June 23, 2022
Interviews
Interviews
The first computer I ever had the chance of using was my family's HP Compaq DC7100 running Windows XP and that clean yet primitive UI design had a very big impact on me...
June 22, 2022
Interviews
Interviews
I had all these strange pieces of audio, from conversations w/ my friends, snippets of old medical films, warped acoustic noise, and chaotic synthesized recordings, and they all struck me a certain way...
June 18, 2022
Interviews
Interviews
Music is emotion. Whether happy or sad, it's just a way of helping you deal with them and set the record straight about yourself...
June 9, 2022
Interviews
Interviews
Plus we're all having midlife crises and doing this was cheaper than buying a Miata or getting TRT therapy...
June 8, 2022
Interviews
Interviews
I’ve been lucky that I’ve always had more ideas for music than time to produce them all, so in the beginning, it was easy. I was releasing 15-20 tracks a year, and labels were eating them up...
May 17, 2022
Events
Events
Given JPEGMAFIA's notoriety our expectations were high for his live performance...
May 1, 2022
Events
Events
Headlining the event was non-other than Earl Sweatshirt of Odd Future fame. Earl's evolution as an artist has been fascinating to view, and we believe his change in trajectory came with his 2018 release titled Some Rap Songs...
April 10, 2022
Interviews
Interviews
夢の砂漠 explores a lot of feelings I’ve been having over the past year - mostly a lot of self-exploration and I wanted to convey this a long and ethereal album so that other people can travel through the ‘dream desert’ and explore all of these intense feelings themselves...
RANDOM
The idea of protector, the album, to me, is sort of about. Caring and love. So the message is that everyone is a protector, and should strive to be, and to protect the people they care about and be protected in turn...
The stage background was a sight to behold, being an American flag with the stripes changed with rainbow colors representing the pride flag. Where the stars would be, they were replaced with the numbers 666 and a ring of weed leaves...
It was amazing to witness not only how skilled of a vocalist Masego was, but also his talents as a dancer and entertainer.
The role that labels used to play pre-internet adoption had much more to do with building up an artist, and getting them to where they need to be to become superstars. Today, the artist builds themselves up on their own...
Juicy J is one of the founding members of the legendary 'Memphis Rap' group Three 6 Mafia (Triple Six Mafia). Memphis Rap is known for its dark messaging, often showcasing themes of nihilism, occult, and violence...
I guess I was looking for different and fresh ways to write songs because I was a bit too used to writing in a specific way and wanted to shake things up...
Ugly Mane is a catch-all for whatever creative drainage leaks out of me. I think it's a dumb name that makes most people immediately write me off and not investigate what I do purely based on the preconception of how dumb the name is. I like that...
I don't remember that much about making the album...
It’s supposed to be a freeing genre so I don’t think a personal description would do it justice...
I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing. And maybe I will make that apple pie after all...