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| Mykestro Interview - Part 1 |
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| Written by Styles | |
| Thursday, 20 November 2008 | |
 Los Angeles lyrcist Mykestro who recently dropped his mixtape Emotion On My Sleeve as a world exclusive here on Raptalk.net hooked up with us again for a new several part indepth interview! There will probably be at least 3 or 4 parts all together and each week we will be dropping a new part. Stay tuned next week for Part 2!
Styles: After fans not hearing from you for a while, you really came out of nowhere with this new Emotion on my Sleeve Mixtape. What took you so long in between projects? Mykestro: We’ve talked on and off in between projects. I just didn’t feel the need to do one. We are oversaturated with mixtapes. Everywhere you turn someone is dropping a new mixtape. All of these DJ dudes do mixtapes consistently with the same artists. You see the same dudes on the cover and you get the same basic drops. That shit gets old. Between that and all of the snap music, dance music and all of the little kiddie shit that’s been going on – I didn’t want to get caught in the middle of any of that shit. I kind of simmered down some and then when I felt it was time I wanted to go ahead and drop something. Styles: Do you think that is an effective marketing plan, because out of sight is out of mind in this business. Mykestro: Yes and no. I understand that you have to stay relevant but I don’t want to really be relevant in a time where music is wack. It’s like beating up a skinny dude with glasses on [laughs]. Everything is so bad that you got people that want to take advantage of that and shine during that time because it will make them look that much better than they really are. I want to get in and stand out when Eminem is about to come out or other rap dudes like Crooked I. I want to be mentioned in those categories versus being mentioned in the brackets where all of the little funny shit is going on or that’s been going on. I could have easily put out a few mixtapes a couple of years – that’s nothing. The music side is easy. It’s just the politicking takes all of the fun out of it. There aren’t many dudes like yourself that will reach out and say “Hey, this is what’s going on” with the latest up-in-coming dudes. All of these other sites and big sites are all politics. Why should I work my ass off for a tape? Just so it can go on two or three websites? That takes the fun out of it. You put your heart in to something and it goes nowhere because of politics. Rap has become like sports in a sense to where it’s not necessarily the best man is on the courts or the fields. I’m sure that there are local dudes at the parks that will light some of these NBA dudes up. But Rap now is a politics game. I just don’t want to get caught in the whirlwind of all of this shit. From time to time I will jump on different forums and read what people have to say. It’s just a bunch of critics. People are afraid to be fans. I saw you say on the 2nd page that Mykestro will put out a 2nd tape if you guys comment that you want it. Why can’t people just comment because they like the mixtape? You had to bait somebody in to make a comment. But then you will see someone say, “Who do you want to hear do an album with Dr. Dre? Or be on the Snoop album?” I’m like, “Who fucking cares?” What are the chances of anybody getting an album done by Dre? But you guys would rather give 2,000 replies talking about that then some shit that is actually going on and not impossible to happen. I just don’t want to waste my time with it personally. I try to do it for the fans and the people that love what I do – people that love music in general – good music for that matter. Styles: Does that stuff really discourage? Mykestro: Ah yeah, of course! Anybody that tells you different is probably lying. It’s not like it makes you say, “Damn. I want to quit.” But I put a lot of effort in to my music. I don’t know about the rest of these dudes. For me, I put my heart and soul in to it. If you don’t have any emotion in what you do, then you are not doing it hard enough. Some dudes just do it for the check. Then you’ve got dudes like Crooked I that smashes the internet for a year straight. It’s funny because you go on the forums and see other rappers making comments and they can’t even stand in the arena with that dude [Crooked I] for one week, let alone 54 weeks. So how does that make me feel when I see someone put so much work in like that just to see only a few comments get put toward it? Then the next thing you know, Lil Wayne will come on Raptalk or something and the rap forums will give it a million fucking comments. That’s just the politics of what’s going on. Everybody wants to complain on how bad the industry is and how people don’t support the music – and those same people don’t want to do anything about it. It makes you as an artist feel less enthused about saying, “Hey. I’m about to put a mixtape out.” And that shit is for free! It costs me on my end! When I read stuff and people are out there dropping comments to try and push my buttons, I just pick up my pen. It doesn’t mean that I will go out of my way to put out another mixtape out though. Just think if I would have put out those two mixtapes out at the same time like you and I had talked about before? Giving out music for free! You’ve got artists giving out there music now. I’ve got a set-up at home, but there are those that have to pay for studio time and other stuff, just to have it go on the internet and get criticized. If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything about it. I get stuff that I don’t like all of the time and I just go right past it. Styles: Why the name Emotion on my Sleeve for the mixtape? Mykestro: Because it’s just really how I am feeling. When I am interviewed, I tell it how it is. I give it to you straight up. I chose that title because I listened to the music that I picked for it and I put the songs in alignment like an iTunes playlist just picking how I feel. Every song was an expression of how I felt at the time I did the music. Some songs have aggression. Some records are for the chicks. Then I’ll have a girl record to where I am going through something different than the prior chick record. Candy is an all around girl record. One Two is a party record but nothing Top 40. These are just the emotions in my music of the things that I am going through in my life. I don’t think there is anything wrong with showing your emotions. People just have to know how to control your emotions, and that’s the difference. I’m not on there like the Mad Rapper. I might be concerned about how the state of music or how things haven’t necessarily bounced in my favor but I don’t have any Mad Rapper approach whatsoever.Comments (3)
  written by dj far, November 23, 2008
YO...MYKESTRO, KEEP DOIN YOUR THANG BRUH, MUSIC IS BANGING AND DONT LET THE WAY MUSIC IS GOING STOP YOU FROM DROPPING THE TAPES, OVERSATURATE THIS MARKET WITH YOUR SHIT CAUSE ITS BANGING AND THEY WILL BE FORCED TO CHECK FOR IT.
written by AKIL THE MC, November 28, 2008
THAT'S WHAT'S UP HOMIE KEEP SMASHING I ADMIRE YOUR REALNESS.THE WORLD WILL SOON KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS JUST STAY RIGHT UNDER THE BASKET HOMIE THE BALL WILL FALL RIGHT IN YOUR HANDS.WHY SHOOT A 3 WHEN YOU IN CLOSE ENOUGH TO DUNK.
written by belle, November 29, 2008
I appreciate the fact that this is an art form, a passion, something you care about and it makes it all relevant. This is the type of artist that should be in the game!!! meaningful and honest... not to mention talented.
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