CEITEDMOFO
Banned
old but the didnt see it post it by any of the hiero fans 
You and your production partner Aagee just came together for Molly’s Dirty Water, a huge departure from your signature sound. How did this project come together?
It actually came together because of both of our interests in EDM and the EDM music scene. At first, it was a hip-hop project with hip-hop beats and we were in the middle of it when we decided to give it more of an electronic influence. We had recorded a lot of songs and kind of remixed them, liked where it was going, and built it from there. It came from a genuine interest and being fans of that scene already. One day, the actual concept of Molly’s Dirty Water came together when some girl wanted to drink a drink and he said, “Nah, you don’t want to drink that, that’s that dirty water. It’s got that Molly in it.” Aagee wanted to use that as an album and just kind of tweak it out. That’s kind of how it started.
Did you always see yourself moving between genres as an artist?
This was definitely more of a surprise. It had been growing over time. We’re already into a lot of different genres already, just as listeners and fans of music. We produce what we do, but we’re into a lot of stuff and actually admire a lot of the stuff that we can’t do. We’re fans of it. That being said, I never really saw this coming or had any grand plans to do any of that. I was around a lot of people and ended up liking a lot of it. That’s what kind of launched me into it. And then after a few years, I wanted to start producing stuff because my mind was going that way. I try to soak up knowledge from people. I’m still experimenting, but it’s fun as hell though.
A lot of the artists I’ve talked to have very diverse musical interests. Do you think that ever surprises fans that think you listen to nothing but boom-bap hip-hop all day?
Yeah. It was more so like that in the past when people were surprised we listened to anything but hip-hop. But as the years have gone on and we’ve gotten more diverse, they’re not as surprised. I’m freaking 39. I’ve listened to hip-hop since its inception. I’ve seen it go from being hated music to selective nerd group music and then it turned into this big corporate, multi-billion dollar industry. Its flavor has gotten into a lot of genres. Even country music has subtle hip-hop influences. The listeners have grown with the genre and younger listeners are way more open-minded than the people that were coming up in the independent hip-hop golden age. There’s still those purist, selective listeners, but people are more open to other things now. People gave me the lane to let me try some other shyt. As far as Molly’s Dirty Water, I’m pleased that there hasn’t been a lot of hip-hop purist backlash. People see it for what it is. It’s me experimenting with something. It’s not making a grand declaration of things. It’s just me having fun and I’m just appreciative of that. I thought more people would have some backlash but I’m fortunate so far.
What was the creative process like for you and Aagee on this?
It was really organic. We stayed up during the later hours in The Greenhouse, where we recorded stuff, is usually later in the day because we do stuff during the day. We would just experiment and try stuff. Our connectivity and our vibe is real good. It’s really easy to work with each other. It’s really about pushing the envelope. A lot of it, in my mind, is how far am I willing to go from my hip-hop base. People can take it for what it is. We worked together good on it. It was pretty easy. It was a lot of free-thinking and a lot of trying stuff. It was real fluid. It was definitely a different curve as far as mixing it and getting the nuances of electronic dance music, especially from hip-hop, which is more of a lo-fi music. There’s a lot of different nuances and TECHNICAL
stuff that’s different in EDM. It was fun to learn and to realize that you’re at the very beginning stages of learning something. There was a lot of information coming in and that was particularly fun. Putting it together was just a lot of fun. We were just trying stuff
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You and your production partner Aagee just came together for Molly’s Dirty Water, a huge departure from your signature sound. How did this project come together?
It actually came together because of both of our interests in EDM and the EDM music scene. At first, it was a hip-hop project with hip-hop beats and we were in the middle of it when we decided to give it more of an electronic influence. We had recorded a lot of songs and kind of remixed them, liked where it was going, and built it from there. It came from a genuine interest and being fans of that scene already. One day, the actual concept of Molly’s Dirty Water came together when some girl wanted to drink a drink and he said, “Nah, you don’t want to drink that, that’s that dirty water. It’s got that Molly in it.” Aagee wanted to use that as an album and just kind of tweak it out. That’s kind of how it started.
Did you always see yourself moving between genres as an artist?
This was definitely more of a surprise. It had been growing over time. We’re already into a lot of different genres already, just as listeners and fans of music. We produce what we do, but we’re into a lot of stuff and actually admire a lot of the stuff that we can’t do. We’re fans of it. That being said, I never really saw this coming or had any grand plans to do any of that. I was around a lot of people and ended up liking a lot of it. That’s what kind of launched me into it. And then after a few years, I wanted to start producing stuff because my mind was going that way. I try to soak up knowledge from people. I’m still experimenting, but it’s fun as hell though.
A lot of the artists I’ve talked to have very diverse musical interests. Do you think that ever surprises fans that think you listen to nothing but boom-bap hip-hop all day?
Yeah. It was more so like that in the past when people were surprised we listened to anything but hip-hop. But as the years have gone on and we’ve gotten more diverse, they’re not as surprised. I’m freaking 39. I’ve listened to hip-hop since its inception. I’ve seen it go from being hated music to selective nerd group music and then it turned into this big corporate, multi-billion dollar industry. Its flavor has gotten into a lot of genres. Even country music has subtle hip-hop influences. The listeners have grown with the genre and younger listeners are way more open-minded than the people that were coming up in the independent hip-hop golden age. There’s still those purist, selective listeners, but people are more open to other things now. People gave me the lane to let me try some other shyt. As far as Molly’s Dirty Water, I’m pleased that there hasn’t been a lot of hip-hop purist backlash. People see it for what it is. It’s me experimenting with something. It’s not making a grand declaration of things. It’s just me having fun and I’m just appreciative of that. I thought more people would have some backlash but I’m fortunate so far.
What was the creative process like for you and Aagee on this?
It was really organic. We stayed up during the later hours in The Greenhouse, where we recorded stuff, is usually later in the day because we do stuff during the day. We would just experiment and try stuff. Our connectivity and our vibe is real good. It’s really easy to work with each other. It’s really about pushing the envelope. A lot of it, in my mind, is how far am I willing to go from my hip-hop base. People can take it for what it is. We worked together good on it. It was pretty easy. It was a lot of free-thinking and a lot of trying stuff. It was real fluid. It was definitely a different curve as far as mixing it and getting the nuances of electronic dance music, especially from hip-hop, which is more of a lo-fi music. There’s a lot of different nuances and TECHNICAL
stuff that’s different in EDM. It was fun to learn and to realize that you’re at the very beginning stages of learning something. There was a lot of information coming in and that was particularly fun. Putting it together was just a lot of fun. We were just trying stuff-
