![]() ![]() I’m trying to branch out now, the next I have coming out I have a lot of different producers. And of course Rob Skeetz from Moor Gang, he does a lot of the beats. I like Blvck Sinatra, he just changed his name to Hanzo beatz. He did all the beats on “ G Shit,” the last EP I dropped. Who do you like working with production-wise? Tell me about the recording process for your debut album. I like all of them, but Ugly Frank … he’s tight to me. I really like UGLYFRANK from Tacoma a lot. I really like Royce the Choice, I’m glad he’s now getting the shine he so deserves. Let’s talk about some musicians you’re interested in. Surrounded by caffeine-fueled college students at the U-District Cafe Solstice, we discussed her near-future career moves, opinions on the changing Central District and the ever-challenging work/life balance. She raps with as much swagger and aggression as any Moor Gang member, and often surpasses her male peers in lyrical complexity. Her songs sound like they could have been released last month or 10 years ago. The 24-year-old artist has been compared to Queen Latifah, and deserves comparison to Missy Elliot as well. Moor Gang counts more than a dozen members, a boy's club with one exception: Gifted Gab. It is also wonderfully creative, inextricably woven into the expanding tapestry of Seattle’s rap scene. It’s brash braggadocio, full of slick wordplay, blatant sexuality and drug fantasia. The banner of Moor Gang’s website reads “Seattle’s Favorite Bad Guys.” The music this collective of rappers and producers releases never minces words. The tension between these two camps - one politically correct, one deliciously provocative - delineates the biggest stylistic rift in Northwest hip hop. Moor Gang (often caps locked as MOORGANG) sits across the aisle - on a pile of cash, in a cloud of blunt smoke. On one side are the shining intellectual Paladins, “message” rappers like (duh) Macklemore, The Blue Scholars and, to some extent, Shabazz Palaces. Seattle’s rap scene has a kind of Yin and Yang complex.
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