Published: September 07, 2007 7:37 PM EST
By: Isaac Joseph Davis Junior (Juniorscave.com)
New Music Spotlight: SCOOP DON THE REALEST
Hip Hop / R&B / Rap
What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas—that is what everyone who visits there says. But, this next artist is hoping to move his music beyond the walls of Las Vegas. SCOOP DON THE REALEST, from JaHMa Records’, an Indie Label, is bidding on going all the way with his music as he brings a nice blend of R&B, Gospel, and Hip-Hop to the music world. Check out this recent quick Q & A that SCOOP DON THE REALEST did with the magazine.
Q. What aspect of making music excites you the most right now?
A. Recording creativity!
Q. What aspect of making music gets you the most discouraged?
A. All the hard work. Though I love it – you have to be dedicated.
Q. What are you up to right now, music-wise? (Current or upcoming
recordings, tours, extravaganzas, experiments, top-secret projects, etc).
A. Currently, working on the L.P to be released later this year while the E.P. is available now.
Q. What's the most unusual place you've ever played a show or made a recording? How did the qualities of that place affect the show/recording?
A. The craziest place I ever recorded at was in my basement in Pittsburg, PA; though it felt good the sound was pure garbage.
Q. In what ways does the place where you live (or places where you have lived), affect the music you create, or your taste in music?
A. Where I live doesn’t have an effect on my taste of music. I now live in Las Vegas. However, my emotions from within my environment influences my creativity in reference to the words I use as well as the streets dictating the sounds of my beat when creating them, such as the clubs and various places I hang out in.
Q. When was the last time you wrote a song? What can you tell us about it?
A. I write almost every day. Presently, I’m in the middle of writing a song titled, Gemini. Basically, it’s about a woman with two different sides about herself. In fact, it will be on my upcoming album to be released this year.
Q. As you create more music, do you find yourself getting more or less interested in seeking out and listening to new music made by other people...and why do you think that is?
A. I don’t listen to too much music unless I’m in the streets cause your right. I find myself rapping in their style because I personally like their style which could cause me to lose my own style identity.
Q. Lately, what musical periods or styles do you find yourself most drawn to as a listener? (Old or new music? Music like yours or different from yours?)
A. I like the Heart-Felt music different then mines from artists such as NeYo, but I’m really into old school music because of its creativity.
Q. Name a band or musician, past or present, who you flat-out LOVE and think more people should be listening to. What's one of your all-time favorite recordings by this band/musician?
A. There’s really two (2). I like Phil Collin but I love Parliaments and the Funkadelics
Just Listening to Phil Collins’s “Take Me Home” and Parliaments and the
Funkadelic’s: “One Nation Under The Groove” gets me feeling good. “Thanks Pops for keeping those vinyl records.” (I’m referring to my Dad.)
Q. What's the saddest song you've ever heard?
A. I was listening to it yesterday at a friend’s crib. The name of that song is “Time” by Ne-Yo.
Photo used in this story was provided by Kenneth Bosket & Walter Booker aka: SCOOP.
Junior's Cave Online Magazine/JC Internet Radio Staff Team,
