Take a look at this interview with hip hop's newest emcee/ producer team F.T.G. (Flip Them Guys). The duo is made up of Sean J. the emcee and Soy the producer. Read all about them here....
The Giant Blast interview with Sean J. of Flip Them Guys.
The Giant Blast: Why do you call yourselves "Flip Them Guys"?
The Giant Blast: Why do you call yourselves "Flip Them Guys"?
Sean J: The term "flip" represents my half and Soy's full Filipino heritage.
The Giant Blast: How would you describe yourselves as a unit?
The Giant Blast: What can listeners expect from the two of you musically?
Sean J: Well, Soy and I do work together outside of FTG as well. We first collaborated musically on my latest album, A Tree By Itself. That's how the chemistry sparked. All the tracks we did on there was more of creative content or things that had a little more depth to it. The FTG stuff is mostly just aggressive, arrogant, bragging-rights type of hip hop. We want to give some kind of difference between the two; but at the same time- since we are the same person- still correlate with each other.
The Giant Blast: What project are you two working on?
Sean J: Well since Soy is on military leave, we're not working on anything together officially. Right now, its just me going through my vault of his production (ha ha ha), but I'm currently working on several mixtapes and EPs to build anticipation for my next album, A Man of Means, which is dropping under Domination Recordings. I already have some key production from Soy for that project. As far as Soy, I know he's witting for his solo mixtape, which he'll be recording as soon as he gets back in November.
The Giant Blast: Who else did you get involved with for this project?
Sean J: I think the key feature was the Jae Millz appearance, which ya'll are already familiar with. We also have appearances from some great Ozone (Orlando, FL) emcees like MidaZ the Beast, Shinobi Stalin, Unique Assassin, AmIAm, and Illustrate of Grey Matter. A highlight for me personally was having my dude Daewon on a track, who I originally had a group with back in Hawaii years ago.
The Giant Blast: How would you describe Soy's beats?
Sean J: HERION. They are addictive and you can never get enough. For the fact he hasn't been doing beats for that long, show how he is ahead of a lot of niggas.
The Giant Blast: What's the future looking like for the group?
Sean J: When Soy returns, we'll probably work on the official FTG project. Like I stated before, we just cooking up a lot of solo stuff as well.
The Giant Blast: Is there anything else you would like to plug?
Sean J: You can find out more information about me at www.seanjissomean.com. Hit me up on twitter (@SEANJisSOMEAN) or my facebook page as well (facebook.com/seanjissomean). I got a lot of great things coming together within the next couple of months, so definitely stay in touch, and of course, download this FTG mixtape Who The Flip presented by Reign Clothing Boutique and mixed by DJ Sureshot.
The Giant Blast interview with Soy, the producer of Flip Them Guys.The Giant Blast: How would you describe your sound as a beatmaker?
Soy: My Power Level is over 9000 The Giant Blast: What's the difference between a producer and just a beatmaker and how would you describe yourself?
Soy: Producers control and influence the direction of a project...beatmakers make beats and issue em out like candy. I see myself as more of an influence to every project I work on.
The Giant Blast: What are some beatmakers that have influenced you?
Soy: Dilla, Primo, Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Evidence, Alchemist, Babu, Madlib, Danger Mouse, DOOM, amongst many others. I could go on for days haha.
The Giant Blast: What types of music do you like to sample?
Soy: Anything that makes that little monkey in my head start clappin'.
The Giant Blast: What does Soy get into besides music?
Soy: Currently I'm a mechanic in training for the US Air Force but when I'm not turning wrenches and marching in 90+ degree heat, I love skateboarding, graphic design, photography, and just buggin out with my crew.
The Giant Blast: Other than Sean J. who else have you worked with?
Soy: I've worked with a lot of talented artists in Orlando including King's Offspring, Angii Albanii (my other half of the Do Gooders), Shinobi Stalin, Mygrane McNastee, MidaZ the Beast, Unique Assassin, Madd Illz, AmIAm, Brown Study, and one of my best friends, Crescendo.
The Giant Blast: How would you describe Sean J. as a lyricist?
Soy: He's a hyper combo hadoken straight from Ryu right into your ear drums. He's one of those cats that ain't scared to say a damn thing or hurt any feelings.
The Giant Blast: What's the future looking like for Soy?
Soy: When I get back to Orlando from training, I'm going to be finishing up school and get back to being a producer.
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