Interview: Queens Based Rap Artist Prince James Talks About His New Single/Video "The Way It Is"
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“...for this particular track I knew I wanted to do something that showed a little of my versatility...”
Tell us about how you first got started writing rhymes and when you decided to get serious about recording music.
I been writing rhymes forever. Right after high school, I started to write a little more and even started recording my rhymes on my laptop.
But it wasn't until years later, that I let some of the homies hear what I been working on. And that's when they told me that the shit was iight and people would definitely listen to my shit.
That's when I started taking it serious. I would write everyday until I saw improvement, and then write some more.
Salute to you on the release of your new single/video "The Way It Is"; describe for us your creative process for its development and how you decided on the instrumental from The Boy.
Well for this particular track I knew I wanted to do something that showed a little of my versatility. And I remembered that The Boy usually makes some fire beats that have some dope melodies throughout the production. And when I heard the beat that eventually became "The Way It Is", it just had a whole life of its own. I threw on my Beats and just went to work.
If you could select any artist to appear on a remix to "The Way It Is", who would you select?
On the remix, it might have to be Drake. I think he would do some filth to this beat.
Can we expect to hear "The Way It Is" on an upcoming EP or album this year; if so, what can you tell us about it?
Actually there are no plans for a project this year. But expect to hear more dope singles like "The Way It Is". Been dropping like two every month, so I might continue that.
With "The Way It Is" now released, what are some of your goals musically for the rest of 2022?
My music goals for the rest of the year are to drop great music and to get people to listen to it. That's the main thing for me. Is getting the music heard because the rest is gonna follow soon after. I believe in the music.