Urban Vault caught up with California based emcee Bazooka Joe Gotti to ask him some questions about his new album STREET DISCIPLE & more…

Bazooka Joe Gotti‘s latest album ‘Street Disciple‘ is an ode to the original music of the Hip Hop generation. Boom-bap and lyricism is the theme on this album, totally produced by platinum-producer Gennessee.

These songs were all written and recorded during the crazy year of 2020 and during the Covid-19 great pandemic and Lockdown.

What is your name?

Bazooka Joe Gotti

Where are you from?

San Francisco, California.

Tell us about the Hip Hop scene in the Bay Area?

Well, it’s thriving and has been for years. Too Short, E-40, Mac Dre, and Tupac set it off. Then the torch was passed to Berner, G Eazy, Philthy Rich and Mozzy. Mistah Fab and San Quinn as well as Gennessee and Equipto have also been building blocks in the bay. You see we listen to all Hip Hop/Rap music here. For example, I was in the studio with Fabby and he was slapping Big L. We love art here in San Francisco so the more of a spitter you are we gone vibe with.

You Recently you released your new album entitled ‘Street Disciple’. What can listeners expect?

They can expect real spitting like lyricism and hard beats, definitely that boom-bap drums with fly sample chops and added instrumentation.

Who produced the album and are there any features?

Most def, Gennessee produced the album, every single joint, Cozmo who is my favorite emcee as well as San Quinn a Frisco legend appears on my album as well as Keydah and Gennessee the features are all heavy spitters. Purposely there no singers because we wanted this record to represent true early era Hip Hop and the focus to be on dope verses and fya beats.

Who else have you collaborated with so far in your career?

So far I’ve worked with Berner, The Jacka, Mac Dre, Levitt, Gennessee, Mike Marshall, Matt Blaque, Cait
La Dee and San Quinn a few times.

Who would you like to collaborate with in the future?

I would like to work with Nas, J Cole and someone like Snoop and Kendrick Lamar because I love all genres within Hip Hop, you know bomb-trap west coast LA bay shit, etc… its all just rhythm to me.

What inspires you when you make your music?

The poetry the sound of instruments, the universe… Sometimes big world events, sometimes smaller things I notice in my daily routine. The city and all it entails inspire me but so does life and being a universal man.

How have you ended up in the music industry?

I wanted to write rhymes always. I saw Wild Style and Style Wars Krush groove breakin and Beat Street
and at the theme, Hip Hop was emerging from the mecca NYC. I listened to K-Day from LA with a coat hanger as a antenna so I could receive the signal from 450 miles away. My mother told me it only takes one song to catch on. My father and both grandmothers were musicians. My dad’s group Sapo has been sampled by Hip Hop producers and my one grandmother had vinyl out and the other was able to come to America by singing dancing and playing guitar. That’s how she earned money.

What do you think of the music industry in 2021?

I love the music industry but..it has changed and you have to figure out the solution like a math problem I like the challenge of writing and the challenge of being true to one’s self.

What’s your favorite track at the moment?

On my album ‘Street Disciple’, I like ‘UNSTEADY’ because the covid and current events in the country have me flustered at times and I know I’m not the only one feeling a certain way in these troubling, trying times… I like Gennessee’s song ‘Misery Needs Company’ and outside the camp, I like anything Nas drops and even some trap cats like Future. I dig in the crates and have 1,000s of records so I listen to jazz funk-rock and soul.

What do you do when your not making music?

I speak to addicts and alcoholics about finding a power greater than themselves to help solve their problems. I try to live life with the principles I learned in recovery. Faith, wisdom, honesty, openness, acceptance, brotherhood, service humility, and willingness, in all my affairs.

Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter?

My IG Is @bazookajoegotti415 and my Twitter is @joethegrinder415, hola at ya bwoi!.

In a few words sum up your thoughts about Urban Vault and what we’re trying to do?

I’m digging it and I appreciate y’all giving the independents a look keep up the great work!

Thank you for your time and may you carry on making dope, fresh music…

Bazooka Joe Gotti – Street Disciple via iTunes/Spotify

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