This is from a mag interview:
1) In a lot of your songs, you’re not afraid to get into subjects like religion & science. Are you a very religious person? On the same subject, I’ve noticed a lot of artists in all genres are coming out with "political albums" is it something u think of putting out, or does every song you put out give a little secret of what circus thinks of the world?
(a) NOT EVERY SONG I CREATE IS ALL THAT DEEP ... BUT I TRY TO AT LEAST SAY "SOMETHING" OR MAKE SOME "SORT OF STATEMENT" ... WHETHER IT BE SERIOUS OR SARCASTIC ... I SUPPOSE MY STUFF COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS RELIGOUS ? HOWEVER IM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT MY RELGION IS ? ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I BELIEVE IN SOME SORT OF HIGHER EXISTANCE ... AND SCIENCE IS JUST MEANS TO UNDERSTAND THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN ... I GUESS IT HAS BECOME TRENDY TO BE POLITICAL ... WHY NOT ? THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES IN THE WORLD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ... WHILE SO MANY OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS ARE BEING OVERLOOKED ... HOPEFULLY WITH THE HELP OF MUSIC WE CAN MAKE PEOPLE THINK TWICE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD WE LIVE IN ... BEFORE THEY MAKE IT ILLEGAL SAY SHIT AT ALL
2) What’s the biggest difference you’ve seen in music (hip-hop) from when you started to what it is now? Would you like to see more of what went on in the 80's and early 90's or is change and experimenting with different elements a better approach?
a) ITS A CATCH 22 ... YOU CAN LOOK AT IT 2 WAYS ... IN THE 80'S YOU PRETTY MUCH HAD TO GET A DEAL OR SPEND MONEY AND GO UP IN 2 A STUDIO TO CREATE AN ALBUM ...THERE WAS A PROCESS TO MAKING MUSIC ... YOU DIDNT HAVE ALL THESE SHITTY COMPUTER AND 4TRACK ALBUMS THAT YOU HEAR TODAY ... & SO WHO AM I TO TALK ... FOR THE SHAPE SHIFTERS ARE THE KINGS OF SHITTY 4 TRACK ALBUMS ... SO NOW PEOPLE WHO CANT AFFORD STUDIOS OR GET RECORD DEALS CAN CREATE ALBUMS ON THEIR PORTABLE TOYS ... RECORD COMPANIES AND COMMERCIALIZED RADIO DETERMINE WHAT YOU GET TO LISTEN TO ... THEY TELL THE PUBLIC WHATS GOOD ... AND SOME OF IT IS ... AND ALOT OF IT IS JUST GARBAGE ... I LIKE THE UNDERGROUND ... THATS WHERE I COME FROM ... BUT JUST BECAUSE ITS UNDERGROUND DOESNT MEAN THATS ITS GOLDEN ... SOME SHIT THAT MAKES IT MAINSTREAM DESERVES TO BE THERE ... I LIKE THE MUSIC OF YESTERDAY JUST AS MUCH AS I LIKE SOME OF THE STUFF I HEAR TODAY ... THERE IS BOTH GOOD AND BAD ... IT JUST SEEMS THAT THERE IS MORE BAD TODAY ... BECAUSE EVERY AVERAGE JOE CAN WHIP UP A CD ON THEIR COMPUTER THAT THEY GOT FOR CHRISTMAS DOESNT MAKE THEM AN ARTIST ... PEOPLE DONT EVEN PLAY INSTRUMENTS ANYMORE ?! BUT NOW THERE ARE SO MANY MORE ADVANTAGES FOR ARTISTS TODAY ... THE WAY I LOOK AT IT ... THE GOOD SHIT ALWAYS RISES ABOVE IN END ... AND ALL THE WEAK SHIT GETS FORGOTTEN ABOUT ANYWAYS
3) What’s it like working with Asmar? How is he different from other people you’ve worked with?
(a) HA ! DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED WITH THIS ... I HAVE KNOWN DRE SINCE HIGH SCHOOL ... SO WE WERE TRYING TO DO THIS ALBUM A LONG TIME AGO LIKE IN A GALAXY WAY FAR AWAY ... AND SO MUSH APPROACHED US & IT FINALLY GAVE US REASON TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN ... BUT THATS WHAT ITS LIKE WORKING WITH ASMAR ... HA HA ... NO BUT REALLY ... WE BOTH LIVE LIKE VAGABONDS AND BOTH OF US LEAD SEPERATE LIVES ... BUT WE TELAPORT INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER ... WITH OUR SUPER GAGETS ... AND SOME HOW IT ALL GETS ACCOMPLISHED IN THE END ... I GUESS IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO ... NO BETTER TIME THEN THE PRESENT ... ASMAR'S BEATS ARE THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE ... HE HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE MUSIC THAT SOUNDS BOTH OLD AND NEW AT THE SAME TIME ... IT WILL TAKE YOU ON A RELIGOUS SPACE JOURNY INTO THE INNER OTHER ... LETS JUST SAY THAT IT WILL MAKE AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL BITCHES 6 TITTIES JIGGLE ... IN MY OPINION ITS WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME ... PEOPLE ON EARTH DONT GET IT YET ... ALL THE EWOLKS ON ENDOR BE BUMPEN ASMARS SHIT ALL THE TIME
4) How did you guys come-up with the concept of the faceless cowards? When is the release date and where can we pick it up? The image of the faceless coward appeared to us in a dream ... the rest is history..
(a) I KNOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP AT AMEOBA IN LA OR S.F. ... ASK YOUR LOCAL MOMS N POPS RECORD SHOP TO ORDER IT THROUGH REVOLVER ... OR TRY A SEARCH 4 IT ON LINE ... IVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT WILL DROP ON MAY 26TH AND BE SHIPPED OUT YOU SHOULD DEFINATELY BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP IN STORES AFTER JUNE 10TH.
5) Is faceless cowards a compilation of unreleased tracks between Circus and Asmar like those of Gangstah fo Gawd?
(a) NO THE ALBUM IS TOTALLY CONCEPTUAL ... OR AT LEAST IT WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE ... THIS TIME CIRCUS AND ASMAR TEAMED UP TO MAKE A RECORD
6) Circus, are we going to hear a more professional, mature, mc or are you going to hit us with the off-the wall, off beat, abstract, planet g spot style the hip hop culture has embraced?
(a) YES TO ALL THE ABOVE ... YOUR PREDICTIONS ARE ACCURATE ... MORE POLISHED BUT STILL DIRTY ... MORE DEAD CENTER BUT STILL OVER THE TOP
7) Circus/Asmar - Take us through one of the new tracks, pick and tell us the one track that better depicts the faceless cowards? SEX IN SPACE ... PURE EXTACY ! Circus - Will you be working on another Anticon / Mush release or will the next Circus sitting be in the up coming Shapeshifter Album?
(a) IM WORKING ON A FEW DIFFERENT PROJECTS WITH THE SHAPE SHIFTERS & ANTICON ... CANT EXACTLY PREDICT WHICH WILL COME OUT NEXT ? WITH THE POLITICS OF THE RECORD BIZ N ALL ... BUT YOU CAN DEFINATELY EXPECT A FEW BOMBS TO DROP IN THE FUTURE FROM THE LIKES OF THE ABOVE ... NEW SHAPE SHIFTERS ALBUM DROPS OCT 19TH http://www.cornerstoneras.com
8) Circus - Self.inflict magazine gives the hip hop heads in the Imperial Valley and Mexico border an opportunity to self-educate themselves in non-main stream, independent music. What can we expect when we first pop in a circus record? And what can we expect at a shapeshifter show, for those who’ve yet to experience one?
(a) EXPECT 2 HAVE YOUR WIGS BLOWEN OFF ... ID SAY PUT IT IN DA BOX AND GIVE IT SOME JUICE ... KEEP AN OPEN MIND ... SHIT ? I DUNNO ?.. MAYBE YOU WILL LIKE DAT SHIT !? I KNOW ALL OF THE LADIES ALREADY LOVE ... SO LIKE WHAT ARE YOU WAITTING FOR ?.. GO FOR IT !!! GO GET YOUR SELF TURNED ON TO THE SHAPE SHIFTERS AND THE REAL SHIT COMMING UP FROM PROJECT BLOWED & THE LA UNDERGROUND
9) Self.Inflict magazine cant say enough for the support and influence circus, Asmar have given us to put out this magazine. Any last words or info for the people of the Imperial Valley / Mexico border heads?
(a) WERD UP ... ODALE VATOS !!! CIRCUS ASMAR & THE FACELESS COWARDS WILL BE ON TOUR WITH RADIOINACTIVE & OTHERS STARTING THE MONTH OF JUNE TIL JULY 2004 MAYBE THEY WILL BE COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU ?.. CHECK OUT THESE SITES FOR TIMES AND DATES ... (BUT ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR PARENT’S SUPERVISION)
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