El Maurikano Dei Perspective on Allow Your Soul To Migrate

I used Bandlab for all of my new releases. I chop samples in Tracklib and do the sequencing in Bandlab.

I am EL Maurikano DEi.

I write and produce alternative hip hop songs about life. Something for you to listen to while pondering thoughts and going thru the motions of everyday life in your world. Good music for mental and emotional health.

As a natural spiritualist, each song I create has an undertone of benevolence. Considering that life is a lesson, the song "Allow Your Soul To Migrate" is an open call to the collective. A statement of atonement that can help inspired newfound spiritual growth.

My earliest memory of listening to music is hearing my parents play 80s rnb while traveling on family roadtrips. Keith Sweat, Luther Vandross, Whitney Houston, and gospel music from that era.

After I lost a scholarship to play basketball. Still don't consider myself a performer, just more of a multidisplinary artist who makes music among other tings.

My newest project "Enigmatic Soul" is essentially my version of lofi/boom bap. 

Over the last 3 years, my style has evolved into a lofi/boom bap style that is heavily influenced by producers like J Dilla, Alchemist, Madlib, and MF DOOM. Mainly sampled based beats with a jazzy/soulful sound that's familiar yet original.

My musical philosophy is that Americans have created 5 of the greatest genres in music: jazz, blues, soul, funk and hip hop. I strive to incorporate elements of each genre in the beats I produce. For example, blues music utilizes repetition as a main component of composition, so, I do the same (each song will have some element of repetition that's noticable). I also explore the theme of  "less is more".  There aren't a lot of bells and whistles with my music and I literally make everything on a laptop that costs less than $300. The goal has always been to inspire other creatives and music makers to create without self imposed limitations. You don't need a major studio set up make dope music. It's nice to have but not necessary to be great at what you do.

Probably Yasin Bey. He's one of my biggest musical inspirations and our sounds would pair well together on a world tour. Aside from that, we share similar philosophies on many subjects applicable to black and brown people, which could birth new dope shit in this hip hop space that has never been heard and could never be duplicated.

Again, using Yasin Bey as an example...I would describe his music as a conversation with your higher mind about various aspects of life that make us human...but told thru the lens of a "black experience".

I would describe my music as a conversation with your higher mind about the various life experiences that make us human. Each song mirrors your humanity...the good, the bad, the ugly, and the imperfect. Life is a lesson.

Curtis Mayfield. To me, he is the most well rounded artist that ever lived. From his ability to play instruments to songwriting to production to performance. He made music that mattered, with substance and purpose. Probably my greatest musical inspiration to this day.

Curtis Mayfield because his entire catalog is rich with music that makes your soul feel good/

Jill Scott because her album Beautifully Human is arguably one of the greatest albums ever made. I could listen to it on repeat day after day and never get tired of hearing it.

Scarface because he's the godfather of southern hip hop. One of the greatest storytellers and vocalists in music history. When FaceMob speaks, you listen.

It varies and changes as I write new songs. But for right now, "Allow Your Soul To Migrate" because of the message and how the beat hits. It's not easy to make a song like that without sounding "preachy", so, it set a new standard for me as a producer and songwriter.

Anything real. I genuinely make music for the heart and mind....not necessarily to make you dance. So, if my music can spark new thoughts or new emotions about the human experience, then mission accomplised.

Originality. I truly have spent the last 20 years crafting my own sound. In my own lane and happy to be there.