8/9/05

What's good man?

Same old shit, going hard. I'm working real hard right now.

Who is Flawless?

I came from the bottom and I moved on. I could tell you everything but it'd be a book. If you listen to the joint "That's What It Is" that basically explains my story on what I had to go through. I'm from the 90's in East Flatbush. I'm right in the middle of everything. I'm still in the hood, I'm still there. If you don't think I'm there, or if you dudes want to try me, I wish you would. I'm on 93rd and Rutland all day. Brooklyn stand up. Everybody's doing their thing from Harlem, Bronx…but if y'all work at a restaurant, bring that plate for me, I'm hungry!

Why should we be checking for you right now?

I'm the new Brooklyn right now. I'm the new look right now. Not even just Brooklyn, I'm taking all over. I'm bringing something that ain't there. Everybody sounds the same and everybody's killing. I really don't' see it. A lot of these niggas don't have songs, they can't do songs. But doing songs, that's the least of my problems.

New York is tough though, because everywhere you look someone's rhyming…what separates you from the pack?

A lot of dudes are getting deals and deserve it, but a lot of them don't. I'm going hard in the streets and independently. The dudes that's supposed to be getting looks ain't getting them. I've studied shit, a lot of these dudes ain't fans either. I listen to everything that's out. And I don't just listen to New York either. I see what everyone else is bringing and what they don't have. These songs I got…I'm prepared. I'm ready to go, trust me.

How's your mixtape "For Heaven's Sake" doing right now?

We're killing them on the streets with it right now. There's 20-something songs on it, a few freestyles. We're tearing up the streets with them, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx…we're killing the whole Tri-State.

Rappers that blaze DVD's and mixtapes always have that question about making songs…

That's the problem. A lot of these dudes can't make them. On my mixtape, there's more songs than freestyles. We gave niggas a whole album with that mixtape.

And the Big Mike co-sign is pretty big, how did that come about?

We got on a couple of his mixtapes. I've been on like 15 of them straight. And it was just about that time when I was like "Mike, I'm serious." I needed Big Mike on this jumpoff. He knows what's good. He knows what real music really is.

How has that co-sign helped you?

It's helping a lot. Big Mike is more than a DJ, he's doing a lot. We saw him signing autographs. DJ's don't be signing autographs! It was inevitable that this happen. That's the hottest DJ and I'm the hottest unsigned rapper. Big Mike has to grab the streets, and by capturing the streets, you have to grab one of the hottest dudes that's up-and-coming.

What's the next move after this "For Heaven's Sake" runs its course?

I'm going to keep flooding them. After the next mixtape, everyone should come knocking. If they don't, I don't know what's wrong with them. After the next mixtape, we should have that deal unless they do it now. But we're working on the next mixtape, and after that, we should have that deal.

Everyone says that want that "deal"…what are you looking for?

I ain't looking for nothing too tragic. There's a lot of tragic deals out there that hurt you before you even drop something. I'm looking for something that I deserve. Something that I can hear and I can say "all right, that's reasonable." We've got our own little label that we're running with.

AG (manager): It's all about finding a good home. Everyone always wants that big check up front, but it's not always about that. The more money you get up front, the more money you owe at the end. It's all about finding a label that will put you in the forefront and put the machine behind you. Shit, Nelly didn't get anything crazy and he sold 8 million records. Plus we can make a hit record with any producer.

What labels are showing interest now?

We ain't really jumping on them right now. We ain't really go fishing yet. We're trying to make them come at us. I've been in a couple meetings before, but certain dudes up there, they say what they want to say but they can't do anything. Just show and prove, that's what we're doing.

What do you want to say to your fans?

Listen to that music, listen to it. Understand it, and I'm going to keep bringing more. my number's on the mixtape, I'm getting calls from all over the world. This ain't no Mike Jones shit where it goes straight to voicemail. I'm getting calls from all over the world. 347.392.6704. Hit me and y'all niggas look out for me. Just hit me and that's that. I'm doing my thing right now, everybody else do your thing. I ain't mad at that, but I'm here now too. Don't be stingy y'all, we here! And don't just listen to the beats, understand my story.