Interview: Miami Rapper A.L. Laureate Discusses His New Compilation Project "Completion"
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“Creativity for me comes and goes and it really hits me when I least expect it. I could be at work or out the house and just I’ll think of a concept I would like to touch on and write and record about it.”
What are some things that inspire your creativity when working on new songs?
Creativity for me comes and goes and it really hits me when I least expect it. I could be at work or out the house and just I'll think of a concept I would like to touch on and write and record about it.
Sometimes it could be a movie, a TV show, life experiences most importantly that spark the creativity and in hindsight help those who listen to my music.
What do you look for in beats that you decide to write to?
The beats that I look for to rhyme on are for the most part very boom bap and laid back. I feel the essence of what the golden era of hip hop is and continues to be brings the best out of me conceptually and lyrically, and it's a sound that's timeless and soothing to my soul.
Congratulations on the release of your compilation project "Completion"; how did you decide which songs to include on it?
Throughout the years working on projects along the way I noticed after quite some time I had a hefty amount of songs I had never released for one reason or another.
I tried to pick out the best songs that would have cohesiveness and mesh together well to give “Completion” an album type feel. Along with the tracks I chose, I recorded some tracks in these past couple of months that also made their way onto the project.
What can you tell us about your upcoming album "Intrepid Perspective"? Which producers and artists are a part of this project?
“Intrepid Perspective” is my 3rd album and its completely produced by AYNT, a producer I met out here in Miami, FL. Extremely talented as a producer, as much as he is an emcee, I reached out to him to purchase some beats and we eventually made a album out of it.
The features on the album are my some of my heroes that inspired me to rhyme Ras Kass, sintax.the.terrific, Royce da 5'9", Reks, as well as Cayoz, Cane, AYNT's group the Just-This Crew, and many more. It's for sure my best work to date and it's gonna be well worth the wait.
In what ways does the city of Miami influence the music that you create?
The city of Miami inspires me to create with just the melting pot of Hispanics that live here. Finding inspiration from the slightest things to just how people go about life here.
Miami being one of the vanity capitals of the world, I go completely left from that and find ways to be creative staying true to myself and keeping my head held high as I do so.