Deep Reasoning

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Born Steven Bonner, 17/02/1986.When 8 years old, Steven remembers listening to the Outhere Brothers song "Boom Boom Boom" (a dancy track with rap lyrics) and it became the 1st song that he couldnt get enough of. It was the sheer energy of the track he says that really got him. This was the beginning.But it was at the age of 13, that he started to really get into music and was listening to the popular hip hop artists at that time: Tupac, Biggie, Dmx, Nas, Wu-tang etc... but the first album that blew him away was Eminems "The Marshall Mathers LP"."This was an album that really moved me due to the obscene lyrics it contained and the uproar it caused when it was released just added even more to the album. Also hearing a white rapper who could not only rap in a credible way but lyrically assaulted people was great in a satirical way and it certainly had made him one of my favourite rappers at the time because of that."At the tender age of 15, he found himself listening to an incredible amount of hip hop. Strangely, it took 2 years for him to realise his ambition, that he should be an emcee and at the age of 17 he penned his 1st properly structured verse (16 bars). This verse started off with the idea of suffocating George Bush with his pillowcase...This automatically bestowed in him a passion for rhyming words and eventually style with immense pace. He started to pen fast raps for kicks, before beginning to carved out a much wanted path for himself.He says "I'm a huge fan of Big L, Big Pun and Jay-Z's earlier work, it got me amped up when i listened to them"When he was studying for his leaving, he says he had raps embedded in his notes for every single subject and it was such a distraction to him, except for maybe learning poetry which he added rhythm to in order to recite better. As soon as he finished his Leaving Cert, he lashed into songs and wrote a lot (nearly 30 songs) in about a fortnight. The obsession was growing at an alarming rate as he naively went in search of a dj/producer and without much success. At the age of 19, he finally joined forces with a talented local producer called David Howard, who produced his 1st album entitled "The Quintessential LP". His beats had soul and coincided with Reasonings' lyrics and delivery quite well. The album itself containing 10 songs was completed within a 2 month time period.Deep Reasoning says: "It was something that came together very fast and we learned a lot about what we could do artistically, we became very open after the first month. It was certainly a learning curve for me as you could mistakingly think you have everything it takes when you start off; but then only realise after a while what you've picked up to make you a stronger emcee "There were a few songs however that did not make the album namely "Blessed", "Walk The Line", "Flow of Life" and "Never Look Back". These songs are far more introspective in nature compared to the songs on the album but still hold immense value to Reasoning, particularly "Blessed" a song with a personal guide into spiritual enlightenment and one of his finest works lyrically, unfortunately the beat didn't compliment the emotion of the songs words."Walk The Line" was the 1st track they worked on together and acted as a stepping stone towards finding their musical path.Deep Reasoning has put out an introspective type of EP which is downloadable via myspace (click the link on the page). The EP entitled Design Through Rhyme contains 4 songs and is a promo piece of work before work begins on an official debut album. AVAILABLE NOW FOR FREE DOWNLOAD be sure to get yourself a copy while its up!Work on a new album has begun and Deep Reasoning is ready to be heard.Look out for "In Dublin" on DCFE's "ourspace" album in stores now. It did quite well reaching Number 5 in the Irish Compilation Charts.In the meantime be sure to check out his collabo track with Kounter Kulture. Interview, Music videos and more tracks comin real mothafuckin soon, so stay tuned to deep reasoning...