Take Notes Ft. Astonish & Kenlo Key (Prod. Dynamic) is Esohel's 3rd leak off the upcoming album "Essential", which will be dropping on 7/12/11. We chopped it up about the motivation behind his career...
BFM: Start from the beginning, what circumstances in you past made you the dope artist you are today?
Esohel: I was first motivated to write lyrics from actually decyphering those of other artists and breaking their words down on the sheet of paper growing an appreciation for the artform. I started writing my own lyrics around the age of 12, but like most artist starting off, most of what i wrote was a learning experience and nothing i wanted to let the public hear. So after a couple years of workin on the craft i started laying down my first full album titled "Eclipse" with all the production contributed by DJ Poor. Hustling cds from my highschool locker and gaining recognition allowed me to step on stages from talent shows across the city to the performing in front of thousands at the McCormick Place.
These circumstances all stemmed from the work ethic invested in the music and the advice i would tell other artists striving to be a "Dope Artist" is to stay consistant and true to your art. Always put out quality music and never settle for less.
BFM: How did UdotFam group all link up?
Esohel: U Dot Fam originated as The UI Family back in 1999 and consisted of several artists along with the current line up of 2Tymin, PLA, Cast, DJ Poor, and Myself. We all went to Lane Tech Highschool, except for Cast who was a supporter at first and DJ Poor who is my older brother and partner of the independent lable Under Investigation Records. The other artist that originally were part of the group split ways mainly for creative diffrences and also motivated the current group name of U Dot Fam as a sort of abbreviation of what was. To this day we stay strong and united by the common goal to create hot music for the public.
BFM: I'll be attending that SubT show Wed. July 6th that showcases Esohel alongside other great Chi-Mcs such as Visual, Jamal Science, Sceme DJ Tiff-NY. What other Chicago artist other than yourself do you really listen to on the music tip?
Esohel: In all honesty, I haven't been keeping up with most of the music coming out from mainstream artist since most of my time is dedicated to creating music of my own. I do keep an eye out for the independent artists grinding trying to put Chicago on the map but since there is so many with quality music out its hard to name them all. All I know is that its only a matter of time before our names become household ones because you can't deny hard work and talent.
BFM: What's the latest project to look for & how do we cop that?
Esohel: I just finished up the "Essential" album which features guest appearances by U Dot Fam, Astonish (Molemen Records), Kenlo Key (Tha Intavention), Voyce G.I. Go, Visual, Natalie Oliveri plus more, along with production from Wes P, Dynamic, J-Rell, Serious, and Anton Genius. This 18 track project will be available for free download 7/12/11 over at UDotFam.com.
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