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Who is you? |
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My
name is Tyrone aka Lammie or Lam Lam, my wife is Munchy, my kids are
Bubi and Ani, my mom is Baysa, brothers is Boobie, Paul Wayne and
sister Gloria (R.I.P), My family is the Dumas, Wiley, Abercrombie
and Cormier family, we are from the southend of Seattle, but originally
from Chicago, and Texas. My Relatives are Edward, Timmy and Fiddy,
Nuk Nuk, Bitty, Alley, Freddy, Margie, Pooh Pooh, Shelley, Pam, Darlene,
Emily, Big Johnny, Lil Johnny, Big Ronny, Lynelle, Lil Ronny, Lil
Lil Ronny, Chris, Jennifer, Robin, Steph, Ugly David, Lil Charles,
Willie, Jerm, Dee Dee, Linda, Freda, Jerry, Nighja, Beetle, Mila,
Trice, Jazz, Deshaun, Malachi, Jarquis, Mal Mal, Bailey and Alex,
Junebug and Tony, Mona and Freddy, Big Tyrone, Dave Toledo, Brina,
Tre Dog, Big Spence, Paul, Junior, Lil Dee Dee, Greg, Charlie Dogg,
Edawg, the Godoy's, the Espina's. My kinfolks are Tendai, Hoop Dog,
D Brice, Logic Amen, Mike Moss, Lewis and Larry, Jeff and Karl Dogg,
Ricardo and the Armstead pack... Just to name a few; chances are you
know some of these people for better or worse... |
| 2.
How long you been creating music? |
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I
have been into hip hop since I was about 7. I started out doing grafitti,
then breakdancing, and at 11 I wrote my first rhyme and joined a crew.
I built a recording studio at about 13 or 14 and started recording
cats in my neighborhood. The first record I was featured on was MC
Ideal I was about 16, I got the contract to produce his second album
but it fell through. I started L.B.P and started doing shows locally
in the early nineties. I eventually had my son and had to go to work
full time but stayed active with C.A.V.E' and doing production work
on various projects. Me and my little brother were always messing
with Casio keyboards and making pause mixes with our karaoke machine... |
| 3.
How did you develop your sound and style? |
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I
developed my style form the diversity in my neighborhood. In the ghetto
or hoods in the Southend of Seattle there are various ethnicities.
Asians, Samoans, East Africans and White folks, so you hear a little
of everything; and when you dig in the crates at the local thrift
stores you pick up all kind of records. So I was mixing Chinese records
with breakbeats in the late 80's, Indian breaks with soul records
when I was 12, The different beats taught me different rhythms and
metronome counts, measures and harmonies. I spent some time in church
so I developed a spiritual gospel style bluesy feel, when I speak
and most notably when I spit. I am of the hood southside of Chicago
moved to the southend of Seattle, from projects to section eight dumps
where I got street smarts with a gangsta swagger. 50% of my family
been to jail or dealt with substance abuse so I learned early not
to fall into those traps, but I should have been dead along time ago
or locked away in solitary, so I give GOD the glory for my survival.
Now I have a family and work, with no education it is hard but we
get by, and that is what I spit about, where I came from and where
I am, it is better than how I grew up and my children have more oppurtunity,
but we are still barely over the poverty line!!! |
| 4.
Are you a political artist you seem conscious? |
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I
guess I am a Democrat I like some of the theories of the Republicans,
but hell at the end of the night I am simply trying to provide for
my family, and as long as they dont take away that I wont have to
kill nobody. I do vote and pray for the world and my people in Katrina
etc... I deal with the issue facing the working class not the streets
but the people in them. I dont trust the government, and pray for
those at war domestic and foreign... |
| 5.
I hear a spiritual overtone in your music? |
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I
am a Christian I have studied under Orthodox but haven't converted,
I do have alot of questions to ask GOD though like why slavery?
Why did you allow the crack era? About my family that have overdosed,
are in prison and were killed why did you allow that to happen and
for what reason? Why am I hear and what is my purpose now? Whats
wrong with my people? FACT: I gave my life back to GOD when I
was 20 years old after I had my son, I then took a vow to celibacy.
I was celibate (no coochie) till I got married 6 years later....
To Alea Espina.
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How do you feel about economics? |
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I
come from generations of poverty, my grandmother was adopted and my
mother ran away when she was 15 so she was uneducated and worked in
factory jobs etc; as a result of my surroundings I never expected
much of my life. My father was an alcoholic and for a short period
of time I had a stepfather that was also an alcoholic, my sister died
from complications of drug abuse and alot of my cousins and uncle
(even aunts) gangbanged. To escape the ills of poverty some of my
family turned to drugs or alcohol it affected their self esteem and
self worth. So their kids; my cousins fell into alot of the traps
of mental slavery and self hatred they witnessed through their parents.
Then the crack era came in fast money no consequences, the economic
crash of the eighties, and out of the despair gangs, violence and
rage. Now with felonies, and other life long issues from that era,
the times of the new millenium are about credit and class not simply
race and prejudice. Gentrification, job preference and credit devide
black people in fact all the middle to low class people of America.
My family as well as the majority of people I know fell victim to
these realities and are now face the daunting task of reconstructing
there lives... As I listen to people rap / brag about what they have
and how simply they came up off selling dope and violence it angers
me... The new millenium is about class!!! |
| 7.
Where is Hip Hop music going? |
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Hip
Hop is dead, it has lost its zeal and creative drive. There are whole
bunch of factors to name and it aint really commercialized hip hop.
The fact that there are so many hands in the hip hop money pot that
are not a part of the culture, in punk rock; punk rockers control
the scene, in reggae and dance also. In Hip Hop we sold our portions
for distibution, radio play, money and planes etc. It is not about
making exceptional music it is about selling records. The more simplistic
and ignorant your music and lyrics are the better chance you have
at selling records to people that are not and have not been a part
of the culture. In the gangsta rap era of the early nineties the music
and lyrics still prompted (know matter what style) you to go back
to the drawing board on some bboy ish if you plan to participate in
the music. Hip Hop should inspire you to do better music, spit better
lyrics, be a better writer, and be a beast on the floor. These fools
in the music side of the elements are not taking it to the next level
like the turntablists, bboys, and graf writers. Another problem is
that people look at Hip Hop as a source to get money, or open doors
for other avenues clothes, acting, etc; it takes energy that should
be going into creating good music. Hip Hop should not be a hustle
or grind. I am a Hip Hop producer and emcee I do not have a desire
to get wealth or move into other business ventures through Hip Hop...
I am into making incredible music and any energy I put into something
like a clothing line or acting will take away from my creation, and
if I cant give 100% to the culture then I should step away from it
for a while, until I can focus on music alone...... ONE- |
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