Monday 27 February 2017
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Wednesday 15 February 2017
DEATH STAR SPEAKS ABOUT D.R.T, FORBIDDEN POETRY AND DARKSTARZ RECORDZ.
Death Star:PEACE BRO!, I’m from the West Rand of Johannesburg, born and
raised (sort of) in Roodepoort and surrounding areas all my life, attended
school by Allen Glen High School, haha, i love my neighbourhood
Baamogetswe: When we first met, you performed at 1808 sessions and you
were part of a group called Forbidden Poetry, what happened to that group, are
you guys still rocking together?
Death Star: You know i still have those messages in my inbox organizing
the gig, back then we were still fresh in live performance, i don’t remember us
giving a good show that day, always wanted to redeem myself, i always wanted to
redeem myself. Yeah Forbidden Poetry, I’m not really sure where we stand, i had
such big plans for us, Authority & I both had a huge part to play in the
groups separation, it isn't the first time we have split over the years as the
crew was formed about 10 years ago already, i keep trying to get the group back
together but just feel that he may not be as serious about this hip hop shit as
what i am. I have nothing but love for my dude Authority and just hope that he
can make that commitment as i still believe in this group, plus fans need a
follow up project from us!
Baamogetswe: You’r one of a few cats that i know that Got that Horror
core, Grimey sound, can you tell us a little bit about what inspired that sound
Death Star: Well at first, I’m not sure, i was a massive Jedi Mind fan
back then when i first started recording, that rubbed off on me, my delivery
was a lot slower back then too and it used to rape my throat lol, I've
definitely improved on that over the years, consider myself versatile on my
delivery now, but i miss those young and early days, i killed it on a track
called “Dimensions of the demented” , I’ve tried to redo something similar but
to no avail, must have been all the weed
Baamogetswe: You’ve known me as a Junkie for Audio Gems, was able to get
my hands on your discography from the “Forbidden poetry EP” right till the “Fuck
The Industry” Tape, what inspired the title for that Project? Bad encounters
with the South African Music Industry?
Death Star: That’s lots of music fam, i hope you enjoyed the music!, as
an artist in the underground/independent scene, working with people is fucking
stupid, you either get half assed verses or they don’t have separates to get
the track mastered and your left with a raw demo of a track, i felt that lots
of people were missing out on some really fresh verses and tracks so i decided
to release them so that cats have them, my goal is to have more music out than
Youngsta one day, and i plan on making that true, i just need to get out this
9-5 first, F.T.I was almost me saying "I’m done with this shit" .... Again
Baamogetswe: Don’t know if the fans are aware but your also a battle Mc
with appearances in the “Art of War” rap battles as well as “Scrambles for Money
battle League”, you still doing battles or is your main focus on music and
stage performances?
Death Star: That was a horrible time, i had a Canibus choke type battle,
my first battle, and that set the tone, i never won although heads will argue
with the fact that i beat Fus and Authority, and close with Jeffrey Dahmer, my
battles were all freestyles, i don’t believe in this written shit, its wack or
maybe I’m just bad at it, but i cant get behind it, i want freestyle battles, i
want skills. I have grown to be a performing artist, im in love with Hip Hop,
but i have beautiful music coming out not just hardcore shit for all types of
heads, i want this shit to live forever!!!
Baamogetswe: Rumour has it that your 2015/2016 Project "The
Schizophrenia EP" was released under and international record Label, can
you tell us a lil about that.
Death Star: I released Sex With Zombies in 2013 the year i signed with
Darkstarz, i released Schizophrenia the year after, if it wasn’t for those
guys, i wouldn’t have the little reach outside of RSA, I’m forever grateful to
Gee Dark for everything and i am still part of the team, i just ask them if i could release “Beautiful Me”
independently, that’s the kind of relationship we have, it’s really good and
understanding and i was on the labels 2015 album "Hells Wrath" i plan
on working a lot more with the DSR team in 2017
Baamogetswe: So, you doing quite a few projects with Anti-B and Demon
(DEAD RIGHT THERE) who put that together, can you shed light on your
affiliation with those cats and what can we expect from you guys as a
collective in 2017?
Death Star: Yeah, DRT is myself, Perfecto, Anti-B, Toxic-Flow, DEMON
& Tshepo Mavimbela, the group originally formed with a few different
members in 2012 and we released Ancient Torture Methods, with 7 of us, i
produced that track when i could still make beats, myself and Anti came up with
the idea, but the team put it together, we went dead after the fallout of
Forbidden Poetry as Authority was originally in the crew, with Chron Burgundy
and Marcus Corvine too, you can expect
an album and mad collaborations between
all of us, i have finally found the dudes i want to rap with for the rest of my
life, these are brothers to me (no pun intended), I’m hoping that we can drop a
mixtape too, but that i still want to bring up to the homies
Baamogetswe: The Concept of the Joint "Beautiful Me" is mad
nice, who’s on the production and who did the visuals for the video?
Death Star: The track is from my album Beautiful Me, the track is called
the deep dark depths of death with myself on the beat, Ron Donson on the post
production and The visual architects on video!, was one of my most valued
experiences in life, ill be working with these guys on another video soon!!!!,
Baamogetswe: Death Star is on the Line-Up form the Splash Jam Reunion
that will be held on the 25th of Febuary 2016, a lot of us are amped to see you
wrecking the stage again, anything special you got lined up for your
performance?
Death Star: You know, i was hoping to have gotten paid by that day haha,
yeah will be giving away albums on that day, spreading the word, i will be
performing some tracks from my forthcoming releases, I’m mad excited about
that, some real classic old school hip hop feel, this is a big thing for me as
Horrorcore has been a comfort zone for me and it’s time to spread my wings, i
am honoured to be part of Splash Jam and i cannot express my gratitude!
Baamogetswe: Besides the Splash Jam Reunion, where else can we catch you
on stage? Can you give us a rundown of where to catch you in 2017?
Death Star: Whoever wants to book me, the local industry is tainted with
disappointment, you can catch me on facebook though, i was thinking of performing
live once a month because shows don’t pay and this way i can reach a worldwide
audience instead of performing for 5/10 people who aren’t drunk or wasted,
depending on what time you are on, but we planning on getting "Jozi Get
Down" up & running again too!
Baamogetswe: Yo what can the fans look forward to in 2017, any new
albums, EPs dropping we should look out for?
Death Star: I have lots that I’m currently working on, hope i get to
finish them all: Sex with Zombies 2 (Prod. BorodaBeat), Counter Culture EP
(Prod. Sultan Mir), DRT album! Angels Deserve 2 Die EP with MC Saunt! One thing
at a time though haha!!!!
Baamogetswe: In one word fam, how would you describe your sound?
Facebook : www.facebook.com/deathstarforbiddenpoetry
Twitter : @deathstarMC
Instagram : @deathstarDSR
Soundcloud 1 : https://soundcloud.com/
Soundcloud 2 : https://soundcloud.com/trevor-
Cypher Circuit : http://www.cyphercircuit.com/
Monday 13 February 2017
Friday 10 February 2017
Monday 6 February 2017
DANIEL SON SPEAKS ABOUT DIVIZION RIVALS, CRATE DIVIZION AND WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2017.
Baamogetswe: Peace fam, I've been meaning to do an
interview with you for a minute now, for the purpose of the followers can you
tell us a bit about yourself, where you’re from and where you grew up.
Daniel Son: What’s poppin my dude I’m a Jazz Vocalist from Brampton,
Ontario, Canada just outside of Toronto I make music with the good people at
Crate Divizion.
Baamogetswe: I always seem to ask this question in
my interviews, but can you tell us what it is you heard or saw that made you
decide "Fuck it, i wanna be a rapper"?
Daniel Son: I used to write raps when i was 11-12 years old I'd go to my
cousins house and his dad had a studio in his basement and cassette tapes with
old Big L tracks on it that made me wanna be a rapper from a young kid.
Baamogetswe: Quite a few things i actually wanna
find like, The Gunners tape, was that your first project and if not when did
you drop your first tape and what was it called?
Daniel Son: My first tape with Crate Divizion is called Moonshine
Chemist that dropped in January 2015 then we dropped Parisian Connections in
March 2015 with PhybaOptikz and myself rapping and Vic Grimes and Giallo Point
on the production. The Gunners Tape fully produced by Giallo we dropped in
August 2016 then we followed that up with Divizion Rivals w/ Saipher Soze in
December 2016.
Baamogetswe: You've done a lot of work with Giallo
Point, Vic Grimes and Saipher Soze, can you tell us a bit about your
relationship with them, where do we get their material and is there anything
specific we need to look out for?
Daniel Son: Soze and I been making music since we were 13 years old we
have thousands of songs so this was just natural for us to make Divizion
Rivals. Vic Grimes, Giallo Point and PhybaOptikz make up the Crate Divizion
production team and I've been working with them for two years now.
Baamogetswe: Divizion Rivals is your Latest Project
with Saipher Soze, tell us a bit about the album, producers features etc..
Daniel Son: Divizion Rivals was basically in the making since me n Soze
were 13 years old. We recorded it through October and November of 2016 and we
dropped it December 26th. It has the full
CDVZ team on it Giallo Point handled the bulk of the production Vic had 3 tracks
on it and PO had 1 on it plus PO did the Artwork too. It features some of my
friends from my area including Skuddy Rankz who was on The Gunners Tape, Blizz
who's one of the best Reggae artists in Canada and my man Raspy who's one of
the bullies around here. We also got Smoovth from Long Island, New York which
was big to get him on there Im a big fan of Smoovth's work him and Giallo Point
have a dope tape dropping real soon that I got a feature on.
Baamogetswe: When you started rapping, did you ever
think your craft could ever touch people abroad? Did you ever think your fan
base would ever grow as far as South Africa??
Daniel Son: My moms side of the family is from Cape Town and
Johannesburg I got mad love for South Africa my Grampa was a Legendary Cricket
player for the South Africa Colored team before they moved to England then
eventually to Canada. It’s crazy that our product is circulating international
we have more buzz in Europe then we do in Canada so I embrace the international
love they know what time it is when it comes to good music.
Baamogetswe: What can we expect from Daniel Son in
2017? Where are you touring this year? Have you ever considered South
Africa?
Daniel Son: More releases, Soze and I gonna follow up Divizion Rivals with
another tape, me and PhybaOptikz dropping Parisian Connections 2 this year.
Smoovth and Giallo Point are dropping their tape Medellin I have a verse on
there that tape is guaranteed madness. We building up right now when the time
is right for a tour we'll put that situation together I would love to come to
South Africa and politic with you and my man Chron Burgundy. I got mad family
in SA that I've never met before so its gonna happen one day.
Baamogetswe: Who would you like to work with in
future, be it locally or internationally? Are there any cats you aspire to
collaborate with this year??
Daniel Son: I take pride in building with my own camp and the camps that
are home team to us like The Winners. My man Lil Eto from Rochester, New York
he was on The Gunners Tape we have more joints in the works. Recognize Ali is
one of my favorite MCs out right got some work. Theres a lot of local talent
out here that I shake hands with on the daily. I just aspire to keep building
with my team and those inside the circle.
Baamogetswe: Can you give us a quick rundown of
where to catch you rocking on stage for those in and around your area
Daniel Son: We got a couple shows coming up around our area which is
called the GTA - Greater Toronto Area. We gonna be doing shows in the US and
Internationally we building up right now for that they gonna see the
progression.
Baamogetswe: in one word, how would you describe
your sound?
Daniel Son: Provocative
Divizion Rivals - https://cratedivizion.
VIDEOS
Bueller, Ferris - https://www.youtube.com/
Test Drive - https://www.youtube.com/
TWITTER / INSTAGRAM - @DISSBBM
Thursday 2 February 2017
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