The First 5 with Hollywood Floss

Published by Justin Elgie on February 14, 2010 at 3:06 am

This week’s First 5 will provide some insight into the life of Hollywood Floss, an up-and-coming lyricist/beatsmith based out of Texas in the Space City of Houston. About two months ago he was involved in a unique project in collaboration with two blogs, HailMegatron and TheHipHopEffect. The premise? Each blog selects a number of tracks that stand out from an amount provided by Hollywood Floss. Each track gets re-named by the blogs according to the vibe they get while listening. The album cover gets split in half and voila, you have an original piece of work. There are two editions available coinciding with each blog’s selections that you can check out below. The undertaking was titled The Xperiment Vol.1 and that’s exactly what this effort was, an experiment. Take a look at his answers to our First 5 and download his free releases through the links provided!

Download: Art-or-Fi$cal Intelligence

Download: The Xperiment Vol.1 (HailMegatron’s View)

Download: The Xperiment Vol.1 (TheHipHopEffect’s View)

1. Tell us something no one knows about you.

Haha really?! Alright, I once pretended to like the Spice Girls to try to get a girl in my drama class. It was 8^th grade and I guess hormones will do that to you. She was always singing they hit “Wannabe” and had the stickers on her binder, etc. So I took it among myself to act like I knew all about them and I messed up on their names and she was turned off by it. She knew I was faking then, but I did like their song “2 Become 1”, that was dope haha.

2. What do you want people to take away from your music?

Hopefully they get to understand me through my music. Listen to a song, upbeat or emotional, and try to understand what I was going through and relate. Honestly, I only make music for myself and if you like it, that’s a bonus. So when you do listen, you should take away an understanding of me at that time.

3. What is one of your biggest regrets?

Man! I regret not staying in piano class when I was a kid. I produce every now and again with samples mostly, but I want to get my original composition game up. I might start an original piece and then 15 minutes in, I’m like this is wack and then I’m off trying to find a nice sample to chop haha! So props to those original composers out there.

4. What’s one of your greatest hip-hop memories?

First time seeing the “Nuthin’ But A G Thang” video on MTV! I was familiar with hip-hop, etc; but it was always an underground movement or only liked by one crowd. But when that video and song came out, that was the first time I remember everyone talking about the video at school agreeing it was gangsta.

5. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

I see myself touring the UK and various festivals around the world. I’m a big fan of touring and seeing the world, so I want to see that come to fruition. Being a full-time artist is where I want to be!

8 Responses

thehiphopeffect Says:
February 14th, 2010 at 7:24 pm

Tour the uk Floss! you got fans over here too! haha
dope interview too
hasHBrown Says:
February 15th, 2010 at 8:20 pm

don’t forget us little people when you blow sir. (pause) haha jk. ITS THEM ALL DAY.
Black Rose Says:
February 15th, 2010 at 8:35 pm

Floss is one of my inspirations from Houston. I think he, along with the rest of T.H.E.M. are amazing. I keep my ears on and eyes on him. He’s always coming with something I like. Kudos!
Roryb Says:
February 15th, 2010 at 11:27 pm

Good stuff homie
drew Says:
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm

I see Floss everywhere!!!
TIME Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 7:34 pm

My dude Floss be poppin up all over the internet… stay grinding homie…
Ben Says:
May 11th, 2010 at 12:22 am

Hollywood Floss is dope, real sick track. Da What will be posting an interview with HF because he is #8 on our Top 10 to Watch For 2010 series. FOr more info, check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf62B7zxMuc

and stay tuned at da-what.com for hip hop news, downloads, album reviews, interviews and more!
movie trailer download Says:
December 19th, 2010 at 5:41 am

Because I’m Asian, I choose Korean movies to hollywood ones.