MOTIVATING FACTOR

At-22, I suffered from a medical condition called gout.

he day before the interview nerves were up wondering what to expect in my first interview with Stic-man of RBG, the Workout cd. Along with G. A. of Urbanfit we stayed up the night before going over points to cover, pondering the validity and inspiration of the Workout. It is doing great on i-tunes making in the top 100. The member of Dead

Prez sounds evolved and inspired in his lyrical out-put. There is a distinct frequency of soundness and peace that exudes from every track. Stic man is not the same man he was in Dead Prez; he is better and in this interview, I’ d discover why and how evolution has its way right down to his name.

UF: What is the motivating factor behind your album? SM: The motivating factor behind my album is my lifeforce, battles with health issues, family, substance and addiction. These are things I grew up around. The American diet, fast food, unhealthy soul food played apart along with smoking and drinking. At-22, I suffered from a medical condition called gout.

UF: What is the motivating factor behind your album? SM: The motivating factor behind my album is my lifeforce, battles with health issues, family, substance and addiction. These are things I grew up around. The American diet, fast food, unhealthy soul food played apart along with smoking and drinking. At-22, I suffered from a medical condition called gout. This lead to a prescription from Dr. Killer that offered no major change in my lifestyle, so my wife, a holistic health counselor said she could heal me herself. Shock treatment and a radical lifestyle shift along with martial arts and a vegan diet are factors. I have 2- years sober and weed free. All are contributing factors to this album’ s release. UF: Sounds like healing was the motivating factor. That is a walk in the right direction. SM: Right on! The album is new but I have been on this road for 10 years. This album is not only about fitness about the mind-set and I needed to stay inspired with music. I also feel I needed to do more than what Dead Prez was doing with the political rhetoric. We get pigeon hold and I wanted to show evolution and get away from some of these boxes. UF: Evolution is the word!

SM: Word, word. UF: Back to the workout, back to the regimen. Does that mean Sticman deviated for a spell? SM: Yeah, for sure. Anybody who changes, you know from a guy just starting out experiencing highs and lows in focus and discipline. Maybe I’ m the only one, I don’ t know. UF: No, you are not the only one. SM: I have to have a certain focus in my life but then there are times I veer off. I was practicing better health but I was also smoking and drinking and sometimes that

would throw you off your daily discipline. UF: Distractions. SM: I know that concept is universal, so people need to be reminded. You listen to people talk about when they were young,“ I use to run track or when I was young I use to be in the gym all the time and I kind of got out of it. Back to the workout, back to the regimen was the anthem that say’ s, we can get back on it as easy as we got off it. UF: I can concur on that playing basketball in school. Exercise