'We have a lot to say. It's the perfect timing for us,' Khalil tells Mixtape Daily of L.A. duo's Trials of the Blackhearted.
By Rob Markman
DJ Khalil
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Headliner: Self Scientific
Mixtape: Trials of the Blackhearted
Essential Info: DJ Khalil hasn't forgotten where he came from. Before he was an in-demand West Coast producer working on projects from the likes of Drake, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Game and 50 Cent, Khalil made up one half of Self Scientific, along with MC Chace Infinite. And while the duo hasn't released a full-fledged project since their 2005 album, Change, they've re-emerged, dropping the eight-song Trials of the Blackhearted as a free download online.
"We kinda missed the whole Internet, viral thing," DJ Khalil told Mixtape Daily. "We weren't really heavy on that. Now, we're kinda building up our buzz again. It's almost like we're starting from scratch, but it's great."
Blackhearted, produced entirely by Khalil, features Chace on the mic and guest appearances from Game, Talib Kweli, Big K.R.IT. and Freddie Gibbs. The goal is to open up the group to a new audience, one already used to getting their music on the Net for free. For Self Scientific, it was a matter of keeping up with their contemporaries and fitting their brand of hip-hop into this new method of distribution.
"We have new fans, more people are on to what we're doing and we're just gonna consistently drop music," Khalil said. "We have a lot to say. It's the perfect timing for us. We feel like we have music that can match anybody at this point."
The heart-wrenching "War Stories" tells the tale of young hustlers in the inner city who do what they have to in order to survive. Game and Kweli help out on the inspirational "Everywhere I Go," while "Peaceful" is a dedication to Oscar Grant, the young Black man who was murdered by a police officer in Oakland back in 2009.
"I feel we've always been ahead of the curve with music and what we talk about," the producer boasted. "Right now, where music is, everybody wants to hear something different' they want to hear something real."
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