Experience first-hand what it took for the duo we know as ‘Blackroze’ to where they’re at today. HHABC recently caught up with Blackroze for an up-close and personal interview…Hip hop is still alive and it is always an inspiration for the true fans of this special genre of music.
1. First of all, your name, BlackRoze, where does that come from?
The Name Blackroze stems from a combination of things…First of all we come from Somerville, Massachussets, home of The Winter Hill Gang and Whitey Bulger so it sort of has a Mafia vibe. Except our reason is were dropping Blackrozes on ‘Garbage’ and ‘Mockery’ like Hip Hop.
2. Give us a brief description of the type of vibe that your music brings for its listeners.
Well our music can bring many different vibes to our listeners. We make mood music pretty much, we take our experiences and our surrounding experiences and convert all that into our songs…Like our single ‘Loving Life’, that’s a party record because at the time that we made it, we were getting our party on heavy so we made a song about our ‘Party Life’….But we also have songs like our single ‘Day By Day’ which is a song about us coming up in life and trying to overcome our struggles ..trials and tribulations…and how music plays such a huge role in our lives.
3. As an aspiring artist, what is it that makes you keep going and pushing towards your goals as a hip hop artist?
I mean we do this music because its a calling in our lives, we have both been doing this for a long time …just the rush we get from seeing people that love our music and people moving at our shows would be enough for a lot of artists, but its much deeper than that for us …its a way for us to express our pain our joy with the world …countless times we have had people come up to us and tell us “Hey, so and so song you did really touched base with my actual life” and it’s things like that that fuel us to keep making good music.
4. When did you know for sure, music is what you wanted to do with your life?
Ever since we could remember, MUSIC is what was closest to us for example: AceDon Grew up in a diverse family with his mom. Being white and his dad being black, growing up in the 80s, his parents played all types of music from, The Rolling Stones to The Temptations, even as a child he knew this is what he wanted FOREVER… Cas on the other hand is a White dude but he grew up in the hoods of Brockton at a very bad time over there. So him being the only white kid in his surroundings, his peers had heavy influence on his music and his parents subjected him to a diverse range of music his entire life even as a child he knew this is what he wanted FOREVER.
5. Where do the ideas and inspirations, that help create your music, come from?
Our inspirations for our songs come from our lives and personal experiences …Even take some of our friends experiences and turn them into songs cause they maybe dont know how to express it them selfs in a way that everyone can understand.
6. What artists did you listen to as a youngster?
Wu-Tang.. Biggie.. 2Pac…Dr Dre …Snoop Dogg…Eminem…Public Enemy,……NWA…..etc TOO MANY TO NAME…
7. Speaking of other artists, who would you name as your top 5 all-time personal favorites…alive or gone?
Can’t name only 5, but i guess Eminem being first then Biggie Then 2Pac then Vinnie Paz then Big Pun I hate being asked that question…maybe if you asked me my top 20 dead or alive then I could be a little more accurate. and it would be easier .
8. If you wasn’t doing your music thing right now, what do you think you’d be doing with yourself now?
If we were not doing our music thing we would both be doing what ever it took to provide for our families…we both have multiple skills in different areas of jobs from city work to landscaping to house flipping etc.
9. Do you have any songs or videos available for people to check out?
Yes we Do …you can go to we also have a couple new videos coming and a show on sept 6th with Corey Guns and The Legendary 9TH WONDER at the Middle East in Cambridge Ma.
10. Any upcoming projects or things for us to watch out for?
BlackRoze has Graced the stage with the likes of Red Cafe ..Wu-Tang….Cormega & Nature….Joell Ortiz…Keith Murray and Big Sean and many more ……STAY TUNED FOR MORE MUSIC AND SHOWS!!!!
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