Got any questions about Big K.R.I.T. and his music? Fire away and I'll answer them as best I can.

Got questions about me or my mixtapes or just music or life in general? I'll try and answer those too.

Bust a move...

Is he going away from the sample base to more live music.

>Is he going away from the sample base to more live music.
>
>
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Nothing really. Still digging, but definitely using more musicians to create a more lush and full-bodied sound.

that live ep he did was banging

>that live ep he did was banging
i kept on waiting for the album to drop after seeing the little video and then i forgot about it..lol...please oblige

http://bit.ly/wuzheresessions

You have to purchase it. But your money will be donated to a good cause. http://www.therootsofmusic.com

(not to be confused w/ the band that this forum was spawned from)

I heard a rumor that his label was somehow going to put out an official CD of "Krit Wuz Here" but I don't know how credible it was. I also tried buying the autographed CDs that were for sale, but they don't seem to be available any more. (Yes, I'm old school)

Other question, do you have any feel for when "Live from the Underground" might be out, or is that just a silly question right now? Word has been "early 2012" whatever that means. I'm in the "sooner the better" camp.

i could be wrong and that's already happened but my copy is 160.

>i could be wrong and that's already happened but my copy is
>160.

MP3s that are 128kbps or higher are broadcast quality. Releasing R4 320kbps would have made the zip file to large for quick download so we set it at the iTunes default 160kbps to accommodate everyone.

If you play R4 in a car or on a loud concert system you won't hear any real drop off. Unless you are an audiophile, then I'd understand your concern.

try to find the link.

http://www.multiupload.com/DL3Q9HOUOS

>I heard a rumor that his label was somehow going to put out
>an official CD of "Krit Wuz Here" but I don't know how
>credible it was. I also tried buying the autographed CDs that
>were for sale, but they don't seem to be available any more.
>(Yes, I'm old school)
>
>Other question, do you have any feel for when "Live from the
>Underground" might be out, or is that just a silly question
>right now? Word has been "early 2012" whatever that means.
>I'm in the "sooner the better" camp.

You can get get hard copies of both KWH and R4 from bigkrit.com. I believe they are restocking now. KWH is also available on iTunes.

The plan for LFTU is for it to be released in the 1st quarter of 2012. That's all I know at the moment.

I heard there would be a season 4 so I'm hoping for a mixtape...

Actually, I never heard a season 3 mixtape... Is that available??

>I heard there would be a season 4 so I'm hoping for a
>mixtape...
>
>Actually, I never heard a season 3 mixtape... Is that
>available??

I spoke to Dub Floyd about it a few days ago. If there is a new season, I'm sure we'll do another tape. Thanks for checking out the previous volumes.

And yeah, Hip Hop Docktrine 3 is available here..

http://www.boondocksbootleg.com/profiles/blogs/bootleg-music-the-hip-hop

or here..

http://indy.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/11745/hip_hop_docktrine_3.html

K.R.I.T. told me he'd clean up a few songs and send em, so let me know when you all can get some of those to me, even though I don't have too many clean gigs nowadays.

>K.R.I.T. told me he'd clean up a few songs and send em, so
>let me know when you all can get some of those to me, even
>though I don't have too many clean gigs nowadays.


Right on man.. good to meet you too. You were killing it before the artist sets. I dug how you played records to set up the vibe prior to the artist performing. Playing all the Scarface, Outkast, Goodie Mob etc was a great alley-oop for us.

Here's a zip full of clean versions of some of KRIT's more popular jams from KWH and R4. http://is.gd/KRITCleans

Good lookin with the cleans there. When's the next time y'all are comin to L.A?

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T.I., Ludacris, 8Ball & MJG and a few other people have reached out recently. I know he just sent some stuff to Curren$y. Also, Raekwon reached out via twitter earlier today so we'll see how that goes.

In the meantime, here's a list of his production discography if you'd like to check it out.

http://is.gd/KRITBeatDiscog

Loved that last song he produced for him.

>Loved that last song he produced for him.

Anything is possible.

I love that beat. The native Tennessean that I am wished that beat would have gone to someone in Memphis. Imagine Project Pat on that.... or even Yo Gotti... man.

Anyway, Trel did his thing and the song ended up being really dope. Shout out to DC.

...KRIT was Here shirt. They printed up?



I really don't have any questions, but he's by far one of my favorite rappers today. I just want him to keep pushing.


Kev

>...KRIT was Here shirt. They printed up?
>
>
>
>I really don't have any questions, but he's by far one of my
>favorite rappers today. I just want him to keep pushing.
>
>
>Kev

The only official KRIT t-shirts are available in the store section of bigkrit.com

Check it out!

And it had a cartoon pic of K.R.I.T. on it, shit was wild

http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Apparel/TShirts/Music/Big-KRIT-Get-Right-SlimFit-TShirt-3XL-979597.jsp

>And it had a cartoon pic of K.R.I.T. on it, shit was wild
>
>http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Apparel/TShirts/Music/Big-KRIT-Get-Right-SlimFit-TShirt-3XL-979597.jsp


Oh yeah, I forgot about those. They are only available at Hot Topic stores nationwide. Those are certainly official also.

Thanks for posting the link.

i got one of those when my girl made me go to hot topic with her. i was like whaaaatt? big krit? def copped.

I see him listed for a date in Houston in November.

>I see him listed for a date in Houston in November.


Yep, sure will.

Any insight on which MC's he'd like to guest on his major label debut?

Thanks for any insight you're able to provide. It's cool you took the time to answer some questions.

K.R.I.T. is my favorite in the game right now.

>Any insight on which MC's he'd like to guest on his major
>label debut?
>
>Thanks for any insight you're able to provide. It's cool you
>took the time to answer some questions.
>
>K.R.I.T. is my favorite in the game right now.

KRIT is producing the whole album. Mixing it too. Mixing it with help, but he's directly involved with that process.

He's pretty much got all the features he wanted locked down.

With the features though, we try and keep those quiet to build an element of surprise. I think that's something that's been lost in music. Right now with all the pressure to produce online content to generate buzz everyone tells everyone who is on their album 6 months before it drops. We're trying to recreate that type of feeling when you had when you bought OB4CL put it in the player and found out there was a Nas verse. That "oh shit" reaction. Hip-hop needs that again.

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It would be dope if he showed up on Live From The Underground wouldn't? I'd be hype about that.

We'd love to do a write up on the show as well as an interview. Inbox any details if need be fam.

... the biggest name to go there recently was Pauly D from Jersey Shore fame. It's really just a night club that hosts fighting and maybe a Rick Ross/Plies when theres a big event in town.

The dope spots in town are actually:
Firestone Live
The Social
The Beacham Theatre
The Plaza Live Theatre

and of course your House of Blues/Hard Rock Live venues.

if they had a lot of performances, but they ALWAYS did when I was in town for FAMU Classic...some nights would be $50, SMH.

>... the biggest name to go there recently was Pauly D from
>Jersey Shore fame. It's really just a night club that hosts
>fighting and maybe a Rick Ross/Plies when theres a big event
>in town.
>
>The dope spots in town are actually:
>Firestone Live
>The Social
>The Beacham Theatre
>The Plaza Live Theatre
>
>and of course your House of Blues/Hard Rock Live venues.

>We'd love to do a write up on the show as well as an
>interview. Inbox any details if need be fam.

We'll be in Ft. Lauderdale this weekend. Friday I believe. No plans to return to Orlando at the moment. I'd certainly like to come back. My sister worked at 102 Jamz for a couple of years and I enjoyed the town every time I'd visit.

... probably only heard him on the College Radio station. We definitely got to get you guys back out here. Hopefully another leg of the Smokers Club tour!

What inspired him to come up with that?

P.S. My mother passed away four months ago, and so that song "The Vent" really speaks to me. Tell K.R.I.T. I'm thankful that he made it. (I know it's about his grandmother)

>What inspired him to come up with that?
>
>P.S. My mother passed away four months ago, and so that song
>"The Vent" really speaks to me. Tell K.R.I.T. I'm thankful
>that he made it. (I know it's about his grandmother)

KRIT is a big fan of Kurt Cobain. Probably because Kurt was true to himself and the music he wanted to make. He fought everyone who tried to compromise what Nirvana was doing in the pursuit of a dollar. It was always about the music first. I think KRIT identifies with that mindset. Above all else, make sure it jams.

Best hip hop song since Dreams by Little Brother (imo, I hold Dreams high up on the list of great hip hop songs)... Vent is really just an amazing song... People on my facebook probably hate me because I posted it hella after downloading the album and then at least once since the official video dropped... Just one of those songs you can relate to on a bunch of levels... Tell him thank you for it...

>Best hip hop song since Dreams by Little Brother (imo, I hold
>Dreams high up on the list of great hip hop songs)... Vent is
>really just an amazing song... People on my facebook probably
>hate me because I posted it hella after downloading the album
>and then at least once since the official video dropped...
>Just one of those songs you can relate to on a bunch of
>levels... Tell him thank you for it...

Yes, "The Vent" is amazing

free my soul, dreamin

Dude is a dope producer and a very, very dope song writer.

Hopefully there are a lot of those moments on the album.

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None at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon. I've always wanted to visit Australia.

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>None at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon. I've
>always wanted to visit Australia.

>>>
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>>None at the moment. Hopefully that will change soon. I've
>>always wanted to visit Australia.
>

I'd like to visit New Zealand also. Going to Auckland and visiting the Serato HQ would be the shit.

with Freddie Gibbs at Bottom Lounge. Still mad I didn't make it.

Rotation:
Phonte - Charity Starts at Home
DJ Flash - Best of Phonte
9th Wonder - The Wonder Years
Blu - NoYork!
Wilco - The Whole Love
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
DJ Breakem Off & Big K.R.I.T.-Last King 2
Trombone Shorty - For True

Rotation:
Phonte - Charity Starts at Home
DJ Flash - Best of Phonte
9th Wonder - The Wonder Years
Blu - NoYork!
Wilco - The Whole Love
Kendrick Lamar - Section 80
DJ Breakem Off & Big K.R.I.T.-Last King 2
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Trombone Shorty - For True
TV

Yep, on the Smoker's Club Tour.

Check here for other tour dates. http://www.bigkrit.com/tour_dates.php

Thanks For Your Children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njZNzCpZfu4

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>>Thanks For Your Children
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njZNzCpZfu4


Right on man.. One time for Tanya Morgan also.

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>>Thanks For Your Children
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njZNzCpZfu4


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We were in Memphis a few weeks ago for K97's Summer Jam. Hopefully we'll back soon to play one of the performance venues instead of a big time commercial radio event. Nothing wrong with them, I'd just prefer to be somewhere like the New Daisy Theater instead.

I got love for K97 though. Devin Steel is a long time friend. I've actually mixed on that station 5 or 6 times before.

somebody told me about that show the day after it happened and i was furious

but i think i'd feel more at home if ya'll showed up at The New Daisy or the Hi Tone and did a show. Ball & G have been known to show up sporatically at the Hi Tone so maybe thats an option in the future or even Gibbs.

big up to you both

Any particular reason(s) the album got pushed back? Is there a tentative date yet?

Can't wait til the show in Norfolk, VA. I'm definitely in there.

http://nahright.com/news/2011/09/13/video-big-k-r-i-t-explains-album-delay/

>Any particular reason(s) the album got pushed back? Is there
>a tentative date yet?
>
>Can't wait til the show in Norfolk, VA. I'm definitely in
>there.

KRIT wanted (and needed really IMO) more time to work on it. He requested the extra time to make it all the way right and was granted it.

Check out this video of KRIT explaining some of the reasons for the push back. http://youtu.be/c1KPmkAM7AY

No tentative date yet.

>

I was there when Nardwuar interviewed KRIT. He was a cool dude. You can tell that he really loves music. Really smart guy also.

How many songs you got with TI & Luda..

>How many songs you got with TI & Luda..
>

I agree, "I'm Flexin" is jammin like a muthafucka.

I personally don't have any songs with T.I. or Ludacris. However KRIT has one song w/ Luda "Country Shit (Remix)" and a record he produced for him that hasn't been released yet.

"I'm Flexin" is the only record he has with T.I. at the moment, but I have a gut feeling that it won't be the last.

thanks

>thanks

"K.R.I.T. Wuz Here" and "Return of 4eva".

featured on some upcoming productions /next release? That maybe haven't been featured yet, maybe Mississipi natives that we can get excited about?

>featured on some upcoming productions /next release? That
>maybe haven't been featured yet, maybe Mississipi natives that
>we can get excited about?

The only artist is developing other than himself at the moment is long time rap partner Big Sant.

The A3C peformance was amazing. You guys killed it.

>The A3C peformance was amazing. You guys killed it.

Thanks. It was kind of difficult though. We were all hoarse because we had literally came over to A3C immediately after doing another outdoor performance for Clark-Atlanta University's homecoming concert.

Still, glad you enjoyed the show. I wish they hadn't cut our time either.

>

Smh.... #GOVOLS

>Got any questions about Big K.R.I.T. and his music? Fire away
>and I'll answer them as best I can.
>
>Got questions about me or my mixtapes or just music or life in
>general? I'll try and answer those too.
>
>Bust a move...

Any more questions?

is the overall vibe similar to the mixtapes?

"Vent" or "gotta stay" type moments?

>is the overall vibe similar to the mixtapes?
>
>"Vent" or "gotta stay" type moments?
>
>

The album is jamming. And.. yes.. there will be those types of moments again.

dude's production work is so crazy. i always wanted to hear those joints in full detail.

The only instrumental available at the moment is "Country Shit (Remix)".

I've been talking to him about releasing "K.R.I.T. Wuz Here" as an instrumental LP after the major label debut is released.

Maybe that will happen..

>

They called. We answered.

Tremendous look for KRIT. I'm happy it worked out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrth2COn4tQ

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrth2COn4tQ


About a year ago when KRIT was in the Bay Area recording the "The Wuz Here Sessions" with Grillade, Berner reached out to KRIT's manager inquiring about beats for his "The White Album" LP. "Yoko" was one of them. KRIT actually produced a second song on "The White Album" that has Killa Kyleon on it.

The version on Berner's album only has KRIT and Wiz on it.

The story Berner told me about how Chris Brown got on it is that... they were working in the same studio in LA and Chris Brown walked by Berner's room and heard the beat, stopped in his room inquired about it, asked Berner to get on it and if he could put it on his upcoming mixtape. Berner obliged and thus, we have the "Yoko (Remix)". He also said that Chris is a big fan of KRIT's and was even more excited to do the record once he found out KRIT produced it.

I remember you being mentioned there back in the day.

>I remember you being mentioned there back in the day.

Yep, I have a gang of friends the went to MTSU.

>

Right on... glad you are enjoying the jams.

And do you have Twitter? If so I'll follow you (I'm @Mica4Life)

>And do you have Twitter? If so I'll follow you (I'm
>@Mica4Life)

The Houston show of the Return of 4eva Tour when, Bun B, Chamillionaire, Slim Thug and Killa Kyleon came out to rock on stage with him.

That was a special night for sure.

>

I'm not sure what those are. I'm guessing ISP means Invisibl Skratch Piklz? Not sure what ICB is.

>

All Big K.R.I.T. related inquiries should be directed to Jonny Shipes. His info is in K.R.I.T.'s twitter bio.

Any more questions?

4eva and a day coming possibly when?

money on the floor is on that or the album?

any more tour dates lined up for next year?

>4eva and a day coming possibly when?
>
>money on the floor is on that or the album?
>
>any more tour dates lined up for next year?
>
>


"4eva N a Day" should arrive early into 2012.

As it stands now "Money On The Floor" is still on the album. I can't really think of any situation where it would be left off either.


No word on any upcoming tour dates at the moment. I'm sure that will change in the coming months though,

Just want to say this was a good read, Wally you were super on point with all your answers... Really enjoy when artists reach out directly to their fans...

>Just want to say this was a good read, Wally you were super
>on point with all your answers... Really enjoy when artists
>reach out directly to their fans...


Right on, thanks.