Pepsi dropped an exclusive interview with their featured artist of the week, Dom Kennedy. In the interview, Dom discusses his latest album Get Home Safely, his success as an independent artist, and what life was like when he was 17. See for yourself below!
You’ve mentioned in past interviews that when constructing this album, experiences from touring helped you grow and shape the project. What was your writing process for Get Home Safely?
I was looking for strong music. I was studying music that I never knew about and artists that I had heard about, not even rap music. I wanted to be more hands on with taking it further. This was kind of like a grand opening for me and the company. My process was real serious. I was in there with The Futuristics, they produced most of my album. My DJ Drewbyrd did three and there was another producer on there.
We were talking about music a lot and why we were even doing it. What were the real issues? What were the real problems, and what did we really want to talk about? With a title like Get Home Safely – being my mission statement and title for the album – I was trying to rise to the occasion and make a staple hip-hop project, one people haven’t heard coming out of the genre in a long time. Definitely one that could stand the test of time.
Prior to the album coming out, you teased us with “Erica Part 1” then you elected to give us Part 2 on the album. What made you decide to break it up into two parts?
Sometimes I’ll just have quick ideas and quick flashes, so I’ll just go in and do it. Then eventually if you want to make it a song, you can do something else with it. You can add on to it, but it kind of takes a lot. It takes a lot. I don’t like to mess with the original idea. [For “Erika Part 1”] I just had that one verse. Then, I had that other beat and I kind of played around with that melody. It sounded like a part two, like a B-side. It’s a reverse of the other one you know?
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