What up Juggalos?!? It’s Fawlout with the first installment of the new Underground Spotlight! Where we bring you nothin’ but the freshest underground music.And for our first artist we have the one and only J Dirty!
Faygoluvers: First off, what makes J Dirty different from every other underground artist?
J Dirty: I can’t claim to be overly different from every other artist that’s putting out music on the underground level. Being as there is such a wide range of what’s considered underground I am just making what I want and hope that people enjoy it, but the bottom line is I make my music for me. I write lyrics that make me laugh or that make my mind have to look a little deeper. When I sit down to write a track I am not going for lyrics that are so profound and deep that they will confuse the listener. But also I try to avoid typical rap topics that have been done time and time again. My heart is pumping with 100% pure juggalo blood and has been since I was 14, half of my life. In early songs from years ago when I was with my first group “The Odd Onez” I was doing way more stereo typical rap and juggalo songs, or at least trying to. That was fun but horrible at the same time. I still get a great response from the juggalo crowd because you can tell I’m not faking it to get fans, yet it brings a new dynamic to the music and a new humor that attracts them.
Faygoluvers: Any notable artists you have worked with, collaborations, shows, etc.?
J Dirty: I have shared the stage with ABK, AMB, PRAY, Hypnautic, Mars, Black Pegasus and SCUM. I have also done shows with people that are not so well known but very notable to me IE; The Trifecta, R3, Yoshi, Gritty and Troll to name a few. I enjoy performing live almost more than anything else in this music lifestyle. If it’s for one or one thousand people I will promise to give it my all. I share the stage with my hype man Big TROX and we take each live show very seriously and professionally. As far as names I’ve collaborated with, I have tracks with Mac Lethal, AMB, PRAY, Hypnautic and my kid sister who has an amazing voice. I view tracks similar to how I view live shows, if you have heart and love what you are doing than I want to be a part of your world. I just love expressing myself through songs so if you want to make a track with J Dirty just hit me up and we can get the details.
Faygoluvers: What in your opinion has been your greatest accomplishment as an artist?
J Dirty: I sell my CDs. When you can make something and then put it out in the world and people take enough notice to not only pay attention but to open their wallet and pull out hard earned money to purchase that product, you have won the game. When I sold my first record ever I had such a feeling of accomplishment come over my body. I started making tracks because it was fun and I enjoyed hearing the final product. Now I am still making tracks and people are taking big notice to them. When I get an email from a fan I have never met or when I receive an order from the web store it feels so good and self gratifying that what I’m doing is making others happy enough to look me up on their own accord and invest time and money in me. The first record I put out with my own money that I saved up to press the disc. Since then I have not used my own cash to do anything J Dirty related. It has all been paid for by the project. I sold enough CDs early on to press up a batch of T-Shirts. Then those sold and I could afford another batch and some flyers, and so on and so on. It’s a great thing man, this summer Trox and I hit the Gathering and the whole trip (RV rental included) was paid for from my rapping and that is just proof that what I’m doing is working and I don’t plan on slowing anytime soon.
Faygoluvers: Who are your biggest influences and how have they impacted your music?
J Dirty: My biggest influence is my wife, hands down. I watched her go to college and pay under $300 a semester in tuition because she worked so hard in high school that she earned enough scholarships to basically pay her way right through. That was unbelievable to me. I screwed around and blew school off in those years so much that when college came around , yeah I went and graduated with two degrees, but I had to borrow a shit load of money from the government that I’ll be paying back for years to come. I took her approach for this J Dirty project and she showed me that if I work my ass off and really give it everything I have, than I can help my goals help me. After her would be the man himself, Mr. Howard Stern. He is the perfect example of someone who, despite what people tell him, he sticks to his guns and does his show the way he wants to do it. I am a huge Stern fan and I have taken that from him over the years. When I had my own radio show back in college I took his approach and did it a little different than the rest of the DJs and it put my show on top of the station. It got a lot of attention and coverage due to its on edge and controversial style and it made it fun as hell. I keep that up with everything I do and it carries over especially well for the music thing. Finally I would have to say ICP. For no other reason then their amazing promotion tactics. After I read “Behind The Paint” I learned about relentless promotions. I used it with my radio show for years and now even more these days with the music.
Faygoluvers: What are your plans as an artist for the future? Where do you see yourself in five years?
J Dirty: My only plans as an artist would be to keep making music. As long as I enjoy writing and laying down tracks I am going to continue to do so. The day it seems like a chore and it’s no longer fun, I will hang up the headphones. Now on the same hand, as long as people are digging my music and are coming out to my live show, I find that fun. So because of sites like this and the power of the internet I reach more and more people everyday and seem to be gaining fans everyday, so I’m going to be here for a while. I’m going to try and tour a couple times this next year. Probably only mini 7-10 city deals, but I want to continue to expose my music to more people. Plus the feeling of a crowd cheering in front of you, for you, is the best feeling in the world. When the crowd is full of faces that are unfamiliar it is that much better.
Faygoluvers: Tell us about your upcoming release or projects?
J Dirty: I can’t really get into the next project right now because I don’t actually know what it is going to be. My brand new record “The Scrub Tape” just dropped about a month ago (August 3, 2010) and it is getting a great response from almost everybody that has heard it. I am in heavy promotion mode right now in support of that bad boy. This record came together just by making a bunch of songs over the course of a couple months and when I had enough tracks that I found worthy of pressing I put the whole thing together and out it came. So I am already working on new tracks, never really took a break from it and when I have another full disc worth of tracks the next album will drop. I don’t see another full release happening before next summer though. I for sure plan on dropping another free online EP like “Howling at a Harvest Moon” on JDirty.com towards the end of the year. I am in talks with Malakai to have it be just his beats and just my raps with no features just straight Dirty Malakai. He has done tracks on each of my releases so far and I love his style and we fit together very well, so a little 7-8 track EP would be killer.
Faygoluvers: How did you become a rapper?
J Dirty: I became a rapper the same way everyone does, I had a love for it and one day I thought “this doesn’t seem very hard, let me try” My early shit was pretty bad but it was something to do in the small town I lived in and I had access to a mic that I could record for free. It was at the radio station I worked that I had this available option and also had thousands of rap instrumentals in our database. I would just take a beat I liked and write to it. I learned a lot about my style and flow early on and every new track I make grows a little from the one before it. Now I have the confidence in my ability that will keep me going for a long time. Also I have made some money doing this but I haven’t been paying off any bills or anything. I am grounded enough to know that these days if you are not doing it cause its fun, then why the hell are you doing it. People don’t buy every CD that comes out anymore, I do my best to spread the word but in the end, I’m just happy to be rapping.
Faygoluvers: Ok, personal time, tell us about you, what’s J Dirty do in everyday life?
J Dirty: I have a full time job at a hospital in Denver. I have been there for over eight years now and plan on staying quite a while, because as discussed earlier, I need to pay bills and have health insurance. I also have a wonderful wife that I enjoy being with. I’m about as gangster as they come, legal job, happily married and afraid of birds, back up 2Pac. I tend to drink one too many beers on not so random occasions. I’m also a huge Colorado baseball fan. I do my best to catch each pitch of each Rockies game. Lastly I am very family oriented. My whole family means everything to me. From my youngest brother to my oldest grand parent, you do them wrong, you do me wrong.
Faygoluvers: What is your opinion on Marijuana Prohibition?
J Dirty: Marijuana what? We are legal here in Colorado homie. I think that having weed illegal is retarded and pointless but I also don’t go up against congress or write my senator so I don’t really have an argument. To me if im not going to personally take a stand to change something, I don’t need to bitch about it not changing. I happen to live in a state that has put a dispensary on every corner I drive by. When you can just walk into a store and purchase unheard of strains and weed ice cream and even weed beer, I forget that it is an issue in other parts of the country. I think the fact that you can be thrown in jail for smoking or possessing a plant is ridiculous but I also think that everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion and choices, and if you want to take the risk and burn a jibba, have at it. But again, don’t bitch if that choice gets you arrested because you knew the deal when you got started.
Faygoluvers: And finally, what is the world coming to, whats your opinion about all the bullshit in the world today?
J Dirty: Here goes your shortest answer. I’m not your model citizen in that I only have a few worries in my life. If my wife and family are healthy and my heat and lights work, I don’t care what is going on around me. Oh yeah, and sadly, the Rockies record will enter my daily radar and piss me off from time to time.
In closing I would like to thank FaygoLuvers for showing so much love to me and the Scrub Hop movement. Also to anyone who is down with what Im doing. 2010 has been a big year for me and I know that 2011 will be even bigger. I am looking forward to bringing you the next chapter of this super F.R.E.S.H. scrub hop book. Stay tuned to JDirty.com and ScrubHopShop.com for updates and new merch. Also follow me on Twitter @JDirty303
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