It's a long read, big props to Grindhouse aka Gemini for pouring his heart into this. A little snippet for ya'll:
[ BayUndaground.com ] : Then you somehow went off the radar. You were supposedly working on a sophomore solo "Walking Tall". What happened?
[ Grindhouse ] : I recorded like four albums worth of material for the "Walking Tall" project. Album cover was done as well, but I honestly wasn't happy with the sound. Coming off the "Casualties Of Life" album it still had that underground / dark depressing feel to it. I was trying to shake that sound. My vision & plan for "Walking Tall" was an up-tempo cheerful / good feel sound & I wasn't getting it. It was to display my life had moved on from "Casualties...". I dumped everything & scratched that project.
I proceeded in doing lesser known features and other projects. Not so much in the light of the 831, but rather laying in the cut as they say in the business. Yet, my hand in certain projects. Have it be the photographer (Yun-Gun - "The Good Die Yung" / Yun-Gun & Fury - "Cali Crookz" / Fury - "Ferocious"... see credits for photographer on those albums), ghost writer or what not. I didn't so much fall off, but rather stepped aside & recollected my thoughts on the next move.
I was feeling like the 831 area was at a stance & not willing to make a change. I saw it as a dead end for the area & publicly stated we need to step it up out here. Some don't agree and there were fall outs, but this game is not for everybody. And I refuse to stand around & pretend it's all good when I feel otherwise. I don't believe in supporting any artist simply because he or she is from my area. I support talented artist & good music. By good music I mean it has to be something the majority feels, not just your homies on your block. I respect artists who are really doing it out there and staying humble about theirs. I don't like the superstar attitudes.
I come from a long journey of rap music. Any newcomer telling me he's about to blow or how hard he's doing it is wasting his time in my book. As a CEO, I look at it like this. If your really doing it so big, you don't need to go online & post it on MySpace or twitter. It should be clear to see by the shows you perform at, the crowds you rock and what's being said in the street, plain & simple. Your MySpace pictures don't say too much to me, nor your amount of friends. It's the comments from the regular people that really matter in my opinion.
[ BayUndaground.com ] : And now you re-emerged as Tha Grindhouse. What's the reason for the change?
[ Grindhouse ] : Exit Gemini, Enter Tha Grindhouse.
I'm not a believer in fighting over small things. Especially when I don't know that person on a personal level. When I took on the name "Gemini" it was simply going by my zodiac sign. Hence 2Face Entertainment & the label color, green. When I found out there were a few Geminis out there (regardless of how they spell it), it was like Damn! I'm going to have to change my name again. I ran into a few altercations due to mistaken identity. In one case, I had my son with me, so that was pretty much the stick that broke the camel's back. On the upscale, I tend to believe a name doesn't give any artist his / her talent. A name change was not going to stop me from moving forward in what I'm doing.
It allowed me to sling shot & reinvent myself into a whole new artist with a different sound. Stepping outside the shadow of Gemini as I was previously known. And bringing in a fresh new start.
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