Exile: There was this Peruvian record, I wish I could remember the artists name, that I used on “Sound Is God” that is just an amazing record. Someone from Peru actually called me up like, “I can’t believe you sampled this song! It’s a very special song for my people out here.” I didn’t know it, but he told me what the lyrics said were about the people’s struggles and stuff like that so it fit perfectly.

TSS: Did you have any epiphanies in the recording process, like in the sense that you can pull sounds from anywhere and bend and blend them to something completely different?

Exile: I think that’s what Hip-Hop is. It’s about making music out of things you’re not supposed to make music out of. That’s the essence that I captured with this record; I found another thing to make music out of that you’re not necessarily supposed to. Anything is possible, and with the radio, the possibilities are infinite.

TSS: I’ve heard of people sampling from a radio, but sampling every single layer of a song from the radio…I’ve never heard of anyone doing that before. Is it another ‘that’s what’s up’ moment then?

Exile: Nah, nah (Laughs). Why?

TSS: I mean, what if people start sampling strictly from the radio…

Exile: Nah, I mean some kid uh he made something…

TSS: So you can’t claim father to that style?

Exile: I think that’s what he said, I don’t know.

TSS: We’ll let that rest then.

Exile: OK (Laughs)

TSS: To wrap things, is there anything that you are working on now that you can talk about?

Exile: I just finished an album with Fashawn that’s being mixed right now. Man, I think we potentially have another classic. I’m really excited for this record and I think people are really going to enjoy it. It’s similar to the makings of Below The Heavens. I just finished executive producing an album for my man Blame One. He’s from San Diego and he’s ridiculous. I was going to produce the whole album, but he already had really good songs with other producers so I ended up just being the executive producer. I did do most of the beats on it though. I’ve got an album that I’m almost done with with this cat named J.O.H.A.Z. from Deep Rooted. I also finished an album of just me rapping.

Exile’s Radio is available in stores & on iTunes. For more info visit www.myspace.com/alexile.

Download — Exile – “For The Kids” (Not On The Album)

BONUS

With the theme of Radio, we have Exile reading the poem “A Radio With Guts” by Charles Bukowski from his book Play The Piano Drunk Like A Percussion Instrument Until The Fingers Begin To Bleed A Bit.

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