For: You have the Voice of the Metro mixtape coming out soon if i’m not mistaken? Hows that coming?Lyriciss: It’s good, but it’s coming along pretty slowly. I apologize to my fans on that one, but you know, you won’t be disappointed with the final product. I got some real good music on there. It will definitely surpass what I was doing with “The Hope”.
For: How was the feedback on “The Hope”?
Lyriciss: Beautiful, man. A lot of love. More than I even expected, because I’m not even a fan on that tape, in all honesty. That tape was moreso a mashup of songs that I made over a 2-year span and I just threw it together, got some drops from some people I’m cool with, and I called it a tape. It wasn’t as cohesive as I’d want it to be. Even with that being the case though, the people loved it.
For: Lets talk about Lyriciss’ story, just give us a little background about yourself?
Lyriciss: Basically, I’m a young MC that really loves this music. It’s rare nowadays, right? But this is what I love. I’ve been rapping since I was 9 years old, battling since 12 or 13, recording since 16, and I’m 20 now. I’m currently a name that seems to come up a lot when mentioning the up-and-coming DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) hip-hop scene, which is more than I could ever really hope for growing up, so I’m blessed just having that. I’m a realist. When you hear the music, I make that obvious, so if you want to escape to some dream world where everybody is popping bottles and got money to spend like nothing in the club while we’re in a recession, you probably shouldn’t listen to me, because I’ll bring back down to Earth in a second.
For: What do you think about positive messages in hip hop being looked down upon or not as popular?
Lyriciss: With what community? BET? MTV? VH1? The younger listeners of hip-hop? They’re lost anyway. That’s just how I feel. I’m not mad at it. I’m not at THEM. I just feel like they’re lost. I don’t know when being a loser and not aspiring for better and not speaking on doing positive became cool, but it is what it is. Hip-hop has always been yin and yang - good and bad, nice and wack, but nowadays it’s more so just yin and no yang. Everybody’s copying one thing, one sound, and if you’re not doing it, you won’t be popular. If that’s the case, I can do without being popular.
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