Full Circle
Jan 2015
Who are you?
The name’s Still Waters: ½ of Full Circle, emcee, vocalist, lady-killer.
[Laughing] Peace, peace. I go by Bes Kept, the other 180 degrees of Full Circle.
Where do you live?
Bes Kept: I’m from Toronto, Canada.
Still Waters: I’m from ‘Sauga (Mississauga), Canada.
What do you do?
SW: I put my thoughts on paper to the drumbeat. Yup, that’s what I do…
BK: Word! Yeah, I produce, DJ—you know—rhyme a li’l bit…
When did you start?
SW: Ok, well, with me, I started taking rhyming seriously when I was about 15. That’s when I realized I could really put words together. You know, back when music made fucking sense… [laughs]
BK: Yup, same here. I started rhyming around 15 and started messing around with beats when I was 16.
How was your first show/performance?
BK: It was dope. We’re both old-school heads, and we take our craft seriously, so we know how to get busy on the mic.
SW: Honestly, the show went exactly how I expected it to go. You know, real lyrics for a real crowd. They appreciated that, and we appreciated them.
What would you like to gain from your work?
SW: Success through respect. That and finances…
BK: Word up! I want planes and boats. [laughs] Honestly, we do this because we love the art. So as long as we make dope shit; we’re good with that at the end of the day.
What would you like your audience to gain from your work?
BK: We just want to put the soul back into hip-hop. Good music for good people: simple as that.
SW: Yeah, I want our audience to gain a different perspective through our view of music.
Who or what are your biggest influences?
SW: I come from a very musical family, so that definitely has a big influence on what I do.
BK: Pete Rock, Dilla, Madlib, Saukrates, Primo, DJ Son of S.O.U.L., Mr. Attic… Man, too many to mention. We could be at this forever.
What keeps you up at night?
Bes Kept: Stress and bills.
SW: Women and pregnancy tests.
What’s next?
BK: Well, we just released our debut album Infinite Edges in both digital and CD formats, but our fans can look forward to a vinyl release of that soon. We have some videos coming, a bunch of shows and, of course, new music, so definitely stay tuned.
SW: Yup, that sums it up. People can always hit us up at our site, all of our info’s there.
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