David
Banner tells Billboard he "s channelling his inner Chuck D for his next solo
album.
Between scoring the music in commercials for Gatorade and Mercedes Benz and
his critically acclaimed album with 9th Wonder last December Death of a Popstar,
David Banner has been busy. Now, in a recent interview with Billboard.com,
the Jackson, Mississippi emcee revealed that he is already begun working on
his next solo effort.
Taking a cue from his last solo album The Greatest Story Ever Told, Banner
states his next album, which he is projecting for 2012, will fuse of the sound
he crafted on hit singles like 2008 "s "Get Like Me" and the conscious
message of Death of a Popstar. He even described the album "s first single "Malcolm,"
which he said is inspired by Public Enemy. He also said that while music like
the kind he and 9th Wonder made for Popstar may not have massive radio appeal,
he feels Hip-Hop needs a greater balance between conscious fare and club-oriented
bangers.
He also said, "I always tell people, for me, where I "m from, Death of
a Popstar is not what my core audience wanted. I put my career up for what I
believe...In order to save that kind of [club-oriented] music [like "Get
Like Me"] and not burn it out, we can "t do that all the time. Stop chasing
the light. You are the light. If you stand still and shine bright enough, everything
will come to you."
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