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Finale: They weren’t hard to write, but then again I’m not really an open person. I don’t really talk much, and honestly people don’t really know me. But with this record, since I don’t really talk to people on the regular, this is how they will get to me. But as far as the songs, the joint about my brother was hard but I’m glad I did. I was able to play it for him when he got out, and after he listened to the record he understand why I never wrote him. “Issues” isn’t about me. With that one, the last line I say “It ain’t real cause I rap it, it’s real when the shit really happens.”

A lot of rappers make shit up, it’s a facade, but the reality is that’s not their lives. Songs like that, how many people can really relate to that? As artists it’s up to us to realize there is power in our words. You can make real songs, songs that are considered “real” or “ghetto” that will still come across realer than speed boats and coke. Like my first verse, it’s about teenage pregnancy, like I made up a whole scenario. The second verse, it’s like how Hip-Hop is an outlet, which is something I relate to. It’s all out of pocket stories, but I made sure the stories were real enough that anyone could relate to it.

TSS: That’s funny, I interpreted that last line as that some of it was you and some of it wasn’t.

Finale: Yeah, I mean some of it was but some of it I exaggerate for the sake of the song.

TSS: We’ve talked about the different steps you’ve taken. What’s next from here?

Finale: I’m just trying to attack the music from different angles, and find different pockets and beats that other rappers wouldn’t fit on. I’m trying to set my own stage, and I don’t think my stage has been set. It will take a couple more projects for people to realize. Also, I don’t like staying in the same box. I keep one foot in, one foot out. This project sounds completely different from the project I’m doing with Dabrye and Mark Clive de Lowe, and that project sounds completely different than the project I do with House Shoes. I’m just trying to stay fresh and grow.

A Pipe Dream And A Promise is now available everywhere, including iTunes & anywhere good music is sold. Here are some samples to coax you.

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Download –“Heat” Produced by J Dilla

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Download –“Motor Music” Produced by Black Milk

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Download –“A Pipe Dream And A Promise”

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Download — Finale – Album Mega Mix by DJ King Most

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