| ■ Factor interview |
| PLOP：First of all, please introduce yourself and tell us how you've started making music. |
| Factor G "www.sideroadrecords.com" (producer)：I started djing in 97-98 makin mixtapes and doin locals shows around the city. Decided to start makin beats in around 99, so i bought a roland sp-808 off Epic (clotheshorserecords.com), we started makin cd-rs. My 1st pro release was Vizion Quest 12" in 01-02 and my 1st album was Factor Time Invested. The label has changed from Offbeat to Side Road but i haven't stopped making music. |
| PLOP：You also run the label called "side road records".Please tell me know how the label has started. Why did you change the name from "offbeats" to "side road"? |
| there were a couple others labels called offbeat, so we changed it. |
| PLOP：What is the concept of the label? |
| sideroad is a hip hop label that is trying our hardest to make dope orginal music. |
| PLOP：Please tell me what artists influenced your music |
| eligh, fat jack, rza, madlib, shapeshifters, project blowed,isoseles, soso, mcenroe, etc... |
| PLOP：You have collaborated so many MCs.What does the collaborations with another artists for you mean? |
| it is an honor to have been able to work with so many talented musicians...and more collaborations to come! |
| PLOP：I think your production is getting better and better.How do you feel your growing for the beatmaking? |
| thanks, i also feels my music is getting better. I think now i just have a better concept of what i want to accomplish and how i want things to sound. |
| PLOP：Can you play any instruments?Or please let me know how you make beats. |
| i will always sample, i can play the keys a bit. I use a korg triton, korg mini, roland juno 60, and lots of samples. I wanna get a couple more key boards and a mpc sooner than later. |
| PLOP：Regarding your new release "red all over"by nolto and factor,please let me know your self-appraisal.Also you've made so many productions,which do you think the best? |
| i think "Red all Over" is a very dope cd. The concept nolto came up with (newspaper)is amazing, it really gave me a good direction for the production. I am not sure what the best beat i have put out yet is...but the song that got me the most excited was the track with psc and eligh - half glass full off "time invested", it just was the 1st song i was really happy with. |
| PLOP：I think you are so workaholic.Please tell me your future release/project plans. |
| -i have a lot of new music done waitin to come out...here it goes. -Akuma (shapeshifters) - Dawn of a New Era -Candy's .22 (existereo "shapeshifters" and barfly "oldomion") -Ira Lee - Die -Def3, Kay the Aquanaut and Forgetful Jones and stuff a bit later on: -Benefactor, cam the wizzard |
| PLOP: Please list your recent top 5 favorite albums. |
| (title/artist/label) 1. Was Here - Shapeshifters (Conerstone) 2. Pretty Tony - Ghostface Killah (def jam) 3. Hug Life - Def3 (ship records) 4. Ravish - Die Young (Biofidelic records) 5. Our endless numbered days - Iron and Wine (sub pop) |
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