I feel like I was a part of creating an era that wasn’t created yet. How do you think you’ve impacted the music scene in Atlanta and rap and hip-hop overall? You have a really extensive discography going back to the 2010s. We just linked up, but I feel like it’s going to expand my horizon musically. The project with Dot Da Genius is still in the midst of being created. We’re releasing an Atlanta dance project before we get to the Dot Da Genius project. What can fans expect from your upcoming project with Dot Da Genius?īefore I release a project with Dot Da Genius, I’m releasing one with 14 Golds – he’s a producer. Marquis is fully produced by Marc B and we collaborated on what sound I wanted to hear in the music – but it was mainly all him. I haven’t really self-produced since early in my career. I just take the idea, run with it, and just like a rapper would, I rap about the subject in any way.ĭo you make most of your beats or co-produce with other producers?Īll of my projects are co-produced. But I don’t tend to know what beat I’m gonna do or how it’s gonna sound. I tend to write those ideas down or remember them when I go to the studio. What does your songwriting process generally look like?Īs an artist I usually come up with a song that I want to write with an idea. My mental health wasn’t wasn’t all the way together due to damage to myself for so long. I felt like I had a disease and battle I had to go through. That’s why it was kind of personal to me too. I went through a lot of life changes and experiences while I was making the album. It took a year to put the project together because I was going through some things where I had to sober up in the midst of it as well. I’m more of a new-age rapper where I go in and put my verse together in the microphone. What was the creation process of Marquis? I feel like his sound just matched up to what I wanted to do because he knows me as an artist. because I’m more keen to do projects with one producer. I feel like as an artist you want to leave a stamp here, so I chose to do it with this project. Why did you choose to make a self-titled album? I started making music at the same time as I started producing. I liked music my entire life and the music that I make that I can relate to was when I was 13 or 14. When did you get into music and what inspired you? Our brief, yet elaborate conversation delved into his inspirations, his love for music, and what the future may look like for KEY! I interviewed him in our traffic-filled Uber on the way to the iconic Scarr’s Pizza where a 10-minute drive turned into 30 minutes. Rory and Quinn are seen not singing on their parts, Rory's part is "Yeah yeah" before the second stanza and Quinn's is the "I'm down on day dream." with Finn on the bridge.After a hectic New York Fashion Week, KEY! and I finally found time to meet up with each other in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
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