Sylle Struck Interview in Bop Gunn

 

Sylle Struck recently spoke to Bop Gunn on his upbringing in the thriving Odense hip hop scene, his recent work in Boston making Boston Diaries for Digital Monk Soundsystem, and linking up with the Greased Up Records crew, among other things. He also leaked a track, the second preview from his upcoming DMSS release we’ve heard so far – a work in progress of his track “All Day” with Boston emcee Backdraft.

Check out the whole interview here. Or, for the lazy kids, skip to the part about Boston Diaries below:

We’ve been blessed having a bunch of those cats visit us in cold Denmark. Your style of beats (or some of the styles you fuck with) is screaming for emcees to jump on. How come you aren’t fucking around with some rap shit yet?

Actually I did. In October 2012 I was touring with Danish home girl MØ in New York at the CMJ festival, which gave me a chance to hook up with my boy Gasoline Monk in Boston. I was supposed to spend 5 days with him, but it ended up being 12 because of the storm that fucked up New York. Anyway, he knew I was going, so he had set up a meeting with one of the local rappers that he’s been working with. A few days went on, we chilled and had a good time, and while this was happening the talk of the town is that “this white kid from Denmark is at Brandon’s crib with some 40 dope beats and a setup to record…”
Boom! 7 rappers through the week. I recorded 10-12 tracks for my new EP, album, compilation, mixtape or whatever it’s going to be. That was dope as fuck. I had some crazy moments and a documentary about it all will come within the next few months… These dudes have been through some shit and it really makes you appreciate what you got. This safe little country can seem kind of bland when you meet some of these guys out here who’ve been living on the streets, hooked on crack for 20 years. That’s deep.

DMSS #17 Presented By Two Beers

Two Beers, a filmmaker from Boston and walking-breathing encyclopedia of hip hop, collabs with his (actual) brother Gasoline Monk on this mixtape of hip hop classics. These tracks from the golden era of emceeing remind us how far a lot of rappers today have strayed from the soul of the music. From ODB to Slick Rick to Masta Ace to Nas, there’s only one rule to this mix – bring the dope rhymes!

TRACK LIST

Masta Ace – “Slaughtahouse (Death Mix)”
Channel Live – “Down Goes The Devil”
Lost Boyz – “Keep It Real”
House Of Pain – “Back From The Dead”
K.M.D. – “Cont_CT Blitt…”
The Beatnuts – “Dawn Of The Dead”
Beastie Boys – “Unite”
Crooklyn Dodgers – “Crooklyn”
Gravediggaz – “Defective Trip (Trippin)”
Brand Nubian – “Slow Down”
Ugly Ducklings – “Einstein’s Takin Off”
Craig Mack – “Get Down”
Ol Dirty Bastard – “Brooklyn Zoo”
Real Live – “The Gimmicks”
Nas – “Halftime”
Slick Rick – “Sittin In My Car”