What is Granite State bringing that the Hip Hop game needs right now?
Doug York: We’re bringing a balance to it. There is so much flaky music out there, and I think that we’re helping to bring that balance back. We’re helping to give kids and everyone else something to listen to. We don’t talk about the same thing everyone talks about. We don’t talk about guns, drugs, and hustling. Even though we’ve been in some situations that have been like that, we don’t feel the need to talk about it because there is so much else going on in the world. No disrespect to anyone doing that, but we don’t want to go there. Bugout: I think a lot of it is gimmicky-rap now. I think we have to get back to that true essence of what it is. Being from the Granite State, we’ve been in scenarios that everyone else has been in. The way we describe our world is no different from what you would hear back in the day. It’s reality rap. It’s something that everyone can relate to. Everyone has a one-night stand and problems with girls. Everyone has problems growing up. That was the tone
