Vicksburg, Mississippi Hip Hop artist ZeeDubb recently released the "Bronze Mixtape: Mississippi Edition," a collaboration with Wu Tang producer Bronze Nazareth. ZeeDubb has been a good friend of the blog since its inception; he held down the podcasts for us for a while. ZeeDubb and his wife, poet Scarlette, are leaving Mississippi for Arizona in August for new opportunities, and he leaves the "Bronze Mixtape" as his last hurrah for Mississippi.
Where does The Bronze Mixtape fit into your collection of releases? Is it part of a progression or is it a new direction? How did you get Bronze Nazareth involved?
The Bronze Mixtape is a project that I can say that I really wanted to do. The Voice of Abstract was more of a compilation of tracks I put together in a rush to release something, but The Bronze Mixtape is more focused and I'm sure you can hear the difference in the two, from the production, to the subject matter and the structure. It's definitely a direction my music is going into for now. Ever since I heard Wu-Tang meets Indie Culture: Think Differently Music and Bronze Nazareth's The Great Migration, I have been a fan of his production. So once I saw he had a compilation of his beats released, I downloaded them and began this project. Of course I hit him up on facebook and we discussed it and he was definitely down with the idea of a Mississippi & Detroit, MI collab.
I know you are married to an amazing poet named Scarlette. What is it like around the house? Do you guys spend a lot of time listening to each other's stuff? Do you guys only speak in rhyme to each other?
HA! Yea, going 7 months strong. Around the house there is either a lot of music playing, from Hip-Hop, reggae, blues, jazz, sometimes orchestra & classical (being married to a music major) and whatever else. You can definitely walk by our house and hear us blasting Yung Humma & Flynt Flossy. We keep the jeep riding!!! (laughs) Or we're watching The Office or Archer. We're definitely critiques of each others' works. She was definitely a big help with The Bronze Mixtape and she's back to working on her own music along with her poetry and I do my best to add my 2 cents. I think we'd both go crazy rhyming to each other like some musical. (laughs)
I know you have a deep love for Mississippi hip hop. What is it about hip hop in Mississippi that you see as being so special?
I love Mississippi Hip-Hop because people don't think there's anything more than what the mainstream puts out there. People wouldn't believe artists like myself and PyInfamous, Skipp Coon or Ulogy is down here. Most think of Mississippi as just David Banner back in the days of Cadillac on 22s. Which was great and helped put Mississippi on the map, but there's 5th Child, Trumpcard, 7even:Thirty, Lyrik, Eclipse and so many others to name. There are artists who are influenced from music and not just rap. The artists that I've met in the past few years have probably inspired me more than any famous artist. Half of the ones I've mentioned are activists or teachers that just want to make good music and I love that. I will forever represent my Mississippi family because they helped me grow. If these great artists get a moment to shine like they should, Hip-Hop would definitely make a big turn from where it's at now.
I also know that you are moving out of state soon. Where are you moving? What brought about the move? Are you excited to be going somewhere new to rep Mississippi?
Yes, Scarlette and I are moving to Phoenix, Arizona. I've been trying to figure out what I want to do outside of my music, and minimum wage jobs at a casino just aren't doing it for me. I'll be attending Motorcycle Mechanics Institute (MMI) and She will be teaching music. I'm very excited about moving and I plan to represent MS very well while hitting the streets on a Kawasaki Ninja!
What all do you have coming up? Any new mixtapes, albums, etc. before you leave?
I mainly want everyone to get The Bronze Mixtape: Mississippi Edition. That is the focus!!! Get that!! I may release some new recordings as an official project before I leave but time is winding down and I may be leaving sooner than expected but a majority of the songs can be found at www.soundcloud.com/zeedubb as the Exclusive set. I've got recordings with Rashad Street, James Crow and Ulogy that I know the listeners will love.
Before I leave this wonderful state, I would like to give a Shout-out to Seven Studioz/Cultural Expressions, Suite 106, DJ Phingaprint for putting me on with June Hardwick and 4ever Fridays, Kamikaze for getting me on at Dreamz (GenerationNXT) and allowing Ulogy and I to throw that bomb Double Album Release Party in VIP. Skipp Coon, Mr Nick, Ulogy, 7even:Thirty, Mike Bunch & Flicka II a Flame, Trumpcard, James Crow, Rashad Street, PyInfamous, DJ Young Venom, DJ Sean Mac, Cocky McFly, Urban Raw, C. Leigh McInnis, my beautiful wife, Scarlette, my boy Silent G and many others...You all have helped me grow as a person, artist, and performer, whether you know it or not. Shalom.
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