SIX REASONS(June 2012) | Interview By:
Javon Adams
Six Reasons does not care what you think. He makes his music for
those that will appreciate it. It doesn’t matter if you are the newest
generation of Hip Hop fan or the one that came before it, he just wants make
you move. Dubcnn.com caught up with Six Reasons as he was preparing to
record even more material. The tireless emcee discussed his new song,
Michael Myers and his new mixtape 80’s Baby presented
by DJ Skee and he talked about his formula for success. Six also talks about
how he links his fans to the Six Reasons experience and sheds some light on
his plan to share his music with the world.
You know Six Reasons from his music but take a few moments to jump inside
the mind of an up and coming artist that is focused on the prize. Enjoy
Dubcnn: Alright, Javon with Dubcnn.com and I have the pleasure of chopping
it up with…once again, Six Reasons. What’s up man? How have you been?
Six Reasons: Man, I’ve been 100 daddy-o. I ain’t got no complaints.
And even if I did have them, nobody would listen.
Dubcnn: Speaking of listening, I wanted to kind of go right into it.
I follow…I’m friends with you on Facebook and I know you’ve been prepping
the mixtape, 80’s Baby for a little bit. You have the single
Michael
Myers that has been gaining some momentum. Talk about how people are
catching onto it and how that makes up feel as an artist.
Six Reasons: It makes me feel great man. The song is still in it’s very
early stages…just a few weeks old and it’s catching on. The streets caught
onto it then the DJs and now radio is starting to catch onto it. But I guess
when you have something you really got something so…I can’t sit here and
just toot my own horn because when you got something then you got something.
Dubcnn: Speaking of that real quick…and I want to come back to it,
but when you have a collection of songs and you are trying to pick that
one…how do you go about picking that one song to set the tone for what you
have coming? Is it difficult? Is it you or do you have a team of folks? How
do you whittle it down to pick that one song?
Six Reasons: Well, I have a brain trust. Me and my collective conglomerate
and my team sit down but at the end of the day I go with my gut feeling.
Because not all of the time your team…for the most part I’ve been lucky. Me
and my team and my producers are usually 100% on one accord but even if we
weren’t I would go with my gut. So at the end of the day it’s me. It’s my
sound and my image. I go with my gut, which they allow me to do. But I’m
intelligent with this sh*t. It all depends on what we’re looking for.
Everything is research. With
Michael Myers, putting that track together and deciding
what delivery and what angle and what pocket I would use and what kind of
hook to put on there…all of that came from research of what’s going on in
the clubs and what the younger generation responds to and what will the
generation that was before them respect.
I didn’t want to just make something just because that’s what everybody was
doing. I feel like somebody has to bridge the gap between the past
generation and the new generation because the previous generation doesn’t
even respect the new generation’s choice of music, dress, clothing, food or
none of that. They don’t respect the young generation at all for various
reasons and vice versa. So putting together a song like that…I had to do it
where it bridged the gap and not necessarily fit into a niche of what was
going on. You know what I’m saying? It was just tons of research of what me
and my producers have. We go in and have a brain trust and like I say, not
all the time everybody in the brain trust is gon’ ride with you but at the
end of the day I don’t give a f@#k. It’s my sh*t.
*laughs*
Six Reasons: That’s just real. You can’t tell me sh*t. You don’t even go to
clubs so how the f@#k would you know a club record. When was the last time
you went and dropped your ass? This ain’t for you. If you don’t pop your ass
then shut up. It ain’t for you. If you liked it, I wouldn’t put it out
because that means the wrong motherfu@#ers are liking it. This is for people
that are shaking they ass, getting drunk and drinking Grey Goose with no
chaser, speedin’ home, havin’ sex with a random person and throwing the
empty condom wrapper out of the window on the freeway.
*laughs*
Six Reasons: And if that ain’t you then sit down and shut up.
*laughs*
Dubcnn: I like that. Now you mentioned doing research so when you
are thinking of radio stations…obviously Power 106 has been starting to play
the song and you have folks in Bakersfield playing the song…when you think
about different regions…because sometimes from city to city the feel or a
song may catch on in a particular city when it is just miles that separate
them. Who is your target? Is it Cali? Is it Down South? Is it everything
West of the Mississippi? Who is Six Reasons’ target audience?
Six Reasons: East Coast, West Coast, Down South, Up North, from 2-92, blind,
crippled and crazy. From women to animals to men.
*laughs*
Dubcnn: Got you. Now, 80’s Baby is the mixtape and presented by DJ
Skee. What can people expect from it and really, in terms of legs of a
project how long do you plan on pushing this to continue to get the word out
there about yourself?
Six Reasons: Well, I never stop recording music so I can put out a new
video, single, viral piece everyday if I choose to, you know. At this point,
like I said, we are in the early stages of Michael Myers and literally just
weeks old and it’s catching on so I want to do everything I can to give it
the chance and a light of day for everybody to really start hearing it
abroad. What I mean by abroad, I ain’t talking about Baton Rouge or Memphis.
I’m talking about Germany, Rio de Janeiro and just really push the record
because it’s a good record. Whether you have a good record right off the bat
or it just needs momentum, you just have to give it a chance. It has to have
a chance so I feel like right now that’s my only focus.
80’s Baby is practically done…as we speak I can press play and you will hear
music. I was just sitting here making a brand new song from scratch with my
producer, Starlab as we speak. So 80’s Baby is finished but it is never
finished until it is in your CD player or your iPod. I’m constantly working
and by all intents and purposes it’s done but right now, since Michael Myers
is catching the light…and it looks like it could be the one because it’s
respected. It’s a hot song. Like I said, when you got one you got one. So
I’m just giving everybody an opportunity that hasn’t heard it…and we haven’t
even shot the video yet. So when I’m saying the song is early and catching
on early, it’s really just catching on. We don’t shoot the video for another
three weeks or something like that, you know what I mean? So I just want to
give everybody an opportunity to catch onto Michael Myers and vibe with
that. In the meantime and between time I’m doing shows and sh*t…I have fans
that can’t fly from Seattle to California or can’t fly from Atlanta to Texas
or whatever. So I usually videotape every show that I have and put it online
for the fans could not make it there.
I might be in their city and they don’t have the $40 that night but it’s not
their fault. So I usually put all my concerts up online. Which we are doing
right now with my last two or three concerts and tying it back to Michael
Myers and garnering interest from the younger crowd and still being
respected from the people that know what this music sh*t was built on.
Dubcnn: That’s what’s up. So let people know how they can stay in
touch with what’s going on with Six Reasons. You know Dubcnn is going to
continue to support you so let them know how to keep in touch with you man.
Six Reasons: You can hit me up on your favorite social site. All you gotta
do is type in Six Reasons. Check my personal YouTube
channel,
6reasons.com,
Twitter.
Just Six Reasons everything man. Just go to
6reasons.com
and all my information is there. I stay dumping new content, free clothes,
free merchandise, free music on my site so you can always go there to find
out where I’m at and what’s going on and who I’m mad at.
Dubcnn: That’s what’s up. We’ll stay in touch and do it again soon.
