Reason Interviews: TrueGod x D.O.A - Talks New Album, Fatherhood and Beef with Charles Hamilton...

Sion

Welcome to another edition of The Reason Interviews everyone. We got the Original King - TrueGod on here again, last year he released the Critically acclaimed Soul Revival and we interviewed him about his style of music and some of the messages he was trying to get across. This time around TrueGod brings us a new perspective on life as he prepares for fatherhood, family, a new album, new businesses and the state of HipHop today. We also get to venture into the mind of a genius on what led to the creation of D.O.A , I hope everyone enjoys the music. Musically TrueGod has reached a higher level. This is Black Renaissance, this is the Day of Awakening for real hiphop.

Sion

Welcome back to the Reason Interviews it's a pleasure to have you on here True God. You got a new album and a new movement, tell us about what you've been doing.

Appreciate you having me back to the Reason interviews man, it's been a minute. Well, in regards to the movement, the movement is honestly the same. It's all TeamDAR. That never changes. I mean I've honestly become crazy busy since Soul Revival. I co-host a radio show now(www.blogtalkradio.com/wrestlingheads) about wrestling, working on my own radio show to start soon, doing a popular blog on all subjects, growing the audience, being extremely active on Twitter, promoting my other artists, gearing up to become a father, making sure my lady is good throughout the pregnancy, and working as a journalist for a couple of websites and small publications. It's been a hectic last couple of months, but it's all lead up to here and this new album. I'm as excited as I think I can be about music right now.



Ok so this album is titled D.O.A, tell us what that means and the process of recording such a monumental album.


To be honest, D.O.A. at first stood for Day of Awakening, which was intended to serve notice to those who had been sleeping on the movement. As the album process went along though, the acronym started to stand for more than just that man.... My daughter is due on July 7th, and the date I'm releasing the album is July 7th, so it could also stand for Day of Arrival. Mentally, I tend to wonder if the masses are Dead or Alive, so that applies. Given the current state of our country, it also stands for Death of America. I mean, with anything that I do, there's multi-layered meanings behind it, so to go into detail about the title would honestly take hours(ha ha). As far as the process, this was honestly a free-flowing album. Not much pressure, just going in and saying what's on my mind, and remaining as honest I can be.The album is 13 tracks, 60 minutes long, and it's 100 % pure classic. I thought with Soul Revival that it would be hard to top, but the best way for me to outdo what I've done before is not to make the same album everytime. I have a different outlook from a lot of people in the respect that right now, I don't feel like I'm competing with the IC rappers or the rapper that's trying to come up as well. I'm putting myself in the ring with guys like a Kanye, Nas, etc... and when you say that, people look at you a certain way, but it's how I honestly think of my music. The only difference between my music and their music is the packaging, the budget, and bullshit hype behind it. This album has every element needed to be a classic. It touches on a vast array of topics and allowed me to just let my creativity shine. Once people hear it in full, they'll understand.



Are there any collaborations on this album ?

Well, in the traditional context of collaborations, no. There aren't any other rappers featured on the album. I made that decision personally just like I did with Soul Revival. I did collaborations on The Immortal Kingdom, and I've featured on a number of songs over the last year, but for my album, I really want to draw in and internalize the music. The only other artist on the album is actually Stephen Joseph, who does the hook on the last song on the album titled Z(the first initial of my soon-to-be born daughter's name). I think with a lot of artists today, they put a lot of features and other artists and the listeners doesn't get to fully understand the artist, and the artist doesn't get to fully express themselves. So, the short answer to that question is, no(except for Stephen Joseph ha ha).



This is your third album in no ? I notice that you keep the traditional TrueGod trademarks downpact but you always find a way to revamp your sound and bring the fans something new and organic, what's your secret ?? When you're making new albums what is your creative process like and do you find it difficult to at the same time keep some things original but also something fresh ?


Well, this is my actual second/sophomore album. The Immortal Kingdom was more a mixtape than an actual album, but it is my third overall project released to the public. I wish there was a true secret to the genius man.... but it's just me expressing myself. I think with each project, I was in a different space mentally and personally, and each record reflects that. Immortal Kingdom was made during a transitional period in a lot of ways. I was starting a brand new job, I was breaking away from some old homies at the time, and I just wanted to put out a controversial project that fit who I am. The Immortal Kingdom is honestly just one big lyrical exercise through different songs with controversial topics. There wasn't much thought put into Immortal Kingdom to be honest with you, which was different than Soul Revival. Soul Revival had this grand layout, with a 3 part Documentary, my personal and literary inspirations along with other albums that influenced the sound of it. It was definitely personal, controversial, etc... but it was also thought-out and concise. With D.O.A., there's so much going on in my life, with the child on the way, a new place, new careers, etc... that instead of looking to other things for inspiration, I just looked inside of myself. I pulled some personal and deep lyrics out for D.O.A. that I hadn't touched on with Soul Revival. So, D.O.A. is honestly just me. True God. Lyrically, song wise, everything. It's True God unfiltered, unforgiving, and honest.

Sion

I notice on Black Renaissance you flipped Big Norms "Shades of Black" around the 2:40 mark, I love how you flipped the record like that, it really made for an eclectic listen. Even the subject matter felt like a dope ode to a dope record. Was it intentional ? and what is the definition of Black Renaissance that you are trying to get across ?




Honestly, I have to say I actually never heard Big Norm's Shades of Black joint, although I'm sure it's dope. When working on that record, we had went through a number of records that fit for this record and we created a three part epic. The one that's currently released is not even the full version. The full version is 8 minutes long with an added verse and some added audio clips. The entire record has one meaning and if people listen close to the lyrics, it's pretty simple. It's about an awakening in the black community, an awareness growing in the black America. From the lines about how lightskin/darkskin helps to effectively destroy our unity, or the notion of black christianity being an issue in this day and time as well. A lot of people don't truly understand this record. The first verse is talking about how the slave trade started and why Lincoln doesn't deserve credit for "freeing" the slaves. Nat Turner is name-dropped, as is Uncle Tom's Cabin, etc.... It's a vivid record that just requires attention. Once you get to the second part of the song, I start to talk about black movements, icons, and leaders that receive credit for accomplishments big and small. My point in this respect is that, sure, a lot of the black icons did great feats for our culture, but it's only one piece of the puzzle. The black struggle is still something that's going on. The only one to blame for this is ourselves. No one, no government, no police can truly hold us down if we allow ourselves to rise and acknowledge the full power within our being. The whole song revolves around talking about the issues that I see that are either underlying, on the surface, or boldly in your face.


"Z featuring Stephen Joseph" .... that track is incredible fam, lyrics and the story telling on the track. I like how you got personal on the record. Is it ever difficult to be that open on a track ? Rare you see that nowadays with MCs. Explain the impact of your personal issues and how they contrast to the track. Yo that verse where you talk worrying about your child getting molested is deep, got dayum. I'm not a father yet but being that it's father's day that verse stuck out to me.



Well the song is titled Z because it's the first initial of my daughter's name. I wanted to make a song that years down the line when she gets older, she can go back and listen to it and hopefully understand my frame of mind during her mother's pregnancy. For me, it was pretty easy writing the song, although once I recorded it, I felt like it took a lot out of me. To keep it brief, ever since my lady became pregnant, a lot of people's true colors started to show around me and her. It's almost mind-blowing, because before the pregnancy, everybody acted as if they had so much love for us and were a part of our family and circle. As soon as they find out that we're having a child, everyone starts to throw shade and become distant. It's not as if we ever reached out to them for help or begged for shit either, it's just issues they kept hidden coming to the forefront now.... at the worst possible time. My mother and I have had an up and down relationship over the years since I've been with my woman, and the pregnancy just made it worse for some reason. You would think it would make it better and strengthen it up like it was years ago, but with me gaining my own independence and having my own family, I guess she feels left out in some way, even though we've tried numerous times to include her 100 % in this, but she hasn't shown interest. It's the same with everyone else honestly. And when I start to talk about my child being molested, it's just a real emotion. I've known so many people who's kids got molested, and saw the situations that surrounded that and I just don't want to fall victim to that or subject my beautiful daughter to that. Just the conversations that me and my lady have both ensure that we won't be the type of parents who passes off our child to others and subsequently allows things to happen to her... so every real emotion that I feel I put into that song and Stephen came through on the hook and just blessed the track man. You know, with this song, I feel like it's bringing a total different element in, which is 100 % pure honesty. There's no "swag" needed for a song like this. I don't have to get into a "mode" to write a song like this or a "zone". It's just real emotions, everyday emotions that I felt and I'm pretty sure other people have felt. The problem is that in hip hop, you don't hear a lot of that anymore. You rarely heard it ever, but now it's non-existant, so that's one thing that I believe this album and this particular song really brings to the forefront.


What does "family" mean to you ?

Well with family..... Family doesn't mean blood-related to me. Technically, it would have to of course, but on a personal level, most of those related to me don't show love. I'll give you an example of a personal situation. I had a close cousin who was like a sister to me, who I bought concert tickets for, watched and took care of her child for her, fought for her, etc... and she pulled three different grimy ass moves in attempt to bring me down, and then attempted to break me and my lady up. She almost got one of her baby father's homies fucked up by disrespecting me and my lady. They had to get the whole family in there to stop me from killing this nigga with my bare hands. So, that's what my "blood" family is like. On the other hand, I've got people who have been loyal and around me for years that aren't related to me, so they classify as true family. Family to me is described by loyalty. Loyalty goes a long way if you truly have it.

Sion

Another personal track was "Modern Day Woman"..... very beautiful track fam, how did you put this one together and where did you draw inspiration for the record ??



Well, this track started from a three part song I was initially going to do that was dedicated to experiences with women I've had in my life and ending with the modern day woman part about my queen. Then as I kept listening to the beat, I felt like the MDW part just fit better and from there, I felt I needed to make a song that spoke directly to my lady and there's where Modern Day Woman comes from. She's my inspiration for that song. What's interesting about the song though, is that none of the lyrics were written beforehand. All of this is totally a freestyle off the top of my head. I just did a one take all the way through. Once I recorded it, I loved it and knew that other women in the world could relate to it, and they are(ha ha). From there, I wanted to just add a nice breakdown to the end of the song, because you rarely hear any breakdowns or anything extra at the end of the song, so we added a reprise to the end of the song and it's just soooo damn smooth man. I've heard some people say it's baby making music and hey, if that's the case, then I'm cool with that(ha ha).


Judge, Jury, Executioner, this was a dope track and lyrically good. Break down this record because it seems quite complex. My question though is which would TrueGod be if he HAD to be one of those titles ? Judge, Jury or the Executioner ?



Judge, Jury, Executioner is honestly just a representation of the Past, Present, and Future. It's like when you look at the people, we've evolved from being judged, whether it's being slaves, oppressed, or racially profiled(which still exists anyway) to the being the jury in the present. It's a jury in a sense that we are the ones who judge now, if you look at the media, the news, even the music fans these days. The future has to be our people executing the necessary steps to continue growing. I couldn't pick anyone of those to be honestly, but for the sake of the interview, I'll say executioner. It's a more well-balanced title for me(ha ha).


Something I wanted to ask you fam, Rodney King just recently passed, I felt after listening to Judge, Jury, Executioner that Rodney King's death had some significance. What's your opinion on Rodney King's passing ?

To be 100 % honest with you, Rodney King's passing doesn't hold that much weight to me. It's unfortunate of course though. I don't know how people will perceive that, but death is just something commonplace to me. I do send all well wishes to his family though.



Dayum fam, what made you take a more personal approach with this album ? Sonically and lyrically it seems you've found your place. From your perspective what makes this album better than "The Immortal Kingdom" , and "Soul Revival" ?

Well, it's just more fluid than the previous projects. The other projects are both great, but this album is much more personal and abrasive. This album is full of so many dope hip hop tracks, so much more creativitiy, and just more raw. I think being willing to try new elements, be creative, and not keep myself in the traditional "rapper" box allowed this album to become even better than anything I've done, and dare I say, anything that's been done this year. I mean that too. I feel like this album can stand next to any mainstream album overall, and if people listen with a REAL mind, they would agree. Topic-wise, emotion-wise, lyrically, it's one of the best pieces of art to come out in a long time. I felt that Soul Revival was another album that was dope and classic, but D.O.A. just took it up another notch. It's so many narratives turned into one. Like for example with the intro... it's titled The Dawn(A). The (A) is there as the starting point for the album, which leads to the interlude, which is entitled Window View(M). The M represents the first letter of my actual first name, and also the 13th letter. The last song is the aforementioned Z, which of course is the last letter of the alphabet and the 26th letter. The 26th is the day of my birthday actually in May. There's so many other elements that's tied into this album from a creative and personal aspect that it's honestly one of the best albums that I've ever heard and that's not as an artist, that's as a fan.

Sion

Alright what's your perspective on the game today ? What needs to go and what needs to come back or stay ??

The game to me, honestly is horrible right now. The underground has some dope talent of course, but even the underground is a bit.... just off. I don't know. I've heard people associate dudes like 2 Chainz and ASAP Rocky with "real hip hop" and I can only assume they're joking man(ha ha). I remember how people were championing Watch The Throne as one of the best albums ever, and I'm listening to it trying to see the hype outside of the fact that it's a Jay and Kanye album. I don't know.... as a fan of hip hop for years, I just don't understand the game. People take that the wrong way too, which is another problem. I understand that not everyone is going to like my music. I can understand that, because my music might require some people to think, and I've heard from people that they just look at music as entertainment and fun, nothing more. For me, music has always had more of a meaning to me, and that music that's coming now has NO meaning in my opinion.

If you make a song like "Spend It", "Purple Swag", and even "Mercy", what is that truly doing for the culture? Nothing. I do understand that when summer hits, these type of artists move into the forefront more because that's how the human mind is. It's summertime, it's hot, brothers are partying, hoes is out, etc, etc...... and that's cool. My issue is that there is no balance. There's not a single bit of balance and then people begin to look at bullshit as real music. Real hip hop. I look at Twitter as my window view into the world and what I see is pretty terrifying man(ha ha). When 2 Chainz is a trending topic in many different forms, or people are going at Pusha T for calling out Wayne, it's pretty scary to see what's next man... I saw a chick tweet about "who ever heard of Pusha T before he dissed Lil Wayne?" and I was like "what the fuck is this broad talking about?". I'm not even the biggest Pusha T fan, but come on now man...... everybody knows who Pusha T is. What made it worse? This chick wasn't 14-15, or in high school. She was 24 years old talking that shit. Like where have you been the last 10 years? I saw someone say ASAP Rocky was the dopest artist out right now, and I'm listening to him like.... what's the big deal? Guys like Kendrick Lamar, Big KRIT, Wale, J. Cole, are all better and more well-rounded than this guy, and I didn't even include myself in that equation. There's so many other dope artists out here who make somewhat meaningful music and the public seems to go a different route. I think the biggest issue in the game right now is the true disconnect between the fans and the artists. Look at these artists and then look at the fans. A lot of the fans of Jay's new music and Kanye's shit that I've noticed? Most of them are 15-20 years old talking about how great these dudes are. They weren't around like that for College Dropout to fully grasp how good the music can be. Plus, look at Jay, he's like 43, Kanye's like 35, 2 Chainz is fucking 37 talking this shit. These are grown ass men talking more about money and swag than real life issues.

The whole time this is going on, the whole TeamDAR movement is making music full of reality, real life, and trying to help the communities out. We're starting a movement with the 2RAW4TV crew to help promote reading in the black communities and donating books. We're a part of that movement. I've looked into helping the schools get updated textbooks that show the true history of the black experience in Africa and America. We've tried to get Rec Centers built back up in Baltimore and DC, it's just an uphill battle to actually get that accomplished. I mean, that's the disconnect too. The rappers are just using the fans as sheep, the fans are going along as sheep, and it's all economy and commerce. I understand it to an extent man, we all need money, but at the end of the day, I rather my legacy be measured in what I've done as a man, as a father, what marks I've made, and that's just how I am. It's got to go back to being not just entertainment, but also being about the culture too.



The TeamDAR merchandise clothing, mugs, hats and all that. What made you decide to diversify a bit from music and get on this hustle ?


Well, to be fair, I've been diversifying outside of music for a while now. I've got some books that I've been working on that will be releasing soon. I've been co-hosting a Sports Radio show(www.blogtalkradio.com/wrestlingheads), writing for some websites(1495 Sports, WrestlingRambles, 411mania, STLD, etc...), and looking into more ventures. I honestly never intended to do just music only. I think in the last interview I did with you, I mentioned not wanting to music forever, and that still stands. My daughter is a week or two from being born, so that's where my heart lies. With the merchandise and clothing, I honestly just wanted to create clothing and designs that fit my brand and movement. The shirts are all revolutionary, we've got bibs, mugs, hats, women's clothing, etc.... and I think it's a beautiful thing to see. There's no retailers to worry about pleasing, no Russians trying to buy out my company, no one to tell me how to run my business so that's why it works. In this game, you have to diversify your hustle in order to stay afloat I believe. It's an opportunity that I saw and took a chance to move with. I think any other artist out here can do the same thing and grow their brand, it's all about the dedication and hunger. The hunger for me is always there. That's what drives this movement: hustle, work ethic, hunger, and passion.

Sion

Will we see TrueGod and TeamDAR venturing more into business as your music gains more notoriety ? Also, many consider an artist who steps into business as a sellout, hell I remember on the IC there was a thread saying Jay & Kanye were sellouts. Do you have a definition of what selling out is ?


See....... that's a funny question. I consider Jay and Kanye "sellouts" but for somewhat different reasons, which looking at both of those dudes, I'm pretty sure the average person could see where I'm coming from. To watch Kanye, somebody who musically regressed tremendously, and went from a pro-black type of rapper on XXL covers with Dead Prez who wanted to marry his girl on his first album..... to a Hollywood star who's been dating white girls and giving them more celebrity while wearing what looks like female clothing? It's a bit of a change. It looks like what the average person would consider "selling out". As far as a Kanye wanting to create a clothing line, that's not selling out to me. That's just diversifying your portfolio.

Anything you do in business is just diversifying your portfolio. It's the execution to me that makes a sell-out. Like with Jay: I'm sure a lot of people look at Jay and see a nigga who came from being broke in Marcy and now he's in the Forbes. That's just the surface though. The image is nice of course, but what REALLY goes on behind the scenes is mostly a different thing. From rubbing elbows with people who've been around the industry, and talking with people directly such as KRS-One's former manager, some members of Public Enemy, some other hip hop artists that are prominent, a lot of the shit we hear about the industry is not a joke. Some of the "conspiracy theories" that you've heard and dismissed stand as true. I think that's the misconception with society right now. People are attracted to the image, not the truth. And that's a problem. We get so caught up in the fantasy aspect that we get too far removed from reality and begin to not know what's real or fake. Some people take the "sell-out" thing too far, and some people just dismiss the whole "sell-out" thing as just hate. The truth is in between. There are some people who make it while keeping their values, morals, among other things. Then there are some other people who want fame, attention, and the bright lights so bad, that they'll do whatever to obtain it and keep it.

As for True God and the TEAMDAR movement, the thought of "selling out" never crosses my mind. It's never been an option and it won't be. I'm doing these moves to provide the world and the people with something that's different than the norm. And that's just it. I'm putting forth clothing, mugs, hats, etc that just continues to build the brand. This TEAMDAR movement is more than just music. The whole point of taking it farther than music is to open up opportunities for our families and other people. Once the brand gets bigger and financially viable, then we can start hiring brothers and sisters to do different things and come up. While Roc-A-Wear was being bought out by Russians and other investors, I'm keeping TEAMDAR completely the way I WANT to. And as far as venturing into other businesses? Of course. What that will be in the future from here? I'm not 100 % sure, but I usually find new avenues each month haha.

Sion

Can you get into a little more detail about the 2RAW4TV crew ? You mentioned you guys were gonna link up to promote reading across black communities, that's a big deal fam. A lot of artists talk the talk but few actually give back in a big way. What made you take the initiative and when may that start ?

Well it's not really a "crew" per se. 2RAW4TV is one of the top rated international podcasts that's run by the homie Palmetto Star who's from South Carolina/Atlanta. I've been on his radio show about 24-25 times and I'm one of the lead artists on his Turn Off Your TV Mixtapes that's been downloaded over 70,000 times each. Once we started working and doing a bunch of radio shows/interviews, I think we kind of saw that there was a way to build higher for the people. Palmetto hit me up about the Turn Off Your TV book movement, which is built to bring more books into the black communities, and encourage more reading for the black community. He's been receiving a lot of donated books, I've been making some calls to place more HONEST AND REAL black history books in our public libraries, fighting behind the scenes with MD and DC school systems to help improve their lessons to include more facts about history and not the lies they've been telling our children and us for years. It's all starting now, we just can't get any press to further THAT movement for obvious reasons man. I mean, I've tried to contact the "government officials" throughout the cities close to me to make some changes, but that shit falls on deaf ears. So now we're looking for under the radar organizations that actually are trying to help to partner up with. I don't want TEAMDAR to just be a music and clothing movement man.... it's got to be more than that. When I pass away, I want a legacy that means more than "shit, I put out all these classic albums, sold all these records, sold all these clothes, etc" and that's where it's heading now. I pay attention to every artist out here, what they say, and what they actually do. People give a lot of rappers credit for going to these charities and donating money to these charities, when we all know most of that money doesn't go to the people who need it. With the type of influence and finances that people like Diddy, Jay, and Kanye have, you would think they would take the necessary steps to improve their old neighborhoods, improve the world around them, and work for the community and the future. That's what motivates me in this instance is the future. My daughter is a part of that future. I want her to be a part of the world and its reality.


If I can make life better for her in the long run and overall, then I can do that for other kids who have to come up in this world. That's the thing too: Rappers and artists are the ones who come from this environment that they manipulate for profit on records. Instead of promoting the bullshit, promoting the dope dealing, promoting the gunfire man..... let's actually try to clean this muthafucka up.

Everybody's so swagged out, everybody getting money but they not really getting money, cause there's a lot of muthafuckas on Unemployment. Still a large number of people on Welfare. Still a lot of people spending their hard-earned 9 to 5 money on stupid shit to make it look like they balling. I remember someone trying to talk about my music like "yo, you're nice, but you gotta show that swag my nigga, you got heavy swag bruh, show it in the music". I felt a little annoyed at that shit.... one, the fact that you looking at me like "yo, you got swag" is mad suspect anyway. That whole shit is suspect to me period. Two, the fact that you rather worry about my image, instead of my music, my art, and what I'm saying is pretty sad. I don't just make music to get rich. I don't just make music to control your minds. I make music because it's honestly therapuetic, and it's a way to reach the masses and hopefully help them. So the next time these dudes are out here playing their Drake and 2 Chainz shit, riding around in their momma's car "living the life"....... look in that mirror for a second and ask yourself what the fuck are you doing to further your life? the fuck are you doing to further yourself? This world is here for us to enjoy ourselves, I know that much, and shit, I enjoy life to the fullest. But there's more to life than just enjoying. YOLO and shit. It's like all this shit is brought forth to keep you mentally stagnant man.... that's how I feel.

In the grand scheme, what's going on now is me building up a legacy outside of the material shit, outside of the music shit, outside of the bullshit. I'm only one man. I'm starting up a revolution with some other folks who are on a similar path. That's where it goes next. You've got the music in place. Now we're starting to unify and put plans in motion. Next step is the action. The action is one of the last pieces to the puzzle.......

Sion

True God can you touch a little on producing beats ? I noticed on your Youtube Channel that you had a link for those who wanted to collaborate or needed beats ??

I've always made beats, but with the 3 projects I released, I've worked with three producers: Speed on The Beat, who produced most of Soul Revival and the entire D.O.A. album..... Stephen Joseph, who did some production work and engineering work on all three projects.... and The Understudy, who did some production work on The Immortal Kingdom and Soul Revival. I produce as well, but with everything going on, the only beat that I produced myself was the intro to Soul Revival. I co-produced and did some drum work and mixing work on both Soul Revival and D.O.A., but I may start doing more production in the future for myself. Through some of the tracks I recorded in 2009-2010, I did all my own beats though.



For any fan or listener after they hear "D.o.A" what do you ultimately want them to walk away with and what is the overall message you want them to have about your music and yourself ?


The overall message of D.O.A. is just simply honesty and realness. The album is a raw composite of real life, emotion, creativity, and a powerful spirit. People always come with misconceptions about me and my music when the truth is right there in front of them. For their perception and message of me after they listen to the album? I can't honestly say. That's for the people to decide. I'm just who I am you know and that shines through on the album totally.


Alright I think this might be the last question..... TrueGod during the "Immortal Kingdom" era , TrueGod during the "Soul Revival" Era or TrueGod during the "D.O.A" era, which of those 3 do you think would win if you guys were to battle today and WHY ?


Honestly, they wouldn't battle each other because they're all the same person. If anything they represent the growth and evolution of me as a person. You can listen to each of those projects and music I put out through that particular "era" and hear that it's the same person just dealing with different emotions or situations. I could never choose between the three, because they are all amazing eras and basically the same thing.


Any last words ?

Everybody should go and buy D.O.A. on July 7th. Be on the lookout for more projects in the future, check out Speed on The Beat's album RAQUEL RELOADED on iTunes right now, prepare for the growing TeamDAR movement, check out WrestlingHeads Radio(www.blogtalkradio.com/wrestlingheads), and follow a brother on Twitter(@truegodimmortal). Shoutout to everybody reading this, all the people who've followed my music the whole time, shoutout to all the artists, and props to you Sion for showing me love again man! Peace and Blessings.




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Sion

Shout outs to TrueGod for doing this interview, this one is probably the longest interview and I know some of you niggas complain about titangraphs LOLOL but if you're interested in great music, social issues and a Brother actually working to make a difference you're gonna like this one. All I care about is that you check out the music and enjoy it.

For those who missed the first interview you can view it here:
http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/402865/reason-interviews-true-god-x-soul-revival/p1

Sion

This thread will be up for 7 days, Jamaica is doing the Reason Debates tournament so there may not be as many stickies up in the coming weeks. I know this isn't the place for it & I don't mean to take away from TrueGod's thread/interview but please get in touch with Jamaica about the Reason Debates, I think there is still room for others to join.

http://community.allhiphop.com/discussion/472934/the-reason-debates-v-only-5-spots-remain/p1
^^^Go here if you're interested in joining the Reason Debates.

ROZAYTABERNACLE

Glad to see one of the great IC rappers back at it. You dropping another "Making of" documentary type thing for this one TrueGod?

TrueGodHS

Probably not this time around. About to post a blog on the making of D.O.A. instead. try to different shit everytime

TrueGodHS

Let me put all the links out just in case too

www.twitter.com/truegodimmortal
www.youtube.com/TrueGodTubeTV
www.truegodimmortal.blogspot.com
www.wrestlingheads.com
www.blogtalkradio.com/wrestlingheads
www.blogtalkradio.com/2raw4tv
www.itunes.com/truegod

TrueGodHS

The Making of D.O.A. Blog comes tonight or tomorrow depending on if my daughter decides to be born yet lol. Giving insight into the process behind the album

bignorm

Great interview. Great artist.
Yo, True, congrats on the baby, the album and a bright future.
I love that track: Black Reniassnace.

TrueGodHS

Appreciate it Big Norm!! It's only upwards from here. Whats good with you Norm?

TrueGodHS

Last time we did like 13k views and broke records... this time we can't even get like 200 views the first day? Ya'll slipping IC. Rather discuss Frank Ocean's sexuality than dope music huh? *Shrugs*

TrueGodHS

Catch my back and forth with Charles Hamilton on twitter right now lol

TrueGodHS

So you can add True God on the list of people who just beefed with Charles Hamilton..... J.Cole, Wale, the chick who slapped him, and now True God

www.twitter.com/truegodimmortal

bignorm

Z >>>>>>>>>
Good record.

TrueGodHS

Appreciate that. Trying to get more views for this shit man. Album drops in less than 48 hours

TrueGodHS

Im mad about this Charles Hamilton beef shit... yo Sion? You want me to address that?

Sion

TrueGodHS wrote: »

Catch my back and forth with Charles Hamilton on twitter right now lol

Dayum fam how'd that start LOLOL ? Of all the people in the world dayum....

And you also said you beefed with Cole too ?

How'd it all start ?

Sion

TrueGodHS wrote: »

Im mad about this Charles Hamilton beef shit... yo Sion? You want me to address that?

I saw the post earlier...... that's crazy, not something I'd expect to see but since you mentioned it you definitely gotta let us know how the whole thing happened. Is it safe to assume you'll be making a record about Jeezy Hamilton soon ??

TrueGodHS

Sion. wrote: »

TrueGodHS wrote: »

Im mad about this Charles Hamilton beef shit... yo Sion? You want me to address that?

I saw the post earlier...... that's crazy, not something I'd expect to see but since you mentioned it you definitely gotta let us know how the whole thing happened. Is it safe to assume you'll be making a record about Jeezy Hamilton soon ??

Naw no beef with Cole or a diss record for Charles Hamilton.. that shit is sad actually. The Charles Hamilton situation. Here's a blog on it. And now I'll address it

http://speedonthebeat.blogspot.com/2012/07/charles-hamilton-true-god-edition.html#!/2012/07/charles-hamilton-true-god-edition.html

Sion

TrueGodHS wrote: »

Sion. wrote: »

TrueGodHS wrote: »

Im mad about this Charles Hamilton beef shit... yo Sion? You want me to address that?

I saw the post earlier...... that's crazy, not something I'd expect to see but since you mentioned it you definitely gotta let us know how the whole thing happened. Is it safe to assume you'll be making a record about Jeezy Hamilton soon ??

Naw no beef with Cole or a diss record for Charles Hamilton.. that shit is sad actually. The Charles Hamilton situation. Here's a blog on it. And now I'll address it

http://speedonthebeat.blogspot.com/2012/07/charles-hamilton-true-god-edition.html#!/2012/07/charles-hamilton-true-god-edition.html

fuuuuccckkkk.... LOLOL @ "You're already dead. Just like this issue.", that's some cold shit fam LOL at one point pretty sure CH tried to commit dat and ended up in an asylum..... So there won't be a record about it ? LOL Not even a jab tho ?

Yo you also alluded that there may have been some sort of issue with 9th Wonder ? I always thought dude was cool peoples what exactly happened ?? And what was the argument over Willow Smith about ???