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Amandah Opoku:Â What inspired you each to create music and pursue it as a career?
JIMAH: When I was like 13 in boarding school, I used to write out song lyrics for my friends in class who wanted to know the words to songs. From doing that over and over I figured I should start writing my own lyrics, and that led to me getting into instrumentals and trying to make my own songs. I used to also battle rap some of the kids in older grades and it used to be a little thing weâd do to pass the time between studies. The way the people reacted to me and what I did was a rush. The more I did it I realized I didnât want to do anything else in life but chase that feeling that making music gives me.Â
EL CĂZAR: What inspired me. My dad is a percussionist and had drums in the house at all times. I remember being 5 years old when i got my first drum set and driving my mom nuts playing the hell out of it. My grandfather was also a singer in a gaita group along with his brother, who played the cuarto, (basically a smaller guitar.) I remember growing up in Venezuela. Every time we had a family gathering, beer and live music was always involved. My grandfather singing his chords out with by grandma, my dad banging his drums, my uncles joining in with claps. It was overall great times. As i grew in the States, I began to fall in love with hip-hop and the culture. Around my junior year of high school, I quit drumline and started messing around with FL studio. The rest is just history, well growth and history. Music is all I know and love.
FLUSH: I began this journey in sound my first trip to Africa and got inspired by what was around me. Good things always came out of the arts for me. It always felt good for me to share my sound with people. With music, more opportunities opened up for me and I felt it was the most natural path for me in life.
Amandah Opoku: What artists would you say inspire you both musically and personally?
JIMAH: I listen to a wide variety of music, so Iâd say Sade, Fela Kuti, Future, Wizkid, Bob Marley, and Kanye West to name a few. There are so many others in Africa like the late DJ Arafat, and the late Manu Dibango, Flavour, and so many others.
EL CĂZAR: Definitely, Wiz Khalifa because of his lifestyle. Itâs a carefree, luxurious lifestyle. He preaches good energy, hard work, and that you can become a self-made boss on your own. His old music was all I listened to. My second inspiration is Bad Bunny. He writes all his songs, his style is unmatched, and heâs always creating the wave. A big thing for me and the guys is creating the wave and not riding it.Â
FLUSH:Â Iâm really inspired by Bach, Beethoven And Debussy because of the passion and their ability to push music into a new era. They inspire me to play with chords and form when laying out my ideas. Â Dub Reggae inspires me too. I really love King Tubby and Lee Scratch Perry.
Amandah Opoku: Who are artists that you look up to that you would like to work with or collab with in the future?
JIMAH: I feel like Skepta and I would make a smash for sure. Wiz and Burna would be crazy. Rema has been going crazy too. I feel like weâd make something that would really shatter the boundaries of the sound.
EL CĂZAR:Â Right now, I'm really praying and manifesting a feature from Fuego. Heâs an innovator, a genre bender just like us. Another artist I really look forward to collaborating with is Rema. The guy is just a vibe wizard. Lastly, Nessly. Nessly is fye.
FLUSH: There are so many to name. But, I definitely want to make records with Oumou Sangare, Fatoumata Diawara, Gunna, Young Thug, Alfa Mist, and Yussef Dayes just to name few.
Amandah Opoku: If you could describe your music in three words. What words would you choose and why?
JIMAH: Iâd say my music is a âFuturistic Eclectic Medleyâ because we are really taking elements from cultures from all across the globe and implementing them into the music. From instruments to lingo, I just want everyone in the world to be able to relate to the music.
EL CĂZAR: Three words: smooth, sensual, and at times enigmatic. I feel like Iâm a pretty chill guy so this type of music is what resonates with me. Plus, Iâm also a night owl. Listen to my music at night and youâll feel what iâm talking about. With the guys though, Iâm heavily influenced by the energy Flush is trying to emit with the beats. Flush is an unpredictable man, so i have to adapt a lot. I love it though.Â
FLUSH: The words that best describe my sound would be diversity, eclecticism and originality. Iâm creating music that transcends cultures and language. I pull inspiration from all aspects of my life and create with the intent to weld different cultures together. Iâm born and raised ATL with parents from West Africa. So when I think about creating, certain sounds make sense with others.
Amandah Opoku: What inspired you to come together and release this project together?
JIMAH: We felt like there was an absence of Afro-Reggaeton collaborations, so we decided to really spearhead that movement by labelling the new genre AFROTON. Once we figured out the formula for blending the cultures sonically, we knew that we had to give the people a collection of music from that genre.
EL CĂZAR: Me and Jimah met during one of our studio internships and clicked the first day we met. We spoke about Afrobeats and how itâs similar to Reggaeton. We spoke about the similarities the genres shared, the emotion the genres give us and how we resonate with the sound. We cooked up beats at the internship that same day and pretty much planned our first session together. At the time, I wasnât really behind the mic much. I was just making beats. Our first session, I played Jimah a beat and we recorded âWahala,â our first track together. I loved the vibe and i felt inspired to write something in Spanish. This was my first Spanish verse ever. When we finished the track we literally went nuts and knew we found something special. We even shot a video to that song, but never dropped it. After weeks of cooking up with Jimah, he finally introduced me to Flush. That day, me and Flush cooked up a beat for a song called âShayo.â  Great song man, humble beginnings. After that, we knew we had to keep cooking up. This was something truly special. After months of cooking and just vibing, getting closer and growing together, we decided that maybe it was time for a project that would showcase this new sound that weâre bringing to the world. We knew that this would bring people together and thatâs all we ever wanted. I see these guys as my brothers and this music really fortified that. Now, the ultimate goal is to have the most diverse dance floor anybody has ever danced on.Â
FLUSH: We felt that the world was changing especially now that we have reached a new decade. The sound has to transform and reflect the new age we live in today. We are all experiencing something completely new some of these things being life threatening. Itâs only right that the sound changes with the times.
Pictured: EL CĂZAR
Amandah Opoku: What inspired you to name the record âRice & Stewâ?
JIMAH: Honestly it was a joke at first, but it eventually stuck. Rice & Stew is a staple household meal that most cultures eat in some form or fashion and we felt like people would be interested to hear what rice and stew would sound like sonically.
EL CĂZAR: EVERYONE EATS RICE & STEW. Flush named the âLa Zorraâ beat âRice Stewâ and thatâs what truly inspired it. Thatâs where the name came from.Â
FLUSH: The name came from a crazy beat I made. After making the 4th record on the project, we noticed that rice and stew is a meal people all over the world can resonate with.
Amandah Opoku: If you had to choose one song from âRice & Stewâ to introduce someone to your music, which song would you choose and why?
JIMAH: I would probably show them La Zorra. Thatâs because that record really cuts across all cultural boundaries and has a lot of energy that is just undeniable.
EL CĂZAR:  I would choose Outta Line as the song to show the first timers. Itâs the perfect blend of everything - vibes, emotion, story, theme, the BEAT. This song is my fav from the project. Me and Jimah go back and forth, passing the baton, and telling the story. This man Flush went crazy on the beat as usual. Itâs just an overall digestible vibe. Anybody can vibe to that song.
FLUSH: I would choose La Zorra. That song is the one that makes me speed down the highway when it comes on. I love the high energy in the drums mixed with the psycho synths and syncopation.
Amandah Opoku: In the future, do you think youâll create a group name that your projects would be released under or do you think youâll continue to release music credited as your individual selves?
JIMAH: You know this is something we talk about very often and we just didnât want to force a name that did not resonate with everyone. So, until we get the perfect name, weâll keep crediting each other.
EL CĂZAR: Weâve actually thought about the group name A LOT. If we get a name, we want it to be something that represents all of us. Weâre really not tryna force it so as of right now, I think weâre going as individuals. To us, weâre still a group. Weâre still the Afroton trio. Â
FLUSH: I feel that we could have a name in the future, but as of now God hasnât revealed that message to us yet. We are just trying to grown in our sound and through that itâll manifest itself.
Amandah Opoku: What do you want people to take away from your music? And as an artist, what do you hope to achieve with your music career?
JIMAH: The underlying message throughout my music is unity and cultural appreciation. We all have different things to learn from each other and appreciate so I really want to preach that. I want to be recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time for bringing cultures together and I want to really represent for my country Cameroon, and I want to change the lives of people back home with my music.
EL CĂZAR: I want people to understand that weâre all brothers and sisters at the end of the day. We want people to treat each other like family and really to share the dance floor together, metaphorically and literally. As an artist, I want to be up there with the greats, just like any other artist. But not because weâre good at what we do, but because we are innovative and we brought something to the table that no one has ever thought to bring - something genuine built from love and passion.Â
FLUSH: I want to inspire people to express themselves. People should be free in thinking and shouldnât be afraid to take their time in finding themselves. I find out more and more about myself through the sound and share it with my listeners.
Amandah Opoku: 2020 has been a very interesting year for all of us. How has the pandemic affected you as a musician?
JIMAH: Itâs just given me more time to create, and if not for the pandemic, I donât think we would have been able to really lock in to make Rice & Stew. It was a blessing in disguise.Â
EL CĂZAR: It was truly a blessing to just be able to sit at home and perfect my craft. Every day was productive for me. I was either studying music business, learning new methods to master songs, or making new beats and songs. It was great. It gave me time to really hone into this music.  Being able to dedicate my energy into just music felt amazing to me. Rice & Stew wouldâve probably came out in 2021, if not for the pandemic. We literally cooked up weekly and pushed out about 30 songs in the span of 3 months.
FLUSH: It sucks because we have been performing in clubs and canât enjoy it like that cause of the masks. We are also on a virtual tour which is cool, but it would have been better if we could get on the road and physically interact with our fans. I pray everything clears up so we can really go crazy.
Pictured: QUANTUM FLUSH
Amandah Opoku: With âRice & Stewâ out now, what can fans and music listeners expect from you next year?
JIMAH: Expect more futuristic culture blending, culture bending vibes from all 3 of us.Â
EL CĂZAR: Rice & Stew was only the beginning. Expect more collaborative projects from the guys and I. In 2021, I am planning to release my first solo EP to showcase what I can do as an individual. Music from us as a trio is inevitable! Expect greatness in 2021.Â
FLUSH: This project is just the spark to a flame that leads to the dynamite going boom. We have so much music to share and many experiences to give our listeners. We are performing shows and collaborating with people all over the world, Itâs just a time to be global.
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