music has to be a personal experience. So, What are some of your earliest memories of hip hop like some of the first tracks you ever heard or when you fell in love with it and found out this is what you wanted to do.

Marky:

Some of my earliest moments of hiphop was radio and fashion. I didnt care about what the person looked like or whatnot. I was more intune to the music. My aunts were into fashion and the culture of hiphop so I knew pretty much what was "Hot" thanx to them. Growing in a young family stared me off. I fell in LoVe with hiphop once I met a real "rapper". He was actually my aunts boyfriend/lil'cousins father so I felt like I had close ties with him. His name is Peanut (Nutta Butter) - he was in Queen Pen's (A Party Aint A Party). Check him out lol. This is what I triggered it in my mind.

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THE NIGHT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING, EVEN THOUGH I MISSED CONSEQUENCES' PERFORMANCE [SMH]! BUT I SAW CLIPSE AND THEY WERE AMAZING. I STARTED TO REALIZE AGAIN HOW MUCH OF A FAN I WAS OF THEIR MUSIC. [LORD WILLIN] IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CD'S, SO WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH TRACKS FROM THAT LP I WAS JUST BOPPING MY HEAD, AND SAYIN "WOOO" OR "DAMNN" ON EVERY COUPLE OF BARS. THEIR PERFORMANCE WAS PRETTY GREAT.

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BUT FIRST WALE PERFORMED, SO THIS IS HOW IT WENT. SO BASICALLY I GET THERE SAY WHUDAP TO EVERYONE, THEN WE GO IN THE BALLROOM AND UCB IS WARMING UP IN A REAL MELLOW SMOOTH POCKET. SO WALE THEN GETS ON STAGE AND THE SHOW BEGINS WITH "1 THING ABOUT A PLAYA [REMIX]" FT. SOUTHEAST SLIM. HE PERFORMS HITS LIKE "BACK IN THE GO-GO" FT PUSHA T [CLIPSE] AND "W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E.", WHILE UCB PERFORMED THEIR OWN HITS LIKE "SEXY LADY" AND "HER LOVE". PERSONALLY THE SECOND BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT WAS "ARTISTIC INTEGRITY" BEING THAT UCB REALLY BROUGHT THE SONG TO LIFE.

THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT WAS "NIKE BOOTS"! EVEN THOUGH I HERD IT LIVE AT THE NIKE CONCERT WAYYY BACK WHEN WALE HAD A SHOW WITH WAYNE, IT HAD A LITTLE TWIST ON IT THIS TIME. WALE MADE A BIG MOVE BY BRINGING YOUNG CHRIS ON STAGE TO DO "NO BETTER LOVE" WITH UCB AND THEN ADD HIS OWN TWIST ON NIKE BOOTS. IT WAS GREAT AS WALE, YOUNG CHRIS, AND UCB'S RAPPER SPIT ON THE LIVE NIKE BOOTS PERFORMANCE. EASILY I REALIZED THAT YOUNG CHRIS HAS THE UPCOMING SWAGGER OF JAY-Z. WALE ENDED THE NIGHT WITH THE CLASSIC "DIG DUG" [THE MOST REQUESTED RECORD ON THE RADIO IN DMV HISTORY]. BEING THAT IVE BEEN TO A BUNCH OF WALE SHOWS, OVERALL TO ME, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THIS WAS HIS BEST PERFORMANCE THAT IVE SEEN THUS FAR.

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