Air Date: May 31 2021 on 91.3FM WVKR-
Hold onto your headphones as we gear up for a soulful journey with Nashville’s own Gee Slab. Gee Slab walks us through his unique creative process, fueled by the vibrant energy of crystals and the ever-present reminder of life balance. We delve into his inspiration, which draws from a diverse range of artists like Jay-Z, Wayne, Ice Cube, Scarface, and UGK. Gee Slab’s big break didn’t come in a recording studio but from a chance encounter in New York. How did this meeting change everything? Tune in to find out!
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Air Date: May 31 2021 on 91.3FM WVKR-
Hold onto your headphones as we gear up for a soulful journey with Nashville’s own Gee Slab. Gee Slab walks us through his unique creative process, fueled by the vibrant energy of crystals and the ever-present reminder of life balance. We delve into his inspiration, which draws from a diverse range of artists like Jay-Z, Wayne, Ice Cube, Scarface, and UGK. Gee Slab’s big break didn’t come in a recording studio but from a chance encounter in New York. How did this meeting change everything? Tune in to find out!
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Lady D:It's In the Field Radio y'all. Everything's real in the field On 91.3 FM WVKR. Here it goes a little hip-hop.
Erin Boogie:Alright, welcome back to In the Field Radio. I'm Aaron Boogie. I'm here with Miss Lady D.
Lady D:What's going on?
Erin Boogie:And we got G-Slab in the building.
Gee Slab:What up, what up, what up.
Erin Boogie:Thank you for sitting down with us.
Gee Slab:No problem, no problem.
Erin Boogie:Okay, so first question for those that might not be familiar with you who is G-Slab?
Gee Slab:G-Slab is a father artist, black as hell, from Nashville out east, probably like anybody else, from some type of hood, some type of neighborhood. You know what I'm saying, trying to figure it out.
Lady D:What stones are you wearing?
Gee Slab:I don't wear an eccentric in amethyst.
Lady D:What do they do?
Gee Slab:The eccentric helps creativity and keeps me in a positive mood. Amethyst protects me in a steered negative way.
Erin Boogie:Okay, I'm impressed. You knew that right off the top.
Gee Slab:And they're attached to my Cuban. So you know, as my nigga, as my nigga, muggle, you know what I'm saying. So you gotta have balance in that shit.
Lady D:Yeah, I love it. Never leave the house without your crystals, because VBS can't protect your soul.
Erin Boogie:Okay, and balance. You gotta have balance in life.
Gee Slab:I have a tattoo on my leg. It's balance. So yeah, that's a fact.
Erin Boogie:What is it?
Gee Slab:I have two triangles to intersect and then so it means, like a old tribal meaning of balance.
Erin Boogie:I love it. So how long have you been making music?
Gee Slab:I've been making music probably since I was like 16, but I always feel like I've probably taken it seriously. Seriously, I like 20, 23.
Erin Boogie:And who are some of your influences?
Gee Slab:I'm a, I mean, I'm just like everybody else.
Gee Slab:I like the little ones. I love JZ's, I love Wayne. I'm from the south, so I love every Southern type motherfucker that everybody love. Matt P Fan. I'm a Wayne fan. Tia fan, I'm a little ice cube from the West Coast, scarface fan, ugk Like. But the albums that made me start wanting to rap for real, for real, was the Things we Missed About Joe Wail's and Tana and the Becoming by Vinny Segal. So both of those albums like maybe really, really, really, really want to do that.
Erin Boogie:That's awesome.
Lady D:Now how often do you come to New?
Gee Slab:York. I'm back and forth, like I didn't go to the tribal because of the pandemic last year but I was there in 2019 three times.
Lady D:But I saw that's where you met um. That's where you met Dave Juan Thomas in New York.
Gee Slab:I met him in Nashville. Actually he was on. He was doing some vibe magazine that was going around the country looking for artists Like being like their, like teacher, I guess, a becoming an artist, and I wasn't even at the event. I was at the career of drinking Jack Daniels and a promoter and magazine owner told me to come down there and him and another independent artist, my boy, coppo and D Goods they both tick my phone like they come down here, dude, here in Curge of Music, when they were you at Got the DJ of Chaboboy, dj Hybrid, just played song One of my records called hey, hey, hey, and he loved that.
Gee Slab:And he played another song called East Side Three Times and we played both of those. Dave's going like who's this? And I saw this kind of meme hunger came down there. We drove down there to the video that was there At a place called Bass, with Each Woman Known but called that, and then he liked it. He said, uh, whatever, you New York man, come through, I took that shit and invite. You know what I'm saying. So all right.
Lady D:Look at the article. Said they flew you out.
Gee Slab:Well, I just, I just went out there and he embraced me really good though, like really embraced me. We did that. He lead me up with a producer. He rocked with King Henry and we did a project called Favor ain't fair. They featured that project and they married me as well after they featured me like in a several articles. So it was dope and we still.
Gee Slab:You basically curated a whole playlist, basically encompassing all the music in Nashville You're doing a pandemic, curating about 10 toes down with a whole bunch of artists in Nashville that's making buzz and doing anything Like. We have a lot of artists like doing numbers and doing things like they do shows, they, they own the role, they got the Spotify, social media, you know all that type stuff verified. A lot of people don't know Like.
Erin Boogie:That's some of the Nashville artists, just so our listeners can check them out.
Gee Slab:Oh, let me, oh, let me see, I'm an A&R artist, so I do a lot. I do it with a whole bunch of artists, Uh-huh Mike Flos Petty, if you stand, Tim Jent, Daisy McBride, Brian Brown, Black Sun.
Lady D:Halleco yeah, a lot of features on this new EP as well.
Gee Slab:Yeah, halleco, shoddy, trappleman, dale, of course, the legends. We got Jelly Roll, we got Lido. If my mind blanks, if you ask from that hitter's name, I'll charge my head. And I'm a hard on Lil Stain, abk Gates, it's so, it's so many and they all do different things. Like you got the quote unquote hip hop lyric on, well like it. But you got the Trappleman doing those in the same vein. Man, it's having a boy, lesnbeth Spitter, it's just a lot of. It's a lot man that's doing. They doing a thing. Man, I can't lie the work case on. Or, yeah, man, like shot to the homie, I was there just dropped.
Lady D:Like Tennessee, man, like you feel me, like Are you still working on an event, a 10 toes down event.
Gee Slab:What we're gonna do. We're gonna do it part two, mm-hmm. We're gonna slim it down because now things open up. You can come outside. You know what I'm saying. Stuff like that. We wanna do an event, stream it so people from out of the city can see it, and stuff like that as well. So we, working on that, we wanna drop the project we're slowly dropping on October 10th you know what I'm saying all the way. And yeah, so be long, look out here. Part two, man, gonna be a little more, gonna be more. Yeah, I'm excited about this one as well too. Man, I'm really excited about this one. So, yeah, I do know we do the music and we do the music.
Lady D:What you just put out with the Negro Justice.
Gee Slab:Oh, that's my boy. Oh, resplendent, resplendent out now.
Lady D:What do you mean?
Gee Slab:Let me go to much like always get the actual definition. Watch this because it's so like high quality, it's like where we at, because it comes right in my dictionary Attractive and impressive to being richly colorful and sumptuous.
Erin Boogie:I like that. Yeah, I like that right.
Gee Slab:So we drop that. We just drop that on Friday you know what I'm saying. Doing crazy man, people rocking with it. Man. I did drop another project a month before, called because I can I've got the merch, everybody's rocking with the merch out because I can. Being video is like a video mini movie.
Erin Boogie:I was just gonna say that's like. That video was like a mini movie, not a music video. How did people come up with the concept for that?
Gee Slab:I was smoking and I was just listening to the song I always wanted to do. I always wanted to do like kind of direct a little bit and do crave direction. So I wrote a script me and my director locked in, we did stuff and things like that and I wrote a script, I got the scenes together and we shot it like and just over a course, while the pandemic was going, we had to get schedules right and that's why I took a little long to come out and stuff like that. But it was worth it. It was worth it for all the dates. It was worth it. Like it came out exactly how we wanted it.
Erin Boogie:And we're working on it. You sound like you had me weak.
Gee Slab:Yes, look.
Erin Boogie:It sounded like Batman, which part the fight sounds.
Gee Slab:Oh, yes, we were doing it. Yeah, like combo, that was the plan. So like a movie, music, comic book, like you know what I'm saying, like. And the next one we're doing we're working on the part two Hold different record, of course, but we're working on part two, so we gonna keep that going like a whole universe. I'm big in the comics and stuff like that, so I'm being in comics and wrestling, so like I feel like Stan Lee right now. So we gonna keep doing, keep it going. You know what I'm saying.
Erin Boogie:What was your favorite memory from the video shoot?
Gee Slab:I can't lie, all it was fun man from behind the scenes stuff to doing photo shoot for it to in-proper scenes. I guess the Stevie Wonder part was really fun. That was probably one of the fun part. But even the fate beating dude up because you know what I'm saying Like show people, like we can take women you know what I'm saying. Out here you can do it, so that's what they were for. Like you know what.
Gee Slab:I'm saying Comic way of trying to display that type of action. You know what I'm saying, like type things Out of my boy played the villain. You know what I'm saying. Out of the most griller they had to play the misabuse guy. He's a great guy in real life. You know what I'm saying. He's a fucking great guy in real life. But yeah, we want to show that you know what I'm saying In a good comical light way. You know what I'm saying that you know what I'm saying. Shit not cool, all that type stuff, but it was fun. I mean, I hope it was fun. Man dressed up for it. After a while we're in the same clothes over again for a week since I got a little born. But that's about it. Like I'm trying to wear any same, I gotta keep watching these pants and shirt over and over again so I don't smell like outside yesterday.
Erin Boogie:But and so Triple Beam dropped on your project last summer. How did the pandemic affect dropping an album?
Gee Slab:It affected, right in the middle of it. But we were trying to figure out. At first I didn't feel like putting music out because I didn't feel like I had anything substantial to say. This was what was going on. Pandemic Fire is everywhere, amazon on fire, like this whole bunch of the world is in a disarray. Police from Tauti Trump was doing all this. Just a whole bunch of Just a whole bunch of A lot going on.
Gee Slab:Yeah, man, I didn't feel a right saying that, but after a while I feel like I need to say something and you get something out of my chest Not even it was in the most direct for this situation, but just to have something on my soul and then we put a bonus record on the project. People keep listening to the last song. It's like a dead space. And then another song coming along that addresses a lot going on, so like it's directly talking about what's going on that time and all that type of shit I call Trump rapist and all that type of shit and song.
Lady D:So all that great stuff. It's like a hidden track.
Gee Slab:So, yes, hidden track on there. You know what I'm saying. So if you listen to the hidden track on there, sleep and Giant, yeah. So I did think that you just felt right, put it out. It got good reception, just was paying. We couldn't really do, we couldn't capitalize on far doing shows and doing things like that to make it a full thing. So but now we, we, we, we, we were dropping where we got. We got some things going In the years will be good. Next year is going to be a lot, a lot more heavier. You know what I'm saying. So we just work.
Erin Boogie:And so, aside from music, you're a mentor in the community. You have believe in new opportunity. That's your lifestyle. Brand Multimedia company. So how did you get into that aspect of it?
Gee Slab:Maybe I'm born in it. So I'm born, born from out east, you know, from impoverished area. I'm from you know what I'm saying middle class, low middle class, project type area. So when you born in a man like some people, you know one or not, don't want everybody have to be growth in that type of situation, you know what I'm saying. So, and the period from that, you know what I'm saying we mentor, we do program. We had a program high school, um, satellite school type thing with kids come and learn real life stuff, cause you know everybody's like pull your silver body, boost traps and boom, boom.
Gee Slab:But now, like, what do they? What are the steps to do with the career or the passion you have? You want to do hair Cool? Great. You know what it takes, right? Okay, you don't, let's see what it takes. So you know what you're jumping into. Okay. You want to do broadcast? Great. You want to be proud of you Kudos? You know what it costs, right? Oh, you don't, let me show you.
Gee Slab:So you know what it takes to get where you want to go, if that's additional way of being a going to school and being a doctor, doctor, lawyer, or, best, want to be a rapper Like that's great, Like cool. I want to know this mission. It looked like though. So, beyond the glitz and glamour, you still got to be a real life person, like I still got to be a father, I still got to be human to people. So, beyond all the extra, like I want you to know, and we get mental guide, mentor and guys, we got to purchase the fitness, and they do that. And so we, we man, that's, that's, that's, you know, putting something else in the world besides that people. You have to do that. You know what I'm saying. Some form of fashion, you know what I'm saying?
Erin Boogie:What does it mean to you to give back?
Gee Slab:I'm not. It's like a and it's not a duty, but it just feels like I'm just what I'm supposed to do. But I don't look at like, oh, I got feeling great of helping give back. I'm one of them, so it don't feel like I'm doing anything that I'm not supposed to do, because I was there looking at running around that here, looking at running around trying to figure something out. I was the key, getting the fights here, talking to girls, whatever he is, I was like I was that, doing that.
Gee Slab:And when a different generation I want to show them, show, show, especially young boys. It's a different way to do things the mistakes we did I'm 30, so mistakes I made when I was younger, and the things that we knew, and you ain't got to do those things Like you don't have to, you can actually just do it the right way all the time. It's cool to do it. It's a pay to be that way, like so pay to. You know what I'm saying. I'm into wrestling, I'm into anime, I'm into superhero, I'm into comic books and all that type of shit. But I didn't indulge in those pasts enough as long as I was younger because we didn't think that was what you did all the time. You did the other stuff, you did the bullshit, so just told them that you ain't got to always do that.
Gee Slab:You know what I'm saying. You can just do the stuff that it thrives, your heart, makes, you feel good. You know what I'm saying. Stuff like that, you know what I'm saying and still get money out for it. You can get a bag from it. You can go and do what you want to do with a passion and still be alive and have a livelihood at the same time. It's a way to do it all and not feel ashamed, to feel bad for winning and getting money and doing your passion. So that's like could I have a morning mantra? I say every morning on all my social media accounts literally like no matter what day don't count bad, my day was the day before myself. Wake up and expect a win, then accept the win and never feel guilty because you worthy of winning. Like there's no, there's nobody who's not don't deserve to win, whatever that win is for you. That don't mean you want the Bentley and the Ferrari and you want to have a mansion, and whatever that win is for you.
Gee Slab:You deserve to get a win and you worthy of getting that win. So that's just some message with life and all that with believing, with believing with opportunity, because you're like, yeah, one door closed, they do open now, but I need you to believe that the next door will open. That's how you get the opportunity and you can't exactly believe it's going to open. So that's what all they for me.
Erin Boogie:I think that's beautiful.
Gee Slab:Thank you.
Erin Boogie:All right, now we're gonna get into like the fun questions. So if you could collab with anybody, dead or alive, who would it be?
Gee Slab:Oh, wow, god dang, that's a meme right there Off in the same name, like nah, that's easy. But now I still want to do a song with a pop and I would still we talking just rap, and if we talking without rap, I wouldn't want to do something with a Luther Van.
Lady D:Dros, I love that one.
Gee Slab:Yeah, I like Luther. I be hominizing on certain things. I want, y'all want to talk to Luther and get some and me to hook me and get some back rounds. Man, you feel, understand, I go, I want fan Luther, though.
Lady D:I want fan.
Gee Slab:Luther, though. Right, I need fan Luther Joll with the Joll my boy.
Erin Boogie:Who's a producer that you would like to work with?
Gee Slab:Missy, missy LA.
Erin Boogie:Such a dope answer.
Gee Slab:Missy LA is my favorite. That's my favorite, that's my favorite. Or Eve, I don't listen to her songs, but I listen to her videos, like just her creativity, what she's saying, for that's my favorite, that's my favorite. I did another interview with somebody who said who you want to meet and have breakfast. I said I want to have a breakfast with Missy LA, so that's my girl.
Erin Boogie:What is your recording process like?
Gee Slab:I'm usually by myself, with just me and the engineer who's ever working on the music wherever, like that. I'm not the only old winter people in the room. I ain't not, bro, you ain't contributing, bro the weed, you're gonna leave me here. I ain't. I don't even be being like. If you ain't gonna be contributing, you don't need to be here. You know what I'm saying. Unless you're giving good energy to y'all.
Gee Slab:I've had my brother who didn't hear my music, but he's got good energy for me. You know what I'm saying. He's solid, so I know, and he's gonna give me the feedback too. You know what I'm saying. Some of them, I like people who don't make music but their music, their musical ears good, so they give me good feedback. Like him or him or my role manager he, you know what I'm saying. Like they give me good feedback and tell me what's real. You know what I'm saying. Like, nah, we'll go back and do that, but that wasn't it right there. You know what I'm saying. Stuff like that. I love that. I love that type. You know what I'm saying. That's how you become the best Telling somebody. Tell you no, that's not it To me. Yes, me, and I here, but that's my, I'm not. I don't, man, look at me. I don't need to help people with me. I don't drink when I record. I smoke, but I don't drink when I record. And yeah, that's about it.
Erin Boogie:And what can we expect next from G-Slab?
Gee Slab:Working on part more video visual, another like movie type thing where we already started shooting. We were shooting that while before this one was out. So we already started shooting that and getting that in. Getting that together we got to go to a few different cities for this one, so we got to go travel and get that Get shot there. So we went to California a couple of weeks and we'd shoot a couple of scenes out there. So that's coming. Next project coming probably in July, July, early August. We'll do what I would say we already got the title but I'll give it to y'all later on. I can't do it right now.
Gee Slab:You knew what you were going to ask too. I knew you were going to ask that. You know what I'm saying. I'll hit y'all low, specifically when I got the title early, like I'll just hit y'all like boom, boom, boom. Here it is, there you go, boom.
Lady D:Thank you.
Gee Slab:Tell the listeners in the universe and the multiverse.
Erin Boogie:Thank you.
Lady D:Do you have any more questions, deb? Do you have any? If you could? Someone was like you cannot do hip hop rap anymore ever. Sorry, canceled, no-transcript. What would you do?
Gee Slab:I'm singing what you mean. I'm R&B.
Lady D:R&B, what People be saying rock band and they always choose that I'm like. So not R&B, no Rock band.
Gee Slab:I'm Luther Vandross. I'm gonna be a singer. I'm JL Lavert. You're with G Lavert, come on now Frankie. Lyon, then I'm like man why do you know the song Okay? I'm like Michael Jackson. Do you remember the time?
Lady D:Come on now I love that I'm a rock band.
Gee Slab:Yeah, that's me. I'm gonna go sing if I'm doing anything else All right.
Erin Boogie:Shout out to your social media. I'm gonna go find you and let them know where they can find all your music.
Gee Slab:Okay, look, it's so hard you have to find everything except for the words. It's not online, it's G, e, e, s, l A, b. So it's G, slap on everything. That's Twitter, ig, facebook, like whatever you want. I guess what it is on my link tree is in my bio everywhere. Click on my link tree. Everything's right there. Click away, I'll make it real easy for you. Click on the link tree, you'll see interviews. You'll see the music link. You'll see the video link, like directly to the link. You'll see the direction of projects out this year, the single links Me and my boy Payton, single six symbol out. Check that out. We got everybody go. Yeah, g slap everything.
Erin Boogie:All right, well, thank you for taking the time to sit down with us.
Gee Slab:Thank you so much.
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