This weekend marked the release of
Mississippi Heat Vol.1 hosted by DJ PM and SlimmPusha. The mixtape features all Mississippi talent. Followers of this blog will see some names you are very familiar with as well as some folks you don't know. Click the link at the bottom of this post to download. Before you do that, check out this interview with DJ PM.
What is the meaning behind the title Mississippi Heat?
The title Mississippi Heat is a double entendre. It's meant to play on the fact that being a southern state, the climate makes Mississippi one of the hottest states in America, so by naming it that I’m attempting to let the world know Mississippi is one of the hottest states for music also.
How did you go about selecting artists for the mix?
The selection process was quite simple actually. Via Twitter, Facebook, and attending a few shows in the Jackson area, I reached out to Mississippi artists and asked them to send me 3 or 4 tracks and picked the one I liked the most. That and of course the first people selected were the people that have been rocking with me from day 1.
What brought you and SlimmPusha together? What does he bring to the mix? What else do you guys have planned?
Man what brought us together is my eye for talent. Mark my words SlimmPusha is one of the best party MCs I’ve eva heard and I've been to clubs from N.O. to Jamaica. That and been seeing his work and grind for a while. We been chopping it up at parties for a while and when I first got the idea for the mixtape I knew I wanted him on Volume 1. Man Slimm brings sheer comedy to the project. I mean his energy and work ethic is crazy too. Perfectionist like me so that worked out well. What’s next for us TAKING OVER THE WORLD. You know were talking of Volume 2. That and he's focusing on his music also so I believe we'll all ways work together in some kinda way.
What do you think about hip hop in Mississippi? What is our next step forward?
Hip-Hop in Mississippi is a hidden treasure. I mean don’t get me wrong, its a lot of coal covering up the diamonds, but Mississippi hip-hop is a treasure that I’m glad to be a part of. Our next step is spreading out our music. It used to be getting everybody on the same page but now everybody is on the TEAM MISSISSIPPI page and now its getting the music to the world. That’s what I’m tryna do with this mixtape. I think the biggest thing for us is learning how to legitimize our business and put out good quality music, because we've had some good music stolen out of Mississippi. Also I think we need to end the DJ-artist beef. Too much of that going on. If 1 DJ don’t wanna play yo music, find one that will. The biggest thing we need to do is GRIND HARD!!!
Tell me about the work you do with 5th Child. How do you guys work off of each other?
Man 5th Child is my dude. I been knowing 5th all my life before I was DJing and before he was rapping. Man me and 5th work well together because its not just like some random dude I’m DJing for or I’m not some random dude he engineers for. We were friends before this and I feel that’s what makes everything we do so great. 5th inspires me to put my heart into my music cuz he all ways does. Me and 5th got some stuff in store so stay tuned.
Is there anything else you want to say to the people?
Wanna just shout out and thank everyone who was apart of helping me make this mixtape: Rahkua for opening up the mixtape in such a classic way and all the support; 5th for engineering; Slimm for hosting; Ayatti of Gifted and Graceful Designs for artwork and photoshoot; Ski for printing the CD's; Patrick Guitar Boy and Tenisha Hayes for the encouraging words and support; Xclusiv for printing the covers and everybody that put up the cover on their Twitter and Facebook; anybody who re-tweeted, said a prayer, or contributed in any kind of way. Gotta give a big shout out to Silent G and back2basicsjackon for interviewing me. Innovative MusIK.
Click the CD to download Mississippi Heat Vol. 1.
