bring into your music… PS: “When I write my rap it has to come from real situations and not made up, has to be something I went through or close to me which I felt, real life experiences & truth, that’s the whole foundation to my rhymes“. “Every word builds up like a story, a paragraph that adds up”, “touching people around the world, relating to you from the lyrics you rapped, making positive music”. Shyheim ‘agrees’ and adds I put my heart, soul and mind to my art in music, music for me my therapy through life struggles and experiencing it with people and telling them my story. Noah: ‘Its like a hand, every finger is an individual, bringing our own experiences as a collective, covering a lot ground and bringing and reaching new heights’ BRINGING THE WHOLE WORLD HOPE THROUGH OUR MUSIC.
Kix: To Noah, you been given the title ‘Urban Rockstar’, tell us a little bit more about that title… Noah: Noah is a Urban Character Born from that background of heritage & influenced by oppression within
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his musical structure, there is a lifestyle of Rock within him as well “I like rock” as it’s a small unique collective (country) within itself, with its own eclectic house, there are samples of soul, melody, harmony, soft and hard rock and influences his music within today.
Kix: To Shyheim, when and why did you drop (story) the name ‘Rugged Child’… Shyheim: “That rugged child was the name that I got given in music”, the name came from his community as a kid 9 years of age who didn’t have to go home, running around & riding bikes and causing problems, as a child does, then older sib- lings and people tried to teach Shyheim values & ethics and used to send him on small jobs in and around the community. Shyheim used to wear large (gear) of clothes and trousers (pants) dropping off and hair was all over the place, all sorts, and the name ‘rugged’ started to associate Shyheim with that name, hence the name ‘Rugged child’ called after his album, now he associates himself with ‘Man Child’ he is a man within this world but a
child at heart in his music
Kix: Prodigal Sunn, do you still work & associate yourself with Sunz of Man?
Sunz of Man consist of Prodigal Sunn (of course), Hell Razah, 60 Second Assassin, Shabazz the Disciple and Killah Priest. The youngest member Hell Razah in September 28, 2010 Heaven Razah, 60 second assassin came out with a mixtape Remarkable Timing in 2010, and Killah Priest came out with this year ‘The 3 Day Theory’ in June 2010. Prodigal Sunn Working on his Solo Material under the group Sunz of Man. All members stay in touch and in tune with one another and plan to come back into the world of music with a bang in 2012 fea- turing Noah on the Album.
Kix: Prodigal Sunn, Noah and Shyheim, what do you think of the new Wu-tang album? There opinions raised to the album, as it was a step up, as each individual in Wu-tang has grown in musical factors & life, it’s a different change in music, but the content has not changed (the lyrics), the outlook and expression has grown and developed.
Opening doors and showing people a different side to the previous works Wu-Tang came out with in the past, and showing the fans Wu-Tang are not limitless and go beyond each individuals abilities and as a collective showing that we are Musicians.
Kix: Prodigal Sunn and Shyhiem, are you working with the core wu-tang artists?
Prodigal Sunn still keeps in touch musically and in production with the main members of Wu-Tang such as Ghostface, as he is featuring on a track with Prodigal Sunn Mixtape. Right now all the members of Wu-tang are working on bring the brand back in the market e.g. Wu-Wear and Shyheim working alongside the members in the circles of Wu-Tang in the reconstruction from ground up. Wu Wear is still available, and in the making & new designs and and concepts are being brought out to the market(check it out on
www.Karmaloop.com in the UK)
Kix: Prodigal Sunn and Shyhiem, acted, and made films, tell us about it?
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