As promised our new feature Six With will be bringing you information in form of six hot questions or the most necessary questions for your hip hop and spoken word acts and people involved in the sphere. Six With caught up with Rugged Made and he revealed information on His joint Album with Stonetown and so much more. Follow the interview below:
1. Hello, For starters who is Rugged?
Rugged is an emcee/indie hiphop artist and social entrepreneur bornย and raised in Ntinda and Namuwongo respectively. My passion lies inย creative arts and more so using music to engage the masses. My story isย still being written. So for now Rugged is a project in the works. Aย traveler on this journey.
2. You have recently dropped various songs here and there like Kyabuswavu
are you working on a full length project?
Yes Iย am. A project am very excited about. Me and the producerย Stonetown are working on a project called The Rugged Stone Age. So farย over 6 songs have been recorded and these include Priceless, In awe ofย you, kyabuswavu the original and remix and Elements. All available onย radio and online. Then me and my muddy boots family have been busyย contributing to the Best Kept Secret album which is more of aย compilation record spearheaded by B Steezy. It’s like a doctor Dreย album where u have different artist featuring on the tracks and am
also super excited about it because it’s a diverse record and the soundย is current. A lot of trap hehehehe, 808s and the like. Am sure muddyย boots fans will love it!
3. We heard of your project with Stone Town, Whats the name of this
project and any other details?
Like i stated earlier, it’s called The Rugged Stone Age. All songsย solely produced by Papa stone. We feature artists like, Kracbone,ย Nuttyboi, Potters clay, Play01, Miss pinky bella, Sylvester, Bennyย Black, Ziyanda strange and Omulenziย caution. We still recording so
there’s no telling who else might feature.
4. How long have you worked on this project, is it near completion? And
what is the appeal like as regards the message?
We’ve been working on this project for a year now. Mainly ’causeย I’ve beenย juggling music and my personal business and projects on the side. Butย yes its nearing completion. If we can knockย out 6 or so more songs byย early next year,ย then its a wrap. Either that or we push singles till
they make an album. And subject matter wise we cover a wide range ofย topics. From social political awareness, spirituality, personalย growth, partying and of course lyrical prowess. It’s quite multidimensional.
5. Your particular sound is more like the west coast classical, why is
your approach more like this given 808s are the new lingo?
Hehehehe. West coast bruh? Maybe on one song. But yeah the sound isย basic hip hop samples and boom bop inclined. I remember when me andย Stonetown were talking about the direction of this album and we wantedย to make something for the mature hip hop heads. Cats who grew upย following the culture during its golden years. Thats our core audienceย for this album. We wanted to remind them of that classic nostalgicย hip hop. Not that we are forgetting the kids. What we bring isย diversity and alternative indie music. We didn’t want to follow the
current tide but create our own wave. Thinking out of the box
6. What should a fan of hip hop and Rugged at large expect from you in
the future?
Good Music and a lot of social activity. Me and a few good folks fromย community based organisations and civil society have been using artsย to empower and engage the inner city youth in spheres of education,ย self actualization and community self sustainability so thats an areaย Iย would like to put my strength and wit into. Watch out for moreย #Twawambye music. More Muddy Music, More Urban Aksent Music andย generally more UG hip hop music!
Previously on Six With : K S L Talk on African Childhood Storiesย
For more Music from Muddy Boots and Rugged visitย www.muddybootsugent.com/
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