TRUE: Not too long ago, you dropped your mixtape “93” How did you come up with the concept to make a project like that? How did your fans respond to it?
KB: So first of all when I went into the project, I knew that I was going to dedicate it to my mother because she died in 1993. So, 2012 comes around and the record is released and everyone is saying how did this kid make this tape in 1993 but yet he is saying these things in his music that was created at that time? This is kind of a resemblance of my mind today and how I feel sometimes. My whole thought process goes over peoples heads a little bit. That is what the whole mixtape is really about.
TRUE: What are your favorite tracks from “93” and why?
KB: My favorite tracks would be “Pink Cookies”, “Survive the Rain”, and probably this song called “Loving H.E.R.” I like “Pink Cookies” because everybody can relate to the nightlife. Basically its about a female groupie in the nightlife. So the song is about this chick and how she may be in school, she may want some things, but at the end of the day she is still chasing the same shit. The ballers, or the ones that she that can get this and that for her. So, what I coincided with the pink cookies is that she is that pink cookie. She is in the plastic bag which is a reflection of her really not being able to live the way that she wants to. Basically restricting the oxygen, which is restricting her from her dreams and aspirations. Then, “Survive the Rain” that was really just me venting about my moms passing and my homeboys from back where I am from. Just trying to get past the rain and any circumstance that you have in life. I feel that with everything that I went through in my life that this song means so much to me. I am probably going to shoot that video in a couple of weeks. I think it is going to come out really dope. The last one, “Loving H.E.R.” is about hip hop. It is more of a poetic, jazzy feel type of song. At the same time, it may seem that I am talking about a girl, but I am actually talking about my love/hate relationship with hip hop.
TRUE: Give us the story on the most memorable studio session or situation that came up while creating that project
KB: To be honest, they were all pretty much the same. I recorded in my studio at my crib with my producer and with our chemistry it doesn’t matter what type of record that we are making. It really depends on the record and how deep I want to go with it. We could make a song like “93” which we actually made before we even started production for the “93” mixtape. The song “93” itself, took a month to finish. I was actually doing research on that era and that lifestyle in that era and that went intot he thought process of making that mixtape. That one song took a month itself. Some songs take a night, it just depends on the record.
TRUE: Last year, you performed at a benefit concert for the Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation which you are doing again this year, how was that performance last year and how do you plan to make this years performance even better?
KB: It was dope, they raised about $100,000 this year. I applauded my high school for doing that because cystic fibrosis is a disease that not everybody is aware of. They are making the awareness a lot bigger They are really trying to get the word out and I apprecaite that. And, their energy level is crazy too. They wanted to raise the money and have a good time (doing it) I went to that high school that did that event and I have always raised money with them all four years. I always said that eventually when I get to a point where I can perform, I want to do it. So, I reached out last year which was dope and this year they asked me again. I will always do that event and every year that they ask me I will happily do that event.
TRUE: You are now working on your next project which is set to release this summer, do you have a title for it yet? How will it differ from “93”?
KB: Oh yeah. Every project that I put out from now on is always going to be genius in my eyes. It’s like a storyboard of my upbringing. So, this will be season one and I will probably do like 3 other seasons.
TRUE: What do you enjoy the most, the creative process of making the music while in the studio or being on stage performing for fans? Why one over the other?
KB: Man, those are 2 beautiful situations. I think that first of all it starts off with the creations so nothing else is possible if I can’t create the way that I want to and actually be in my element and express myself. Above anything, the studio is my full fulfillment where I can just express myself. Performance wise? that is just the icing on the cake. I used to play basketball, so when I perform on the court, I used to treat it like it was my last game. When I perform on stage, I treat it like it is my last performance. Every single person that is watching, I am looking them in their eye so that they can feel everything that I am saying and understand why I am here and for them to fully grasp my message. If you don’t know an artist or heard their music before and you just so happen to catch their (wack) performance, you are not going to want to go check out their music and see what they are about, for what?
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TRUE: You're remake of "Tonight's the Night" had the feature from Redman and has received a lot of views on youtube, tell us why you chose that particular song to remake and how did you end up getting him to shoot the video with you?
KB: When I was doing my research on "93" I felt like there were so many records that people know about and that people try to recreate. Then there are also records that were extremely dope but at the same time I feel like people from this generation overlooked them. Everybody knows who A Tribe Called Quest is and in '93 they were still popping. So, I didn't want to do that because I felt like it would have been typical and that's just something that I didn't want to be apart of. So, when I saw Redman's "Tonight's the Night" video, I was like yo! the sample was genius and I'm just going to run with it. My producer recreated the whole beat and we knocked it out in like 2 hours. For the video, we had no concept for it. It was straight gorilla. So we did some shooting back where I'm from in Alexandria, Virginia. Then, we went out to Brooklyn and shot. What happened was, while we were on our way to Brooklyn, I had a thought like why don't we try to get Redman in the video? So, my homeboy is actually good friends with his manager so we reached out and sent him the record. He said that he loved the record and whenever you get to Brooklyn let me know and I'll come out there from Jersey and we will shoot. I honestly thought that the video was going to be something simple which I actually will never do again because just visually, I like to take time with my videos and really make sure that people grasp the whole record and get the visual. But, for me to get Redman, that did so much for me as an artist and for people to be aware of me because people are like wow, this new artist got Rednam in his video. You have to pay homage to who started this whole thing that we call hip hop.
TRUE: What is your ultimate goal with being a hip hop artist? Do you want to have longevity as an artist, or branch off into other business ventures or eventually sign your own artists, etc?
KB: Music is always going to come first. It's just something that I sacrifice for and I think that I have a very long period of time. So, above all, this is going to stick for a while. I also want to get into acting. I want to be a full on entertainer. So, aside from the music, I want to get into acting. I want to form a production company. I have a clothing line coming out this summer. So, my hand is in a lot. Some people say that if you have your hand in too many baskets, it is hard for you to focus on one thing. Nah bro, I know exactly what I want. My vision is clear for every single thing that I want to do and I take time out of my day for every single thing everyday.
TRUE: Besides your upcoming project, what else do you have going on for 2013?
KB: Before the project drops I am going to have 2 or 3 more visuals for "93" All of those will be out before June definitely. My clothing line should be out around late spring. I am setting up a couple of tours. That is really a big thing for me is being able to touch a couple different cities. We are just waiting on that and then we will be able to move foward
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