Round Table Conversations
“Round Table Conversations,” or R.T.C, is the interviewing section of K1ngEljay.com. Basically put, when I interview people, it will be labeled as this. There’s another dimension to this idea, but that will be revealed a little later. I don’t plan on doing this weekly, but as the opportunity arises, I plan to do more and more…
Here, all of my interviews with artists I’ve encountered will be posted here. Check below for the list of people along with an excerpt/quote from the interview. The most recent interviews will be towards the top.
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“One thing led to another, and I kind of quit rap for a while because I didn’t think there was any room for me in the game. I didn’t know this sh**. I didn’t think that my image would be accepted.”
Excerpt from “A Conversation With…Azad Right” (10/13/11)
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“The more I started writing and opening myself up to people, the more I started to realize I wasn’t really alone. My stories became inspiration for a lot of people, or at least for the people who contacted me and let me know that my music has affected them in such-and-such way. I think people gravitated towards the honesty and me being bluntly honest and still keeping my ability to rhyme.”
Excerpt from “An Interview With…QuESt” (10/1/10)
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“You know man it might sound crazy but I really did know in my spirit these things would happen one day. That’s the only reason I allowed myself to get a lil’ down when things weren’t going the way I thought they should… because I was so sure in my spirit it was meant to be, that I couldn’t understand why they hadn’t happened yet. Everyday I’m thankful because God gave me the blessing of seeing what I envisioned come to life.”
Excerpt from “An Interview With…Playboy Tre” (9/10/10)
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” I really do feel that the music industry needs to be changed. If you give away your music for free (and it’s good), people will be more than willing to buy a t-shirt or pay the $20 to see you play a live show. The internet is changing the way we do everything, artists should make their money touring and from fans who actually love their music.”
Excerpt from “An Interview With…Woody’s Produce” (9/7/10)
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“I started so young, that I never thought about it as a career. It was something I always saw myself doing, but it was just fun back then. I guess through my eyes as a child, I couldn’t foresee how influential it would be in my life.”
- Excerpt from “An Interview With…The Incomparable Shakespeare” (9/3/10)
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“Checkmate” is not a diss. 75% of the song was already written. When ACCC dropped initially, I felt left out. So I decided to just prove it, similar to Lupe [Fiasco] when he felt left out of the MTV list.”
- Excerpt from “An Interview With…Mickey Factz” (8/20/10)
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“It wasn’t initially like “Let’s do it to stir things up and shock the world.” We were just going off the strength of good vibes (no pun).” – Intalek
- Excerpt from “An Interview With.. Ritchcraft and Intalek” (8/11/10)
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“Nas was a huge inspiration due to his lyrical content and the way he puts his rhymes together. My first rap name was Knowledge and that was adopted to be like a protege’ of Nas. After a couple months I felt corny, though.”
- Excerpt from “An Interview With… J. Nolan” – (8/5/10)
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“…Around 2004, [my mother] started giving me Kanye songs and eventually “College Dropout” to listen to. I’ve been a Ye fan ever since. I was young like 11, 12, so it feels like I’ve grown up listening to him.
- Excerpt from “An Interview With… PropaYne” – (7/16/10)
