>Bartek: Blak, you have taught me almost everything I know,
>you always had patience, and you were always willing to peep
>anything that I recorded, or just to hear me run off at the
>mouth with bars, how do you keep your head in this game?
>
>Thanks for being interested in my opinion of things concerning
>music. The thing is it's always been around...it wasn’t by
>choice; my brother in law who passed years ago was a D.J. As a
>kid i'd always hang around him when he was practicing for his
>night gigs. Thumbing through his vinyl collection, mom would
>have music playing while cleaning or beating my ass. Coming up
>in the 80's hiphop was just as common as sirens so it was just
>like that. Guess I'm saying i've been so immersed in the game
>before it was referred to as being in the game. It's as
>natural as farting...




>
>Bartek: How do you give so much of who you are, in order to
>perpetuate the real essence of hip hop?
>
>I’m not sure if I follow through with what you’re asking. Is
>it a question of me just being me? Because I won’t lie;
>sometimes I wonder how I could add a bit of sensationalism to
>my shit. But the sincerity through flow gives off the
>“realness”…at least I hope it does.

That's a really good answer and it answers the next part of the question which I was interested in. A while back you mentioned that no matter what cards you get dealt, you'll still be involved with hip hop.


>
>
>Bartek: Where do you stand on politics? Waste of time? Worth
>thinking about?
>
>I have opinions when it comes to politics but I never felt
>compelled to put it to a beat, like dead prez or Immortal
>Technique. A sentiment that’s politically charged might get
>slid in to something else I’m speaking on cause it relates.
>But other than that a rap is just a personal journal…so,
>speaking out against the war in Iraq won’t be heard from me.
>Though I would like to hear somebody do it, y’know?
>
>Edit: sure it’s been done but I’m referring on a large scale.
>

Yeah, I hear you.

>
>Bartek: What is Blak's take on love? What type of woman makes
>Blak bow his head?
>
>Lol…I have two women in my life right now, let me explain.
>One, she’s my ex but we’re still very much involved in each
>other’s lives. The other; well…I tried to get at but it just
>has worked out as us being friends. The thing is…they are
>totally two different types of women, the ex being a case of
>“opposites attracting” while the other being damn near alike
>to myself. I know I love them both very much. Love in a sense
>that with the ex…yes, I’m still in love with you, with what
>we’ve done and planned together. It didn’t work out but you’ve
>added so much to my life. The other is a kind of love that
>says yes…I still want to hit but please believe I can be there
>as a voice of reason, we both trying to improve our
>circumstances so who better to relate with. I’d bow my head
>before them but they’d act like I was out to hit…they’d be
>right,ha.

ha haaaa!!! I didn't expect you to be dropping rhymes to my questions. You a poet yo!

>
>Bartek: When can we expect to hear you on audio again? Cause
>you know, we all waiting.
>
>Man…for those who record at a studio, yall know how it when
>you have a rapport with the studio guy. He knows you and he
>knows how to set the levels on everything to better represent
>your sound. I’ve lost that due to m’man having another
>business to start up with his family. So now you got to start
>over and seek out a studio, establish what it your trying to
>do, and have other people see your vision. In a
>nutshell…that’s a good question…I want to know when I’ll hear
>another audio from me too,ha.
>
>

Can't wait for you to get into a studio. sensationalism, yeah, I feel that coming too. Dap fam



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