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EXCLUSIVEINTERVIEW MS DYNAMITE
Hey Naomi how are you and the family doing? Hi, yeah I’m well, everybody’s really good thanks.
Nice, I hear you’ve been rocking crowds and stealing shows? I’m glad you’ve been hearing that! Yeah, I’ve been good I’ve been really enjoying myself.
So I heard you had fun at Hideout? Yeah man it was wicked I loved it, Croatia is soo unbelievably beautiful, honestly, it was amazing, I really really enjoyed myself. And I got to stay for like half a day the next day so I got to see a little bit of it which we don’t usually get to do.
Half a day, what kind of a holiday is that? [laughs] It’s not a holiday, that’s the whole point, it was work!
Have you managed to take a break over the last year? December/January I went to Jamaica with my son so we got to spend some time together.
Have you got anything planned over the next year? Well, yea I mean I just see how my schedule goes and figure some time out somewhere. At the moment it doesn’t look like it’s gonna be anytime soon
Well, as ever you sound like your really on your grind... Yea, I don’t believe in doing things half-heatedly, so its gotta be one hundred percent otherwise there’s no point in doing it at all really. I’m definite- ly there, one hundred percent.
On the music side, whats to come? I’ve got the single which is go- ing to be released on the 28th of August and that’s Never Soft with Labyrinth and we’ll just take it from there. I like to do what feels right, as and when it feels right.
I was talking to Pete Rock yesterday and I was thinking I would love to put Ms Dy- namite over a Hip-Hop Pete Rock tune... Do you know what? In fact I did work with him but it was a couple of years ago. He was doing something with Talent Kwali. I was in the studio with them and I think Andy Stone was in the studio at the same time and they had this beat and wanted me do something on it. I just remember meeting them and they were really re-
ally cool and they always said it would be cool to do something in the future, so yeah that would be all good!
So, the album is in the making now, how far away is that? I reckon there’s maybe a quar- ter left to do, but I like to have everything together and then take it from there. I’m really enjoying it, it’s taking up nicely with lots of different elements of what makes it musically.
So its all about the time being right? Yeah definitely, 100%.
Your very down to earth, how do you keep your feet
“I don’t believe in doing
things half- heartedly. It’s
got to be 100% otherwise there’s no
point doing it at all.”
on the ground when your always on the move? I’m just very healthy, I eat well, I try to eat well. I love what I do, I love life. I have a son and I just feel really appreciative of every aspect of my life. I think every body’s a bit crazy if I’m honest, I don’t think any of us are quite what we seem. I think when your feet are not on the ground though you start believing the hype, and your not really ap- preciative of the position that you have.
You sound like you live a spiritually grounded life. You said you try and eat well; does that mean you try to sneak in a big mac now and then? Never ever, ever, nothing like a big mac. Occasionally the chocolate sneaks its way in, or maybe a little bit of cheese. Actually, I don’t really struggle too badly with chocolate, its only if I see someone else with chocolate. If I go into a shop,
I’m completely prepared for the chocolate stand. But cheese, oh my gosh!
You’ve mentioned in some previous interviews that you have some OCD kind of complex. What kinds of crazy things does that lead you to do where you think ‘oh do I really do that’? Oh my goodness, there’s so much stuff I wouldn’t know where to begin! Everything has to be very tidy, very clean and in its place. I have to wash my hands quite a lot sometimes. But everything just has to be in its place at the right time.
Does everything have to be symmetrical? Yeah, symmetry and colour coordination are definitely on the top of my list in terms of OCD.
So everything in your fridge is symmetrical and colour coordinated? Yeah, if I’ve got cans of beans or anything all the labels would have to be facing me, and if I had two cans of beans they would have to be together, the cans of spaghetti would have to be together. Everything has to be facing you. See this is why I didn’t want to go into this!
I think you should tweet out the pictures of your cupboards; that would be quite funny. If I tweeted the pictures of my cupboards people would be like, wow we need to get her some help.
Haha Your performing soon at SW4, are you looking forward to that? Yeah definitely, can’t wait.
Have you got any other big shows? We’re going to see you at carnival I hope? Yeah definitely at carnival, I’ve got another tomorrow at Sheffield. And there’s loads of other festivals coming up before summer is over. .
It’s a happy existence! Yeah, definitely. But there’s a difference between living and existing, and I would say I live life to the fullest without a doubt.
Plus, you’ve got your whole twitter life as well. Yeah, for real, definitely!
Well good luck with every-
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Issue 29 / July 2011
This British platinum selling artist tells us about her modest life style, her performances and what will be exploding from your stereos in the future
thing, I’m sure you’re all over the place? I’m at Sheffield doing the Tramline festival and another one in the evening. I’ve got fabric tonight.
So how are you travelling tomorrow? Are you on a tour bus? Are you flying to Sheffield in a helicopter? No, no, me and my DJ, we just drive down there. Sometimes I might bring a friend or two, and there’s always space for that, but I’m not a person that needs a big tour bus and a big entourage. I do my work and then I come back to my son, and that’s it.
I thought there would be people running around you, but you’re taking control? Yeah, no one can really not let me do anything. Whether it’s in music or any aspect of my life, I’m in control. So it goes how I want it to go!
Catch Ms Dynamite in action at Carnival or look out for more tour dates at
www.msdynamite.co.uk
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