J-Doe's recent feature on Hip Hop Weekly for Writers Block.
HHW: You have managed to create a
nice lane for yourself alongside fellow
Conglomerate members busta rhymes
and reek Da Villian. starting out, did you
realize how important being businessminded in the music industry would be?
J-Doe: I came into the industry knowing
how big of an impact the business side has
on your actual success; it was something
that i learned over time. Talent is probably
the least important part of the game.
Talent is necessary to have a substantial
career, but even somebody with no talent
can mess around and stumble upon a
shot if their business is right. now, their
longevity probably won’t be as good as
somebody with talent, but business is the
most important part of this music business.
it should be called business music.
You are somewhat of a triple threat in the
game – from rapping, to production, and
of course, songwriting. Do you think the
people sleep on what you contribute to
the game?
I wouldn’t even say they sleep. people
just don’t even know to connect it all,
and that’s what’s gonna happen in
2013. alotta people don’t know i wrote
“Damaged” for Danity kane or that
i wrote “lonely” for Tank or “keep it
between us” for Kelly Rowland.
Kelly Rowland had a big year in 2012.
have you had a chance to connect with her
musically as of late?
Yeah, I have a couple songs on her album
that’s comin’ out. her and i got together
and wrote a couple songs out in L.A.
Who are a few artists you haven’t worked
with yet that you would like to get in the
studio and build with?
Surprisingly, my biggest person that i would
wanna work with would be India Arie on
the hip hop level, I would probably like to
work with Eminem or somethin’, or Kanye.
These are people that I came up listening to.
everybody else, I kinda view them amongst
my own class, guys like French and Kendrick
Lamar and Dom kennedy. all them is the
homies so that’ll happen in due time.
The new Year is here. Can you tell us
what the game plan is for furthering the
movement?
Absolutely. The Catastrophic mixtape came
out December 21st, and from there, me
and Reek Da Villian have a project together
called Truth that will be out in mid-January,
top of February. Busta has two singles
comin’ out in January and February. from
there you’ll see videos, and after that, I got
my mixtape called Welcome To My Fan Club
comin’ and in June, it’s Busta’s album.
