No Boundaries

MVRemix: What was Copperpot like growing up as a kid in Chicago?

Copperpot: In one word? Mischievous.

MVRemix: What is your first memory of Hip Hop?

Copperpot: The D.O.C. no one can do it better, I used to go to school singing the diggy diggy doc y'all everyday.

MVRemix: At the age of 18 you decided to take off to Europe, what influenced your decision to just take off like that?

Copperpot: Curiosity I suppose, a desire to get out of the United States, and out of college.

MVRemix: In your bio it states that you just had a change of clothes, a planet ticket and some credit cards when you went to Europe. So were you afraid that your plan could backfire on you, since it seems pretty risky?

Copperpot: Naw, I was 18, feeling like I was on top of the world.

MVRemix: When you got off the plane what was the first thing you did?

Copperpot: Get a bottle of wine and a sandwich.

MVRemix: From there what did you do in Europe with all that time?

Copperpot: Just took it all in, I ate crazy local cuisines, snails, crickets, ostrich, moths, bought records, I did everything I could except go sight seeing.

MVRemix: Tell us how you started DJing and beat making?

Copperpot: I was buying hip hop records at a feverish pace, but at some point I was like, “man, ain’t none of this that good.” I wanted to make music that I liked, and that my friends liked. So I started doing that.

MVRemix: What made you eventually want to come home to Chicago?

Copperpot: Chicago! Need I say more. This city is one of the most beautiful and culturally rich places I have ever been.

MVRemix: With all the money you spend on your credit cards, were the companies ready to break down your door and kill you? Are you out of your debt now?

Copperpot: I was definitely getting threatening phone calls, and I am definitely not out of debt. Buy my album and help my see the black again!

MVRemix: Tell us how you started to make a name for yourself as a producer in Chicago?

Copperpot: I would spend all day and night making beats. Then I would go to shows and give the emcees I was feeling beat CD’s. Cats start talking when they hear something they like.

MVRemix: You have a very unique production style, but how would you describe it?

Copperpot: Me.

MVRemix: Tell us about your debut album Chapter 7.

Copperpot: It is the culmination of years spent absorbing this beautiful culture called Hip Hop. It is years of traveling around the world on money I didn’t have and experiencing other cultures of the world. I guess it is just where I was at these past years, physically and spiritually.

MVRemix: What do you want to accomplish with this album?

Copperpot: Just let people hear some good music.

MVRemix: How did you hook up with veteran emcees like Edo. G, PaceWon, Iomos Marad and Mr. Complex?

Copperpot: Different ways, I knew someone who knew someone who knew Edo, so they passed an email along and a beat CD. He was feelin’ it, so he was down. Pace Won is Rude One of the Single Minded Pro’s guy, he hooked me up with him. Iomos is a local cat, Bamski introduced me to him. And Complex, it was simple, I looked on the back of his record, found his email, sent him an email, he replied, sent him a beat CD, and he was down.

MVRemix: What has been the biggest headache coming up in this Hip Hop game?

Copperpot: Waiting for records to get here. I hate waiting.

MVRemix: Who are some of your favorite producers right now?

Copperpot: J-Dilla, Jake One, K-Kruz and Braintax.

MVRemix: What else do you have going on in the future?

Copperpot: Working on an album with Truth Enola, an album with Verb T (UK), an album with Longshot, and my next solo album.

MVRemix: Any last words, shout outs or plugs?

Copperpot: Not many, thanks for having me, I appreciate it. Check my website: www.copperpot.cc My label: www.evproductions.net. cop the album “chapter 7” when it drops February. 22nd. Thanks again