THE WAVE: AUGUST 2017

Jay Hill
Tell the readers who you are and where you’re from?
MY NAME IS JAY HILL, I'M FROM STRONG IS-
LAND NEW YORK. HOME OF RAKIM, DE LA
SOUL, BUSTA RHYMES, KEITH MURRAY , LEAD-
ERS OF THE NEW SCHOOL, PUBLIC ENEMY,
BIZMARKIE, GRANDDADDY I.U, JVC FORCE, LL
COOL J JUSt TO NAME A FEW LOL
Musically how would you describe your flow?
MY FLOW IS SMOOTH WITH AN AGGRESSIVE
ASSERTIVE FEEL. I TRY TO FASHION THE FLOW
WITH WHUCHEVER BEAT I MAY BE WRITUNG
TO.
Who are some of your musical influences?
EVERYONE! WHOEVER HAS MADE A SOLID
CONTRUBUTION TO THE CULTURE. WHEN YOU
SAY PEOPLE YOU LOOK UP TO THEN PEOPLE
WILL SAY YOU SOUND LIKE THEM. I'M INFLU-
ENCED BY DOPE HIP-HOP NOT ONE PERSON.
SO I SOUND LIKE WHAT I RESPECT.
If you had a wish list of MC’s to work with, who would
be your top 5… in order?
IN ORDER IT WOULD BE RAKIM / KOOL G RAP /
BIG DADDY KANE/ NAS / JAYZ
Any collabos that you are working on that you want to
mention?
I AM JUST FINISHING A DOPE MIX CD WITH
ANOTHER LONG ISLAND ARTIST , LEX MONTE-
RO CALLED THE ISLANDERS. ALSO TRYING TO
GET A DEMO PRODUCED BY THE LONG ISLAND
LEGENDS EPMD.
What direction do you see rap music going in the next
2-5 years?
I SEE IT STILL EVOLVING AND OPENING NEW
DOORS FOR NEW AND OLDER ARTIST ALIKE.
HIP HOP AND THE CULTURE HAS NO CEILING
AS TO HOW BIG OR FAR IT CAN GO.
What do you think about the state of hip hop today?
TODAY I BELIEVE THE NEW ARTIST WERE NOT
AS INFLUENCED BY THE CULTURE OF THE MU-
SIC, THE HISTORY OF IT AND THE STRUGGLE
TO GET THE PLATFORM IT HAS TODAY. THAT'S
WHY THERE ARE FEW MESSAGES AND GUID-
ANCE IN TODAY'S MUSIC BECAUSE IT DOESN'T
REFLECT ITS PAST TO HAVE A SOLID FUTURE.
How do you feel about the new artist, mumble rappers
and will it be around in the future?
Lol THINK I ANSWERED THAT ONE... MUMBLE
RAP AND ALL THAT GOES WITH IT WAS AND IS
A TREND. IT'S NOT THE TYPE OF MUSIC YOU
WILL BE PUT IN THE HIP HOP HISTORY BOOKS
FOR. AND IF YOU’RE COOL WITH BEING THE
FLAVOR OF THE MONTH TYPE ARTIST THEN
HEY GET YOUR MONEY.
What’s up next for Jay Hill?
MORE LIFE LOL..... WITHOUT A BIG BUDGET,
MANSION AND SOME NICE CARS PEOPLE WILL
THINK YOU HATE YOUR LIFE LOL.... I'M BLESS-
ED. SO WITH THOSE BLESSINGS COME PEACE,
LOVE ,FAMILY MONEY AND MORE LIFE TO
LIVE. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MUSIC TO MAKE,
IF YOU’RE HAPPY ENOUGH TO MAKE IT.
If you could work with any artist in their prime, just
1, dead or alive, who would it be?
RAKIM. HE REALLY CHANGED THE GAME NOT
ONLY MUSICALLY BUT MENTALLY.
Who are you listening to right now?
THE ISLANDERS CD.... IT'S DOPE. LEX MONTERO
IS CRAZY WITH THE PEN TRUST. I ENJOY HEAR-
ING MENTALLY SHARPWITHOUT..EPMD, RED-
MAN, KEITH MURRAY, AND OF COURSE GOT
THE WHIP LOADED WITH ALL THE OLD CLAS-
SICS WE KNOW AND CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT.
Where can we see and hear more of Jay Hill?
MY MUSIC IS FOR FREE CONSUMPTION ON
YOUTUBE and Facebook UNDER MY NAME jayhill/ALSO
DATTPIFF JHILL57 / ig jayhill631.
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