Finding the right producers is key to this task. On a personal level I've been blessed to work with what I consider some of the dopest producers the world has yet to hear about. As a rapper, if I do my job properly, this will also change. The lyrics are the vehicle and the producers are the gasoline, so myself and the producers I work with are constantly reshaping the sound we have created together. In the past I thought my efforts to make an underground classic were fulfilled, but a part of me was wrong because the sound we were creating had the ability to be duplicated by others. War Machine 2 is the closest I come thus far to answering the call my fans have longed for from me on a certain level of creativity. Sometimes it's not necessarily the music itself that we view as timeless but more so the emotion and the message attached to the album -- the particular train of thought the artist developed during the creation process. Jay-Z's Blueprint album is flawless from front to back, but it also didn't hurt that he chose to go at Nas and Mobb Deep via "The Takeover." Nas responded to Jigger with "Ether" on his project Stillmatic, and the ingredients of two classic hip-hop albums are born. Sometimes it's just the overall climate of pop culture coinciding with the actual world most of us really live in. Long story short a battle between Jay and Nas was long overdue and these albums served as the perfect soundtracks.
I'm listening to an artist from Texas by the name of Rob Gullate -- his project is called The Abortion Project. He's from Houston Texas but he doesn't really make the kind of music we've grown accustomed to hearing from Texas emcees. He has a strong delivery and vivid imagery, drowning in realism. His perspective is often harsh but it comes off as sincere and real. Rob's music is currently introducing me to a form of Texas hip-hop I never knew existed. I use the word universe a lot when describing musicians. Rob's music has created its own universe in my mind, and I'm enjoying the adventures his life has introduced me to. As a rapper, I myself desire to do the same exact thing with my very own music. I want people to listen to the music and get completely devoured by the universe my music has created for them to enjoy. In Tef Poe's musical world humans can fly, politicians are corrupt, Stars Wars is not a fictional movie, Malcolm X talked to me when I was six years old and Tupac and God eat lunch together everyday and discuss the worlds problems.
