Intrinzik

NR: From doing the Fall guy project what made you decided to do a solo CD?

INT: Well I already have the first solo CD out. Now I'm supporting the second one "Tricks of the Trade." I just like doing a lot of different kinds of music. I don't like to limit myself to rock or rap so I do it all. It's a lot easier to tour and do everything as a solo artist as opposed to having a full band. This is my chance to do everything you know promote both albums and both bands at one show.

NR: A lot of juggalo sites have attached to your projects. How did that come about?

INT: We did a lot of touring with Twiztid and Blaze Yea Dead Homie, a lot of juggalo/Psychopathic groups. The juggalo's just started liking it. We reached out to them. We gave them links on our site and they started giving us links. It's a mutual business decision. It works out good because they like our music and come out to our shows. Just from touring with Twiztid, Blaze, Tech N9ne, shit like that. It gives us the full effect with the Fall Guy/Intrinkzik combination.

NR: With mainstream music the way it is now, what's your opinion on the way it's marketed? You have to be/look a certain way.

INT: I think the mainstream rap and hip-hop is pretty good. I don't like the direction rock is going. Like that stupid haircut, sorry if I'm offending anyone, looks like the brady bunch shit and they are complaining about how hard life is. I don't really like that. It's just a business. If a group/band wants to get molded by the record label that's what they are going to do. Pop music is always going to be pop music. I accept that. I just don't like how rock is totally dieing. It's turning into that stupid emo crap. The mainstream hip-hop is getting a little bit better. It's all about the underground still. It's better music. It's more from the heart. It's more about the music and less about the money. It's more about the fans and the community. Like SRH and Sub Noize is a movement. Where as some band off of Capitol Records is more of a product where as this is a movement. It's a community of fans. I think the underground has much more to offer than the major labels do.

NR: With the internet being around we are able to take your CD and put it online and let other people download it for free. Is it a good idea or a bad one?

INT: It's good and bad. I'll get emails and shit "your new album is so great!" and I'm like you didn't even buy one. Then again you may never have heard of me if it wasn't for internet or downloading sites. It's a good and bad thing. They've done studies and it shows that it actually helps record sales. So overall it's probably better for concert attendance. You just have to adapt with the movement and how music is going. You have to make T-Shirts, you can't download a T-Shirt off the internet, you have to make different kinds of shit. You can't just rely on your music. It forces the artist to make better music and better packaged CD's with nicer books, pictures and lyrics. It's just how the scene and music is evolving. If your an artist you really can't complain about it. You just have to make T-Shirts, hats, cool clothes, make music just the tool to sell everything else and get your name out there. People all across the world know my music. Before the internet that would have been impossible. Maybe you would get two or three states outside of your town. I think overall it's a lot better.

NR: With Fall Guy and your solo CD's, what can fans expect from you next?

INT: The next album I'm putting out on my label is called "Separated at Birth." It's fall guy, it's Driver and our production team on the music and Intrinzik (that's me),Slim , AkoMack from Bionic Jive, Jason Porter, Menacide, McNastee. It's a big super group. It's coming out in two months. It's going to blow everything away. It's really cool. After that I'll probably take a vacation. I've put out three albums this year. It's wearing me out guys. You gotta let me slow down a little bit.