Written by Chris Bleek
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
1 ON 1 WITH THE ARTIST
INTERVIEW BY: CHRIS BLEEK
ARTIST: LIL MARV
1. QUESTION: SO LIL MARV WHEN DID U REALLY REALIZE THAT U WANTED TO BE A RAPPER?
LIL MARV: WHEN I LEFT THE HOT BOYS 400 DEGREES CONCERT AND CAME HOME AND WALKED AROUND THE KITCHEN SAYIN I NEED A PROJECT BITCH A HOOD RAT BITCH
2. QUESTION: ON THE SCALE FROM 1-10 WHAT WOULD U RAP THE AVERAGE CLEVELAND ARTIST VERBAL SKILLS AS FAR AS MAKING AN ACTUAL SONG? AND WHY?
LIL MARV: AVG…LIKE 5 CAUSE LIVING IN CLEVELAND U RAPPING BOUT WHAT U SEE AND WE ALL SEE THE SAME THING, SO WHEN U TAKE IT UP A NOTCH U GOTTA BE ON YO SHIT AND U GOT TOUGH CRITICS IN THIS CITY
3. QUESTION: HOW DO U FEEL ABOUT THE CLEVELAND HIPHOP SCENE?
LIL MARV: I FEEL LIKE ITS A BIG WAITING GAME…I USE TO THINK EVERYBODY WAS GONE GET ON…BUT NOW I SEE THAT MOST OF THE PPL I THOUGHT COULD RAP REALLY JUST HAD A HIT SONG AT THE TIME.
4. QUESTION: SO WHERE DO U SEE YOURSELF BEING IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS BEING A ARTIST COMING OUT OF CLEVELAND?
LIL MARV: I REALLY CANT ANSWER THAT CAUSE 5 YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE TOLD U IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS I WILL HAVE A DEAL..I THOUGHT IT WAS EASY THEN I TURNED 18.
5. QUESTION: LET THE PPL KNOW WHA TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS FROM LIL MARV?
LIL MARV: ALOT OF MUSIC AND A STEADY GRIND …IF I LIKED IT LAST YEAR U GONE LIKE IT THE NEXT 2 THE OLDER I GET THE MORE REALER MY SONGS BECOME.
6. QUESTION: ARE THERE ANY INFLUNCES YOU’VE HAD TO KEEP YOU MOTIVATED AND DEDICATED TO YOUR MUSIC?
LIL MARV: UMM MY ENVIROMENT, such artist as webbiE, 50 CENT, AND NOW I SAY DRAKE AND SOULJA BOY, FAR AS MY CITY, LEBRON
7. QUESTION: WHATS THE NAME OF YOUR LATEST MIXTAPE? AND WHAT INFLUNCED YOU TO COME UP WITH THE MATERIAL ON IT?
LIL MARV: U BETTA SAY DAT 3, ACTUALLY I WENT A MONTH WITHOUT DOING A SONG CAUSE I DIDNT HAVE NO BEATS..SO WHEN I GOT SUM BEATS I JUST WAS LIKE MAN I GOT SO MUCH SHIT I WANNA DROP ON AND I DNT FEEL LIKE WRITTEN SO I FREESTYLED ON EVERYTHING AND THE MORE I DID THE BETTER THEY GOT BUT THE 1ST 1 WAS HARD ASS FUCK ALREADY
8. QUESTION: SO IF U COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT THE CLEVELAND HIPHOP SCENE WHAT WOULD U CHANGE AND WHAT WOULD U DO IF U HAD THE POWER TO CONTROL THE SITUATION?
LIL MARV: I WOULD CHANGE THE LOVE THE DJ’S SHOW THE ARTIST THEY SHOULD BE MORE FOR THE HELP OF ATLEAST A DIFFERENT NAME SUCH AS ONE THE STREETS OF CLEVELAND FUCKING WITH AND NOT JUST THE CLUB B/C IM HOTTER IN THE STREETS THEN ILL BE N THE CLUB FOR PROLLY 2 MO YEARS
9. WHAT IS MY GUY INC.?
LIL MARV: MY GUYZ INC…IS A FAMILY 1 ST…?AND COMPANY SECOND 1 ARTIST AND 5 HUSTLERS INCLUDING MYSELF…WE ALL FOCUS ON MAKING EACH OTHER RICH
CHECK OUT LIL MARV’S LATEST MIXTAPE: UBSD 3 FREE TO DOWNLOAD ON DATPIFF.COM
