Dutch New York Interview
Dutch, you’ve been dropping tons of freestyles and mixtapes. In your latest freestyle, you shout out Victor Cruz. Are you surprised by their victory at Green Bay?
I was going crazy! That’s my favorite sport and I’m a diehard Giants fan. I had to throw that in there! I knew they was going to win, but I didn’t know how. I was saying to some of my people watching the game that I didn’t know, it could have been a close one or a blowout. I didn’t know they were going to win in that fashion, 37-20.
I didn’t know they were going to have to play the officials at the same time.
Exactly! Oh, they had me sick! But it’s been like that all season. That’s why I think we’re going to the Super Bowl and are going to take it all. We’ve played the officials all season. I can’t wait!
Your latest mixtape, No Relief, recently dropped. Are you happy with how that’s been doing?
Yeah, I’m very, very satisfied. I think it’s gotten a good response. We’ve done shows off of it and I’ve done videos. The whole reception towards the No Relief project is way bigger than I thought it would be.
How have you grown on No Relief compared to your last mixtape, Katrina Flood?
When I listen to those two projects, they’re almost polar opposites because there’s a maturity in the music. I always said that when I made music, whether or not I was grown or not, I wanted the people that listened to me to grow with the music. I showed my growth as an artist and my maturity is there also. It’s different from being in the street and rapping about it or looking at it from a different point of view and looking at it as a man. That’s where No Relief is.
Did you feel like that element was missing in your earlier music?
I don’t feel like it’s missing, but that’s just me and how I make music. I feel like I wouldn’t be able to make the same type of music I’ve already made because then I’d be cloning myself and doing the same thing. That was just a natural progression. With No Relief 2, which I’m about to do, I can still go back and kick that shit, but as a fan and if you’re a fan of me and my music, I had to take a break from being super-lyrical all the time and let you know where I’m at in my life and my mental state.
How’s No Relief 2 coming?
No Relief 2 is done! Right now, I’m at the point where I’m working on No Relief 2 videos and all that crazy shit and recording at the same time. But I think I was done with No Relief 2 by the time one dropped. Before one dropped, I was done with two. With No Relief 2, it’s going to be one of my favorite projects to date.
What makes this one of your favorites?
It’s a mixture of Katrina Flood and No Relief. It’s like I took it up a notch on both levels. I took it up a notch with myself and I took it up a notch with my spitting. Everything that I did is up a notch. This one is going to be more like a mixtape. No Relief is more like an album. No Relief 2 is more like a mixtape. With No Relief, I was more in tune with my actual personal life and I was putting my heart on the records. With No Relief 2, I’m having a little more fun, going back to what I do, going back to spitting and going hard, sparring with different artists. We’re also going to kill them with our EP. Going to kill them with that.
I love the music we’re working on, but I’m a little biased.
You should love it. It’s heat! I’m loving it so far. When you hit me about doing a project, it tapped into a different part of me and a different part of music that I always listened to and that I was always a fan of. What I’ve been getting from you, 730, these are easy. These are like putting rookies against Tyson. I can do these in my sleep. This is the type of music I came up with and the type of music that made me love rap. This is easy! I can kill this! What I love about your joints, specifically, is that it’s so hip-hop. I lock in the studio by myself with these. It reminds me of Gang Starr’s “Code of the Streets” with this project, “Just to Get a Rep.” That’s the vibe I get. That’s my shit. I fucks with that!
This is the first time I’m ever talking about my own music in an interview.
I’m glad it’s with Dutch New York. That’s what I’m talking about!
Me too. We’ve got about four songs done, but we should be ready to drop soon.
Right. We don’t even have to put a time on it. Whenever that project is the best that it’s going to be, we can green light it. We’re going to keep recording and hopefully we’ll have that out there early spring.
Sounds like a plan. You put a lot of music out for free. Does that ever get frustrating?
It’s frustrating to a certain point, but even if I didn’t have any way to put it out, I would still be recording the same volume of music. I just have an easier outlet to get the music out. I work so hard on the music. It’s hard chasing people down and trying to get your music posted in different places. There’s also people that don’t want the music. Even if I didn’t have the internet, I would still be recording and I’d still be out in the streets in the middle of the ciphers. I’d be wherever the music is. It’s still an outlet. The people that want to find it, they’re going to find it on the internet, for free or for pay. It doesn’t matter to me. I love the music and I’ll do it until I don’t have a voice left. I’m doing this for y’all.
Do you see your fanbase growing?
Absolutely. Absolutely. It’s been mind-blowing to me. I didn’t expect it. When you’re in the studio by yourself and with your people, you don’t really know how many people are listening, but doing shows and seeing the amount of people that come to shows and listen to the music and know the music, it’s crazy. I did a free listening party for my mixtape and the turnout was crazy. There were so many people. I got the biggest spot I could get and I still would have needed a bigger spot. I love the people for that. I’m going to continue doing it. The people have been very receptive to it.
What’s going on with your group The Stack Boyz?
Right now we’re working on The Stack Boyz Season Finale mixtape. We have some solo projects they’re working on too. We’re deep and everybody’s nice. Everybody’s in the studio right now. Matter of fact, they’re in the studio now, as we speak. The Season Finale is going to be the next thing to go. I’m thinking about doing a StackLand concert and everybody’s going to come out and do their joints. We’re working on that for the summer. That’s something crazy to look out for.
How did you “Yeah” adlib come about?
I was doing a freestyle, a “Miss Me” freestyle, and the beat stopped and I paused and I was just like, ‘Yeah!’ The faces when I did it was like, ‘Ooh wee, what was that?’ I couldn’t even record because they were running with it. I had to keep giving them that!
I don’t think you can shake it at this point.
(laughs) No. I’m running with it!
You have a strong online presence with your music today. What else are you working on as far as the internet is concerned?
I’m trying to centralize everything through DutchNewYork.net. I’m going to send my regular emails out still but I want to centralize everything and my YouTube page is where all my videos will be. I love the support, but if you’re trying to find out anything about me, that’s where you go.
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