The five minute interview, better known as Five Minutes of Funk, is back. This time we shine the spotlight on Philadelphian emcee Reef the Lost Cauze. The battle legend has a CD, Feast or Famine, out and it’s set to be one of the hottest hip-hop albums of the year. Reef is a busy man, as he is also involved with the Army of The Pharoahs project. He found the time to answer a few questions for us, and here they are you for you, party people!
What is your background? How did you start your career?
At a very young age I was exposed to a lot of music and wisdom and violence and love and these things inspired me to express myself through writing. So, at age six or seven I was writing short stories and little essays on the world. Eventually my love for performing and being in the spotlight intertwined with each other and my life as an MC began. I have demos from when I was 11 years old, dissin kriss kross and shit, ha-ha!
What are your songs about?
My songs are about whatever the beat and the weed tell me to do. I have songs based in total reality; I have songs based on imagination and fantasy. You never know what you're going to hear from me. And my musical tastes are so sktizo there’s no way to pigeonhole or pinpoint my style.
What’s the strangest thing that has happened to you lately?
The strangest thing that’s been happening to me lately is people assuming I’ve made it or that I think I’ve made it. That’s been happening a lot lately and it's really weird because people have no idea.
They just assume I’m a dick because I don’t want to freestyle with them or get on a track without payment. It’s like you want people to recognize when your making moves but don’t assume you know anything about me as a person. That’s strange.
Who is your fan/customer?
My fans are universal. And that’s not some high hippie answer; I mean that literally and in the best way possible. Age, class, race... I’ve been blessed to make music that eliminates any of that bullshit. You come to a show and you're gonna see a mix up of people just enjoying the music. I don’t cater to anyone so I feel like anyone who likes good music would enjoy me.
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