Professed MC (San Diego, CA) – “Q&A Interview”
Tell us a little about yourself. Where you are from? How long have you been making Hip Hop?
I am from North County San Diego, I have been making hip-hop since 2006.
What influences you have to making Hip Hop?
I was first influenced by my brothers and the struggles we had, now I’m influenced by the spiritual war amongst earth, my personal life, and the beauty the universe has to offer.
Describe your music, and what separates you from other MCs?
My music is all independent, I have the ability to make an album with no ones help. I do give thanks to the support I’ve had and cherish the gifts. what separates me from other mc’s is that I truly stand for something greater, even when the music is off I live and breathe my philosophies. It is okay to be a pissed off MC but it ain’t okay to be a pissed off person, you will get no where like that. I dont like to follow or favor, I lead myself.
Who have you collaborated with? Who would like to collab with in the near future?
I’ve collaborated with , veks, found, ethic, dboy p, tall can, twelve gage the poet, thirdpage beats, obi sin, bugs, adikt one, loony loo, darklands, pasthuman, the real, clathrate gun, lucid root, 18 sense, will spliff, absent acclaim, luhd, dj swiggy, city to city, and plenty of street kids, Besides these cats, I’ve free styled, bboyed, graffed up and what not with countless artist and great souls.
Your definition of “Underground Hip Hop”?
Underground hip-hop was literally that back in the days, it was people who had no intentions in working with the media, but simply making hip-hop and slanging it out there like drugs. Now with the whole indie movement the media has picked up the indie artist because they know the power is in the people. That being said “underground” to me is more of a term now to identify some one who is not fucking with the mass media, but ALSO uses their power to help out the community in which the revolve around and create a support system that is counter active to the mass media. Because there are a stupendous amount of kids who think they are “underground” because they bought a mic and put up songs online, but they dont stand for anything, they try to replicate the mass media, and dont use this powerful tool to help people. Underground artist can blow up, and nothing is wrong with that, but what really makes them not underground at that point is they forget their roots.
Production wise, who are your influences? Who does your production, and who would you like to work with?
I always say, you cant judge a producer by the outcome of his work, but how he does his work. I have seen some complex producing that no one would imagine behind the scenes. Some of my influences in production are RZA,BENEFIT,SPM,DJ FRANE,DAN THE AUTOMATOR,MF DOOM, and many more I cant think of right now. I am an audio engineer so I like to do my own production, it’s fun for me. I like to work with either some one who knows exactly what they are doing or some one who I can teach and wants to learn, I cant stand people who dont want to learn and expect others to do so.
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Any current or future projects you are promoting?
I am promoting my new LP MASTER FADER to the fullest. And my clothing company KILL GOV. I am a creative guy and am always thinking of ideas so I tend to rep a lot of crazy things that I think of. I also write short stories.
Describe the creative process in making “Master Fader”? What’s your 3 favorite songs off the record?
The creative process consisted of me being off drugs for 7 weeks, and sacrificing my wants to focus in on what I needed. I used my craving for the drugs to create a higher source of energy to find peace and serenity. After I gained self control, I would meditate and take hikes to wait for those moments when rhymes and ideas would shoot out of my brain.
Where can we find your music and info?
you can find me in a lot of places, facebook, cd baby, itunes, amazon, soundcloud, youtube, even someplace i’m not aware of! just type in either PROFESSED MC, or PROFESSED MC MASTER FADER.
Any shout outs?
I have too many shout outs, I would just like to say, dont ever forget that our time is timed and God is real, the Devils exist. KILL GOV
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