Interview: Rob Aston of Transplants - Page 4

But it makes sense for us to do that, you know what I’m saying? We get it, and Paul Wall gets it for sure. He killed it – I like the chopped and screwed version better than the regular version.

So are you guys going to eventually release two versions of the album?

Yeah, we’re going to release the chopped and screwed version in a couple of months, probably around September or October or something.

Let me get into a couple of the individual tracks on the new album. The first single is “Gangsters and Thugs” – is the message on that song to stay loyal to your friends and family no matter what?

Yeah, for sure. I mean, it’s no matter what, whether it’s right or wrong or good or bad. And everything I’m talking about on that song is real, too: being in the hospital, being broke, selling dope, and this and that. It’s all about what’s going on with me and my friends, and it is what it is, you know?
My friends ain’t gonna judge me for who I am or how I get my money. If they do, they ain’t my friends, you know? And I ain’t gonna judge them.

I really dig the song, “Doomsday,” and feel it has a connection to “Down in Oakland” off your last album. What was going on when that song came together?

“Doomsday”? That track is crazy! That’s one of the craziest tracks we have, I think. It’s just way out, like some weird, crazy, jazz, dark, fucking… I don’t know, you know?

It’s another one that’s hard to label, isn’t it?

Yeah, it’s super hard to label, definitely.

I’m just talking about: I’ll rob your ass, it’s doomsday, bitch!

Let me ask about your vocal style. It’s really unique. How’d you come up with it?

That’s just how it is. That’s just how I spit, you know?

You ever lose voice with that? You’ve got some scratch that you throw in there.

Yeah, I just lost my voice for a couple of days ago on this tour, but I got it back so we’re back on track now.

I also heard that you free-styled your way through the recording of “Madness.” Do you do that a lot in the studio?

On a couple songs, on a couple of versions here and there. Yeah, on “Madness,” I obviously went back and doubled it and stuff, but a lot of it was free-styled.

Sometimes I just get those headphones on, and stand in front of a mike, and I’ll just let the track go. And sometimes it’ll just work, you know? And sometimes it won’t, but on “Madness” it worked.

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