assa is part of the tactical thinking crew and primitive form, he is a dope mc that is not to be slept on! you can find him on leafdogs solo album coming in may 2011
Q1
what got you into hip hop
started rapping for something to do really, I never thought id still be doing it at 27. I remember recording rhymes using a playstation one to play the instrumental and an alarm clock with a tape deck and a built in mic, makes you think why would you every need a tape deck and a mic on an alarm clock?
Q2
who inspired your doulbe time flow?
er nobody in particular, I aways buzzed off fast rhymes, I learned every word to 'gimmie some mo'. I never really planned on being a "fast rapper" I just always seem to try and cram too many words in to each bar, I get told to tone it down when recording, I'm forever taking out syllables and putting syllables back in, drives me mad sometimes.
Q3
will there be a new TT album, and will primitive form ever regroup for a new album???
I'd love to work on another tactical thinking album, I think it will happen again in the not so distant future. its hard to motivate seven people, and communicating sometimes was a pain in th arse, "who's wrote for this track? who's on this beat?" altogether though I think we did ok for a first release the idea was to raise awareness for each individual artist amd I think it did that. its still on amazon, itunes and band camp by the way so go get it, its called ' too broke to go solo'
http://tacticalthinking.bandcamp.com/album/too-broke-to-go-solo
as for primitive form I think some things are best left alone, had some good times with the primitive lot an we'll probably makes some new tunes eventually but I don't think you'll be seeing us doing step step any time soon.
Q4
wat have you got comig up??
as for me, now, I have been working on my solo album ' everyday user' for almost 3 years if not more, this is down to other projects taking priority, laziness, lack of self belief and a bunch of other excuses. but its in its final stages now and it bangs......hard! its produced by naive and pete cannon and guests include dr syntax, jay madden, derogatory, mic dyson, foola, bva, deadline, jim raygun, tenchoo, lego and your good self leafy. its gonna be out late aug through an independent label I won't say which yet and I'm gonna be working on a bunch of other stuff building up to its release including a project with derogatory, also Im featuring on quite a few albums this year so keep eye out for mr assaman. peace
LOOK AT HIS VIDEO FOR "32 BARS"
http://www.myspace.com/assaman2009
