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Exclusive Interview: Confz
RnB/Hip Hop | Wednesday 17th February 2016 | Tom
Guestlist caught up with the talented East London rapper, Confz, following the release of his first mixtape, 'The East End Agreement'.
Tommy
Can you tell us about yourself?
Confz
First and foremost I'm a rapper, I started to rap when one of my boys from my area in Stratford - Thatched House - made a song on MySpace. He lived down the road and made a sick song, I thought wow! I could be making songs, this was when I was about 14/15.
It died out, and then three years ago it got serious. Confz is a musician, a rapper and an artist.
Tommy
So you were inspired by people in your area?
Confz
Yeah about 80% of the people in my area were rappers, nothing serious, it was a hood thing.
Tommy
What was the first song you listened to this morning?
Confz
Because I recently released H’East Side, I check the views each morning, so that was essentially the first! Asides from that it was Lil Herb - 4 Minutes of Hell Freestyle, just to get me gassed.
Tommy
You just mentioned H’East Side, it’s a big song, what was the vibe behind the song?
Confz
Thank you. H’East Side was the last song I made for my mixtape ‘The East End Agreement’, now, coincidentally, it is the first song that appears on the mixtape. I was working on The East End Agreement, and had 20-30 songs, so we had to cut it down, I needed an anthem, an anthem for the entire project.
My producer Liam sent me a beat he was working on, I knocked it out the same day and sent it back, the rest is history. It became an anthem for my project.
Tommy
Every artist wants to be unique, but are there any artists out there who inspire your music?
Confz
Well yeah, if you’re a fan of anything and want to pursue a craft, all your idols will inspire you in some way. U.K. wise? Ghetts and Kano... throw in Wretch as well. Above all they set the bar for me, on my k700i it was just Ghetts, Freedom of Speech, Ghetto Gospel and all of his Tim Westwood Freestyles. They set the bar for me.
If you want to go into American rappers, Eminem, and 2Pac’s deeper stuff inspired me on a conscious level, but yeah Eminem also inspired me alot.
Tommy
Are there any artists who you would like to work with in the future?
Confz
Yeah, Ghetts, Kano & Wretch! Right now I think Avelino is hard, Mostacks hard, Stormzy, you have Nines and Skrapz, they’re too sick, they’re my guys, I’d love to make a track with any one of them.
Tommy
So do you have any projects that you’re currently working on?
Confz
My mixtape came out via GRM Daily, so now my focus is singles and freestyles. I don’t have any projects. I have work there but I’m not releasing it.
Tommy
So do you feel as if you won’t release anything if it’s not of a certain standard?
Confz
Of course, I released something cause I hadn’t put anything out in a while, I wasn’t really happy with it and the feedback was semi-good. I was like from now on I’m not releasing anything that isn’t 100% on it, because after you put it out, it’s there forever.
Everyone in this business is a perfectionist of some sort.
Tommy
So what is your life motto?
Confz
I don’t really have one, but I’d say ‘Whatever scenario you go into, look at the bigger picture’ Also look at two sides of a story, because things can just blow up.
Other than that? Fuck bitches, make money haha.
Tommy
Money or Fame?
Confz
Money
Tommy
Weapon of Choice?
Confz
Rocket Launcher
Tommy
Who would play you in a film about your life?
Confz
Anyone that looks like me, I get called 2 Chainz and Future, so any of them.
Tommy
Favourite historical figure?
Confz
Bruce Lee or Sun Tzu.
Tommy
If you were Prime Minister what law would you change?
Confz
Let's bring Swegway’s back.
Tommy
Your favourite song of all time?
Confz
I have a few, Bob Marley and Lauryn Hill - Turn Your Lights Down Low, Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal and Lil Wayne - Pussy Money Weed.
Tommy
What’s your least favourite song of all time?
Confz
What was that song we were talking about earlier? ‘Never gonna give you up…’ I hate that song!
Tommy
What’s your favourite sports team?
Confz
Arsenal, of course.
Tommy
Do Aliens exist?
Confz
By definition yeah, extraterrestrials?
Tommy
Yeah Area 51, things like that.
Confz
To be honest no, but it’s a possibility, because nothing is definite in this universe.
Tommy
Any last words or shout outs?
Confz
You shouldn’t have asked me that, it’ll go on forever. Download ‘The East End Agreement’ and listen to ‘H’East Side’... I’m Confz and I’m out!
