Phoenix Da IceFire Interview [Exclusive]
Monday, January 4th, 2010Hip-Hop Kings Interviews: Phoenix Da IceFire
HHK: Thanks for speaking to Hip-Hop Kings Phoenix. For the readers who are new to your music, can we have a brief introduction into your music please?
PDIF: I am a south east rapper from Deptford who was partly responsible for putting out Triple darkness along side D-mus (Higher heights records) I’ve been raping for about 4 years solidly and plan to release a lot of material which dives into the depths of the phoenix as a character as well as an unchartered perspective of the world and the hip hop game
HHK: Baptism Under Fire is the name of the new record. How would you describe the overall sound? And do you have any guest production or appearances featured?
PDIF: Baptism under fire was put out to display the many different styles and emotions that I could convey; it was almost like a CV to the hip hop scene. Every track is something I have never tried before which this project I truly leapt outside of my creative comfort zone and tried to give the audience something sincere & personal
HHK: As 2009 has come to an end, what have been your most memorable moments? And what albums do you think deserve to be crowned “best of 2009”?
PDIF: I would have to say OPHANS OF CUSH “WHITE NOIZE”
HHK: Carhartt was the venue where you had the release party for Baptism under Fire. How did the evening go? And how have people taken to the new record?
PDIF: I was blown away to hear some of the things I did about the launch, Jehst, Kyza & even Mic Assassin came down to support me, word on the street is that I was the best on the night & that I really pulled my weight as the headline act with help from my brother DJ TRIPLE from Genesis radio. I was happy with everything all the acts were great, Triple darkness, IRS, Cappo, DJ ROAST really held me down for that gig and Vision did an outstanding job for putting on the whole event.
HHK: Twitter has proved to be a successful tool for artists this year. Do you have an account yourself? And how heavily do you focus on social media to promote your music?
PDIF: Phoenixicefire is my twitter name & Phoenix da icefire is my facebook name. I know I should put more energy into the online aspect of promotion, with that in mind I’m going to release a mixtape especially for Youtube, it will be the only place you can get it, in fact nobody knows this and I just spoke on recording it from today so that’s a little exclusive for ya lol. Yes I do agree that it is a brilliant tool for up and coming artist, before there was no way in knowing but now the proof is in the pudding!!!
HHK: What plans do you have musically and personally for 2010? And can we expect to see more live performances to promote “Baptism under Fire”?
PDIF: You will almost certainly see more live performances, I’ve been concentrating on how to bring each individual track to life on the stage as each track has its own personality, I’m also releasing my album “THE QUANTUM LEAP” next year produced entirely by CHEMO, it features 9 PLANETS, KYZA, TRIPLE DARKNESS, JAH MIRACLE , YASINE & a few more people I wont name at this time, as well as a DVD to go with it which will have tracks that you cant get on the actual CD itself, it will include live freestyle a top ten of my favourite artists and also the launch party for baptism under fire is on there!!
HHK: Is there anything further you’d like to add to the interview?
PDIF: Look out for DJ ROAST’S “CUTTING IT FINE” LP its sounding off the hook, I’ve got a few tracks on there like “2012” a political track, “The art of war” a track I wrote using the titles of the chapters in the book by sun Tzu & a track called “GHOST TOWN” with GENESIS ELLIJAH
HHK: Thanks once again to speaking to Hip-Hop Kings. Keep in touch and enjoy the holiday period!
Interview by Ryan Maxwell
Hip-Hop Kings Interviews: Phoenix Da IceFire
HHK: Thanks for speaking to Hip-Hop Kings Phoenix. For the readers who are new to your music, can we have a brief introduction into your music please?
PDIF: I am a south east rapper from Deptford who was partly responsible for putting out Triple darkness along side D-mus (Higher heights records) I’ve been raping for about 4 years solidly and plan to release a lot of material which dives into the depths of the phoenix as a character as well as an unchartered perspective of the world and the hip hop game
Phoenix Da IceFire Exclusive Interview with Hip-Hop Kings
