INTERVIEW WITH H8TRID

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abyss:You have been steady on your grind, not only do you probally have the largest fanbase in the valley, you also have a national fanbase do to the juggalo community, you release alot of material do you take time and put your heart on the mixtapes you release or do you just release it for a steady buzz and to keep your fans happy, since in my opinion your pressed releases outshine your mixtapes?

h8trid:I definitly do take more time for the pressed copies, i wanna make sure everything is one point and not to dissapoint anyone that is gonna spend thier money on me. It's not like my mixtapes are halfass or anything but they usually just fall into place after a bunch of random recording sessions and collabs.

abyss:your official album personal vendette saw you take a more mature style in rap, do you plan on sticking to that style?

h8trid:That does seems to be a part of me these days, I'm older, experianced alot more and it shows. I try to always have a funny track, sad track, violent track and a female inspired track per album in anycase tho.

abyss:ive seen you've taken a hiatus from shows as of late are you time consumed with more projects or is there a nothe reason you've slowed down performance wise?

h8trid:I slowed down locally cuz i played myself out around here lol, I've done over 70 local shows I would say, I still take shows where I dont have to sell tickets or If I think its worth. If its not, than Id rather be recording or with my family. I still take almost all shows out of state to continue to grow my fanbase.

abyss:the juggalo community has shown you tremendous love if its playing the gathering of the juggalo's or the love faygoluvers show you, do you think you'd be where you are now with the steady buzz if it wasnt for there support?

h8trid: Probally not. Juggalos FOR SURE show more love for ALL types of underground music than any other group of people I have ever meant, whether its horrorcore or just good hip-hop, Juggalos support underground. Hell as I say, I'm not a Juggalo Rapper, I'm a rapper who happens to be a Juggalo.

abyss:personal vendetta saw you working with some big names in the underground rap scene such as jise from the arsonist and king magnetic do you have any other big name collabs in the works and was it a honor to work with artist you probally own cd's of?

h8trid:Actually Jise wasnt on the album, he was gonna lay a verse but our schedules didnt meet up, one day he'll be on one of my tracks (at least thats what he told me lol). I did a track with him on Durtes - Rhymes Capsule cd tho. And King Magnetic I met about 2 weeks before he got asked to be in AOTP. But he is a sick fucking MC so it was cool to work with him. And hell yah, anytime I got artists on my CDs that I own is sick including Intrinzik, Delusional and TONEz. Upcoming artists I have that are major on my next few albums are Layzie Bone and Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs, Another King Magnetic Joint, TONEZ, Durte, Hopefully Jise and of Course S2R. We will see what else falls into place as time goes.

abyss:whats your current take on hip-hop as a whole? do you think artist nowadays put there heart into there art?

h8trid: Nah, no heart. It's simplified to make money, most artists that are still big that have been big for years will tell you that too. But unsigned artists have more heart than ever since there are so many of em that you gotta try that much harder.

abyss:how did you get into the rap buisness and what or whom inspires your style?

h8trid:I wanted to be better than someone else at school just for fun than had a rock group with D-RaNGD and Triple G, than met some cats in Ohio called Co-Effusion that did it as rappers and slowly but surly it fell i into place

abyss:any new news from your s2r camp, releases, shows, stuff around that line and whats actually the current roster now since it does seem to change alot?

h8trid:Current Roster, H8TRiD, Phatal, REG, Optimus and N3Bo. And maaan we got so many shows, albums in progress, merch dropping etc that its just something always popping off. You gotta keep checking into s2r group on facebook or sidestreamrecords.com to keep updated or follow H8trid on Twitter or facebook to keep track.

abyss:you where the first label to show whitney peyton love and was her stepping stone she's on her way to success do you guys still keep touch on a musical level at all?

h8trid:I'm glad someone remembers that lol. But no, Not as much as we use to, probally was over a year we didnt talk but the last few months we saw each other at some shows and got to talk, it was cool, and look for a new WP and H8TRiD track at some point.

abyss:what can we expect from h8trid for 2011?

h8trid:Weapon VIII Vol. 2 Mixtape For Free, H8TRiD, Phatal & TONEz EP, and a Phatal and H8TRiD LP. Been busy and alot of this is over half done already. Also S2R is looking to drop a new Optimus and N3Bo album this year!! Make sure yall goto sidestreamrecords.com to download some free cd's if you wanna hear some of our stuff!!

Thanks for the interview homie!

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