Dom Kennedy sits down with Steven Goldstein of HipHopDX to talk about his upcoming album, Get Home Safely, his previous releases, the Dodgers and many other things. Read a preview below and click the link to head over to HipHopDX for the full interview.
DX: On “My Type Of Party,” you said that you’re “hangin’ with Dodgers.” How much have you been following this crazy season that they’re having? Any Dodgers you’re particularly cool with?Continue reading at HipHopDX...
Dom Kennedy: Yeah, I’m a little bit cool with Matt Kemp. We don’t hang out, but I’m cool with Matt Kemp. Hell yeah I’ve been following, my man. It was crazy because I was about to buy season tickets for the first time, but then realized that I won’t have time to go to that shit! I’ll be making the album. They were pretty bad at the beginning of the season, but now they’re doing crazy. But I’ve been watching and keeping up with them for sure…crazy year for the Dodgers for sure.
DX: You’ve been crazy busy with that album, I bet. Tell me what fans can expect from Get Home Safely.
Dom Kennedy: Man, they can expect the highest quality music they’ve definitely heard from me, and they’ve probably heard from a lot of genres—not just Hip Hop. I’m introducing the album to encourage and reach a lot of people that probably never knew who Dom Kennedy was. But it’s in a great way. Without changing what I do or without compromising the integrity of Rap music or anything, I feel like people will be proud to say that this is their favorite Rap album of the moment. I feel like it’s been few and far between that people are able to say that in our generation. For people interested in Hip Hop and Rap music, I feel like they’ll be proud to say that, “You need to listen to this; this is a great body of work.” It represents something bigger than just $10 or just one person.
DX: Well tell me what song you’re particularly proud of on this project.
Dom Kennedy: Man...to keep it real, without sounding wack, all of them. But you know, each for different reasons. There’s a song on there called “Black Bentley,” that I can say I’m proud of for writing. I’m proud that I stayed up until 6:30 in the morning to do it to get it all out. It’s probably my favorite song I’ve ever written. It might not be my favorite Dom Kennedy song ever, but it’s definitely the best song I’ve ever written. A lot of it is more like poetry to melodic and hard Rap beats. And I feel like, in the context of that, the writing on there is great. It’s great quality writing. I would compare it more to a book, an audio book, than an album, you know? It’s more traditional. I’m talking more about my life than the Rap you’re hearing nowadays.
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