Jean D’eau: It took me four years to put this together. From the time I came home from prison. I had never released a project before. I didn’t want to release until I had the budget to push it. When I felt like I was ready, I had been on the road with Ralo for like a year. I had the right platform because he was bubbling. But it took me four years. I record all the time so I had the best songs to tell my story fluidly. I didn’t want to make it too long, but I wanted to display versatility. I needed one song that represented each flow I had. It’s songs I wanted to have on there, but I didn’t want it to be too long. I wanted something to represent my talent and my views. I came with those ones, and listened to it over and over as far as how I wanted each song to roll off each other. I wanted it to flow perfectly. I sat in my room, thinking where I would put each song. The first two songs is straight bars, no hook. Letting you know I can rap. Next, with extension cord, I’m in the streets with it. Wave got that bounce to it. Then we got the melodic stuff, because right now, everything is melodic in the industry. I did that with the next two songs. Then I had to talk about some real life stuff with Pray. Hip-hop is where it is because there’s no true artistry. It’s not about the music no more. Everybody is trying to get the money. Whoever come out with a dope song, the next twenty artists will bite that.
hear something new. Those classic albums, like ATLiens, you get something new. That’s what Who is Jean D’eau is. It still got the bounce and the wave, and the melodic stuff they like right now, but I’m still doing it at a level where you have to pay attention to the lyrics. I can push this the whole year. Each new ear that hears it, it’s something new to them. Its like a breath of fresh air. I just need to continue to put out content so the ones who already heard it have something new from me. It’s not like he dropped this, and you ain’t heard from him since. I dropped a couple new songs since. I did the Chun Li freestyle, addressing the situation with Ralo and the brothers, I did the U.G.A challenge that money man put up, and put a verse on the open verse he left. That’s been going crazy. I just have to continue to put out quality content and get more people to listen. If the right people hear that, then we out of here.
U.G. Digital Mag: You’re right, but I think they are starting to hear it. Listening through this album, each song is a different vibe. I listen to Steam, and it’s one way. Then Atlantastan took me back to the Bone Thugs vibe (I’m from Cleveland). Each song is different. That’s dope to me.
there’s no true artistry. It’s not about the music no more. Everybody is trying to get the money. Whoever come out with a dope song, the next twenty artists will bite that.
U.G. Digital Mag: It’s clear that you’ve done the work behind it all. You know what goes into a project and how to push it. Most artists would throw something out and put it on mixtape.com.
Jean D’eau: Right, but I didn’t want to do that. I didn’t want to be one of the artists who put out content and nobody hears it but they’re homies. It’s a lot of dope artists but nobody else hears them. They don’t have the budget to get out of Atlanta. Instead of building that, they keep putting out music, but it doesn’t work like that. People not getting songs mixed and mastered, or copyrighting the material. If you don’t put yourself in a position to win, you never will.
U.G. Digital Mag: It’s funny listening to you say this all because it makes so much sense for artists to think in a global aspect. It’s crazy that so many people fight to get to Atlanta because the artists are here, and the artists here are trying to get away.