 Whiplash what’s good man? Hey what up HipHop.org! Thanks for another interview! Shout out to Tha Advocate for hooking it up too.
It's been a little while since we last chopped it up with you. How would you say your music career has changed since then?
Since the last interview everything has somewhat progressed. I feel like I am in a better place of opportunities. One year ago my image was damaged a little getting bad reviews in the UK and Australia but now I feel the US is on my side. The US response has been nothing but positive. This year I have had hundreds of mixtape features that I didn’t have in 2010. I have formed good relationships with people in the Hip Hop industry.
I have been doing drops for Coast 2 Coast DJs like Tony Harder and DJ Femmie. I have been getting more followers on Twitter and generally just growing.
My Youtube channel is up to 10,000 video views now and I don’t even have a real movie on there.
Advo told us you are working on an EP with Khaki Blue... Is that true?
Yeah it’s true, I am happy about that. Especially when it actually worked well. We have been working on that EP recently. I am looking forward to that project. I listen to the demo mixes every day. I am just waiting for a couple more tracks to mix. Some tight gangsta shit in there. I’m not a gangsta but like I say in one song called Gangsta “I’m not a gangsta but I am only because I bang bitches and listen to gangsta rap, I bang them to that.” I had some hook ups with women overseas and that’s what I did on a date. We just listened to gangsta rap and banged each other all night, it was tight (laughs).
When is it gonna drop?
It will drop soon enough because we are almost finished. I am working on the mixes as they come in and then when it is all done we will get the project mastered, artwork will be by K-Lion and we will start promoting tracks from the album after. Doing it this way is a good way to share promotion and production costs. We will promote the music in some places when it is ready, Digital Dynasty, Coast 2 Coast and more.
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What is the first single?
No discussion on that yet but there is one song on my website called ‘Pay Up’, that was the first song we did together. I am sure the single will have to be the strongest song we can find. The beats on this album are great, a lot of strong sounding beats. The album will have a couple of featured artists. One will be J-Flow from Khaki Blue's record label Big Faces.
So ... word on the street is you got a project called Whip-Mix where you remixed alot of the big hits in the last few years. When is that supposed to drop?
Yeah I am putting that out as soon as it is finished. Tha Advocate is hosting the album, he is doing drops, adding some sounds to the album. I am shooting for June 20th or after. All of these songs were a bunch of my favorite songs from famous artists over the last year or two. I basically just pick out a song I like, if I feel it can be remixed I will do my thing over it. Some I chose didn’t work so I deleted those ones.
Is that coming before the EP with Khaki Blue or after?
Whip-Mix tape will be out through Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes first and then the Khaki Blue Whiplash EP will follow. I am just finding ways to promote my name and music. I have never done a mixtape so I wanted to release a mixtape of remixes with a few original songs on it. I want to do a mixtape of original songs later on.
I have never done real collaborations with artists. The Khaki Blue collaboration is my first real collaboration and I think it is dope. Sometimes in music I have had beginners luck.
One thing about our last interview that was dope was you gave such an honest opinion on things ... so I want to know... Are you trying to emulate Eminem's style with the blonde hair and the multiple "Rape" references in your music?
How can you not be pigeon holed when you’re a white rapper with blonde hair? I am kind of glad Eminem has his natural hair color now. I looked up to Eminem growing up and I wanted to learn from the best, yet not copy him. If you look at it all... all rappers have similarities in some way or another. My style and voice tone is different to Eminem, sometimes my lyrics will be a little similar... but no shit I heard two songs where he said my lyrics, but I’m underground.
Eminem once said he wanted to say lyrics before other rappers did and he is. I believe all music artists are getting their lyrical/music ideas from the same source. From the same part of the brain, the same part of the spirit or soul, or from the same experiences. (Laughs) yeah people say I am too honest! I am too honest for my own good but that is who I am and coming from where I come from people say anything they think whether it is positive or negative.
I grew up on rap music. That teaches me to be open and say what I’m thinking and feeling, just being free. I lived a pretty free life compared to the usual society like prison life. I like to be free from restraints. I just got to that point in my life where I didn’t give a fuck anymore too, like so many, so I guess I can come off like Eminem but I just feel that same way and if people didn’t know I have natural blonde hair. I come from that suburban life yet lived traveling around the world in a street like matter. Life at home was not rich but pretty good, life living overseas was ghetto for me.
In Australia people say the word rape a lot. We say heavy shit all the time which is just to be funny, its normal. Rape is a heavy word, it shocks people but when I use it at times I’m not even literally talking about rape. I know someone that was raped and it’s fucked up, makes me want to kill motherfuckers that rape women. Like come on, rapists just jerk off or go online for porn or to a prostitute if you can’t get any, you sick fucks. Backpackers women get raped where I live but the police cover it up so it doesn’t destroy tourism.
Makes me sick but I think women are part of the problem too. Women should do anything to fucking escape a potential rape or rape; dumb bitches need to stop getting in that situation and if you do get in that situation cut his dick off or something please.In Australia we say cunt all the time, at least the street beach type community where I come from. We say shit we do and don’t mean all the time, it’s part of our culture and language here in Australia. I grew up traveling the world on and off so I could speak anyway I wanted to on the street and at the beach, in the ocean. I even worked at a factory for 8 months and people were always, “Hey it’s so fucking busy today ay; cunt of a fucking job ay fuck”. This filthy slang is everywhere in Australia, it is my environment and I think it is hilarious, feels fucking good.
WOW that was a long response!! Speaking of Eminem ... did you have a chance to hear his new EP? If so, what are your thoughts on it...
I have heard a few songs from the EP and I am a fan of Royce and Eminem so it can only please me. I heard a few of those songs in the mixtape world. I think they are a good team and it is great Eminem has found someone to team up with since the D12 days. Slaughterhouse with Eminem is the new D12 in a way. I think we will see some big shows and moves. I respect this new EP because it is more street/rap and not as commercial as Recovery. I am happy Eminem has decided to work with some real rappers like Royce, Slaughterhouse, Yelawolf and more. Eminem sounds better doing underground style rap with raw talented artists.
We saw a softer more introspective side of you on the Digital Dynasty Album. Your song "Take It" showed you speaking from a deep manner. What type of real life experiences made you record that song?
I have experienced a lot in my life. I have been knocked back a lot my whole life and I have lost a lot. I had to rebuild my life since 2005. In 2005 I hit rock bottom losing my fiancé, career and place to live. I was living overseas a lot and moved back to Australia. I feel like I have had a couple of different lives. My music really kicked in at that cross road in 2005, so that was like a new birth for me, Whiplash was born. I used to be a singer but the more shit I went through the less I sang because I only sang when I was happy.
I can use singing to show sadness and depth. I still sing it feels good. To me singing is from my soul and rapping is everything else. The music on ‘Take It’ just gave me that feel for the hook to sing.I went through a lot of relationship break ups in my life and it was hard because breaking up with friends or lovers was like a death in the family. I can be a deep person so I wanted to show that side of me in my music. I can be cut throat harsh but I wanted people to understand that being bad is also from being sad. I am a Gemini and I like to show my different personalities, different sides. Sometimes I am chill, sometimes I want to kill, I think everyone is like this.
Do you have any more songs like that coming out soon?
As long as I keep my soul I will always have joints like that. You know it is hard to find joints like that one musically. I have another one that was a little similar called ‘Last Song’. It just had a nice hook with lyrics “So go with my flow gotta know, this could be my last song, the last song that I sing, the last song that I bring.” I wrote it when I felt like never singing again because rap was taking my career further and singing wasn’t. For years Australia was not accepting my style of doing both singing and rapping. Discriminating racist pricks in the industry would say, “You have to choose one, choose a style, you can’t do a whole album like that, you’re not black.” My response was always that I can do what the fuck I want cunt. I am definitely looking for more joints like that and a beat like that.
Let’s scroll back a bit to the EP with Khaki Blue. Khaki is a known street dude turned rapper out in Cali and you have your wild out of control rhymes from the land down under. How the hell did you guys link up??
(Laughs) yeah its nuts but it’s what is up.You know I love that he is from that life, every community seems gang orientated whether they are gangster or not. Everywhere I traveled to in the world was territorial in and out of the ocean. I guess I sound crazy because I lived a crazy insecure travel life with no money, lived on the road, slept on the street, slept on beaches, got lots of women, lived gutter, slept at airports to pursue a sporting career and wrote lyrics about it.
I just wrote about my life. I have been pretty insecure my whole life but I am working on becoming more secure financially and psychologically but it might be too late. I know if I can make some money I won’t be as fucking depressing and fiery. They say money can’t buy happiness but I’ve lived long enough without money to know that if you don’t have money you can’t do anything. Khaki contacted me by email and it was on. I am sure he listened to my joints on the Digital Dynasty Mixtape Series and the Digital Dynasty - The Album. He keeps his ear to the street which is the mixtapes series. Yeah it’s crazy but it’s gonna be dope.
You know how we do at this time ... time to ask you some off the wall questions!
Lets play word association--
2pac- smooth
Eminem- lyrical
Lil Wayne- freestyle
50 Cent- business
Mel Gibson- freak (in a religious way)
Ok enough of that (laughs)...
Do you think 20 years from now Hip Hop will still be the force it is 2day?
Yeah it depends if the next generation can carry the torch and if there is depth in the talent. I know every talented artist will always nurture talent, either their own children or by signing new artists, even inspire new artists. If the young generations grow up looking at the history they are bound to recycle it and recycle it in their own way or recycle it in a new way. If humanity is still here in 20 years I am sure Hip Hop is one of the only voices and one of the only spoken truths remaining. All the recorded works now will pass the truth to the next generation and they will feed off it.
If you could smash any famous chick who would it be?
Actresses: Kate Hudson (always had a crush), probably Miley Cyrus (some fucked up hot ugly crush)(laughs), Music: Nicki Minaj (not because everyone would), there are so many hot porn actresses, that’s where it is at boys! Most of those chicks are off the charts, I would smash a porn star.
What is the craziest thing you ever did after a night of partying?
I wouldn’t say crazy but I got the chance for a minajatwa! And I am not famous so that’s pretty successful. That was one of the best things I ever did. Doesn’t happen to normal people a lot so men if you are listening I recommend it, you have to do it before you settle down. I dreamed of shit like that all my life and only happened to me once, I fell into it. When it happened I milked that shit all night and all morning encase it never happened to me again lol. It’s hard to pull off though because most women selfishly want one man to themselves. It just fell into place for me. I didn’t plan it so it was completely unexpected. I had opportunities before that time but I didn’t see them or think it was possible. To all men, keep your eyes open, senses high. If a broke motherfucker like me can do it, there is hope for us all (laughs) fantasy life is the true heaven on earth life people.
Back to the norm...
It was great chopping it up with you again. Here is the part where you snatch the mic and say whatevers on ya mind! By the way don't forget to plug your links...
Love the expression “Chopping it up with you”..
And yeah it has been a pleasure, good interview guys, and funny questions.
Yeah everything Whip will be on www.WhiplashMusic.com
www.twitter.com/whiplashmusic
Cop my Whip-Mix tape, Losing Control III album and Khaki Blue album this year if you are keen. Cop that Digital Dynasty – The Album and Digital Dynasty 16. Any artists that want collabs just hit me up. Any artists that need mixing hit me up. Rest in peace 2Pac - his birthday is 2 days before mine! My bday is 18th June. Listening to Kasinova trips me out people!
I realize even the closest of people may not believe in me making a living from Hip Hop but that shit just pisses me off. If you are not into Hip Hop just piss off.
I do this for me, I believe in me and if the whole world doesn’t believe you will see.
Big up to my homies/partners - Tha Advocate, Khaki Blue, HipHop.org, HipHopLead.com, Klion, BeatsbyMarkus.com, Coast 2 Coast DJs and Mixtapes, Ballerstatus.com. Digital Dynasty, Paul Gomersall for crispy music mastering, N8 Beats, MakeYourHit.com, Hook Line & Sync, Lil Fats, LaFaMos.
Big down to all racist, judgemental, discriminating pricks and bitches in the world. Big down to my ex partners or ex friends that never believed I could or would do this. I spent every cent and borrowed money I couldn’t pay back to do this so if you think I’m a loser or no hoper look at yourself before you speak. I had 176 song features on mixtape albums in the US/World in 3-4 months. I’m not big headed; only big headed against the disbelief.
Shout out to my fam and friends, partner (if I have any after this crazy rap shit). Doing this shit shows who is on my team or who isn’t, so it’s good seeing a clear division, a clear line between lovers and haters. I will try to make this happen, if not I will always be rapping. Whiplash
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