"The most important part of music is the vibe. I don't care about lyrical gymnastics and how many metaphors a verse has...or how many ways a sample is chopped...or what the beat was made with. None of that makes any difference if the song doesn't have a vibe. Music is my life... It's the soundtrack that gets me through the day. With Grey Matter we try to make songs that you can relate to. We’re trying to show listeners that they're not alone... we all struggle... we've all had relationship problems... we've all felt depressed... it's all part of life... and at the end of the day music is life." - TEMPERMENTAL
"My focus has always been making sure that people understand me...I want them to be able to feel the words I'm saying, not just hear them. I know lyrics are super important but I think the flow and delivery of the rhyme take precedence over what is said sometimes. If you have a MC who is lyrically a genius, the message can get lost if the flow isn’t there. For instance, we've all gotten into an argument because of something we said and someone took it the wrong way, it's usually because of how we say it. I try to approach my music like I'm attempting to get the listener to understand exactly what I'm saying and exactly how I mean it. I feel TEMP does the same when it come to his ways and methods of producing our music. And just so we are one the same page, this isn’t some special skill that only we have. To be honest anyone can do it, we just make a conscious effort to make sure that this is the result every time we are in the studio or on the stage. I think this is the reason people tend to gravitate towards us. All of the different moods and feelings that go into Grey Matter music are universal in the sense that everyone can relate to something that we are doing. No one gets left out. I am a huge fan of Hip Hop. I always will be. But even the stuff that I've been listening to since I was a kid I cant completely relate to because I come from a different walk of life. Not everyone sells drugs, or gets shot, or goes to the club every night and pops bottles. At the same time not everyone grew up as a backpacker or hipster. But everyone has lived life, good and bad times. Our music is based on that." - Illustrate
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