Gee Floyd- Knew That(feat. Brandon Myster)
Making his first appearance on the IAHHM platform, we got the homie Gee Floyd dropping off a new single “Knew That” featuring Brandon Myster. Gee Floyd has his eyes set on a big 2019
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- WHERE DOES DRAKE RANK IN YOUR BEST OVERALL RAPPER LIST? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PUSHA T BEEF DID FOR BOTH PARTIES? Drake is top 3 rappers ever, based on accomplishments and popularity. lyrically, he’s top 10, the ghostwriting rumors hurt his MC stock in my opinion.
i feel like the beef didn’t do much career-wise for either party. they’ve been going back and forth for a while - FAVORITE HIP HOP GROUP OF ALL TIME?
favorite hip hop group ever?….Clipse - WHAT HAS THE HARDEST OBSTACLE AS AN INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST BEEN?
the hardest obstacle as an independent artist, in the beginning, was getting booked. now its more of a promo/marketing challenge. also, finding opportunities the create more content, get paid, spread the brand outside of performing - WHAT PLATFORM ARE YOU USING TO DISTRIBUTE YOUR MUSIC AND WHY?
I use all the major streaming sites such as apple music, spottily, and tidal to distribute my music. streaming is the most used source for music nowadays. it makes the music more accessible. - WHAT IS YOUR STANCE ON KANYE WEST? West legend, he just honestly has been in the mainstream too long. you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
- HOW MANY ARTISTS HAVE YOU COLLABORATED WITH LOCALLY? I’ve worked with about 6 artists locally.
- HOW SERIOUS ARE YOU ABOUT MAKING A LIVING FROM MUSIC? ARE YOU A STUDENT OF THE GAME? making a living off music is my number 1 goal right now. i want music to my one of my top 2, if not my main source of income. i’m a true student of the game. there always something to learn
- WHAT IS LACKING IN HIP HOP MUSIC THAT YOU THINK YOU CAN CHANGE? what’s lacking in hip-hop that I think I can change bring back the times when lyrics and vibes went together. nowadays its all about vibes but not many people are talking about shit. the lack of creativity/talent is hurting the game a little bit in my opinion. and nobody seems to really care about what they’re doing or life after the first couple years when their career eventually dies out because they were too worried about popularity instead of the music and the people
- IN ORDER, RANK YOUR TOP 5 PRODUCERS IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW? top 5 producers: spyda, harry fraud, Kanye West, Pharrell, tay keith
- FAVtORITE ALBUM SO FAR THIS YEAR? favorite album of 2018 was Nipsey Hussle “victory lap”
- IN ORDER, RANK YOUR TOP 5 RAPPERS IN THE GAME?
top 5 rappers: jay-z, curren$y, Pusha t, wale, dave east - .IF YOU COULD COLLABORATE WITH ANY SINGER MALE OR FEMALE FOR A JOINT ALBUM WHO WOULD IT BE? if I could collab with any singer for a joint album it would be Brandon Myster
- DO YOU THINK THE STREAMING ERA IS HURTING OR BENEFITING ARTISTS THESE DAYS? the streaming era is a double edged sword because it makes the music super accessible for the consumer but pays the artist so little. but that’s the game as of right now so artist has to create other streams of income to compensate. but physical album sales have seemed to been going up lately.
- WHAT WOULD YOUR ADVICE BE TO ASPIRING ARTISTS FROM YOUR AREA? I would advise an artist from my area to travel as much as possible. artist from Ypsi get overlooked a lot for a few different reasons in my opinion but I believe that if we constantly keep going to where the industry is then eventually the industry would have to come to us
- Where are you from?
from the north side of Ypsilanti, Michigan. aka Topside. about 25 minutes from Detroit.– - -When and how did you get into music?-
I got into music when I was a kid. taking piano lessons and listening to “ready to die” on cassette. when I graduated from high school I started hanging out at the studio and started putting out my own music when I was 19. I just turned 27 - How did you choose your rap name? my rap name the combination of my mom’s dad name and my dad’s dad names, my grandfathers.
- How will you change the industry?I’m going to change the industry by being my self and doing what makes me comfortable, no matter what. making sure my city gets the look it deserves, expands outside of music with my writing. creating legendary content and music. doing things differently but still being relatable and not being stingy with information
- -What motivated or inspired you to record your last project? my inspiration for my last project, “guilty of murder”, was someone telling me that they didn’t get enough of me and my “story” from prior projects. and thats purposely for the most part. everything cant be talked about, as well as i don’t wanna share the whole story just yet. i like giving things pieces at a time. but i figured with my last one id give a little more of me and my feelings at the time of writing. i was somewhat angry and stressed with the industry. bring back well as where i was personally so I just basically wrote and talked about whatever i wanted pertaining to me. i basically gave
insIght to another side of my personality that i dont like to show. - -Hasthere been any time in your journey where you felt like pursuing something else instead of music? I have thought about pursuing other things instead of music but I always came back to music. so I figured it was the “universe” telling me that those things can be a part of my life but could never replace music and music was what I was meant to do
- If you were offered a perfect distribution/sponsorship from every major company in America which company would suit you and your brand the most? the perfect sponsorship would be Mercedes Benz because they’re good cars and
i hate having car problems. also, Mercedes to me represent obtainable luxury.i wanna show kids that grew up like me or really any kid that nice things are very obtainable for everyone. whether that be material things or just peace of mind, or even financial freedom. all these things can be accomplished - -What is your favorite movie? Favorite actor?
a favorite movie is “wolf of wall street”. I actor is probably Michael B Jordan right now. - -Tell me some of your biggest and/or most enjoyable moments so far?
biggest/most enjoyable moments: performing at SXSW, touring the east coast, meeting other great indie artists. - -What equipment and software do you use to record/produce?
my engineer, Jeff Kuhns, use the latest version of pro tools to record and mix all my music - -Name 3 things that make you unique as an artist?
things that make me unique as an artist: my songwriting ability, where I’m from, my laid back but still lyrical style - -Where do you see yourself going with this? What are your big plans?
- -Any projects in the works? I’m currently gearing up to drop an EP at the beginning of February titled “invite only”, with “knew that” featuring Brandon
Myster being the first single, coming out on 1-4-19. my current plan for 2019 is to drop an EP every quarter
