[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : Alright, I initially started rhyming under a different name, which was the same name I used when I used to tag back in the 90’s. I decided to change it to better reflect my persona on the mic which I’ve dubbed “A throwback attack.” The Atari takes you back and the Blitzkrieg bombards you with the material and yeah I’m also a video game head, so you’ll hear a lot of references in the rhymes, maybe too many… We have a song on the Third Phenomenon B-Boys album called “Parasite Eve,” I’ve mentioned Metal Gear, Galaga, Asteroids, Bio Shock, all of that.

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : I’ve always been involved in hip-hop, I used to do graffiti, I’ve been a DJ, I have freestyles and rhymes on tapes from the early 90’s. I have a track on my latest EP, A Hand-Made Soul called @17, which is a rhyme I did way back … I just kind of stayed in the back ground until I felt it was my time to emerge and bring something different to the game. A lot of artists are stuck into this idea that they need to create a persona to build with the fans, most do it in a superficial manner in order to sell records, I’m just being me, if you dig it, I appreciate it, if not, there are other cats you can listen to.

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : I guess at times “futuristic, non-conformist, fatalistic poetry set to drum breaks.” Its alternative to the current trends in popular hip-hop and at times crossing over into new genres, I’m not afraid to try a different approach when it comes to delivering my material. It might not be what the streets are into but I’m not making my music in order to sound like everyone else. I’m having fun doing this, it’s all out of love for hip-hop.

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : We share a mutual acquaintance and with that, it’s been easy to make the music happen. We’re always on the same page when it comes to making music, we’ve done an EP, we’ve started a new group so it’s been real dope. We’ve been putting down some material that would make the Krohme fans do a double-take, a lot of experimenting, more keyboard work, less sampling, adding live instruments, it’s pretty crazy, you might not dig it but I hope you’ll appreciate the complexity and time involved. My first single, Rokkonorrottenhell is an example of that, I was involved in the production so it’s not a typical Krohme beat.

5/ Do you do your own production as well?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : I do, I’ve been in the background with a lot of the work, but you’ll hear it phase in during the free iGod sampler, on the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test EP, The Right to … Bear Arms and the Third Phenomenon B-Boys album. I guess I consider it to be, futuristic b-boy material, chopped drum breaks with synths, cuts, 808’s, video game samples, all of that, I throw it all into the pot. I think the TPBB album is going to give the fans their first real glimpse at my production work; we’ll be dropping 2 singles for that later on in September. Check1ne? and probably Lucifer-Alpha.

6/ What works have you released so far?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : I dropped the Rokkonorrottenhell single in 2007, that featured Groovie Mann of My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, the b-side was The Forsaken Version 2.0, which was a remix of the track on Krohme’s All Praises Due album with Royce Da 5’9. We dropped Black at the beginning of the year, which was a remix project that took tracks from Metallica’s self-titled album and recreated them into hip-hop tracks. I dropped the iGod sampler, I’ve dropped mini-EP’s called “Atari Producer Series,” which is me working with up-and-coming producers on 3 track EP’s to get their work out. I’ve dropped 2 so far, “Apologies for None” with DeNovo and “The Apollo Creed Episodes” with Karl Lazlo. I dropped the joint EP with Krohme, “lessthanthree,” which featured a wide-range of outside producers. I dropped the single, Morgan Freeman which has Breez Evahflowin and Wildchild, that’s off of my upcoming Fantastic Saturday Celebrity Hour EP. And I just released my full-length EP, A Hand-Made Soul, which is basically set 30 years ago in my head so it has that vibe, it’s less futuristic and more vintage. It has production by Krohme & Bronze Nazareth and features Sadat X, Timbo King, Agallah and few other dudes. You can also catch me popping up on releases from other artists, I’m here to make music so when guys hit me up and ask if I can drop a verse for them, I’m always down, well unless they suck.

7/ You have done/plan to do some collabos with wu affiliates? Can you talk a little about that and how they happened?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : Those basically came about via connections I’ve made over the years and of course, Krohme. I did a song with Timbo King on A Hand-Made Soul which was a back-in-the-day track, I have a song done with Hell-Razah over a 4th Disciple beat for my album, The Right To … Bear Arms, Bronze Nazareth has another beat on that album. Leathafase from Hillside Scramblers is on the Harrison Ford track. I’m on tracks with a few guys on Krohme’s South of Heaven album. I’ve always been a fan of the Wu and the work of cats affiliated so it’s been an honor to share a track with them. We might grab someone for the Third Phenomenon B-Boys album, we’ve been talking to a few guys but it just comes down to time and schedules so we’ll see. No promises just yet.

8/ Could you tell us about your upcoming album? Title? Guests? Themes? and what fans can expect from it?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : Sure, my full-length is The Right To … Bear Arms. I have production on there from Krohme, 4th Disciple, Bronze Nazareth, Blockhead, I might reach out and get some other cats, with the guests, It’s all over the board, Vast Aire, C-Rayz Walz, Hell-Razah, Breez Evahflowin, Verbal Kent, I’ve spoken to a few other guys and won’t name them until the tracks are done but they’re pretty decent. I think that’s happened with us in the past, us meaning Godsendant Music. We have someone locked down to get on a track and the word gets leaked out then they can’t ever get on the track, jail or tours or an album, it ends the deal. I will also be dropping Fantastic Saturday Celebrity Hour which is produced entirely by Krohme and has a few guest spots; it’s what I consider “futuristic jazz stylings.” We’ve re-worked some of the material that has been already released to fit the theme of the album, basically it’s a talk show and the tracks are the interviews, which is why the feature the name of celebrities. I’m also working on the Third Phenomenon B-Boys album which we’re looking to wrap up soon, we’re keeping this one under wraps though.

9/ What artists are you bumpin’ right now?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : You know, I rarely have a chance to listen to whats going on in hip-hop. I’m at work all day, come home to my wife and daughter so it doesn’t leave a lot of time to listen. I do like the work coming out of the Def Jux camp, Aesop Rock, El-P, Rhymesayers, Quannum, Killah Priest, Hell-Razah, Shabazz, GZA, DJ Muggs, RZA, all of the generals, I don’t always get a chance to listen to the entire albums but I always buy them and support their work. I rarely listen to my own stuff after it’s done and out the door.

10/ What do you see in Hip-Hop today that you don’t want attached to your music?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : It would have to be the simplicity of the lyrics and monotony of the production. Hip-hop is entertainment, I can understand that as I’ve watched it grow from the Treacherous Three, Furious Five days and I’ve seen how the lyrical content has expanded and receded but I think at times people aren’t even trying. They’ll just make up lines on the spot, add some heavy bass, put together a simple call and response hook and they have a hit. It just makes hip-hop feel lazy, people outside of the culture hear it and go, man I could do that! I prefer taking my time with the rhymes and the production, including references you’ll have to look up, making you think about what I said and not just scan over it. I want you to really listen to the layers in the production. It might be a bit too complex at times but I deliver everything in the way I think they should be done, well for me anyway. I’m not here to make you dance, I’m not a drug dealer, I’m not bring that swagger, I’m not anything other than what I present in the tracks. I think with the arrival of the internet and ease in creating music, the realm has become saturated and everyone is starting to sound the same, I’m bringing something different.

11/ I see some of your songs hip-hop is mixed with metal music. How do you feel about mixing hip-hop and metal?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : When we dropped Black, it was a way of reimagining the music in a different light. I’ve always been a fan of metal, growing up it was hip-hop and metal, that was the scene and that’s what I’ve absorbed. It’s happened throughout history, hip-hop and rock/metal joining forces. Run DMC, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys have all done it. While I think a lot of fans would consider it blasphemy, I’m not trying to make what a lot of people consider to be pure hip-hop. Not that I’m deliberately being different just because, I personally think it’s a good time to expand the craft and proceed in different directions in order to help it grow. I wouldn’t say cats are close-minded, I will just say that they aren’t really exposed to the other forms of music so when it pops up, it’s like a culture shock, they immediately turn it off. I’m trying to not just bring in the obscure references in the rhymes but also with the production, so by introducing the guitars, the live drums, it’s all part of the expansion. You’ll find other genres popping up in my music as well, I take bits and pieces I’ve absorbed and bring it back out.

12/ How’s the hip-hop scene in Virginia?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : It’s very diverse; It’s part East Coast Boom-Bap and Dirty South and you can hear that just riding down the streets. You can hear Talib Kweli in one car and Young Jeezy in another, which also comes out in the artists from this state. Unfortunately, the underground back-pack scene is getting swallowed up by the larger commercial scene so you hear less and less from the artists who are being innovative and trying something new. I know Krohme is trying to develop an album highlighting these artists, helping to bring them out of the shadows but it’s just a matter of finding time. It was a lot easier in the 90’s to do a show or to sell your records because the fans were really hungry, they wanted to hear something new, they still are, they’ve just have been pushed out of the typical spots.

13/ What is your ultimate goal you want to achieve in music?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : I’m not here to make money, if I was I would have quit long ago. I’m just trying to bring something fresh to the table, make the music I enjoy making. It might not connect with all of the fans but at the end of the day, I’m proud of the work I’ve done so far and I’ve been honored to make albums that have connected with fans. I’ve released a fair amount of material and will continue to do so, not because I want to be famous or have a music video on MTV or to buy a mansion, I just want to keep making music. I love hip-hop and I love being able to connect with the fans, I think I deliberately keep my work low-key just to stay at that underground, under-the-radar level, to stay right there with everyone. I’m just a normal guy who plays video games, loves his family and is coping with balding.

14/ Where can fans purchase your music? Is it only distributed in digital form?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : No we’ve released CD’s, A Hand-Made Soul, Morgan Freeman and Rokkonorrottenhell are all available as CD’s, as are my upcoming releases, I’d love to be able to get them on cassette but I don’t think anyone has tape decks anymore. In addition, all of my releases are available at digital outlets, Amazon, iTunes, Rhapsody and of course, www.godsendant.com. Go check them out and vibe with them.

15/ Anything you want to leave the wuforever.com fans before we depart?

[ atari blitzkrieg: ] : I just want to thank everyone for the support you’ve given not just me, but all of the Godsendant Music artists. We’re going to keep bringing forth dope material and want everyone to keep checking for the projects. I’m all for building with new fans and I know a lot of cats simply can’t afford the albums or can’t find some of the releases so hit me up if you want a copy of one of my releases, just mention wuforever and I’ll hook you up. We’ll keep bringing the releases that feature our wu-affiliated family; the up-and-coming artists and the established heads and we want to invite your ears. The fans make us who we are, it’s the support that keeps us going, that makes us want to continue doing this. At times it gets frustrating but to know that cats are checking for you, asking about the next projects or saying how much they appreciated the last really makes our day. Thanks again and you know where to find us, www.godsendant.com .

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