Check out this hot Debut CD entitled "Gemini's Reign" with 13 bangin' tracks (including  hot singles like, "Come Thru" and "The District").   The album is dedicated to the artist, he was killed two weeks after completing this hot CD that represents DC to the fullest.  It's off the chain with banging collaborations as well as a guest appearance from Los of the Backyard Band.  Check out what his main producer Blunt has to say with an interview with Rhythmplaza.com.

Rhythmplaza.com:  Where are you originally from?
Blunt: Washington, DC        
 
Rhythmplaza.com:  When and why did you start using the name Blunt?
Blunt: Well, Blunt is my last name.  When I started playing sports in Junior High School, everyone would call me by my last name…  it just kinda stuck with me.  Of course some of my “extracurricular activities” contributed to the moniker as well.
 
Rhythmplaza.com:  How long have you seriously been involved in the music industry?
Blunt: About six years         

Rhythmplaza.com:  When did you first get into the music game and started producing music?
Blunt: I’ve always owned a keyboard since I was in like the fifth grade.  But it was very hard to lay down a whole song with the lil cheap keyboards I used to have.  But in 1997, I bought my first “professional” keyboard: A Korg Trinity.  It was on the Trinity that I mastered my craft.  And I began to lay down tracks that had been in my head since the 80’s.  No to mention my father was in the music business for quite a while.  He was a member of the legendary Drifters, as well as several local groups, so it’s kinda in my blood.
 
Rhythmplaza.com:  Your tracks are hot, where do you get your concepts when creating and producing tracks?
Blunt: To be quite honest I try to do the opposite of everything I hear on the radio.  I never do what they do.  I think outside of the box.  If someone’s already done it, it doesn’t interest me.  I just follow my heart, follow my soul, and let God do the rest.   I’m just an extension of his creativity.
 
Rhythmplaza.com:  Tell us a little something about your crew at Boog
Entertainment.
Blunt: We’re like a close knit family.  We all ride for Gemini, together!  We ride for each other, and we’re there for each other in times of need.  It hasn’t been easy… dealing with such a tragic loss.  But we made it out of the storm, and we’re marching forward, together, with absolutely no fear!  I ain’t neva scared!

 
Rhythmplaza.com:  We know Gemini (RIP), Boog Entertainments first artist was killed, what was it like working with him before he passed?
Blunt: It was a blessing, we always had a good time, even when we were recording.  Like me, he was a very driven, determined and focused man.  So it was very easy for us to feed off of each others’ energy and motivate and inspire one another.  And when you have that kind of energy in the studio the work becomes play.
 
Rhythmplaza.com: Tell us about the new album by Gemini you help produce and featured on.
Blunt: Well it’s a 13 track album.  An audio autobiography, if you will, of Gemini’s life.  He touches on a lot of topics close to the hearts of many young black men.  Such as the lost of many of our peers to gunfire, the endless funerals, even the fear of our own deaths.  When you hear him speak of the things he’s been through in his life, hear him talk about his own death and think about the fact that he’s dead, you feel the realest sense of sincerity and authenticity in the lyrics he wrote.  And the beats is like dat, definitely a new, unique sound.  Combined with the distinction of Gemini’s voice and a couple of guest appearances, we have what will be an underground classic.

Rhythmplaza.com:  Are you working on any new projects?
Blunt: Always, I live in the studio.  We’ve got one group and two new solo artists coming outta the Boog Boot Camp in the near future.  Also, I’m always collaborating with any and everybody that’s down to make quality music.  I got my homie Yero, out L.A., he’s working with some Blunt Beats on something real spectacular.  As well several other “key” platinum selling artists who I can’t name right now, but believe you me, you’ll be hearing about those projects real soon.  We gon sell it not tell it.  It’s Major!

Rhythmplaza.com:  What are your goals in the business as a
rapper/producer/and entertainer?
Blunt: My primary goal is to consistently put out high-quality music for the masses.  To entertain and provoke infinitely interesting thoughts.

Rhythmplaza.com:  What do you like to do when you are not rapping?
Blunt: I don’t do much.  I chill with my cousins, my family.  My Boog Entertainment family, we always have a good time.  What Devin say?  Reefer and Beer?   Yeah that pretty much does it for me!  Every now and then a young shoobie doobie and a dvd movie is about right.

Rhythmplaza.com:  What is the most important aspect of the music industry you have learned?
Blunt: Very few people are willing to take a chance on something new and unheard of.  There’s a lot of doubters, a lot of pessimist and a lot of haters.  I’ve learned that none of their opinions mean anything.  There are a lot of sheep out here, who just go with the flow.  If everybody else likes it, they like it.  Radio and videos tend to dictate what’s hot and what’s not.  Having learned that, I do what the fuck I want to do when it comes to making music.  I’m out here leading, not following!

Rhythmplaza.com:  What advice would you give to some of the up and coming rap artists and producers in the DC, MD, and VA areas?
Blunt: Stick to your style.  We have a very unique sound in this area.  We have unique accents, and the most unique beat on the planet, the Go-Go heartbeat.  And these fuckers are out here biting off us, and given up no credit.  So we need to stop trying to sound like them, and keep on sounding like us.  We also got to come together as a city… united, even if it means working with someone you don’t even like.  Mafia’s are so successful because they all come together so that they don’t end up killing each other while trying to eat.  And they don’t always like each other, but they respect one another.  A “DC United”, could never be stopped.

Rhythmplaza.com:  Whom would you like to leave a shout out too?
Blunt: I wanna send a shout out to everyone who has supported this project, Gemini’s Reign.  Shout out to Ms. Banks, Gemini’s sister as well as the woman who keeps Boog Entertainment, Inc. organized and focused.  Sweet Sherita, Mike Powell, Ed Fisher, the homie Vito, Abdul aka Salley, Rhema, Los of that BYB, Rock Mikey and the whole UCB, the Home Team, Yero doing the damn thang in L.A., also my man Ken over at Cue Recording, Jay-Boog and Lisa and the whole Blunt Family, I love ya’ll.

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