Hyp-Hop Sells-Interview
by Darnell Teague
Colorado is home to beautiful landscapes, prominent sports teams, and an up-and-coming music scene. And in the mist of all that, one artist emerges from the smoke to lead Colorado to the top of the music industry, that artist is Hyp-Hop Sells, an all-around music fanatic, a producer, an artist, an engineer, and anything related to music.
CMB: What is your definition of hip hop?
HHS: My definition of hip hop is . . . different, to say the least. I think it has grown to be something much more different than your everyday run-of-the-mill rap songs, but not quite as deep as conscious rap either. I think it’s a happy medium of songs you can sing along with; party tracks, and bass-driven songs that you can just ride around and feel like Denzel Washington to.
CMB: What’s the difference between Hyp-Hop Sells and SellsBeats?
HHS: Hyp-Hop Sells is the artist in me, very brash and confident. While SellsBeats is the producer who loves to work with everybody, and keep a humble low profile catalogue of behind-the-scenes credits.
CMB: What inpsired the #OnlyInDreams project?
HHS: A dream, of course. I had a dream one day that I was floating through space, grabbing stars by the handful. The next day I wrote the title track “Only In Dreams.” The rest is history.
CMB: When did you first start making music and selling beats?
HHS: In 1998, I was 15, and my mom got me a game for the Playstation called MTV Music Generator. From then on I was hooked on the actual business of making beats, and eventually started writing songs as well.
CMB: Where in Colorado did you grow up?
HHS: I was born in Mercy Medical Center, next to City Park, they tore it down a few years ago though. My mom stayed on 13th & Ogden, and my dad stayed on 33rd & Dahlia in Park Hill, but I’ve lived everywhere in this city, South Denver, Aurora, Glendale, Everywhere.
CMB: Why should people listen to your music?
HHS: For the same reasons they would listen to any of their other favorite artists: it’s great, diverse music that puts out an overall attitude of confidence, with a slight twist to the sound that you haven’t quite heard before.
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