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