Strange Music has billed itself equally the prime example of possibilities within independent Hip Hop. For the past decade, the Kansas City-based label dwelling house to Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko has become a multi-million dollar empire. However, things weren't always what they seemed if Kutt Calhoun has anything to say virtually it. He shocked fans of the label concluding twelvemonth when he decided to office ways with the storied coiffure. Months later on, Calhoun dropped a YouTube video providing insight into his determination along with an accompanying freestyle.

Shifting focus, Calhoun has found inspiration in his ain upstart, Black Gold. Named after his last release on Strange Music in 2013, the emcee hopes to take all the lessons learned there while making a way for himself.

Speaking with DX, Calhoun discusses the process of leaving Strange Music, how much he fabricated before and later on his fourth dimension with the label and his own venture Black Gilded.

Kutt Calhoun Explains Leaving Foreign Music

DX: I saw the video some fourth dimension ago where yous explained your human relationship with Strange Music. The news of you leaving the characterization has been around since later terminal year. What made you lot come out with the video now?

Kutt Calhoun: Well, you know, what fabricated me come out with the video at present was that I had to become things together on my end. I started trying to selection beats and it took me a while. Finding the correct beats considering everyone and their momma wanted to send me beats but, that didn't mean everything was good. The offset thing I was doing was getting my Blackness Gold Entertainment; getting the business part of it taken intendance of. At the same fourth dimension, I was besides picking beats and formulating the right theme for my EP. Just trying to go business organization taken intendance of. Once that started flowing smoothly I'm like now these fans are waiting on music and desire to know what's going on. I was trying to keep them updated through niggling videos on Instagram but now it got to a point to where I did my photoshoot, got my press photos, media photos and stuff together. At present, I'chiliad similar I have to put something out there and give them an explanation on what's going on. Especially the diehard fans, they deserve an explanation for those who take been there since twenty-four hour period one. I want to give them an explanation and at the same fourth dimension allow the new fans that may not know who I am or Tech fans who call up it was a bad move for me to leave Strange Music because they don't know. I wanted to kind-of like articulate the air with an explanation. I wanted to do this professionally and so I met up with my dude who did the photoshoot and shot the video. It was just about timing. I put out the freestyle first and the second was the explanation video. I was just trying to bring everyone up-to-appointment and permit everyone know I got new music coming out. Besides, merely letting everyone know why I left Strange Music. The fans deserved to know that.

DX: At this point, Foreign Music is pretty huge in terms of beingness an independent characterization. When was the moment where you actually made that decision to get out? Whatever doubts?

Kutt Calhoun: No, I never doubted information technology at all. Mayhap if I was a newer artists signed to Strange Music around 2010, 2011, or 2012. Merely, I've been with Strange since the beginning. I've been there and helped build the corporation from the ground upwardly. So, I know all the ins and outs and been apart of everything that took Foreign Music to where it is. I didn't have any doubtfulness at all, I knew exactly why I was leaving, the reason for leaving and if everything would take been straight I would have stayed. When I fabricated that clear minded decision that was kind-of long overdue, I was waiting sitting stagnant hoping things would become better for me before I got to the realization that information technology wasn't going to happen. Nosotros're just getting older each solar day and when I made that decision, it was very clear minded. I 100 percentage stuck to the decision I made and was definitely gear up. I wasn't shaky about it or anything or hesitant. No worry about whether or non I made the correct or wrong move. Not at all, non at all.

DX: That had to be hard to leave considering the friendship y'all had with Travis, Tech and Foreign Music. What was that conversation similar after telling them you wanted out?

Kutt Calhoun: Information technology actually happened via email because Tech and them were on the road. Travis is busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest so it's hard to get in contact with him. When I actually made the decision to do and then, Travis was out of the office and he had a voicemail stating he was going to be out for some dates. I left my message on what I wanted to do and put in my resignation with the secretary or assistant with Strange. She was like that'southward something I'k going to take to talk with Travis on. I left a message, emailed her and CC'd Travis and whatnot. So, everything that went down was not face-to-confront via email which was probably best. Did it become heated? Information technology didn't get heated at all. I stayed very professional and the reasons for me leaving. I explained why I was leaving and what I wanted to happen. It took a while considering Travis took some time to produce the right papers and get everything straight on his cease. In one case everything was finalized, in that location was no issue. In that location was no misunderstanding on anything. No fighting or bad words at each other. Had nosotros been face-to-confront, the effect probably would've been the same. Merely, you lot know, I can simply speak for myself. Things didn't get heated simply was information technology mutual?

I'll say this, I had a meeting with Travis a few months before that, earlier in the year final twelvemonth, and I sat down and had a meeting to where I near brought upward the same thing, like "This how I feel." And so… am I not wanted on Foreign Music? And at the end of that meeting, which was probably similar an hour and half long — close to 2 hours, Travis was similar, "No! I hateful, Kutt if you're asking me, no I don't desire you to leave the characterization." But it contradicted was I was [doing], yous know what I'grand saying, information technology wasn't fair kinda contradicting when I was dealing and what I was receiving on my finish. And so that got left there, where a few more months went by and I'one thousand only like, "You know what, what went down at the meeting is not matched up with what was said and how I'1000 still feeling and the props I'chiliad getting. And so that'southward when I merely decided to be like, "Yous know what, information technology's fourth dimension for me to do what'd exist best. It'south for my wellbeing and for my all-time interests in me to go alee and leave." And so when I say it'south mutual, I would say quietly it was mutual, because I'd been hearing lilliputian things… not negative… simply but little things to where I can get the hint of like we're still doing Kutt Calhoun'due south shit. They're claiming I haven't recouped my album and it doesn't make sense business organisation wise to keep putting out Kutt Calhoun material if he'southward not recouping and we're losing money.

These are the things that I've been hearing over the years, merely at the same time in person, you get told a unlike thing. And I wasn't understanding that, you know, because the things that are going on — the backup promotion and marketing that was washed as an individual artist for myself — is the majority of the reason why album sales weren't up to par to where they could of been. And that goes for all the artists, too Tech, on that label. Just I can only speak for myself so, when I was hearing things similar this, I just was similar "What the hell are they talking well-nigh?" I know exactly why we've had [?]. I'd say, "This is why the albums finish recouping because you're non putting the aforementioned energy, endeavor nor finance behind my project, that you lot would put behind Tech's." Whatever we did to become Tech to the indicate to where he's at now, that's the same thing you have to do for each creative person on that characterization, whether it'due south a group or an individual creative person. And if you lot guys don't put that free energy, that finance, that aforementioned promoting and marketing into each private, you're non going to get the aforementioned effect.

You can't only put minimal finance or backing backside an creative person and expect the same consequence that you would [piping] 10 times more into another particular artist. And so, with that existence said, when I was hearing that and getting richer off this and that, I was baffled, I was dumbfounded by information technology 'cause it didn't make sense. Like, well you know what, if you wanna see your album sell more, or if you wanna generate more than greenbacks from album sales, this is what you demand to do. But these are things that were already talked about, then I didn't understand why they were being said. That played a lot of role in why I ended upward choosing to leave as well because I'thou like, this is not matching upwards. I'm hearing this, then when I talk face to confront, information technology's a whole unlike linguistic communication and a whole different brawl game. But and then at the cease it'southward the same result of me feeling how I'one thousand feeling. And so, you know, all that stuff then combined had a lot to do with why I left.

Kutt Calhoun Breaks Downward How Much He Received On Strange Music

DX: Explicate to me how exactly Strange Music works, considering you've been there since the first and now you were there when information technology was a smart entity. How did information technology get to the signal where it is today and where exercise you into that mold?

Kutt Calhoun: We got to where it is today. I remember Tech but before Travis was around or heard of or annihilation. So this was late '98, early '99 when I ran into Tech N9ne in a recording studio, in Icy Rock'due south recording studio. And Icy Rock was Tech's disk equally well every bit producer when Tech was in what they called Nnutthowze. And all Kansas City based. Kansas Metropolis, Missouri based. And we were recording in the same studio, which was Icey Rock's house, down in the basement. And I ran into Tech, he liked my fashion, he liked my music, he asked me if I wanted to do shows with him. And of course I said yes. Then it started out with me only doing shows with him, locally and regionally, effectually Kansas City and surrounding cities around it. And it led upwards to united states meeting Travis. Travis, which was the investor, he was the financial backing, he was the one that got Tech out of his deals with Warner Brothers and QD3 and Midwestside. Travis provided the income and the fiscal backing to go Tech outta these messed upwards deals, or should I say these fucked up deals. And then, with that being said, Tech had the idea of Strange Music. He had the idea for the symbol of Strange Music and what information technology meant, what information technology stood for, and this is the foundation of information technology. And so Travis was the guy who was able to make, what was in Tech's head, truthful. Ok, cool. So now it'southward Tech, myself and Grant Rice. And it'due south the 3 of united states of america doing these regional shows, locally, to surrounding cities of Kansas City, and we're doing these shows and what information technology was was Travis was putting the money in for the travel.

Nosotros was given gas, a travel here and there, hotel rooms, and we started making merchandise. The first Tech N9ne Strange Music shirt, nosotros was making those. Information technology was about merch, it was virtually doing shows, so Krizz Kaliko came along — so at present it'southward four of united states of america on stage. And, I volition say this, Travis funded all of that. Travis was already a self made millionaire when nosotros met him and then information technology was no trouble for him to fund all this stuff. And and so [?] started out. And so we started generating money from shows because at present these shows starting to turn into sellouts because of the performance on phase. Shortly after, Grant Rice was no longer a role of being on stage with usa, just now it's me, Tech and Kaliko. And so nevertheless in the early stages, myself, Tech, and Kaliko were the reason these shows were selling out. These weren't selling out considering of the music, these shows were selling out because of the amusement that we provided on stage. Word of oral cavity — you lot guys gotta become to the Tech N9ne evidence, the show is improve than anything you've ever seen. And when you put it like that man, it leads to all these sellouts. Yeah, I played a maaajor role… if Strange Music was built on making this coin from touring and selling out shows and selling merchandise, then there'southward Tech'southward name was on the merchandise in the outset considering he's the posterchild. He's the creator of Strange Music and so we're all acting and supporting Tech. Myself and Krizz Kaliko are individual artists but we are on stage hyping Tech, along with doing some our own music, hyping Tech and supporting Tech.

Nosotros congenital Tech up to as high as he tin be, to this pinnacle. And then, all this stemmed from shows, the amusement, shows, discussion of mouth. Word of mouth lead to sellouts and sellouts lead to sellouts everywhere else. And, you know, the more the sellouts the bigger the audition is. The bigger the auditoriums… the bigger the venue leads to more than money, more than merch beingness sold. That lead from going to the basement of Travis's house to a small warehouse. And then that pb to getting the warehouse expended, then that lead to now we in a $2 meg warehouse. Nosotros got workers in there working daily on shipping stuff out over the net. We're making so much money off of merch, and then the touring money… It all stems from merch and touring. The idea of making coin off of records… From 2000, when Strange was established, until 2007 or almost '8, there was no money made off of album sales. Tech didn't beginning making coin off album sales 'til like 2007–2008. Right around Everready or The Gates Mixed Plate. You know? Myself, Krizz and Tech are the reason that Foreign was successful. Of course Travis was funding a lot of this stuff in the mud only the money we were generating on tour, and the merch that was existence sold, he would say that he was putting it all back into the business, which was what yous supposed to practice, yous reinvest, only at the stop of the solar day man I'grand one third of the reason why Strange reached a success rate of where it'south at now.

That doesn't have away from Tech's talent or anything, because he's always been talented, only I'm simply saying all this to say no money was generated from music bodily album sales until 2007 or '8. Granted, we'd been doing this since 2000, so when I say that I played a major function in where Strange has come to at present, yes. And if anybody else denies that, they gon' be lying, yous know? That's why I put out that video, considering of my fans didn't know. People thinking that I'm merely hating and I'm leaving and I'm biting, which is not the truth. That's why I had to explicate like, "Concord up and so y'all don't know?" I've been effectually since before there was a Trav or Strange Music. So I everything information technology took to lead upwardly until this betoken.

And did I play a major function? Yep I did, I played a tertiary of the part considering it was three of united states that we're selling these shows out, or helping Tech selling these shows out. Had Tech been on stage by himself, it wouldn't have been sellouts like that! It wouldn't have been likewise much to talk about. I mean yous got a guy that tin rap his ass off, he's dope and he'south talented, but it wouldn't have looked the same. The reason that people come up to these shows is because the three of us had our own individual lanes that we were in just it all combined to brand for a cracking show. Then yep man I had a major office to do with that and I but was wanting to let the fans know. Am I bitter? I mean, I inquire y'all this: Would you lot be biting if you were at a task, and you worked from the basis up from the commencement of a business, and and so it reached a success and you never got promoted, and you never got paid what you were supposed to be getting paid, and so at the cease of the solar day you don't get [fourth dimension]. You just feel like homo if I stay hither I'thou never gonna progress, I'chiliad never gonna become promoted. You lot can telephone call information technology bitter all you desire to simply I just call it similar: I've had plenty to where I'm not gonna allow this get done to me no more. And so biting? People can say biting but I but say: I've reached the signal of I had enough and I'yard non gonna continue to get aptitude over and fucked with no Vaseline. That's how I look at it.

DX: And then if you tin can tell me… How much were you making in the outset of Strange and then how much did you make by the time you left? And then how much were you supposed to get?

Kutt Calhoun: Ohhh boy. [Laughs] You asking some good questions man. I'll tell you this Ural: I was making… Compared to what I should've been making, I was making crumbs on the characterization. And I say crumbs because if people actually knew the dollar amount that myself and Kaliko made versus what Tech fabricated, or what Strange Music brought in, they mouths would drop to the flooring. I can tell you we started in 2000 getting $100 a show. And I can tell you this: that lasted 'til about 2004. We was getting $100 a show and then it went up to $250. And so 2004 'til maybe 2007, yous know, it went up to possibly 300. People probably thinking we getting $one,000 or more a show. And so we were in the depression 100'south homo and I'll merely say this: By the time I left Strange Music and resigned I only had a couple hundred dollars more than than that. And I won't give the dollar corporeality but, you know, just me saying that will make people'south mouths drop. For what was being made per show with these sellouts, and merch, and all of this stuff, and for what? The part I played, and you lot know, being a reason why.

Practise you desire the reasons why these shows are sellouts everywhere? It should've been three or iv times more than I was getting paid. So I'll just leave it at that. But and so I'll also say: While I was still signed to Foreign, and when I was going out on solo tours with Johnny Richter of Kottonmouth Kings, and with Hed PE, I was getting paid double what I was getting paid when I was with strange. And that's just out there past myself. And I wasn't doing 15–xvi straight days in a row, truthful that, just just one show was three times the pay with the label I was on, doing it past myself. And to this day, I get paid iii–four times more I ever did being on that label. I recall that's just absolutely backwards. If I tin get out at that place and become paid for a solo show, only I'm opening up for being a headliner on my ain… If I can become paid three times more than what I did on the characterization, and the business organisation I'thousand with is bringing in $11, $7, $eight, $ix and $x meg dollar a year, it just doesn't brand sense to me.

No matter how much you wanna say you lot're reinvesting and putting it back into merch and this and that, that doesn't take abroad what's being made per prove and and then what'due south being paid out to me. I'm non even gonna put anyone else in it. What's being put out to me — knowing that I've been told that you're this or you should be getting that, when the label has tried to get verses or shows for me in the past, they shoot for the high prices saying this is what I deserve. Only when I go out on the tour with the label, and we're doing these sold out shows everywhere, and you getting then much per prove — why am I getting crumbs, the thinnest? To this day that still baffles me, I don't understand information technology. So yeah I get paid three to four times more doing stuff on my ain than I was getting paid ever while I was doing business organisation with that label.

Kutt Calhoun Discusses His Own Black Gold Label


DX: Your last project was Black Gold. Was the situation around that album the offset of your feelings at that point?

Kutt Calhoun: Aye, when I look at information technology now Ural, I look at it — Black Gold to me was some of my best work, I'm ensured a lot — [concept] matter, things I was talking most. I'm ensured a lot, and I got a lot of the same feedback from fans like each album kept getting better and better. You got fans out at that place that, you know, they similar my start album a whole lot or my second anthology a whole lot. But for the masses and ratio, [everybody] agrees that Black Gold was my best work to date. And when I expect at it now man, I was in the zone on Blackness Aureate, I'm like: this is the path that'due south taken me to where I wanna be going. Unfortunate that I had to leave the characterization because I felt like, you know, if I stayed there and so I wouldn't be going towards my goal or going towards the path I wanted to, just since I've broken abroad from Strange, I feel like Black Gold was the foundation of a new start of where I'thou tryna go. And then it as well turned out to be the name of my label, Black Aureate Entertainment, and for what Black Gold stands for to me, was nothing more the perfect name that represents me and what I'1000 tryna practice with myself as a individual artist and too as a label for other upcoming talented artists out in that location.

DX: So you got your label Black Gilded, what'due south your program?

Kutt Calhoun: My plan is to, at present that I practice accept my own business, I gotta put on a different head. I'm no longer an artist, I'm a artists who know at present… My plan is to achieve the success past where my standard success is. And I got the tools and knowledge to practise that and, like I said, it'southward to go past where I've already been. There's no need to get backwards. It to go past where I've already been and I do appreciate Strange helping get my name out in that location. They did practise that, me being on Strange Music has put the Kutt Calhoun fans out abroad, all over the globe. I ain't gonna say U.s., there's people in Australia, Switzerland, all that stuff, that know nearly Kutt Calhoun. I volition say Strange had a lot to practice with that. But at the same time, I don't feel like I owe Strange anything because I worked simply every bit hard as Tech or whoever else on that label to achieve that notoriety or celebrity. Then I worked hard for my name being out there. Strange helped, with it being a label that grew as big as it did, being a part of it helped me achieve that. Not just did I piece of work for it, you know what I'thousand saying, I didn't get goose egg given to me, but being able to exist a part of Strange helped get that name out in that location because nosotros tour more definitely than anybody. Y'all know? We toured maybe more anybody, even the mainstream people, so Strange played a office in getting that name out at that place. But at the same fourth dimension I worked for it too. So with Black Gilded, I already got the name, and my goal's to expand the proper name to a larger mass. My goal is just to go to a point to where I've reached a gratifying success level to where I'on gotta keep rapping man. I'on wanna be 40, you know, late 40s withal tryna rap and make it man. I wanna exist able to help others out, as far as artists go man. Make them some money, brand myself some money also, and exist able to just relax with my family, take vacations and be a daddy, a husband — a family man as well as a businessman too. That'south what my goals are man I don't wanna exist the richest, almost wealthiest, nearly known label in the world simply I do wanna be a successful label. And I do wanna be the proof that, you know, that yous can go out here and practice this thing on your own with the right tools and the proper educational activity, and the determination and the bulldoze, you tin can be a successful entrepreneur out here. That's my goal: To show others my trials and tribulations and me prevailing out of them and succeed merely also or even improve than I would have with the characterization I was in one case with.

DX: Yous don't seem actually angry or biting nigh your situation at Strange. Because your issues with Strange, what kind of environment was there? Strange doesn't seem, though the music is wild, like a hostile environment. Though you guys brand incredible, wild music, information technology all the same seems like in that location'due south a level of respect that y'all even so have for the characterization…

Kutt Calhoun: I respect Travis's business mind to the fullest. He'southward a brilliant man of affairs. When it comes to business, he'south at the summit of his shit human. Y'all know what I'thou saying? He's a great man of affairs, I respect his business organization mind so much considering without him Strange wouldn't have reached to where it's reached. It own't like the artists did that. Equally far as the business side of it, that'southward all Travis — the avenues he opened. I respect Travis, I'thou not gonna say Strange Music, I respect Travis equally a business. I've learned a lot from him. I definitely respect Travis. The environment, you lot know, never hostile or whatever information technology is. Believe it or non man, everybody's kinda down to World. [Laughs] If anything, if you heard whatever of my albums or Crimson-Headed Stepchild, if anything I was the… After Skatter and Snug left, I was probably the wildest creative person on Strange Music. [Laughs] I was the wildest dude, and I'm always the wildest dude, because I've been saying that the life I live, and being a street guy man, and gang affiliations and all that stuff, nix [?] but that just made me who I was. I was but me, you know what I'm saying, and everybody knew who I was when they met me — Tech knew who I was, Travis, everybody knew who I was — and my lifestyle was but a picayune fleck different. Tech's lifestyle wasn't similar mine, even though he'south a member of the Rogue Dog Villians or whatsoever, Tech didn't partake in the things that they did.

Now they was some wild thou'fuckas as well, you know what I'm proverb, a lot of fighting, a lot of difficult, grimy horse-playing and shit. Yous know, street shit. Tech wasn't that, Tech has always been his own guy. If anybody was on the correct side, Tech was the left guy. And yous can't take goose egg from that, y'all can't blame a person considering they don't have a criminal record. You can't be similar, "Aw man he ain't down 'cause he ain't do nothing wrong." You tin can't… A person gon' be who they are. I'g merely telling you why I felt he stuck out 'cause I was that guy — going to jail, getting in trouble, been shot, fighting, this and that. You know. That doesn't mean I'thou better than everyone. That's just who I was. Kaliko, his upbringing, he had his trials and tribulations he went through far every bit yous hear his music beingness teased and jumped on or picked on, because of how he looks, because of the vitiligo. He's had his things that he's went through, but if y'all wanna talk about a rough upbringing, that would probably be what he would talk nearly — having to fight every mean solar day, be witty with his words, and now with people tryn'a talk shit and crack on him.

But far every bit anything related to annihilation on the streets or whatsoever, I don't recall it would exist in comparing with mine. And the aforementioned is with Tech. Then not hostile at all only if anybody was considered the wild guy, or the i that kinda broke the rules, it would exist me. And I don't glorify that or think that that's nothing to be proud of… But I am me. I only am who I am merely the environment is not hostile at all man. Tech is really 1 of the nicest guys you can meet, the aforementioned with Kaliko, he's one of the nicest guys you can meet, and me, I'm one of the nicest, nearly humble guys yous gon' ever meet — I think to a degree to where I'm more humble and approachable than their own guys. Everybody's prissy man only if information technology came down to it, yous know what I'm saying, I may practice some things they may choose non to but considering of my mentality. Simply everybody's nice and humble and kinda respectable to each other. Yeah, so it's a very organized and apprehensive environment in Strange.

DX: What'due south going on with you and music homo? Are you working on a project, annihilation like that?

Kutt Calhoun: Yes correct now I'm doing a EP man. I want it released by May or maybe June. I'grand working on a EP… the proper name of it… I believe, if I'm not mistaken human, information technology's gonna be chosen Kutting Loose. And that'south also simply another extension of getting the fans a little insight on how I feel and why I left Strange and where I'm going from here on out with my music and with my life and with my career. And so that's what I'yard working on now human, I'm working on the EP. I've got quite a few songs recorded and, like I said, I got a tour coming up where I tin get back out there and find these fans that own't seen me in a while and I'1000 going from there human being. I'm simply handling it one move at a time, slowly just surely. Merely the foundation for making sure all that's done and with our people in there.

DX: And then how exactly do yous put together an EP? Specially by yourself at present, because yous come from… You're kind of going from one…

Kutt Calhoun: The only deviation is now that I pay for everything. [Laughs] Instead of the label taking care of it. Basically I pay for, out of my own anyway, 'cause you gotta pay that back with say the albums or the EP units that you exercise sell. Yous gotta compensate information technology and and then they can pay money back. Information technology'due south a little bit more easier that manner because now you don't gotta trip. You can even so get money from touring but you lot got time to expect in betwixt ane of your EP, how many units or how many albums y'all sell, they'll make their coin dorsum and you'll compensate on that so you can become forrad from in that location. And so now though the difference is that I pay for the beats, I'm paying for the studio time, I'm paying for the artwork, I'm paying for information technology to get mixed and mastered, and all that stuff. That is the only difference. Just far equally making an EP or an album and shit, it's the same formula human being. Y'all get beats, y'all listen to beats, and y'all option the beats that you lot feel, that your soul feels, you lot choice those beats and yous write to 'em, and you lot write your middle. You know what I'one thousand saying? Once y'all write your heart on there, and so yous go to the studio and you record it, and you make sure that information technology'southward the same or even meliorate — I would say improve considering I always wanna get better — meliorate than your final song you did or amend than your last project you did. And so it'south not really hard putting it together it's just a matter of, y'all know, handling your business role of information technology. Getting your stuff published, getting your publishing taken intendance of, and paying for it… Doing the necessary steps it takes to be able to put it out. Because the recording and writing part for the artist is the easy role, but now y'all're jumping to the business side. You gotta handle the business it takes to be able to get the artwork done and go the CD's pressed upwards, and you lot gonna do information technology all [with your own road]. You lot gotta deal with the distribution or do you wanna get this way and do it past yourself? Are you lot gonna make cases for information technology? Is it just gonna be digital only coming? So once you get those things out the way, homo it'due south really cypher putting together a EP. Information technology's merely about being able to pay for what needs to exist paid for.

DX: Will nosotros always see Kutt Calhoun work once again with Tech N9ne or fifty-fifty Kaliko?

Kutt Calhoun: Aw, everybody's… Non everybody, but people have been request that. When I offset was leaving Strange, Tech was like, "Man, we're gon' seal this and get this together man, you know what I'm saying," Travis hasn't said anything to me virtually it. But, y'all know, that is still notwithstanding to exist seen man. I would take no problem doing anything with anybody on that label. It's like I said, it's nothing personal with anybody, one particular person on at that place, information technology was simply all business concern. I didn't agree with the business organisation and I felt that I could practise a little bit better for myself without beingness on that label. I'on recollect that's whatever deterrent on who I piece of work with on that label, so I would work with everyone on that characterization still. This is just a business move… Similar Cash Money… Ah I can't fifty-fifty proper noun them man. All I tin say is just because you leave a label doesn't mean that you cannot work with anybody that's on that label anymore. Unless information technology'south something personal with an artist I guess. Merely I don't have whatever personal vendettas with everyone over at that place, I merely fabricated a business choice to do my own business and no longer practice business with them. So that is all the same to exist adamant, similar I said, I oasis't talked to anybody over on that label. That is yet to be determined merely I'm more than open up and willing to continue to do stuff downwardly the road with any i of those guys over there.