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Qmg Entertainment LLC Perspective on Illest

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We are excited to share Qmg Entertainment LLC's new track "Illest"! Our goal at SongBlog is to highlight outstanding new music and give you a peek at the artist’s world behind the music. In this blog we get a chance to sit down with Qmg Entertainment LLC to learn all about the inspiration, concepts, and creative energy that it took to create and produce "Illest". We hope you enjoy and please feel free to ask Qmg Entertainment LLC anything!
Who are you and what do you do?
Answer:

INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL 

How does your background play into this song?
Answer:

INVESTING MONEY FROM MY DAY JOB TO LIVE OUT MY DREAM AND DO WHAT I LOVE..MAKE MUSIC. NO MORE NO LESS

What is your earliest memory of listening to music?
Answer:

PROBABLY HEARING JAYZ JIGGA WHAT JIGGA WHO WAS WHEN I KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING I FELT I COULD DO EXCEL AT

At what moment in your life did you decide to become an artist / performer?
Answer:

AT AGE 7

What genres does this release play into?
Answer:

HIP HOP RAP

How has your sound and style evolved in the last 3 years?
Answer:

IM BECAME MORE LYRICAL AND DEVELOPED THE MODERN DAY HIPHOP FLOW I WAS WORKING TO COME IN TO.

What themes do you explore throughout your music?
Answer:

EVERYTHING REALLY. NOTHING IS EXCLUDED.

If you could go on tour with any artist, who would it be and why?
Answer:

CHRIS BROWN BECAUSE IT WOULD SELL OUT

How would you describe your favorite artist's music to someone who has never heard them before?
Answer:

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE LYRICS THEIR TELLING A STORY

How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it before?
Answer:

IM THE BEST AT WHAT I DO WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ME. MY MUSIC IS FOR EVERBODY WHOS BEEN THROUGH SOMETHING

If you could attend a performance by any artist, dead or alive, who would you choose and why?
Answer:

BIG L

What is your favorite song you have made, and why?
Answer:

1 AND ONLY. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IM THE 1 AND  ONLY PERSON WHOS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY HAPPINESS

If you could only listen to three artists for the rest of your life, who would you choose and why?
Answer:

JAYZ...NYPSEY AND JADA KISS. BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS BE MOTIVATED TO CHASE MY DREAMS BY SOMEONE WHOS DOING EXACTLY THAT OR WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT HAD THEY STILL BEEN ALIVE

What does your dream performance look like?
Answer:

PERFOMING IN FRONT OF DR DRE

Who is your dream artist or musician to collaborate with?
Answer:

LIL WAYNE

What is the strangest place where you have discovered a new song?
Answer:

INSTALLING CARPET IN ALHAMBRA ILLINOIS

What do you want people to feel when they listen to your music?
Answer:

I WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE ITS OK TO HAVE A 9-5 BECAUSE IT WILL GET YOU JUST AS FAR IF NOT FURTHER THAN THE PEOPLE WHO DONT WORK A DAY JOB...AS MY WHOLE LABEL IS BASED ON AND FUNDED BY 9-5

What three words would you want your fanbase to use to describe you?
Answer:

GENUINE..HUMBLE...HONEST

What is your favorite way of sharing your music?
Answer:

MY WEBSITE. NDAMAKIN.ONLINE

Do you practice? How has your practice changed over time?
Answer:

YES. I RECORD 10 TRACKS PERDAY AND GHOST WRITE FOR MY ARTIST

What is the most memorable response you've had to your work?
Answer:

I DID AN COLLABORATION TRACK CALLED EAST SIDE OF DA SHOW ME WITH AN ARTIST BY THE NAME OF ACE FROM ATON ILLINOIS AT 16 OR 17. I REMEMBER STANDIND AT THE BUS STOP ON STATE STREET AND A GUY  RIDING BY POINTING AND YELLING AT ME PLAYING THE SONG WE HAD DID. NOT SURE HOW HE GOT IT BECAUSE I HAD JUST GIVEN OUT COPIES OF THE CD AT A GAS STATION CALLED JIMS CORNER AND IM POSITIVE I DIDNT HAND HIM ONE BECAUSE I HAD NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE THAT MOMENT.THAT WAS A GREAT FEELING BEING THAT IM FROM EAST SAINT LOUIS AND SOME ONE IN A DIFFERENT CITY WAS VIBING TO MY MUSIC

What is your definition of success as an artist? How do you measure this success?
Answer:

DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. INVESTING YOUR TIME AND MONEY INTO IT WITHOUT EXPECTING ANY SPECIFIC RESULTS. I MEASURE SUCCESS BY HOW YOU TREAT OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOURE A GOOD AND RESSPECTFUL PESON ALWAYS GIVING IT ALL YOU GOT. THEN YOUR SUCCESFUL IN MY BOOK.

How do you plan on being a game-changer within your genre?
Answer:

NOT PLANNING ON CHANGING THE GAME. JUST DOING WHAT I LOVE WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO DO IT AS WELL

What role do you believe the artist has in our society?
Answer:

TO BE THE BEST VERSION OF THEIR SELF

Name a song that best represents success to you, and why?
Answer:

DEDICATION BY NYSPEY... BECAUSE THATS WHAT IT TAKES TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING NO MATTER WHAT YOURE DOING

What has been your scariest experience while pursuing music?
Answer:

PEOPLE NOT REACTING TO THE WAY I THOUGHT THEY WOULD WHEN I FIRST STARTED. IVE COME TO REALIZE IF YOU EXPECT A CERTAIN RESULT OR REACTION FROM A CERTAIN PERSON OR GROUP OF PEOPLE YOURE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR A HUGE DISSAPOINTMENT. JUST DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND ITLL BE FINE.

What has been your most embarassing moment while pursuing music?
Answer:

TRYING TO BUY "TYPE" BEATS ND FOLLOW A CERTAIN TREND BECAUSE THATS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING AT THE TIME. IVE LEARNED TO DO WHAT COMES NATURAL

If you could alter the music industry in any way, what would you change and why?
Answer:

UNDERGOUND ARTIST WOULD BE PROMOTED AND SIGNED MORE BECAUSE THE INDUSTRY ULTIMATLEY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MUSIC WE CONSUME FROM RADIO..NOT SO MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA THO.

What jobs have you done other than being an artist?
Answer:

I STARTED INSTALLING FLOORING IN HIGHSCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 16..I CURRENTLY HAVE 21 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND I OWN A FLOORING BUISNESS CALLED COLEMAN FLOORING AND CLEANING PROPERTIES LLC. I ALSO OWN A CAB  BUISNESS CALLED COLEMAN TRANPORTATION SERVICES.

How have your other passions reinforced your process of making music?
Answer:

I HAVE TO KEEP WORKING TO FUND MY DREAMS

Has being an artist made your life lonely? How do you counteract this?
Answer:

NO

How would you define having an artistic outlook on life?
Answer:

YOU HAVE TO TRULY BE HAPPY WITH DOING MAKING MUSIC THAT YOU LOVE THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT EVER LISTEN TO AND THAT YOU MAY NEVER MAKE A PENNY OFF OF.

What is your favorite work of art?
Answer:

KANYES COLLEGE DROP OUT ALBUM COVER

Which mediums of art do you most identify with?
Answer:

TOO MANY TO NAME

Name three artists you’d like to be compared to.
Answer:

DMX...KANYE...NYPSEY

What is the most significant lesson you've learned through being an artist?
Answer:

IF YOU DONT INVEST YOU WILL NEVER HO GREAT YOU CAN BE

Do you have one main reason driving you to continue making music?
Answer:

ITS MY OUTLET FOR LIFE

What is your overarching goal as an artist?
Answer:

TO MAK MUSIC I LOVE AND HELP OTHERS DO THE SAME

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