Lets start off by stating where you are from?
I'M AN ARTIST FROM MICHIGAN, HOME TO MANY GREAT HIP HOP ARTISTS SUCH AS EMINEM, DAYTON FAMILY, JAY DILLA, MC BREED, ETC. I REP MY STATE TO THE FULLEST, BUT IM ORIGINALLY FROM RUSSIA AND MY NATIONALITY IS ARMENIAN BUT I GREW UP IN USA (MICHIGAN) BEEN HERE SINCE 11 YEARS OLD.
I was going to say you look as if you are Hispanic....
What or Who movivated you to get started in music?
I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THIS MUSIC THING, AS FAR AS ACTUALLY RECORDING MY OWN MUSIC, I'D SAY ABOUT 2 YEARS BUT I BEEN WRITING LYRICS SINCE I WAS ABOUT 15. GROWING UP, I WAS MOTIVATED BY HIP HOP GREATS, SUCH AS 2PAC, BIGGIE, BIG PUN, JAY-Z AND MANY OTHERS WHO I CONSIDER GREAT LYRICISTS. I WAS ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF LYRICS AND FIND IT SAD HOW CONTENT HAS DUMBED DOWN IN TODAY'S RAP GAME. PEOPLE PLACE STYLE OVER SUBSTANCE TOO MUCH, WHICH REFLECTS IN TODAY'S RECORD SALES IN MY OPINION. BUT WHAT GOT ME STARTED IS REALIZING I HAD A SKILL AND DRIVE TO DO THIS, AS I'M TRYING TO USE MUSIC AS A VEHICLE TO PROVIDE FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY.
Where would you like for your career to go?
LIKE THE SAYING GOES, SKY IS THE LIMIT. RIGHT NOW I'M HITTING THE MIXTAPE CIRCUIT PRETTY HARD WITH MIXTAPE APPEARANCES AND FEATURES. BUT IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, DO I WANT TO BE LABELED AS A MIXTAPE ARTIST BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE A TALENT TO MAKE ACTUAL ORIGINAL SONGS.
Your songs like a story book, are they from personal experiences?
EVERYTHING I WRITE OR RAP ABOUT IS BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, MEANING ITS EITHER SOMETHING I'VE DONE OR WITNESSED. THATS WHY I CALL MY MUSIC "REALITY RAP" BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BASED ON REALITY, WHICH I THINK SEPARATES ME FROM ALOT OF THESE RAPPERS. WHEN I TALK ABOUT DRUGS, ITS BECAUSE EITHER I SOLD DRUGS OR SOMEONE AROUND ME SOLD DRUGS. BUT AT THE END OF A DAY, NOTHING I WRITE OR RAP ABOUT IS GLORIFYING AS FAR AS THE STREET SITUATIONS. THERE'S ALWAYS A POSITIVE MESSAGE IN MY MUSIC. YOU JUST HAVE TO DECODE IT.
If there was a label you can be signed to tomorrow (given a chance), which would it be and why?
HONESTLY, I HAVE NO ANSWER FOR THIS QUESTION AS THERE ARE MANY RECORD LABELS OUT THERE DOING THEIR THING ON A MAJOR SCALE. I'M AFFILIATED WITH A FEW LABELS, SUCH AS BLACKWALLSTREET FOR EXAMPLE BUT I'M CURRENTLY AN UNSIGNED, INDEPENDENT ARTIST. I AM SIGNED TO MYSELF, DOWN 4 MINE RECORDS, D4M GANG, ITS ALL THE SAME.
After hearing a few of your songs, which are impressive, the one song that got my interest was "Turbulance" is that you or a another artist?
ACTUALLY THE SONG "TURBULANCE" IS BY MY PARTNER SOUTHAVE, WHO IS ANOTHER ARTIST AND A PRODUCER FROM MY CITY. ME AND HIM DROPPED TWO JOINT MIXTAPES CALLED "CODE RED" AND "CODE RED 2" HOSTED BY DJ HAZE (THE GAME'S OFFICIAL DJ) AND DJ CUTT NICE (COAST 2 COAST DJ'S). I HAVE A VARIETY OF SONGS, FOR EXAMPLE "SAY LUV" CATERING TO FEMALES. RIGHT NOW I'M PUSHING MY STREET SINGLE "MONEY IN THE AIR" PRODUCED BY SOUTHAVE. BOTH MIXTAPE ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD EVERYWHERE ONLINE, JUST GOOGLE IT!
As far as Big Al, what should people be looking out for?
RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING ON A JOINT PROJECT WITH BANGEM SMURF (FORMERLY OF G-UNIT, NOW MAYBACH MUSIC) CALLED "THE BIG BANG THEORY" WHICH IS GOING TO BE ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC, MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR ITUNES. ALSO, I'M IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF WORKING ON MY SOLO MIXTAPE CALLED "SUGE WHITE" COMING SOON!
Where can people get in contact with you, as well as find your music?
I AM ON MYSPACE www.myspace.com/bigal517 AND TWITTER www.twitter.com/officialbigal AND YOUTUBE AS WELL www.youtube.com/down4minerecords ADD ME, FOLLOW ME, HOLLA AT ME! I APPRECIATE U GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT MY MUSIC SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SHOUTS TO EVERYONE WHO GOT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR ME! I PROMISE I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. SHOUTS TO SOUTHAVE, D4M GANG WE ALL WE GOT!
GET INTUNED!
Want to Thank BIG AL for talking with me. Much love . Be sure to check out his music, follow him via twitter or any other social netowrking site.
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