New Release: Sinsere Amir "Are You Influenced?"

On March 10, 2015 I had a short chat with Memphis rapper Sinsere Amir about his upcoming release. 

Memphis Famous: "How are you doing?"

Sincere Amir on February 12, 2015 in the recording 

booth at Studio 224 Memphis Recording Studio 

& Printing Co. while  recording "Are You Influenced?"

Sinsere Amir: "I'm awesome I just quit my job today and it's all up hill from here."

MF: Damn!! Quit your job and uphill, can I quote you on that? Are you going full-time in the music industry?

Sinsere Amir: "Yes, If you wanna be a boss, you have to be a boss,"

MF: When I came up to 224 Studio on February 12 to see you record, you were on top of it - in and out of the booth with a great determination. Within ten minutes you had recorded an entire track. What is your writing process?

Sinsere Amir: My recording process is simple. I just like to go in and smoke a lot of pot and drop dope music. It is real simple. Hahaha.

MF: How do you prepare to go into the studio? 

Sinsere Amir: I write all my material before I go into the studio. But the way I record and finish, it depends if the chemistry between me and the engineer is good.

Sinsere Amir live in the booth as all-around hustler and engineer 
Sky Beats sits and the controls and INFAMOUS45 chills out. 

MF: You have an impressive way of communication with your recording engineer, Sky Beats. You two shared very few words and immediately you two would understand each other. That type of team work is usually seen in people that often work together, have you recorded with Sky Beats before?

Sinsere Amir: I never worked with Sky before. That day was the very first time we met. And what can I say? We hit it off great. She's great to work with!

MF: What is the title of this new album you recorded?

Sinsere Amir: The album is called "Are You Influenced?"

MF: Is this album going to be an LP OR EP?

Sinsere Amir in the recording booth at Studio 224 with Sky Beats.

Sinsere Amir: It is an EP.

MF: When do you expect to release this EP?

Sinsere Amir: The release will be in August.

MF: What are your goals for this album?

Sinsere Amir: I want to influence people to truly be themselves, and nobody else. Like, my artist mind state when I write records is cinematic to me, it's like seeing sounds. Ya feel me?

MF: Yes, absolutely. Those are lofty aspirations, to see sounds. How exactly do you get a listener to see sounds?

Sinsere Amir: Getting people to see sounds is just another way of being creative without pictures. It's like reading a booking with pictures, but you can imagine what's going in the story I'm telling

MF: How did you react when you found out you are listed twice as "#Coast2Coast's hottest artist in the state" during the month of February?

Sinsere Amir: Being on the hottest in the state mix-tape was awesome! I'm very excited about it. Now we're going to keep moving forward. It will help with my single I'm releasing next month and my tour "Members Only Tour" starts March 8th.

Sky Beats, INFAMOUS45, and Sinsere Amir all listening to the newly recorded track
for "Are You Influenced?"

 MF: Do you submit your work to Coast 2 Coast as an indie artist? How does this work?

Sinsere Amir: With Coast 2 Coast I pay a fee monthly and I get shows in whatever city I want & it comes with other things like promotion & radio spins on the radio station.

MF: What does this EP say about who you are as an artist?

Sinsere Amir: I'm a really big Jimi Hendrix fan and the title came from that. I'm an artist so I'm Influenced and sensitive to everything around me, So, the things that influence me are like different styles of music, weed, gin, friends, family, life, being a father, and I lost my mother 3 months ago. Everything!

MF: What do you want your fans to get from listening to "The Green Light District"?

Sinsere Amir in the recording booth.

Sinsere Amir: To smoke as much weed as possible. LOL. I just want them to have a good time and have fun and party with good music with great substance & don't be afraid to have a good time, being you at all times and being comfortable around other individuals like you too that want and do he same.

MF: Where will you be touring to promote this EP?

Sinsere Amir: I will be touring in New Orleans, Nashville, Atlanta, L.A , DMV, & LITTLE ROCK AR & DON'T FORGET AROUND THE CITY OF MEMPHIS

MF: After the release of "Are You Influenced?" what is your next project?

INFAMOUS45 watching Sinsere Amir
record.

Sinsere Amir: After the tours and album release me & my homie, INFAMOUS45, will be doing an EP together called "Hustlemania15" for a fall release.

Thank you for chatting with me. 
You can catch Sinsere Amir currently on his Green Light District Tour, or you can find him on Facebook, Instagram, and Soundcloud. 

Sinsere Amir laughing while recording "Are You Influenced?"