Moxxie Anderchild is a hip-hop and indie rock artist dwelling around the Tampa region of Florida.
He is also one of my bandmates and moreover a great lifelong friend!
His music can be enjoyed on Spotify and also downloaded at: Music | Moxxie Anderchild (bandcamp.com)
OK, Moxxie what would be
your top 3 influences in rap & hip hop?
T-Bone, Chamillionaire,
and John Reuben
T-Bone and Chamillionaire
have some of the best sounding flow and most interesting wordplay of any
rappers I’ve heard. Both are
tremendously underrated and kill different types of fast paced yet easy to
understand flows. T-Bone is also
bilingual which is cool.
John Reuben approaches rap
from a less hip hop perspective but has great messages. KJ-52 was another one I grew up on. To copout a bit, I also draw influence from
rock fusion rap acts like the Beastie Boys and Manafest.
Where do you go for beats
and how do you OWN THEM?!
The ends of the earth ha! Most of my beats are free from youtube or beatmakers’ direct websites. I add
my own background effects and often move parts of the beats around. On most tracks I play at least a little bass,
keys, and/or guitar as well.
What would you say are
some of the essential "tricks of the trade"?
1. A notebook or notes app on your
phone. You never know when inspiration
will hit and it’s awful to miss out on a great concept because you don’t write
it down.
2. A USB microphone and basic
recording software. It’s extremely
useful to have the power to lay down a track on the spot, record and listen to yourself , and also get
concepts down without automatically blowing lots of money on studio time.
What do you do to stand
out?
I have a very distinct
glam influenced image. It is very
different than how most rap artists present themselves.
Thematically I focus on
real topics , relevant issues, and true
experiences. So many indie artists just
rap about money and how awesome they think they are, it becomes tiring and white
noise.
How do you really write
Christian rap?
As a professing Christian
I suppose all the rap I write is “Christian rap” though I don’t really
compartmentalize my songs as “Christian” vs “secular” vs something else or
whatever other categories people like to use.
That said I try to keep my message biblical, positive and encouraging
even in angry and aggressive songs. My
goal is to glorify God and show His love to people through my music. It is also to provoke thought and be a channel to release emotion
and creativity.
What are some lyrics in
modern rap that make you scratch your head?
Pretty much everything Lil
Yachty says? There’s a lot of modern
rap that sounds more like sounds and effects smashed together than actual words, a lot of it’s
difficult to decipher.
What are your favorite
venues to perform in? And why?
I like small to midsize
club/bar venues. It is very cool to
have an intimate venue where you can directly interact with most members in the audience. I’ve never
really played an arena or large festival so we may have to revisit that one if it happens!
What do you think of the
"old school" VS. "new school" rap debate?
That’s a complicated one,
especially as I do not listen to a ton of new rap music so my opinion will not
be the most informed.
I greatly respect the work
of Tupac, DMX, NWA, and the like though I was like 2 years old or not even born
during their heyday. That era combined
with the late 90s to late 2000s with Eminem, 50 Cent, Chamillionaire, Jay-Z,
116 Clique, and others certainly seems to have better lyrics and writing than
what I hear in more recent years (definitely a generalization though).
Things seem to be so
obnoxiously repetitive these days and having “bars” or “lyrical rap” being a
special thing instead of a given just seems strange. There’s definitely some life though, Bizzle
and NF (just discovered him this year, kinda sad) have some incredible material
and I like a bunch of Yelawolf’s songs.
How did you "invent
your image"?
I have always worn tie dye
to symbolize equality and unity across all cultures and “colors.” It’s a theme I like to maintain and I think
it looks rad. I like to dress in
excessive and over the top fashion because I believe visual is an important
part of music that is often overlooked, especially in the present.
Image can’t take precedent
over quality but if image is thrown out the window, particularly in a live
setting, it can get bland.
Lastly, what can we expect
to hear from you in the upcoming years?
God willing quite a
lot. I have an ambitious triple album concept
in the works inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. Albums will be called Moxxie’s Inferno,
Moxxie’s Purgatorio, and Moxxie’s Paradiso.
I am also working on another rap album called Moxxiecontin which will feature
some already released singles like
Struggle on 98th and Demonic Ragz.
In addition to that I have a solo (and friends) metalcore project called
The Desecration of Pragmatism and still contribute to alt rock bands
Psychodelix and The E-Villes.
Anything else you'd like to add, friend?
STAY CLASSY HOMIES!!!
