HOME MEDIA INTERVIEWS FEATURES RELEASE-DATES FORUM STORE THE-VAULT CONTACT
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
interview DOUT GOTCHA! (May 2008) | Interview By: Eddie Gurrola

      
Dubcnn recently caught up with Dout Gotcha! to discuss his street album "Respect It Or Check It" and his future projects.  He tells us about working
with Rome and Omar Cruz, how he first got into hip-hop, and how his latest mixtape "They Lying: The Virginia Story" will give you a true view of what life in his home state is really like.





As always we have the transcript for you to check and please feel free to send any feedback regarding the interview to: eddie@dubcnn.com

 
Interview was done in March 2008.

Questions Asked By :
Eddie Gurrola

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
After one listen to his street album “Respect It Or Check It” [Download Here], it should be clear to most that Virginia-based MC Dout Gotcha! is hungry to jump to the top ranks of the rap game. For Dout, it’s been a long journey through the music industry that’s put him in his current position as a solo artist. With many exciting projects in the works that will elevate him to the next level, it won’t be long before Dout is exposed to hip-hop fans around the world as an authentic voice of Virginia.

Dout’s interest in hip-hop began at an early age. "Really being around the culture as it was evolving was crazy. I just had a knack for rhyming, putting together words, and beats.” After working as The Clipse’s DJ in the early 2000s, he eventually crossed paths with Luis “LuLu” Torres, the CEO of B.Y.I. Entertainment. “LuLu was the first dude I met from L.A. [We] clicked instantly. LuLu invited me to L.A. with open arms like, ‘Come out here and do your thing,’” recalls Dout.

After branching out to develop himself as an artist, Dout linked up with B.Y.I. producer Rome to work on what would eventually become the “Respect It Or Check It” street album. “It started out as a mixtape, but I got to the point where I was tired of doing mixtape material.” Because of this, Dout and Rome went back into the lab and formed freestyle cuts into well-developed original songs. “Working with Rome is always a surprise! He’s like an old head in a young person’s body. He always comes with the unbelievable. This street album sounds like the score to a movie or something. Everything he does is on a major level.”

Due to the popularity and critical acclaim of “Respect It Or Check It”, Dout currently has an online distribution deal on the table to re-release the project digitally. He’s also got a new mixtape with New York mixtape DJ Superstar Jay titled “They Lying: The Virginia Story.” “We’ve got 25 cuts on there, original songs and freestyles. Whatever you’ve seen from Virginia, however you may have thought it was from other previous acts who have came out or whatever, they lyin’! That ain’t how it is. This is how it is. [On] this mixtape, I’m telling you exactly what’s going on in Virginia on a day-to-day basis, and [I’m] running it down to you on how we do things.”

Dout Gotcha! fans can also look out for a mixtape/street album from The Mozzarella Brothers, a group between Dout and fellow Virginian Gutter. Of course, you can also look forward to hearing more music with the B.Y.I. camp. “You can expect tons of more work with B.Y.I., Rome, & Omar Cruz,” assures Dout. “Me & Omar are gonna do a mixtape together too. Omar has his own genre; he has his own lane.”

With many major projects coming down the pipeline, Dout Gotcha! is poised to do it big in 2008. Whether you’re feeling his style or not, you need to “Respect It Or Check It.”
 
HIT UP DOUT GOTCHA! ON HIS MYSPACE PAGE FOR MORE MUSIC & INFO

 

 

Enter Your Email Address
To Receive Our
Free Newsletter!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DESIGN BY LIL JAY