12/05/12

Interview with artist / song writer Trey Billie and Yung Huss.  Not to drop names but you may have already heard of some of their shit on the radip….You gotta read it to find out.

By: CAliLoVe<3

ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING TWO VERY TALENTED INDIVIDUALS. ONE BY THE NAME OF YUNG HUSS, A MUSIC PRODUCER  AND THE OTHER BY THE NAME OF TREY BILLIE, AN ARTIST/SONGWRITER. SINCE YUNG HUSS AND I WERE NEIGHBORS AT THE TIME, I WOULD OCCASIONALLY HANG OUT WITH THEM IN WHAT THEY CALL "THE LAB" AND WATCH THEM WORK FOR HOURS. AS YUNG HUSS CREATED THE SOUNDS, TREY BILLIE WOULD BRING OUT HIS NOTEPAD AND FREESTYLE TO THE BEAT, LEAVING ME TO WITNESS GREATNESS AT ITS FINEST. ONE OF THEIR MOST RECENT COLLABORATIONS TOGETHER, IS ON THIS TRACK "YOU KNOW HOW I DO".

ASIDE FROM MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER, YUNG HUSS AND TREY BILLIE HAVE ALSO HIT THE BIG SCREEN APPEARING IN MUSIC VIDEOS WITH WEST COAST RAPPERS SNOOP DOGG AND JAY ROCK.

I RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH TREY BILLIE ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC, ONE OF HIS MOST FAVORITE SUCCESS STORIES, HIS UPCOMING PROJECTS AND MORE. HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY...

CALILOVE:

“WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO START WRITING MUSIC AND HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS GAME?”

TREY BILLIE:

“BASICALLY BEING AROUND OTHER ARTIST AND DOPE MUSIC PRODUCERS MADE ME WANT TO START WRITING. ALSO COLLABORATING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE. EVERYTHING I'VE DONE IN THIS GAME HAS BEEN THROUGH A REFERRAL OR TESTIMONIAL FROM SOMEONE WHO'S SEEN ME RAPPING OR DROPPING TRACKS IN ONE TAKE, AND THEN TOLD SOMEBODY ABOUT ME.”

CALILOVE:

“YOU'VE BEEN IN THE GAME FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR FAVORITE SUCCESS STORY TO DATE THAT YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF?”

TREY BILLIE:

“THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF...OH SH*T, WOW...OK, UUM...I WOULD SAY WHEN SNOOP RAPPED ON ONE OF MY FIRST SONG WRITING PROJECTS THAT I DID. I WROTE THE FIRST HALF OF THE SONG, AND SNOOP WROTE THE SECOND VERSE. WHEN HE RAPPED ON IT, I WAS LIKE OK...THE SONG IS TIGHT (T.B. STARTS TO LAUGH). I GOT TO MEET HIM AND WAS IN THE VIDEO, SO THAT WAS DOPE. BASICALLY AFTER THAT, I NEVER QUESTIONED MYSELF AS FAR AS BEING GOOD ENOUGH.”

CALILOVE:

“THAT'S WHAT'S UP! I CAN DEFINITELY SEE HOW THAT WAS A DOPE MOMENT FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE FROM CALI. SHOUT TO SNOOP FOR GIVING YOU THAT CONFIDENCE TO KEEP WRITING. BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE BEAT TO A SONG, I'M ALSO INTO THE LYRICS AND THE STORY BEHIND THE MUSIC. AND BILLIE YOU GOT THAT!”

TREY BILLIE:

“FASHO, GOOD LOOK'N.”

CALILOVE:

“WHAT PROJECTS ARE YOU CURRENTLY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW?”

TREY BILLIE:

“I HAVE A VIDEO COMING OUT ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7TH FROM MY UP AND COMING MIXTAPE "BILLIE THE KIDD"(SOON TO BE RELEASED IN THE U.S. AND JAPAN.) THE SONG IS CALLED "SHE LOVES ME NOT" FEATURING WAJU (ANOTHER TALENTED UP AND COMING WEST COAST ARTIST). MAKE SURE YOU LOOK OUT FOR THAT. I'M ALSO WORKING WITH THREE PRODUCTION COMPANIES, SO I STAY BUSY. I DON'T BELIEVE IN NOT WORKING, JUST BECAUSE I RAP DOESN'T MEAN ITS NOT A JOB. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER JOB YOU GOTTA CLOCK IN, EVEN IF IT MEANS WORKING FIVE, SIX, SOMETIMES MAYBE EVEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.”

CALILOVE:

“TREY BILLIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR NEW VIDEO "SHE LOVES ME NOT" COMING OUT THIS FRIDAY, DEC 7TH. AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR THE RELEASE DATE OF YOUR UP AND COMING MIXTAPE "BILLIE THE KIDD" DROPPING IN THE U.S. AND JAPAN VERY SOON.”

TREY BILLIE:

“NO PROB, THANK YOU!”

WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMAN THERE YOU HAVE IT, CALILOVE'S INDI ARTIST OF THE WEEK. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW BY BOY ON TWITTER @TREYBILLIE OR HIT HIM UP ON FACEBOOK/TREY BILLIE.

ALSO, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE SONG "YOU KNOW HOW I DO" AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK BY COMMENTING ON THIS ARTICLE. YOUR VOICE MATTERS, THANKS FOR READING =)

-CAliLoVe<3

Yung Huss and Trey Billie

Trey Billie