In the age of Hip Hop in its resurrection, with many “sub” branches claiming their origin in this magical intelligent movement that came and fathered many sons and daughters looking for pivotal voice – we thought we should catch up with one of its most competent soldiers. Impropoe, White Shadow, Shaun Collins or James Caviar as known to the rap community, is a Sowetan emcee who hails from the township of Rockville. With the world-wide-web making one organism out of all of us, it is digitally that this interaction is executed. Ahead of the Certain Dillusions – Listening Party happening at Soweto Food Art on the 3rd of June, we caught up with Beefi to get his word on the forth-coming event. This is how it went down:
Question: So yeah mans, can you please start by fully introducing yourself in a way that does justice to who you are and what you are bringing to the game?
No. My name is ImproPoe... Simple and plain... Nothing too grandiose...
Question: How would you go about defining your music?
I don't understand the question...
Question: I have known you for quite a long time now and have seen you in the many phases of your hip hop transitions, how would you describe you morph into what Beefi is now?
It took time... Question: You are now living in a new and foreign environment, how has this affected your outlook on Hip Hop and the different scenes globally, especially where you are at?
It hasn't really... The music I do wasnt really big back home... It isn't here either... So no real change...
Question: This event is an attempt at making the world even smaller through the use of digital means. Do you think the spectrum can be broadened as to the creation of more borderless projects?
Yes... It's easy to produce and post on the web...
Question: Certain Dillusions is officially out, with another gem already making ears pop (Body of Proof), how would describe the difference between the 2 projects?
One is of a younger Mc try G to make his mark... The other is of one who has made it and can now try to diversify his style... One is young and wild and the other is more mature and controlled... One centre's around flow the other centre's around bars and song making...
Question: Writing solid material is one of biggest challenges that writers have these days so please explain where all these rhymes come from?
I wish I could... But it would be like trying to explain a feeling... I can't do it without making metaphors and I that's not explaining where bars comes from that's just comparing a feeling... FYI I never have problems with writing because it comes naturally... If you have problems perhaps you should be doing something else...
Question: Apart from writing, which other challenges have presented themselves in your journey as an artist? Also please try answering this one in a way that sheds light to what you would’ve done different if you knew other things earlier?
Firstly writing was never a challenge for me just a journey... Production of music and finding the right instrumentals for my projects has been a bit of a challenge but since these aspects are outta my hands I don't consider them to be challenges or problems to my art... My art begins and ends when I start and finish writing... Anything else, in my opinion, is for other people.
Thank you very much my man. I hope we can continue to write some more and document this experience with your tape. We will be looking out for more works. Hip Hop is very much alive as we have seen with the rise of the old school witty rhyme patterns and for all we know, you're one of the greatest writers of the rhyme of all time. We are hoping for all the best for you and we will be here all the way.
For all looking to get some of the music from Impropoe, it can be found right here:
https://audiomack.com/album/impropoe/certain-dillusions
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