Rhath hosts Jason and Emkew to talk about authenticity in art, and how to maintain your integrity and voice.
How do you know your voice is your own? The struggle to be authentic and truthful in art is very real for artists at every stage of their career. Here, poet Jason Voss and rapper Emkew share their perspectives on pouring their heart and their emotions into their music. From scrapping your material to improvise an honest poem, to rapping about drugs and partying in Ibiza just to fit in, this episode explores what it means to be real, and the lure of inauthentic art to find new audiences.
Emkew performs his latest release, Detour, and Jason performs an honest poem about staying authentic.
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Highlights
00:00 Intro – Not Cancelled!
06:12 ‘Member Mulberries?
10:30 How to be a Poet
17:43 Gaming the Youtube Algorithms
25:17 [Ad Break]
26:49 How to Create Authentic Art
31:26 Emkew on Authenticity
36:13 Of Kendrick and Kanye
40:17 Jason on Portraying Emotion
46:10 Playing Characters
50:50 The Cost of Compromise
57:16 Experimenting Authentically
1:00:42 Of Drake and Joyner Lucas
1:05:30 Emkew Performs ‘Detour’
1:12:07 Jason Performs ‘Reset Button’
1:17:30 Keep it Simple. Keep it Authentic.
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Forged in the depths of quarantine blues in 2020, Vibe Union brings together musicians from a range of locations and genres to create the music that inspires you.
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Hosted by @Rhath_Music
Intro/Outro music: Vibe Union - Night Life (produced by @Jessy Jackson)
