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"Burgundy Brown" MC | Producer, Los Angeles www.omniblx.com Page 1 | 2 | 3 Lee: What changed in regards to the distribution of Burgundy Brown with Kajmere from your first release Funkdafied Freddy with Caroline Distribution? Omni: Well basically, Funkdafied Freddy was released on my homey's label B9000 Records and they are on Caroline. I released Burgundy Brown with Molman on BLX/Ariel records and they are distributed by Kajmere ksdmusic.com they are a more indie distributor but they are family and they get the album where it needs to be... not just sitting in Taiwan where no one is going to pick it up. L: What improvements were made in regards to world wide distribution, what response did you get from that? O: Well, Kajmere does a really good job...they reach the album to where I am touring and beyond. I was in Tokyo and I saw my album everywhere. L: How far have you taken this project? O: I constantly sell this album... it goes where I go, but I know it sold in Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, USA and some spots in South America. L: I was told you been to Japan 5 times. What is it about the scene in Japan that has you goin' back? O: The love and respect for the art form, straight up. L: What advice would you have for upcomin' artists as far as making it mandatory that they touch grounds across seas? O: Anytime you get a chance to travel anywhere, go. It's always a learning experience and it opens you up to more perspectives. Every artist should have the chance, privilege and honor of rocking for anyone's culture. L: Much props on the single, "American African" b/w "Equalize." I first got a hold of the album and single earlier this year, 2005, in January, definitely in my opinion one of the best singles I've heard this year. Many are familiar with the id, African-American, what does the switch imply to you, American African? O: It implies the reverse culture that my people and many cultures are experiencing today thru media outlets and false representations of culture. Gangs, stereotypes, race, are all projected negative in the American community but mainly in African and Hispanic communities. We feel we have to gang bang... be who we aren't based on social economics and ignorance. We see these images everyday in magazines, radio, albums, books, etc... and we emulate what we see, but that doesn't make it right. Be who you are. L: Also, what's the story behind the production? O: My man Earganic made that beat. The chanting is a real tribe from Kenya (the name I can't remember right now) but that is a real 100% recording of an actual African chant and ritual freaked out by Earganic: www.earganic.com. Dude has heaters and is a really good friend of mine. L: And the concept? O: Basically purity and life. I felt Africa and felt like addressing the gap between American Africans and Africans abroad. They are chanting and fighting for life, while our miseducated are gangbanging and killing each other. I just wanted to express that... With these tattoos and these bandanas these knuckle heads thinkin' that they gangsta, riiight, just because you got dreadlocks and you sell incense don't run around thinkin' that you rastafariight, ain't nobody trippin' if that's what you all about, you ain't trippin' till that gun up in ya mouth, you better know the truth and you better know the roots, cause theres real mafuckas that'll call yo ass out, bring the chorus in... L: What influenced the writing (message) behind "American African"? O: The current situation in the ghettos of the world. Mainly the ones I know in America and specifically Los Angeles.
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