INTERVIEW WITH YUGEN BLAKROK!!!
"20 centuries deep, inside a fabricated lie, the truth is like rain to a desert, at best its a mirage" - Yugen Blakrok (Tetra Tarantula) taken from Return of the Astro-Goth !! Pieoneers Blog had a young minute to chat with one of the most lyrically gifted South African emcees, Yugen Blakrok. How did your journey with Hip Hop begin? Heard WTC on tv, Salt n Pepa, Busta Rhymes. Discovered a whole culture. From Kanif’s dark, mystic, suffocated, distorted, abstract boom bap beats to your unmatched witty, poetic rhyming style, y’all form a formidable force. What is your creative process in making music? We feed off each other’s energies. Often, the concept’s inspired by Kanif’s beats; other times, the lyrics dictate the vibe of the sound. You come off as a very well read individual on esoteric ancient knowledge and unconventional science. How important is that knowledge in today’s world? It’s an alternative to the conditioning that’s b...