BK Brasco is sick of New York City rappers latching on to what’s “hot.” The Brooklyn-born MC is very clear on that point. “Out of the new guys, I feel like they’re so trapped in trying to bring something back,” he tells The Boombox. “No, let’s just take it forward and make the new sound. Let’s just make it feel good again. Let’s dance again. Let’s have fun.” With his forthcoming EP, ‘18th Floor: Thompson Hotel Edition,’ slated for release this year, Timbaland’s protege believes he may have the solution to New York’s perceived originality issues. “There are some mediocre people that get on some general trap beats and just rap,” he says, frustrated. “That’s not moving forward because at one point, it was Jay Z, DMX, Mase, OutKast, Busta Rhymes, and they all had different sounds. So how can everybody [now] sound the same? It’s like a domino effect. We all gonna fall on each other.”
The rapper is no newbie to the music industry. He was a member of Brooklyn, a rap group signed to Arista, and a solo artist on Interscope Records in 2006. It’s safe to say that Brasco has made his rounds within the right circles. At the close of 2013, he held a listening session for the ‘18th Floor’ project. According to reports, the event was packed to capacity. “I knew a lot of people would come,” Brasco admits. “But I didn’t think it would be so many where we would have to turn people away.” “People know what kind of music I make,” he adds. “We make really good music but we just have to wait our time. But I feel like now is the time that the world needs and wants to hear it.”
Since signing with Timbaland in 2010, as a part of his production team, BK Brasco, who reps Brownsville, Brooklyn, has penned quite a few tracks that have been uber-successful across the globe — Ian Carey & Rosette’s pop smash ‘Amnesia’ went platinum in 23 countries. Three years ago, he was introduced to a whole other side of life. Not only are Timbo and Brasco compatible musically, but one gets the impression that the two really are good friends. In fact, when asked about the standout moments he had within the past year, Brasco notes recording sessions with the producer in Australia and sitdowns with Missy Elliott, Magoo and Timbaland, in which they penned songs in 10 minutes or less.
*theboombox.com
