but what influenced you to make a project like Black Hesher?
Basically just where I am at in my life.
I grew up on hip hop but there are so many music genres that influence the music i create. I think this record was 30 years in the making and really expresses who I am musically and as a person. At first I wasn't going to make anymore albums of my own.
I wanted just focus on producing, but i kept hearing this album in my head so I started recording it for myself. The end product was a full blown album that really pushed me into new sonic areas.
How did you reached the realistic rock sound in this project?
Right from the start i set out to make a rock album with hip hop still in the DNA of the music.
I used alot of real instruments and sounds. I took a lot of jam sessions and then sampled from them like it was a old record to get that gritty hip hop feel in the drums. Some stuff is programed amd some stuff is live. I wanted it to blur the lines between live and studio stuff to give it a raw feel.
The album really crosses so many genres including hip hop, punk, 80's metal, 80's new wave, 70's funk, 60's psychedelic rock, and other mash ups along the way.
Was the vocal recording process for you different than the process you are going
through when you make a hip hop project?
The vocal process wasn't really different but my set up was.To get the sound I wanted I used a cheap 40 dollar condenser mic with an 8 channel mixer to get raw dirty vocals.
I didn't want things to sound clean or pretty.
Especially on songs where sonically the music may sound clean or pretty, I had to drity up my vocals.I definitely was influenced by the vocals on Beastie Boys "Check Your Head" album.Also i was heavily influnced by Joy Division, Black Flag , and 70's B-Movie soundtracks.
This project contains some dope features! Why did you picked those specific persons?
Mostly the features are people i've worked with in the past or members of my crew and inner circle. Everyone really brought their A game to this album.
ILLtemper ,Diastro, and Halfwit helped bring the focus on the hip hop portion of the album.
Van Brando and J. Andrews helped bridge the gap into more rap rock territory. And Morgan Helfer is like a goddess from the the sky who just transported the songs she was featured on to another dimension.
Can the fans expect Black Hesher 2?
Yes, I am already working on a follow up Black Hesher EP for the fall after I finish my summer and fall tours. and the second album I hope to be done sometime in the spring before I head out on my spring tour.
This is the next chapter in my music career so i feel like i'm going to keep doing Black Hesher records until it's not fun anymore.
If there will be a Black Hesher 2, which artists would you like to have on it?
As far as people I want to work with I kinda let things happen organically. I might make a song and think someone might be perfect on it. Other times songs can come about just by hanging out with another artist. So I guess time will tell what happens next.
What more can the fans expect from you in the near future?
I'm going on tour for the end of summer and fall. Around the western parts of the US and down south a bit. So my focus is to rock the hell out of every stage I play. Also I plan on doing more visuals/ videos for the Black Hesher album so I'm looking forward to that as well. Eventually I would like to play overseas as well. The future is looking pretty bright man.
Thanks for the interview
You're welcome. Thanks for taking the time to speak with me. Keep On Space Truckin'
Black Hesher dropped on the 13th of June 2018 and is available on all digital platforms
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