Thursday, July 23, 2009

Sha stimuli


This interview is WAY long OVER due, i was going to put it on my website iamtrakz.com (which i still am) but i just NOW got my computer back and now have a chance to actually finish up the final touches so for now..check out Sha stimuli...he has about a billion mixtapes out and has been grindin hard for the last decade ...i am honor to say i do have a song with him on my upcoming album "follow me" called "look into the mirror" were basically we just went in..a real lyrical joint. He blessed me with a interview on 06-11-09 but never had the chance to published the interview (thanks best buy you jerks) till now..so take a look, get to learn more about your favorite rappers favorite MC ( besides me) haha. Check his music out on datpiff.com or read his weekly blogs on hiphopgame.com..comment on this.... BIG BANG, AMTRAK, SHA STIMULI.....we stay makin moves!...WWW.IAMTRAKZ.COM it IS COMING. just a mad long delay. and Follow Me is comin soon






1. For the people that don’t know you, state your name where you from.



My name is Sherod Khaalis, some people call me Sha Stimuli and I am from Brooklyn, New York. Flatbush, Brooklyn actually. I am an artist that does hip-hop music full time. If you haven't heard of me, it's ok, I won't get mad at you. But read this anyway, i'm pretty cool...


2. Ok Back in 2008 you came out with an extreme amount of mixtapes, I believe about one every month. What made you decide to put out so much music back to back.


I was stupid. Nah i'm playing, I was just tired of people saying that they're grinding and going hard and all that, I just wanted to really grind and exhaust the mixtape thing. At this point, you never really know what people think about you or what they want. I never wanted to hear, "Sha is lazy" or "drop some more music." I wanted to do something crazy and irrational.
Also this was my chance to do entire discs driven by concepts. It was fun, exciting and scary trying to get the discs done every month. There are so many things that I want to say to people, and sometimes i cant get em out fast enough. I did all original songs, and i did most of them within the month before I dropped them, it was really an incredible feat if you ask me.



3. Did you ever catch writers block while creating these mixtapes?


Umm, not really. I hit a point where I would rush a song or a mix, and I wouldnt like it but DJ Victorious would like it and we would kind of hit a wall because he was putting them together so I couldnt piss him off. The biggest problem was getting artwork and engineering honestly. The rhymes came to me, I guess since I had deadlines, but i can remember a few joints that didnt make it because of me.



4.out of everything you release of last year which one is your personal favorite mixtape and why?

I think the only one I can listen to and not cringe too much is Hotter than July, my tribute to Stevie Wonder. I think that was the most honest cd for me. The music meant a lot to me, it was done almost like an album and I think it's timeless. It touched on religion, domestic abuse, love, drugs, and a little bit of bravado. It really was an accurate depiction of where I was at the time musically and in life. Sometimes it's tough to grab what you truthfully feel and put it on record but i nailed it with that one, Clams Casino and Stevie Wonder helped a lot too. Victorious was also very into that disc so he went hard putting it together.

5. Ok shifting gears here, Why do you think your so overlooked in this music business?



You tell me! That question has haunted me since the beginning of, well, most of my career. Maybe, I just havent been heard by a lot of people. Or maybe i'm just too broad as an artist for people to know what they're getting when they put one of my CDs in. Or maybe i'm blackballed, maybe i'm not ugly enough, I wish I knew but I will tell you this, I am fortunate to be thought of for interviews, have been on radio and to have had more than one record deal. I cant complain, and at this point, I dont mind being the underdog.


6. What do you think of the current state of hip-hop?

I dont know, I dont listen to much hip-hop. I think Jay-Z's song was necessary. So we'll see if the state of things change. I'm more into music than hip-hop though. It will never feel like it felt before because it's impure and things change. I wonder if the kids today love it the same way i did. I will say this, there's not enough variety and originality today. That saddens me.

7. What drew you to hip-hop in the first place?


My brother! He goes by the name of Lord Digga, when he moved back to Ny from Miami and gave me hip-hop tapes, i took all my Michael Jackson posters down. I would tape video music box every day and I was all into the industry. Once he started rocking with Masta Ace, that was it for me. I started to fall in love with hip-hop and I saw myself becoming an artist. I was good with words and rapping wasnt as common as it is now, I felt special being able to do it.



8. What artist/producers do you want to work with?



I dont really want to work with anyone. I'm feeling real to myself right now. I mean, let me take that back, I would love to work with Cee-lo or Andre 3000, I wouldnt mind doing something with Green Day or Glen Hansard, but I dont know man. I dont really have any desires, I just feel like if I come into contact with some people that I could work with then that would be cool to me. i think Kanye would get me honestly.


9. Whats something that your fans may not know about yourself?


I play basketball every week, i'm not nice anymore at it but if i didnt, I would probably be in jail or something because I have so much penned up frustration that I need to get out in the booth or on the court. Ummm what else? I love Chick-fila, i move back and forth from Atl to Brooklyn, I have an eating disorder/super power where I can eat whatever and not gain weight. I'm a wiz at spider solitaire and minesweeper and those are the closest things to video games that I play. I love making people laugh and smile, or think, I'm not hollywood enough and I have over 900 memos in my blackberry.



10. in 5 years where do you see yourself?


I would like to be a father, with a career in movies and a side gig doing music. Guess I gotta make that happen huh? I'm already rich, so now I just need financial freedom!



Iight before we let you go, we are going to put you in the hot seat

10. Kobe or lebron? Kobe all day, been a fan since 96!!

11. Keri hilson or Christina milian? Keri's a better writer.

12. Grey Goose or Hennessey? Im done with Henny, I blame it on the goose.

13. Major or Independent.

Independent's day!


14. Skinny jeans or autotune (LOL)


I'm all about both, either one is going to help my career.

15. N.W.A or a tribe called quest
I was a fan of both but I related to Tribe more. I wasnt shooting a lot of people when I was a kid.


16. Al green or Marvin gaye
I listen to more Marvin, thats a tough one. Donny Hathaway!



17. Dunks or Air force ones
Hmm Airs win by a hair.



18. Kanye west or Just blaze
I got Just beats so I pick him. Kanye's ill though.



19. Reasonable doubt or Illmatic
Both influenced me heavily. I think Illmatic touched me a little more.



Any last words, Shout outs, any cds we should be looking for??

MY SOUL TO KEEP! thats the album on chambermusik/Koch. I may be forced to do a mixtape to promote it but I hope not. Google me, check out my new songs, "I miss You" feat. Ne-yo and "Horrorglyphics" feat. Nas. myspace.com/shastimuli, twitter.com/shastimuli
thanks for your time





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Sha Stimuli Feat Ne-Yo

Friday, January 16, 2009

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Friday, January 9, 2009

http://www.zshare.net/audio/539302675bae86d6/

(click the link jerks) haha freestyle to mr. 17.5..dropped it like 2 years ago but its still hot haha...anywayz like i said im'a start doin weekly freestyles and shit and puttin them up online..just to show these fuck boys that i got talent unless 90% of these wack ass dudes around here (sorry if ur offended...but i only speak of the truth)...haha


anywho its 20000000 MOTHAFUCKIN 9 haha..time for change..and back on the grind tip...cuz 08 i def. took a break..well at least the majority of the year..but already i have writtin alot and have a lot of songs that are locked up just WAITING TO BE RELEASE haha i got some heat real talk..but ahhhh oh well.....


so hmmmmmm..i aint got really shit to talk about...other then the fact that my car is TOTALLED..(well technically) but shit its still perfectlly driveable just a BIG ASS DENT..lmao fuck it! yay mean....now that i have no more car payments ill be able to keep some extra money and do some other shit..so thats def. a good thing.....anywayz

FUCK IT CHECK OUT THE MUSIC SUCKAS...im about to play this xbox

if u think u good at live 09....add me on ur XBOX LIVE ACCOUNT AND GET BANGED

AMTRAKBIGBANG

yessir im out

Thursday, January 1, 2009

FIRST FREESTYLE OF 2009!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/535826286ff900b2/....brand new freestyle from me...(click the link) ENJOY...album comin soon..OFFICIALLY CALLED "Follow Me"....im setting a new wave for the new class......

peace...i feel GOOOOD :D

Sunday, December 14, 2008

ALL ODDS AGAINST US (free download)

http://rapidshare.com/files/173404419/Unknown_Album__6-5-2008_3-36-11_PM_.rar.html

(copy and paste)

just click..un-zip..and enjoy..need a track listing..just hit me

Thursday, December 11, 2008

NEW YEAR= NEW GOALS

and thats what i need to currently work on...setting goals for my self.....im not sure exactly want i to accomplish in 09 but i wanna def do something big...i do wanna go ahead and get back into music fullll time..more then just writing....promoting..release...trips...shows...PROMOTE..i think 09 is the year i need to get back in track..cuz as a group we have been slipping somethin HORRIBLY..but i mean i cant speak for other people so i there not down then i guess ill just have to take my music into my own hands (somethin i should of done in the first place) and do what i gotta do....see the thing is..most people do it for fun and then they move on after they realize its more then just putting down vocals on a instrumental...ya have do alot of shit..and people are just to lazy then they get BITTER or whatever then give up.........

NOT me tho...i got sidetracked this year with alot of things thats happened over the year but starting in jan. i wanna be in the booth as much as possible...its weird..i get these periods where i hit the booth like EVERYDAY..for like a month 0r 2 str8..and i drop hella music..then it just STOPS.....and i hate that..i need to find a way to get the momentum and this time keep it rolling..and take it to the new level....ive been listening to my music lately..I have def. improved...espically in my delievery....thats my main thing i need to work on..i think the way i deliever my words is kinda weird....but once i get that down pact..ima be nice..my lyrical game has improved but i was listening to dirty money...even back then the shit i was sayin was nice its just HOW i was sayin it was kinda like WTF...lmao and that does make a huge difference....idk my whole style is just completely different...which is a good thing..cuz nobody sounds like me..nobody writes like me..so nobody can be like me :D haha str8 up



hmmm other new goals....stop being such a nice guy.....no more lettin people off the hook......i read a quote from 50 cent and it really got to me "if somebody does me bogus once, i let em go. Cuz if he does it once, then he will do it 1 million times"..that is a true ass statement......i know niggaz that STAY fuckin niggaz over...so its like ok...09 im'a start off fresh..but i start to see a somebody pull some bullshit..gotta cut em....i aint got time for games and shit anymore...im really trying to do things with my life now and dont need bullshit side trackin me....

anywayz christmas is comin up **SIGH** i hate this time of year cuz im alwayz alone or with another person family...which is cool..but i wanna be with MY family....but since miltons in cali...mom's in tennessee..bruce hates me haha and my fam that does stay up here is sooo OUT THERE i find that its just best not to even keep in contact unless emergency reasons **not everybody but the majority**...so ill probally be stuck watchin nba games as usual...i wish ya'll a good christmas...ill keep my head up **which normally i do** so it is what it is.....what so im listening to this joe budden beat "Under the sun"...shit bangs like somethin serious....he ripped it so hard tho..i dont even wanna write to it..i can just listen to the insturmental all night..haha its late and i gotta be up by 11:30 so i can fuckin get to work....ahhhhhhh..i wish i just had a little bit of money....if i had just like 5 stacks..i could flip that towards my rap career and turn that AROUND IN THE HEART BEAT..i wish i just had like a manager or somebody that had the trust and money to invest in me..cuz we would def. make it somewhere with the right push....and im'a be str8 up..i aint a cocky dude..but my music is better then alot of the bullshit thats flooding the airwaves..and dont even get me started on the underground shit around the mid west......

but it is what it is...im never a hater....i just tell it how it is...but 09 im'a get shit done by any means..and fo real..NO MORE HALF ASSES PROJECTS..and shit...im DONE

im out..I NEED SOME SLEEP....PEACE!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

feel me??!!

Real talk....im in a transition period in my life right now....i need to cut alot of people for good...feels like theres been a chip on my shoulder for a long time comin and theres still people that i still semi-talk to or i semi fucks with or whatever..that i know aint no good...or at least no good to me...im tired of trying to be everybodys friend...its like as u get older....u get wiser.and u can start to seperate people from real friends to people that are there for the wrong reasons....i feel alot of people that be around me..dont be there for ME...and im starting to put my finger on them people and its about time i cut them off completely for good....whether its people from the group..to just anybody in general.....i already started the process and i already feel relieved alittle bit..so its time for me to go ahead and do what i gotta do...for MY SAKE...and start looking out for ME and the shit thats most important to me....its a shame that people can look u directly in the eye and still be the same people that will set u up.....what type of world do we live in??!!....maybe im just to nice in general?????? idk but all that shits about to change..in 09 alot of people wont be hearin from me...lol real talk, im offically done fuckin with fakes, phoneys, bitches, bitch ass niggaz, suckaz, liars, ETC...damn that leaves me with about 5% of people out there left..lol...they say keep ur circle small and tight....so its about time i do that





feel me?