Latest interview with Murder One on hiphopvillage.com
by Wolftowns Jai Boo from the UK
Murder One! Welcome to the Hip Hop Village! Can you tell us how did you get in the game?
I got in because of my love of music. At that time that I got in you had people like Run DMC, The Fat Boys, LL just guys that were doing something that nobody else was doing at that time and they really influenced me to the game.
You're a member of SPC (South Park Coalition) which was founded by K Rino. How did you become a member?
Actually we were competing against each other my high school and their high school you had Klondike Cat, AC Chill, Gangsta Nip and K Rino. The whole issue was we had to meet up at an appointed time and compete. That's the time I became friends with K Rino. I was one of the third or fourth members to join SPC.
Tell us how you got the name Murder One.
The name Murder One came from just me being one of those guys that, whatever I put my heart to I had to compete and complete so in order to be myself I had to murder whatever I do to be on top. So that's where Murder One came from.
For someone who's not familiar with your music how would you describe your music/style ?
My style is more rough, rugged and straight direct. What ever I want to say is out there and you're going to get it.
You've released numerous albums and compilations; previously you released an album called ‘Family and Friends' ?
Yeah ‘Family and Friends' is like a compilation of me and the guys I socialise with. People in my organisation like South Park Coalition and the UK now! I have LATE on there from Wolftown Recordings in the UK he blessed me. I enjoy working with everybody. Music is music to me. My thing was, for the guys in the clique who weren't putting albums out yet, ‘Family and Friends' would help to promote them and keep their names out there until they released their albums.
You're about to release a mixtape on UK label Wolftown Recordings called ‘South Park Representer'. Can you tell us about that?
I'm doing this album with LATE and Tricksta from Wolftown Recordings and it's real nice because it gives the UK a flavour of Murder One. I definitely want to get overseas because I think that's the market we need to touch on now.
What other projects are you working on ?
I also have a solo album coming out called ‘Dirty Game' and that's going to have Trae the Truth, Chalie Boy who are big friends of mine and SPC members like Thugstar and most definitely I have to have the God on there K Rino. Whatever project I do I have to have my brother K Rino on there, whether it's my album or a compilation. I'm supposed to get with Devin for the last track but I don't know if he'll make it. I got production by Dope E, my boy from Arkansas called Codeine, I got my boy Keyes
(Anm. gemeint ist Keyza Soze aus Berlin, Mitproduzent zahlreicher Rino-Tracks auf dessen letzten Alben) on there too, I think he's from Germany. Apart from ‘South Park Representer' being released in the UK, I'll be dropping this album out here in the States before the end of the year.
As well as being a rapper do you also produce ?
I produce but I don't play any instruments. I'm old school so I beat box a bit to explain what I want. The people I work with they do it or I bring samples of product and they just put my vision to their vision.
Murder One pic 3What up and coming artists out of Houston should we keep an eye out for ?
All the other SPC members mainly, I got a new artist called TB Lyrics. He's like a Big Moe slash Chalie Boy. He's singing on my new album that I'm about to drop.
If a booking agency wants to book you or an artist wants you to work with you how would they go about doing that ?
Man it's so easy now, you got my family out there in the UK if you don't want to call the States, I'm quite sure LATE or Tricksta can hook that up for me. Contact them at
www.myspace.com/latewolftown or
www.myspace.com/trickstawolftown. You can also hit me on
www.myspace.com/spcmurderone
Do you want to shout out your websites ?
www.myspace.com/spcmurderone the South Park Coalition website is in the works to being back online in the next month. Until then you can check out
http://www.southparkcoalition.webs.com/ and I'd like everybody to join it.
Murder One thanks for taking the time out to do the interview !
Thank you for interviewing me!
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