Interview: Boston Based Rap Duo Weapon Talk About Their New EP "Winterlude"
Congratulations on the completion and release of your incredible EP "Winterlude"; describe your creative process for the EP's five songs and who provided the production.
Thank you for that; we really appreciate the love, but to answer your question, the creative process was a sort of complex one. It was two fold, for one, we started the creation of the EP around the start of 2020. During this period, both Fantasy and Dfizz were going through a break up from two women they were serious with, so if you notice, the EP starts with a happy song called “Fire” and it gradually gets darker and darker and the energy drops as the EP continues.
The year 2020 really influenced the EP as well. 2020 went from the start of a new year full of promise and quickly turned into a loveless and lonely feeling year. Our personal life mixed in with the vibe of the year itself created the atmosphere for the “Winterlude”.
We got all our beats from YouTube believe it or not and we had our production and mixing done at CyberSound studio in Boston.
How did you two initially connect as a duo and what does the name "Weapon" represent?
We initially meet as hoopers in the city. We played basketball often and we also played a lot of 2K growing up but as we aged and our friendship evolved we learned each other’s love for music and realize we were both as passionate about music as the other so we decided to make it.
The idea of Weapon is pretty abstract. We are weapons, our music is a weapon, our minds are weapons; simply put, it’s an abstract way for us to basically describe we want to be legendary.
Can we expect music videos for any of the five tracks on the EP? If so, which one(s) should we be on the lookout for?
Yes, yes you can. We actually have a music video scheduled to premiere on Valentine’s Day. We should be producing videos for the songs “Fire” and “2Hr Drive” real soon, so stay tuned!
How would you describe the rap music scene in Boston in 2021? If you could change anything about the environment for artists there, what would it be?
We will say in all honesty it’s not our sound as most artist in the city seem to sound like other regions but even more so it’s very divided and isolated, so what we would like to affect in the city is unity. There’s some talent in the city but it’s a small market so naturally people are fighting for real estate rather than helping each other up. So we are gunna blow up and change the city.
With the EP now released, what are some of your goals musically for the remainder of 2021?
Our goal is to grow our audience globally and show people who we are. We are very serious with our art and would love to share it with everyone we can.
We are also preparing new music to drop in the summer so stay tuned for that!