The Buzz Q&A - Rikkiallsum

Hey guys here is a Q&A with Rikkiallsum. I was going to post this ages ago but never got around to it. This is quite a brief Q&A but it is interesting. I think we will do a longer actual interview with him in the coming months with his tracks!

RIKKIALLSUM - "How We Do" (Produced by Danja)

INTERVIEW/Q&A

THE BUZZ: first of all we want to thank you for allowing us to do an interview.

THE BUZZ: so as a natural place to start can you tell us where you from and what you do?

RIKKIALLSUM: I’M FROM VIRGINIA BEACH, I RAP WRITE SONGS AND PRODUCE HITS.

THE BUZZ: how and when did you get into music production?

RIKKIALLSUM: I GOT INTO MUSIC CUZ MY MOTHER AND FATHER USED TO SING WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY (5-6 YEARS OLD) AND MY BROTHER A-ION WORKED WITH KRS 1 AND SOUL SUPREME AND THAT GOT ME INTO MUSIC HARD MY BROTHER PRODUCE ALSO AND THAN I MET DANJAHANDZ. ONE OF MY CUZIN MANAGE THE CLIPSES AND MY BROTHER DID A BIT AND REALLY ME AND HIM WAS SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE CLIPSE SHOES BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY…

THE BUZZ: which producers or others influenced your work?

RIKKIALLSUM: DOCTOR DRE, THE RZA, TIMBALAND AND A WHOLE LOT OF OLD SCHOOL PRODUCERS.

THE BUZZ: what is your favourite beat you produced or otherwise to date?

RIKKIALLSUM: humm well that a hard question i did so many tracks i would have to say strangers for cali stylz or that jank on jkash album i liked push his wig back also on that album check it out on jkash album.

THE BUZZ: how did he get in contact with Crown Life Entertainment and danja?

RIKKIALLSUM: REALLY I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH ALL THEM AND MET MY BOY BRANDON BAUM AND HE INTRODUCED ME TO WILD CALI STYLZ AND NITTI AND I WORK WITH CROWNLIFE A LITTLE FOR LIKE 1998-2006 AND WE ALL MET DANJA TOGETHER WE ALL WENT TO TALLWOOD HIGH SCHOOL.

THE BUZZ: what is your relationship with crown life entertainment at the moment?

RIKKIALLSUM: WELL IM NOT SIGN TO THEM OR ANYTHING BUT STILL COOL THEM STILL DOING TRACKS WITH CALI STYLZ AND SOON TO DO A TRACK FOR WILD MONEY BUT REALLY WORKING ON ME TO GETR OUT.

THE BUZZ: How is it to work with danja?

RIKKIALLSUM: IT WAS FUN BACK IN THE DAY I REMEMBER HE HAND A TOE NAIL PROBLEM AMD HE CAME FROM A STRUGGLE REALLYY DIDNT HAVE MUCH BUT WE LEARN A LOT FROM EACH OTHER IT WAS FUN BUT I KNOW HE CHANGED A LOT SO NOW I CALL HIM DANJATOES LOL. WE USED TO BE PRODUCTION PARTNERS MAYBE WELL STILL BE IN THE FUTURE

THE BUZZ: what projects are you working on right now and in the future?

RIKKIALLSUM: I’M WORKING ON MY RAW KRACK PROJECT, THE HEATALLSUM PROJECT WHICH IS RIKKIALLSUM AND JUNEHEAT MY NEW PRODUCTION PARTNER AND I’M WORKING WITH MR.BEATS AND 7 DIGITS WHO SHOULD BE WORKING WITH KEVIN RUDOLF. HOPE I SPELLED THAT RIGHT LOL… ALSO LOOK OUT FOR MY PEOPLES CAUTION AND VELLEY. IM ALSO WORKING WITH MY GIRL TALEEN WHO HAS A DEAL WITH JAMIE FOXX IN CALI MY BOY MR BEATS IS WORKING WITH CASH MONEY AND HOPEFULLY I GOT A PLACEMENT WITH HIM ON BABYS ALBUM BUT YEAH IM TRYING TO STAY BUSY THIS YEAR.

THE BUZZ: how and when can we get our hands on your material?

RIKKIALLSUM: BEFORE THE SUMMER HITS I’LL SEND U SOME NEW STUFF IN APRIL SOMETIME DEPENDS ON MY TRAVELING, WORKING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THE BUZZ: if there was one artist you could work with who would it be?

RIKKIALLSUM: WELL I WORKED WITH WU-TANG EITHER 50 CENT, THE GAME, WILD MONEY, CALI STYLZ, HOLLOW, NICK RAGE LIL’ WAYNE T.I. AND A LOT OF DOWNSOUTH WESTCOAST MIDWEST AND NEW YORK ARTIST.

THE BUZZ: are you interested in working within other genres like some other producers like timbaland or are you comfortable within your own genre?

RIKKIALLSUM: YEAH I’M WORKING ON MAKING A NEW GENRE, BUT I’LL WORK WITH TIMBO IN HIS POP GENRE THATS WERE THE MONEYS AT… I ALSO GOT A WEST COAST DRE STYLZ OF TRACK I ALWAYS SAID THAT DANJA WAS TIM AND I RIKKIALLSUM IS DOCTOR DRE.

THE BUZZ: what digital audio workplace do you use?

RIKKIALLSUM: ALL OF THEM ANYTHING I CAN GET MY HANDS ON. BUT I LIKE REASON A LOT AND THATS ALL I CAN SAY FOR NOW….

THE BUZZ: could we ask what programs, or vsti plugins do you use to make your music?

REASON LOGIC PRO COOL TOO

THE BUZZ: how did you find the buzz and do you look at our site now and again?

RIKKIALLSUM: I FOUND IT BY GOOGLING MY NAME RIKKIALLSUM… AND I LOOK AT THE SITE A LOT.

THE BUZZ: for all the people reading this interview, can you let us know the origin behind your name?

RIKKIALLSUM: WELL THEY USED TO CALL MY FATHER PRETTY RIKKI ON THE STREETS SO IM HIS SON SO I PUT ‘ALLSUM’ AT THE END OF ‘RIKKI’ FOR ALLSUM TRACKZ.

THE BUZZ: what advice do you have for other up and coming producers?

RIKKIALLSUM: KEEP UR HEAD UP AND KEEP MAKING TRACKZ. U CAN ONLY GET BETTER AND HAVE FUN DOING IT. DON’T LET ANYBODY TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN’T DO IT.

THE BUZZ: if you can, can you name a few up and coming producers you enjoy listening too?

RIKKIALLSUM: JUNEHEAT, WATERS, AN-ION, MR. BEATS, CAUTION AND VELLEY, SMOKE, O, DOLLAR, JU CITY, THERES MORE BUT I CAN’T THINK OF THEM NOW. I’LL LET YOU KNOW IN ANOTHER INTERVIEW HOPEFULLY.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK RIKKIALLSUM FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF HIS BUSY SCHEDULE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS.

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RIKKALLSUM - MYSPACE