Page 9 - ION Indie Magazine MayJune 2019

JP: What’s the biggest problem you’ve had to overcome so far?

SS: In the context of music, probably penetrating the market in our own city. As ironic as it
might sound, it’s taken us over half a decade as a crew and much longer individually to gain
the recognition we deserve as artists from Manchester, UK. Hip hop is universal, and
although we've always had love from the States and across Europe, the hometown support
has been the hardest to generate. That said, we are at a point in our journey now where
were finally gaining acclaim in the city. Shout out to everyone who's helped us along the
way…you know who you are.

JP: What do you enjoy most about being a musician? What do you hate most?

SS: That's a hard question, as it's one hell of a roller coaster being a musician. But I think
the creative journey in seeing a project from conception to release is pretty special. People
only hear the finished product, but from the inception of an idea to the completion of an
album, there are so many intricacies and experiences you go through artistically…at times
passing through the whole spectrum of emotions before the LP is released. On the flipside,
I'd say logistical complications of tour life -- like being stuck in an airport for hours on end
waiting on a heavily-delayed flight after little or no sleep. That's got to be the stuff that is
most testing of you as a musician, but it's all part of the journey. When you do finally arrive at
your destination and are performing to a full house of highly-energized hip hop heads, the
ends definitely justify the means.

JP: If you could change anything about the industry, what would it be?

SS: As we touched on earlier, that would have to be changing the fact that talent less acts
are gaining massive exposure and making serious money from soulless noise as the real
artists struggle to make ends meet while following their dreams as true creatives. If that
repolarized and success was based on talent, the music industry wouldn't be such a jungle
to navigate.