Daygo Boyz Interview

[D-Nice]

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Interviewer: We are right here with Cals & LV, otherwise known as The Daygo Boyz. I was checking out their music earlier today and I read somewhere that you guys are planning on bringing the attention back to California rap. That spotlight has been gone for about ten years. How do you plan to bring it back?

Cals: We have a new style of music that nobody has heard. We’re the only group in San Diego really doing anything. We’re trying to bring that attention back with a new style of music that people haven’t heard. We have a swagger that’s on a new level.

LV: We have a whole different style. It’s a gangster and a gentleman swagger. You have Cals who makes more of that street music and me, LV; I make club music to make people jump. When you put that together, we title it a gangster and a gentleman.

Interviewer: What was it like growing up in San Diego?

Cals: We come from totally different backgrounds. I came from an area where Hispanics dominated the population. Cals grew up in Vista and was doing his thing. I grew up listening to the gangster stuff and I was in the hood doing my thing, getting money. I was always making music. We ran into each other and I’ll let LV tell that.

LV: It’s the same as he said. He was on a gangster tip surrounded by the Hispanic gangs. I grew up in Vista and I was doing my skateboarding thing out there.

Interviewer: So how and when did the two of you meet?

Cals: We met in 2006 at a recording studio.

Interviewer: So the two of you were doing your solo thing and were recording at the same studio?

LV: That’s what it was.

Interviewer: How did you start the conversation and eventually build a friendship?

Cals: I heard LV’s music and thought he was pretty tight. I saw him at the studio and asked him if he wanted to do a collaboration with me. We did a song and it came out tight. We weren’t really close back then. We just made the song and that’s what it was at the time.

Interviewer: So how did that progress to a friendship and eventually leading to becoming a duo?

LV: I was locked up in prison for a while and Cals came to pick me up when I got out. He put me on game with the music business. He showed me everything, from performances to being in a studio, to writing this and that, etc. We’ve been doing it for almost two years now together.

Interviewer: That’s not a really long time considering the progress you guys have made. How did you hook up with DJ Kay Slay for the mixtape? That’s a large co sign.

Cals: We were doing our thing out here in San Diego. We went over to some other countries to continue doing our thing. Our goal when we came back was to get an east coast buzz over there. The first person I could think of was DJ Kay Slay. Being from the west coast, that’s the New York DJ name you hear from his mixtapes. I hit him up and he liked the music after I linked it to him. We ended up doing a mixtape together.

Interviewer: How can the fans get their hands on it?

Cals: We have it at www.datpiff.com and it can be downloaded right there. You know we have to push it on the streets heavy. All the mixtape shops in New York and San Diego also have it.

Interviewer: Cals, I read something regarding you breaking your neck. Tell us about that.

Cals: May 5th 2004 I was on the run from the police in Chicago. I needed to get some money so I was working in construction out there. I fell twenty feet and broke my neck and back in six places. That’s how that happened. It was an area covered with Styrofoam and I ended up falling through it.

Interviewer: What was that recovery process like?

Cals: It was crazy. I spent a lot of time in the hospital recovering. I had to go through multiple surgeries and things holding my neck and back in place. It was a crazy process. What helped me through the whole thing was music. I kept going because I realized I wasn’t going to do anything but music at the time. That’s all I put my energy towards and that’s what helped me get through such a hard time. I’m all-good now.

Interviewer: You were the first person to escape boot camp and make it back to the USA. Now that’s crazy. Tell us that story.

Cals: When I was 17, I got sent to a little boot camp in Mexico. I was there for about two weeks, I escaped, and I was the first person who was able to get back into the USA, and didn’t end up getting sent back.

Interviewer: Did they end up finding you?

Cals: Once I became 18 all of the charges got dropped. That was a long time ago but definitely crazy.

Interviewer: LV, you have a skate background. How do you incorporate that into your music?

LV: I was always into hip-hop. Skating, I’ve been doing that for 11 years. We would line up at skate parks and break into public places. We were just messing around and skating. I would freestyle and play around with it; I never took it serious. I put the skateboard down and picked up the mic. I eventually picked up the skateboard again and did both things.

Interviewer: You’ve performed with Raekwon, E-40, B-Real, Fat Joe and more – what did you learn from performing with such veterans? Do you have any stories?

LV: We learned about the things you don’t do while performing. I picked up on those tips and different techniques to use on stage. I didn’t want to copy them but I did learn from what they do.

Interviewer: The Daygo Boyz is the self-titled album. What’s the release date?

Cals: We don’t have a release date yet. We’re trying to work something out right now with E1 for distribution. We’re talking to a few different people. We’re not sure what we’re going to do with that. It’ll be out by the end of this year for sure. Right now, it’s just about figuring out the distribution situation.

Interviewer: Is the whole album already complete?

LV: It’s 100% complete and mastered. It’s a banging album. We’re just waiting to get the right distribution deal to put it out there.

Interviewer: Has the first single been picked out? And are you waiting for a distributor to do that?

Cals: We have two singles. We’re pushing off the album right now. One is “Can’t Help Myself” featuring Graph and the other one is “Drippin’ Wet.” We already have the video for “Can’t Help Myself” and we’re working on the video for “Drippin’ Wet” right now.

Interviewer: Tell us about the production on the album.

LV: The production is broken down by three producers. They all do their thing and we have a great relationship with all of them. One of them does a lot of the big production for the west coast and we’re messing with him heavily. The other producer does a lot of singing. We just finished up a new mixtape tonight that is coming out soon.

Interviewer: And what is that titled?

Cals: It’s titled “S.D. Certified” and it’ll be out in a month. It’s hosted by DJ Green Lantern.

Interviewer: How did you hook up with Green Lantern?

Cals: Same thing. We sent him some music and he felt it. He heard the tracks and he came back and hit our manager. He said let’s do a mixtape and we just finished it tonight. We’re in the studio right now.

Interviewer: Going back to the album, Graph is on the album, a single actually. Do you have any other features worth notifying us of?

LV: Besides our producer Tre, there is nobody. We’re trying to bring up our people and do our thing.

Here is a new one D! Let me know if you need anything else.


Interviewer: What’s next up for the Daygo Boyz?

LV: We just finished shooting two more music videos that are getting edited right now. We’re working on getting those on BET and MTV. We’re also working on another mixtape with DJ Whiteout right now. We’re about to open for Scarface on February 26th so we have some big shows coming up. We stay very active in San Diego doing mad shows; that’s how we got a buzz in the first place. That’s what we do. We stay in the streets pushing the mixtapes and in the hood doing the shows.

Interviewer: That’s a third mixtape with DJ Whiteout. In addition, you just shot two videos; for what records?

Cals: Last time we were in New York we shot “Can’t Help Myself” and went back to New York two weeks later and shot “One’s a Gangster and a Gentleman.” We come with that gangster and gentleman style. And we shot “Ready For Me” which is a club track with a Euro, almost like electro beat. We have those two videos coming out. We’re about to shoot our forth video for our fourth single, “Drippin Wet” which is pushing on the radio right now.

Interviewer: No doubt. I appreciate your time. We’re with The Daygo Boyz and we got the official word on everything they have going on. Do you have any last words before I let you go?

Cals: We represent San Diego hard. Shouts out to everybody that supports us and thanks to all the DJ’s pushing our records on the radio and on the mixtapes.

LV: Shout out to Tre, 1934 and be sure to check us out on:

On MySpace at: www.myspace.com/thedaygoboyz

Twitter: http://twitter.com/DAYGOBOYZ

Be sure to download our mixtape on www.datpiff.com and be on the lookout for more Daygo Boyz!