BritishHipHop Interview With
Melanin 9 (M9)
Location : London
Q :What do you believe your impact on the underground scene has been?
A: It's hard to tell what level of presence you have in this small scene, even though it is small, it's heavily saturated, making it hard to figure the demographics of where you make the impact the most, i would like to think that i am quite familiar across the european region. I have been told that me and squad are known in those areas more than those who are more visually prominent in the UK.
Q: When did you start your career and when did triple darkness become a group?
Q: When did you start your career and when did triple darkness become a group?
A: I started emceeing from the age of about 14, i officially started to class myself as a professional emcee i.e making songs at about 19-20. I formed with TD at the age of 24 in 2007
Q: What underground UK artists are you hoping to work with in the future?
A: I think theres alot of good artists in the UK but as far as working with anyone, im quite content with whats in front of me, im confident that my team will provide me with what i need without having to step outside the circle.
Q: What underground UK artists are you hoping to work with in the future?
A: I think theres alot of good artists in the UK but as far as working with anyone, im quite content with whats in front of me, im confident that my team will provide me with what i need without having to step outside the circle.
Q: What determines you from the mainstream artists today?
A: Id leave that opinion to the audience. I couldnt tell you what makes me different from others, i speak about the things that reflect in my life and i try to illustrate these thinga in it's most honest and purest form. Whatever the masses say i am then i guess i am. It would be unfair and slightly biased to determine who i am as a musician based on my own solo opinion.
A: Id leave that opinion to the audience. I couldnt tell you what makes me different from others, i speak about the things that reflect in my life and i try to illustrate these thinga in it's most honest and purest form. Whatever the masses say i am then i guess i am. It would be unfair and slightly biased to determine who i am as a musician based on my own solo opinion.
Q: Where do you beleive you will stand in 10 years time in Uk hip hop?
A: I think that depends on versatility. Hip Hop has an everlasting energy, that manifests in many different forms over periods of time as of right now we are witnessing it in it's transitional stages. In order to survive as an emcee one must know how to adapt. But within this understanding comes a problem with what you must adapt to in order to stay relevant. Even though im illustrating what it takes to stay on for another 10 years, doesnt mean im going to conform to it, reason being as i said the problem lies in the requirements to attain longevity. So the answer is i dont know where id be in 10 years as a hip hop artist, truth is no one knows. One thing i'll never change is musically expressing myself in the way i see fit without compromising to suite any outside entities needs
Q: The amount of work you produce is outstanding compared to most other artists how would you explain your work ethic?
Q: The amount of work you produce is outstanding compared to most other artists how would you explain your work ethic?
A: Thank you. I dont see what i do as anything near the sort of being hard work or a load of work to sit back and admire. I see it as something i love and nothing else.
I dont view something as sacred as what iv'e encountered here, from a political standpoint at all. I just do what i do. I take my time and i work until im happy with what's been manifested based on my efforts
I dont view something as sacred as what iv'e encountered here, from a political standpoint at all. I just do what i do. I take my time and i work until im happy with what's been manifested based on my efforts
