1. Growing Up
I grew up listening to a lot of music. My parents had a huge collection of cassettes and old vinyl records, from the Bee Gees to Ice-T. Now that I look back, I got into hip hop really from my folks.
2. Inspirations
I have many favourite musicians and artists that I love. But to mention one, I’d have to say Dr. Dre’s Chronic 2001. It definitely changed my childhood after listening to it. It’s one of those albums where every single track is amazing. You literally listen to the whole thing from beginning to end and not be let down. Till this day, you can’t top that album, in my opinion.
3. Your Crew
I’m lucky enough to be a member of many crews who I produce and DJ for, including High Noon, Broken Thought Theory and BustaCap. I also produce for Home Team and Ace The Amara.
4. The Music You Make And Play
I’m a massive hip hop fan, but am heavily influenced by electronic music. You could say I’ve managed to mash the two into one. A mixture of boom bap and trap, transforming into some straight, big, heavy beats. At the moment I’ve been working like crazy on Broken Thought Theory’s debut album, which I’ll be previewing at the coming Chop event, which I’m really excited about.
5. Music, Right Here, Right Now
Music right now is bigger than ever before, in my opinion. Producers and DJs are springing up out of nowhere, which is great. However, I think technology is a catalyst for this. What was once really hard to achieve a few years back is literally now done at the push of a button. This is awesome, but I feel like modern day producers/DJs have it a little too easy. Sometimes you need to struggle to progress.
Prolifik The Gifted plays at The Chop at Play Bar, along with Hazy, DJ Co$t, Raine Supreme and Benny Hinn, on Saturday July 25.
