Hanon & A Number of Names Present : Gourmet

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Thank the lord for this grown man brand!

5 Questions with Jade

Since featuring the release of her EP, “It’s your Heart Cookie” back in the spring, things have really taken off for Jade.As the only female on GFC, she’s in great company of extremely talented individuals including Stalley and Mickey Factz. Several CMJ showcases and blog features later, she still found time to answer our 5 questions.

1). What Gives you an Eargasm? A good soundtrack to a good movie!!

2). Album or work with a Guaranteed Eargasm Experience other than yours(or that your directly affiliated with)? Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Karen O. Chris Martin, Alice Smith.. brilliant voices.

3) Something you learned this week. I learned that sleeping on the floor is actually quite good for your back.

4) Song you would wake up to every morning if you could? Don’t Panic by Coldplay. easy.

5) We’re tired of Swag. Give us your alternative to the overused word.

Bitty bop. Its overused in my head already. Final Answer.

RAP answers TheEargasm.com 5 Question

So uh yeah. Im so used to asking everyone their 5 questions, and the tales finally turned on me

Enjoy. Its mad rookie. Shouts to Andrew Rosen, Founder of @ihearditon.com

5 Questions with TiRon

1). What Gives you an Eargasm?
Squarepusher, Quantic, Radiohead, Bjork,  The Flaming Lips. I suppose anything progressive.. 
 
2). Album or work with a Guaranteed Eargasm Experience other than yours(or that your directly affiliated with)?
What? 

3) Something you learned this week.
I learned that your brain produces dopemine during moments of pleasure as a reward to body for survival. When someone smokes meth the drug forces the brain to produce more of this dopemine, an amount that the brain can’t naturally produce on its own. Over time the brain tries to defend itself by shutting off those neurons that produce the dopemine which throws off the natural balance. Thus an addict is born, fighting to stay normal. Lol

4) Song you would wake up to every morning if you could?
The Dogg Pound – Big Pimpin

5) Eargasm or Orgasm?    Or

 

PAC DIV on “Its on with Alexa Chung”

It keeps getting better and better for these three. Im so pleased with their success; even a couple of my close friends have FINALLY taken notice to their talent. Its about time!!! Hahh . Ladies and Gentlemen be ready Pac Div is on the come up. Grown Kid Syndrome coming soon!

Nardwuar x Nas

By far one of the most interesting & amusing interviews I’ve seen in a long time.

5 Questions with Neon Hitch

Another notch in our 5 questions belt. We get the UK’s Neon hitch to answer our 5 Questions. Not only is she incredibly gorgeous, she leaves a little bit of mystery, while divulging  the question everyone wants to know…Eargasm or Orgasm!

1). What Gives you an Eargasm? An amazing live performance!

2). Album or work with a Guaranteed Eargasm Experience other than yours(or that your directly affiliated with)? Album

3) Something you learned this week- to never doubt yourself

4) Song you would wake up to every morning if you could? Eagle Eye cherry “Save tonight”

5) Eargasm or Orgasm? EARGASM by FAR!.. the pleasure last wayyyy longer!

5 Questions with Theo Martins

One day, he will need no introduction, for some, he already doesn’t require one. Theo Martins, Rhode Island’s prince took time out of his quest to greatness to answer the infamous 5 Questions. As I have repeatedly stated, Theo’s “The Birth” mixtape is one of my favorite underground works of all time and a strong contender for my favorite mixtapes of 2008, period.

“Not from the Cosby show, but got the Cosby clothes”

Theo Martins “There’s Meaning” (Prod. Kris Fame) by TheEargasm

1). What Gives you an Eargasm? Passionate & honest art. In any form

2). Album or work with a Guaranteed Eargasm Experience other than yours(or that your directly affiliated with)? There are many, actually, but I’ll give you a few. Andy Warhol’s artistic simplicity and his ‘live life’ attitude, Lauryn Hill’s ‘Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ and Sam Sparro’s self titled EP. Guaranteed Eargasm from each, I promise.

3) Something you learned this week. You never know who is listening and who is watching that. In a positive sense, so to reinforce always being on point.

4) Song you would wake up to every morning if you could? Right now Pete Rock’s ‘T.R.O.Y’, never get tired of that song.

5) We’re tired of Swag. Give us your alternative to the overused word. Haha, such an exhausted word. To be honest I don’t say anything related to that word. You’ll probably hear me say things like ’super’ ‘crazy’ or ‘wild’, but unfortunately, no filler for that wonderful word, lol.

Thanks Theo. You know we adore you.

Download his mixtape below (click the image)

5 Questions with Dom Kennedy

1). What Gives you an Eargasm?

Hearing something that I would have said. An artist that can make me feel as if I couldve wrote what they are saying. Music that suprises me.

 

2). Album or work with a Guaranteed Eargasm Experience other than yours?

Lupe Fiasco Farrenheit 1/15 mixtapes. The first time I heard them I was amazed.

 

3) Something you learned this week.

I learned that people in Atlanta are very aware of who DOM. KENNEDY is as a artist and person

 

4) Song you would wake up to every morning if you could?

Isley Brothers – Living For The Love Of You

 

5) Eargasm or Orgasm?

Orgasm. I’m sorry mom.

Dana La Rock

An Eargasm Exclusive Interview with Dana La Rock, conducted by in January 2009.

Dana La Rock ” La Lovefest”

Dana La Rock. And yes we’ve said it before, but she has a sound that you’ve probably never heard before, or at least have not heard in a while. She is a combination of electro, pop, and hip hop. She’s not a rapper by definition, but the way she rides a track with her vocals is crazy!  She’s not yelling about sex, money, and what her “lady parts” get her. Her music is a combination that most wouldn’t expect,but she makes it  hers and makes it work! Dare to be different? Dana La Rock does this elegantly while rocking her signature snapback caps and SBs.

I personally discovered her music while browsing through myspace pages one day. I came across a song that  instantly caught my attention. The beat, sound, and lyrics weren’t like anything I’d ever heard before. Being a fan of music, I had to find out who was behind this song. Clicking on the artist’s page was my introduction to Dana La Rock.

This was the start of a good friendship being that she resides in SoCal herself, I have had the opportunity to catch her in her element on and off stage. Dana La Rock is unlike any other person I know. She is young, talented, intelligent, focused, and most importantly down to earth. Her swagger is rare; she is comfortable in her skin. She does not use her body to sell her music; she lets it speak for itself. She stands before you with sheer confidence. With one meeting, you know that she is ready for the world. She has a lot to offer and this rising star is ready to emerge from the shadows!  She’s crack. Literally.

Dana La Rock ” Downtown Girl”

What’s the story behind the name Dana La Rock? Dana La Rock just had a little ring to it. La Rock by itself was cool to me, so I attached it onto Dana. La Rock is basically like the crack. I wanted to be someone who made music that continuously stayed on your mind. “Crack” = the rock

Where were you born and raised? Born in Buena Park, California and raised in numerous cities which includes Anaheim (Orange County) where I currently reside and Lakewood, California in my younger years.

Oh okay.Orange County. I’m from Cali, but The Hills and The OC has everyone messed up. Tell everyone what Orange County is really like? Haha. Firstly, whenever I bring up The OC everyone laughs. But the OC is pretty much a mixture of everything. “The Hills” and the TV Show “The OC” only showed the richer beach cities and only a certain race of people. There’s blacks, Hispanics and Asians in the OC that live just like how L.A. folk live.

How would you describe your style, and music? Well, I’ve lived in California, Indiana and Atlanta so I pretty much grabbed every surroundings style and put it all into one. The beat for me determines a lot on style. I have 3 different abilities: Rap, Sing & Rap-Sing. As for my music I just go for it, I want to make people move, I want to give people a different sound coming from a female. If I stood on stage with a microphone people would assume I’m up there to rap like Lil Kim or Foxy. That’s what I love, people are surprised once they hear my vocal tone.

And in your opinion, what sets you apart from other upcoming artists? Luckily I haven’t gotten any style comparisons to other tomgirls out there, but I believe that sets me apart coming from CA, as well as being a girl that isn’t out there rapping about sex & money. I believe the sound and whole rap-sing style is refreshing. The music is a little different but I think in the near future more people will latch onto it.

What’s important to you as an artist? Being accepted is important to me. A lot of people aren’t open to style fusions or anything out the box, so being accepted and acknowledged as an artist would rank Number 1. All else would be to create quality music that everyone can enjoy and relate to.

Tell me about your Fun-Tape that you just finished? The Fun-Tape wasn’t even supposed to happen. I did a song called “CRUSHER” for the helluvit and got tons of feedback from it. So I did a couple more songs, which led people to ask about CDs. I decided to just record a whole bunch of up-tempo, songs and throw them together for people to just have. I ended up calling it the Fun-Tape because I wanted it to be just an introduction, I didn’t want to stamp a big official name it because I was testing the waters. Since I released it I’ve gotten surprising comments and write ups, which I think is incredible. It holds numerous genres from Electro, R&B, late 80s sounds to Hip Hop, and that put the icing on the cake. If you haven’t heard it, I will say give it a listen!

If you had to choose one artist to work with who would it be,and why? Either Andre 3000 or Cee Lo Green. I’d choose Cee Lo – The Son of the Soul Machine, that boy is  bad. I like his production. It’s eclectic, he’s a great writer, and can capture many genre’s other than Rap. He can Rap, Sing, Write, Produce.

What is your all time favorite song, and why? Random, but it’s The Isley Brothers “Voyage to Atlantis”. It always makes me zone about life’s journey.

Thats not random at all, I always expect for people to answer that question with some generic song that automatically everyone knows. It’s good to hear something different.

Especially something classic.

You really only wear snapback hats? Anything special behind that? I love snapbacks. Fitteds are too wide for my head. I had my first snapback back in the 90s, one of my cousin’s left an old school vintage blue & red 76er’s hat at my house and I wore it here and there until 2006. Ever since then I’ve been buying them.

I’m a tattoo freak, so I’m in love with your cheetah tattoo on your arm, What made you get that tattoo in particular? Tattoos are addicting! And, honestly I have no idea why I chose cheetah print. I saw it on a lady’s back one day and I wondered how it’ll look as a sleeve. I told my mom was getting it and she said “Whatever”, lol. So I went and got it and came home and her mouth dropped. I just figured after I got 3 small ones I wanted to go all out on the rest. I want to get both arms covered and a leg sleeve… Hey, you only live once

I know what that’s like my mom hates that I have tattoos. So I’ve gotten to the point when I get ink done I just don’t tell her. Haha

My mom doesn’t even care she just doesn’t think we have the balls to go against her lol.

What’s on the horizon for Dana La Rock? Horizon, I like that word. Let’s see, I know I will soon be working on an album but before we’ll be working on singles and things that’ll capture both audiences, commercial and indie/underground. Hopefully hooking up with a few companies and a couple dope artists for collaborations. I’m taking my time though, I don’t want to put it all out there at once.

What has been your greatest accomplishment this far? I think the ending half of 2008 was all great. As a new artist its hard breaking in and I did a few shows here and there, which were great practice. I actually got back into rapping a bit. More or less just being out there and actually doing what I’ve wanted has been the starting accomplishment to hundreds more being set.

Download the FunTape Below.

Look for Dana on the upcoming Eargasm x Dirty Jeenius “If it Wasnt for music Vol 2 Mixtape.

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