Jotsone has been making the rounds in the Providence scene for a minute now. I had a chance to stop him and talk to him about life and the pursuit of whats dope. interested? good. click the read more link already!!
Jotsone – Hungry
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HW: Let the world know what your name is and what you do.
Jotsone: my name is JotsOne, and i sleep, rapping in time between naps.
HW: What are your major influences.
Jotsone: major influences include the wu-tang, j dilla, the whole native tongues movement, mf doom, immortal technique, definitive jux, but also all of hip-hop in general, both good and shitty.
HW: When did you start rapping? what was your first reaction after making your first track?
Jotsone: i started rapping in high school on and off, but i got serious about it when i was about 17. when i finished my first track, i didnt really have much of a reaction, other than probably saying ‘wow, i’m a rapper now i guess.
HW: Interesting you just knew that this was it?
Jotsone: i just didn’t really even know what the hell i was doing at that point. i did it just to see if i could do it, and i liked doing it, so i made the decision to run with it a bit more.
HW: Ok, ok so tell me What was your first show experience?
Jotsone: I did a show called ’sounds of summer’ in my hometown, which was basically a huge end-of-summer bash thrown in my friend vito’s backyard. I hadn’t even considered shows at that point, but he asked me to do it and i was all over it. i had 19ninty7 come down and rock it with me, and i think it went pretty well – there was an enormous crowd there, and it definitely helped with exposure.
HW: ok what do you feel about the current state of Hip Hop?
Jotsone: while we’ve got a serious problem with the overall image of hip-hop being ruined by the awful mainstream acts calling themselves by that name, i think the actual state of hip-hop really isn’t as bad as it may seem. radio rap sucks, but as long as true hip-hop artists continue to focus on the creation of new and innovative music, our culture will be just fine.
HW: what do you think of the local music scene currently?
Jotsone: i think our scene -and by our scene i mean rhode island and southeastern massachusetts and the like – is going to start garnering a lot more attention nationally very, very soon. we’ve got so much talent brewing down here, it’s only a matter of time before we finally get the credit we deserve. being so close to boston and NY, it’s kind of a given that the new england scene would go under-appreciated, but since i’ve gotten involved in this whole thing i’ve seen a lot of cats make great strides in their music, so we won’t be under-appreciated for very much longer.
HW: ok, ok now what projects you got going on right now.
Jotsone: Currently I’m sort of hard at work on a new solo LP, currently untitled. I’m also working on another Biblical Proportions free mixtape that will probably be featured exclusively online (and if any of you artists out there are interested in throwing one of your tracks on it, email me at JotsOne@gmail.com or get at my myspace and we can talk). I’m also working with Kalamity on our group, The Indigo Kids, but that will probably be more of a late-summer-early-fall thing.
HW: Who are you listening to right now?
Jotsone: i’ve been on a de la soul kick for the past 3 months or so, but in between de la i’ve been bumping zion i and the grouch’s ‘heroes in the city of dope’ a lot. mobb deep’s ‘the infamous’ has been getting some spins lately too.
HW: When your not rapping what are you doing?
Jotsone: sleeping or ingesting mass quantities of alcohol. actually, i’ve made an effort to get serious about schoolwork lately, too, so i’ve been doing a lot of that.
HW: if you died tommorow what would you want people to say about you?
Jotsone: what a weird question. what would i want them to say? obviously i wouldn’t hate it if everyone said that i was the best person they had ever met and that life without me would be completely empty and hollow since they had experienced my amazingness and absolutely nothing could compare, but since that’s a bit unlikely, i’d like people to say whatever they actually thought about me – who gives a fuck, i’m dead, right.
HW:Any closing lines?
Jotsone: peace to everyone who has ever helped me in any way with this music shit, because i’d be absolutely nowhere without you. to all those who didn’t believe in me, thank you, too. if the presidential primaries are done by the time this comes out, either vote for obama or whoever isn’t hillary clinton. be on the lookout for the indigo kids, too!
HW: where can people find more jotsone music?
Jotsone: you can hop over to my personal myspace, which is www.myspace.com/jotsoneproductions, and you can peep the indigo kids at www.myspace.com/indigokidshiphop
Well if you liked the interview and your too lazy to check out the links we got some songs right here for ya!
The Indigo Kids – Superfriends
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April 10, 2008 at 7:16 pm
Jots says:
anyone who lets their girlfriend leave little lovenotes on their music myspace shouldn’t talk shit. do a track and then judge me.
April 11, 2008 at 4:51 pm
sneakypete says:
“gNnnaw son, minez has a Z at the end”
April 14, 2008 at 9:28 am
Truth says:
A lesson? lol Nice one Pete… A prime example of ego bigger than skills. I heard your music.. I was asking you what you think you are about?!? Get off your high horse man.. If you are on your business thing with this stuff and not a hobbyist as you call others.. What you have for credits? Spins? Units moved? ASCAP? Anything….
April 14, 2008 at 9:33 am
Truth says:
Peter E. “Sneaky Pete” Kleinow (b. August 20, 1934, South Bend, Indiana – d. January 6, 2007, Petaluma, California) was an American country-rock musician, songwriter, and a motion picture special effects artist.
I did google and this is what I found… the real sneaky pete… lol
April 14, 2008 at 11:24 am
sneakypete says:
yes I do know about Sneaky Pete Kleinow
not really in my genre so…what is your point exactly?
April 14, 2008 at 11:30 am
sneakypete says:
ok smart as… google “sneaky pete rap”
that clear enough for ya?
May 1, 2008 at 8:30 am
sneakypete says:
YAY it’s a new month…bye bye Jotsie!!
who you got for us HW?
I dare you venture outside the DELUSIONAL CAMP
May 1, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Jots says:
i’ll make a bet pete won’t be happy with the new artist of the month if his name isn’t ’sneaky pete’
May 1, 2008 at 2:14 pm
sneakypete says:
here’s my bet:
Jots ONe music aint gettin no spins newhere except his own myspace page
oh yeah…you def on the rise though
May 1, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Jots says:
i make music in my time between classes and work
you do it for a job
and we rock the same shows and venues
and i’m not on the rise?
ask 97 who got 2mex to come here…you know, that 2mex show you BEGGED him to get on
faggot
May 1, 2008 at 5:12 pm
The Mic Monsta says:
HA HA HA Fuck Stinky No shine Pete
March 19, 2009 at 1:29 pm
sneakypete says:
Sneaky Pete here…
Presenting my
“SliceThePie” Challenge:
http://www.slicethepie.com
is a website that was designed to give its users an incentive
to (actually) CRITIQUE artists’ music.
It’s 100% unbiased as the reviewer doesn’t even know the name
of the artist he/she is listening to until after the critique is submitted.
Interestingly enuff, this is a British based website. But i digress.
I have created an account named:
401hiphop
There are ten(10) song uploads allowed per account
So I’m inviting 4 more artists join me in putting up 2 songs each
Once I have selected the contestants, I will share the password
so we can all see the “grades” and comments each song receives
Marshall, Phillip, SBO, Jots, HW?
Get at me.
Let the games begin.
you can upload ten songs per account
and I
March 19, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Jots says:
why would you put this on a months-old post?
slice the pie is a bunch of stuffy industry dicksuckers who critique music according to appeal for the masses.
March 19, 2009 at 3:03 pm
sneakypete says:
you say “appeal to masses” like it’s a bad thing.
ok, i take it Jots is out cuz he too scrrrd.
anyone else?
March 19, 2009 at 4:38 pm
sbo says:
yea im down… i like getting critiqued .. sounds like a good idea.. where should i send the tracks to? your e mail? scream at me
March 19, 2009 at 4:41 pm
sneakypete says:
send track submissions to 401hiphop@gmail.com
March 19, 2009 at 5:12 pm
sbo says:
ok well i just got a new labtop so i had to use the yousendit .com i only got a hand full of tracks and i dont think any are in mp3… fuck it though.. check the e mail i think one of the old ones just went through.. now i got to sign up to send another so it might be like 10 more min… chya
March 19, 2009 at 5:24 pm
sneakypete says:
u dont need to use yousendit
you can send and receive upto 20mg at a time thru gmail
March 19, 2009 at 5:50 pm
sbo says:
o shit.. well i already did …
new track i just posted on myspace while i was at it… survival in the state of hate… if ya want sneak… critique just a intro for the mixtape.. but i dont know i like un bias opinions ya dig
they both should of went through.. so check the e mail.. i
March 19, 2009 at 9:41 pm
The Craft says:
Damn!! 2Mex was around? Shit I’ve been outta the loop. BUT…at least it’s still the same ol’ topics and blogs on here. Not to knock anyone’s opinions, but I never did get why Jim Jarmusch is so liked. None of his flics really do it for me. Random reference tho; I dig it. Peace yall
March 19, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Jots says:
i had an account there, and the only consistent criticism i got was that dropping swears in songs is horrifyingly offensive to british people’s sensibilities. what kind of bullshit is that? if you want some industry motherfuckers to tell you how to do your thing, then YES, go right ahead and submit a track – i’ll sit back and laugh while you try and tell people what you’re doing is in any way original
March 19, 2009 at 11:19 pm
sneakypete says:
hey Jots…
you can sit back an laugh all you want…alone in ur basement.
did Wu-Tang have “mass appeal”
did Lauren Hill have “mass appeal”
even Gangstarr’s “mass appeal’ had mass appeal lmao
so fukn man up or shut up
March 20, 2009 at 11:18 am
Phillip Morrez says:
Alright pete.
Im sending you 2 tracks right now…
ill agree with sbo, un biased is best.
March 20, 2009 at 11:23 am
Phillip Morrez says:
alright sent.
March 20, 2009 at 11:34 am
Jots says:
yep, i’ll watch as you do HUGE THINGS in the attic instead
sorry bro, i just don’t give a fuck about that target audience
March 20, 2009 at 12:51 pm
sneakypete says:
I get it…it’s all good Jots,
u want to believe that “being creative” and
“being popular” are mutually exclusive…
so u just keep rhymin’ on those Zelda beats.
(cuz no one’s heard that before)
and your just wrong about slicethepie being “industry”
these reviewer are fans interested in the idea
of financing artists they believe can be successful
OK so far we got SBo, Phill and myself
anyone else want to part of this experiment?
March 20, 2009 at 5:16 pm
hw says:
Im in.
already sent.
March 20, 2009 at 6:20 pm
sneakypete says:
just need two tracks from Marshall and we can get started…
where he at?
March 20, 2009 at 10:44 pm
40 dash 1 says:
shit. If he doesnt show, You can count me in.. ! Aim- Fortydashone
March 20, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Jots says:
i could start up another never-ending 401hiphop fight for no reason or i could just call it a day
but actually, i think i’ll submit an indigo kids track
March 21, 2009 at 9:38 am
sneakypete says:
hmm
actually you bring up an interesting point, Jots
maybe what this experiment need is a “control”
I could submit a couple tracks from an artist
who has already “made it” to see if their scores are head and
shoulders above the rest.
maybe some kids in the hall, or aotp or even Chachi
March 25, 2009 at 6:04 pm
sbo says:
so are tracks submited/€
March 26, 2009 at 10:34 am
Phillip Morrez says:
i know right. whats going on with this pete?
March 30, 2009 at 2:19 pm
GTCFish says:
haha he’s probably stealin your tracks now thats sneaky