Exposed Vocals Interviews ‘$WARBUXC ENT.$’
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$”, We are, JAZZ195 & BIZ1AD7M, We grew in Lake View Terrace California at an early age, then found ourselves in Roxbury Ma by our elementary years. Quickly adapting to Boston, we started rhyming during the Gangster Rap era. We lived in the absolute tuffest streets of Boston, But Magnolia St. is where our massive family has been residing for over 50 years. We were sidetracked from our goals of becoming entertainers, due to natural street survival modes, but now we are in a stable environment to express our creativity, and here we are.
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$ We thought of “$WARBUXC ENT.$” because We had to adjust to having multiple gangs attacking everyday, and still make money to support our families. So the War is for Beef, and the Buxc is for knowing how to still make money. We go to war if nessary, but we still get that cash tho.
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$”We support online music sharing, and yes we are currently giving out free downloads online ourselves. We have 1000’s of unreleased, unknown material, but we have fans that deserve a lil taste of what’s cooking for the future
Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” We would like to say, Don’t ever give up on your dreams, if you can dream it, you can build it. When it comes to get’n gigs, I would advise to do your own. You can start by, googling where the location of all your Moose Lodges, and VFW lodges are. Call them, they are very friendly, and the prices are 3 to 500 dollars a night, depending on your length of time. D.J’s are also under 500, if you are on limited budget. We done it, and are thankful for the Local Buzz
Exposed Vocals: Do you ever make mistakes during performances? How do you handle that?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” We very seldom, but do make mistakes. When that does happen, we are a fine tuned network of artist that picks up the part, and picks up the artist. We never lose the beat, failure is not an option at “$WARBUXC ENT.$”
Exposed Vocals: Do you tour? Anything interesting happen on tour that you think our readers would enjoy hearing about?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” While doing a show in D.C., we rocked the crowd, and were naturally pumped up ready to blaze and pop a bottle. We found the bathroom of the facility, and we blazed a half dozen blunts or more while popping a few bottles. After like an hour or so, we heard someone in the stall, It was a petrified white women with her feet up in the stalls, We were in A Ladies Bathrooms..! We apologized to the lavatory patron, she was very buzzed from the contact of the smoke, that she was even friendly in the end. We laff whenever we think of the time.
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$”BIZ1AD7M prefers to freestyle all his verses, I JAZZ195, am a writer first, freestyle later M.C. Every has a unique way of get’n a job done, But we find it easy to create songs, because of our journey of hardships that we have endured, we just simply tap into our inner selves, and find that natural pain, or joy from within, then we lay on track. Find yourself, and you find your Creativity
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” You can find us on Soundcloud “$WARBUXC ENT.$”@SOUNDCLOUD.COM, or You can get to know us personally by friending Me, JAZZ195 at [email protected] see you there..!
Exposed Vocals: What are some really embarrassing songs that we might find on your mp3 player?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” Lord, Please Forgive Me is by far.., the most eclectic song I’ve JAZZ195 has ever performed.
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” What we would do is buy a nice sized store location, property and all. Fill it with affordable designer clothes, sneakers, and women shoes. Employ my community residents and family
Exposed Vocals: Any planned studio upgrades? What are you working with now?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” We are looking to build our own Professional Studio by 2017, right now we work it out with our Tascam US-2×2, KRK Systems Rockit 6 Powered speakers, and Our Asus laptop. We try our best to soundproof our recording room , but you might hear chicken frying, and my cat going crazy if you listen close…
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” What works best for us, is finding promoter to pay for their promotional services, Because if you find a good promoter, you will likely see that most promoters work very hard at what they do. So paying the Professional Promoters is the way to go for Us
Exposed Vocals: If you could perform anywhere and with any artists (Dead or Alive) where and who would it be with? Why?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” We Would like to perform with DR.Dre, Aftermath Records, because me JAZZ195 & BIZ1AD7M were born in Valleys of Cali, we use that smooth west coast flow a lot.
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” Planning shows, doing videos, Networking with our Audience.
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” All we know how to do is Survive and make music. Since we moved to Main St., now we can focus all our talents to making music
Exposed Vocals: Do you remember buying your first album? Who was it? What was going through your head?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” The first C.D. I ever bought was Ice T’s Power album. The chick was on cover, they had guns, I JAZZ195, was like Word..!
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
“$WARBUXC ENT.$” We made music our Responsibilities, music is our life. We buy and then sell beats for extra money. Its like the stock market, buy and sell, buy and sell, that’s all there is to it. Kaching
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?
“$WARBUXC ENT$” We are a band for the people, We will continue to release free underground downloads, Work on upcoming videos, and also release Private Footage on our facebook page. We look forward to entertaining you guys, stay tuned in..!
