BRKF$T Club and 2008ighties Crew member Julian Malone is here today with a new song, “Indeed”, which is off his upcoming Feb. 10th release Enemy. The project will be Malone’s debut LP, and sitting at about 66-minutes, the project is a comprehensive piece of art Malone has been crafting, writing, listening to, and mixing by himself for a while now. “I can see a lot of people quoting it, and telling me they love it and how I did the Justice sample,” he says about the new record. “The most memorable thing about the song to me is the whole third verse… It starts with me addressing how shit was for me after my song “October 20th” dropped.”
Read more about “Indeed” and get the story behind it below. Lookout for Enemy presented by RubyHornet x 2Dopeboyz on Feb. 10th.
[audio:http://rubyhornet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Indeed+-+Julian+Malone.mp3|titles=Julian Malone: “Indeed”]RubyHornet: When did you record this song, and why is it so important to your debut LP Enemy?
Julian Malone: I recorded this one around the week before Christmas, and it’s important to a certain extent because it wasn’t a bonus track at first. I was going to put it right after “Zonin'” on the album, but I started to not like it. I compressed the vocals too hard while tracking it instead of recording it dry. That led to me trying to re-record it about 3 times with no success at all. Then the people who I did let hear it kept telling me how dope it was, which made me re-listen to the original recording with the overly mixed vocals, and I found appreciation for it. So yeah this song is important because of the people who liked it mainly.
RubyHornet: Did you produce the beatt? Can you speak on being in creative control throughout seemingly your entire musical situation? Why is that so important to you?
Julian Malone: Indeed I did do the beat. First I heard the sample on Lu’s “Double Burger With Cheese” joint and I kept telling myself that the background synths were amazing. So I found the sample and flipped it. I wanted to make the track kinda hype, so I added the 808’s with the same pattern of “A Milli” to get it to have that Hip Hop sound. When it comes to being the creator of everything, it’s important to me because it shows my hustle and drive. It takes a lot of work and you just gotta want it. I didn’t wake up one morning like “I want to be a rapper, engineer, producer and illustrator” I just wanted to rap originally, then when I realized I wasn’t gonna get any producer love, or any other love for that matter, I took everything into my own hands. Years later, I have a team of n**as asking me to mix and master all their mixtapes.
RubyHornet: Where do you see the song fitting in your career 3 years from now? What is most memorable about “Indeed” to you?
Julian Malone: I can see a lot of people quoting it and telling me they love it and how I did the Justice sample “justice” lol. The most memorable thing about it to me is the whole third verse… It starts with me addressing how shit was for me after “October 20th” dropped. I mention how n***as who claimed I wasn’t good was starting to want to work with me, how I see things different and don’t take the petty things as serious as I did before. I also talk about where I think I’ll go and my potential with the whole “get off and get gone while I get gone and get gold, and I eff around and hit globe on some Mike Jack’ iconic type heavy…” line. I love that verse lol.