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[ BayUndaground.com ] : Tell us where you are from and introduce yourself.
[ Soldier Hard ] : First off thanks for this interview! Well, I was born in Oakland, CA and raised in South Vallejo (Sheridan St.). Inspired to get in this rap game by the Bay legend Too Short. I used to rap his lyrics as if I was him until one day I decided to make my own. After that I fell in love with this game. At 19 I got my first taste of recording in an actual professional recording studio at Rated Z Records in Vallejo owned by Johnny Z, which everyone knows is a legend in the Bay Area music scene. After that it was hard to take me away from any kind of studio, I knew from then on that this is what I will be doing.
[ BayUndaground.com ] : As far as I know it all began in 2005 when you released "The Spirit Of Pain" cd - a first album from Soldier Hard. There was also an earlier project which you dropped under the name of AWOL Soldier. Tell us more about it. Is it still available?
[ Soldier Hard ] : Yes! It is actually still available on cdbaby.com. It was my very first single, the first stepping stone on the making of Soldier Hard, then I went under the name AWOL Soldier. At that time (2003) my goal was to release a single and just pass it out for free, just to give it away. The buzz and feedback wasn't what I expected and I almost gave up. But I was never the type to give up, so I stuck it out and released my debut album titled "The Spirit Of Pain" (2005) which featured Coolio Da' Unda' Dogg, Mugzi (Mugzilla), Playa Rae, Royalty, Poppi Cas and more. That album was totally opposite to the single. I made enough money to purchase my own studio and it was curtains after that. "The Introduction" was my 2nd full album I released.
[ BayUndaground.com ] : Why did you decide to change your rap name?
[ Soldier Hard ] : Oh, it wasn't until I got a little older and realized what I did to earn that name wasn't cool at all. I did what the military looks down upon. I actually went AWOL and left without permission and I was sentenced to 2 months in a military jail facility. I lost all the rank I had and money was taken away from me. [.....]
THE WHOLE INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE HERE
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OR PEEP INTERVIEWS SECTION AT BAYUNDAGROUND.COM
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[ BayUndaground.com ] : Tell us where you are from and introduce yourself.
[ Soldier Hard ] : First off thanks for this interview! Well, I was born in Oakland, CA and raised in South Vallejo (Sheridan St.). Inspired to get in this rap game by the Bay legend Too Short. I used to rap his lyrics as if I was him until one day I decided to make my own. After that I fell in love with this game. At 19 I got my first taste of recording in an actual professional recording studio at Rated Z Records in Vallejo owned by Johnny Z, which everyone knows is a legend in the Bay Area music scene. After that it was hard to take me away from any kind of studio, I knew from then on that this is what I will be doing.
[ BayUndaground.com ] : As far as I know it all began in 2005 when you released "The Spirit Of Pain" cd - a first album from Soldier Hard. There was also an earlier project which you dropped under the name of AWOL Soldier. Tell us more about it. Is it still available?
[ Soldier Hard ] : Yes! It is actually still available on cdbaby.com. It was my very first single, the first stepping stone on the making of Soldier Hard, then I went under the name AWOL Soldier. At that time (2003) my goal was to release a single and just pass it out for free, just to give it away. The buzz and feedback wasn't what I expected and I almost gave up. But I was never the type to give up, so I stuck it out and released my debut album titled "The Spirit Of Pain" (2005) which featured Coolio Da' Unda' Dogg, Mugzi (Mugzilla), Playa Rae, Royalty, Poppi Cas and more. That album was totally opposite to the single. I made enough money to purchase my own studio and it was curtains after that. "The Introduction" was my 2nd full album I released.
[ BayUndaground.com ] : Why did you decide to change your rap name?
[ Soldier Hard ] : Oh, it wasn't until I got a little older and realized what I did to earn that name wasn't cool at all. I did what the military looks down upon. I actually went AWOL and left without permission and I was sentenced to 2 months in a military jail facility. I lost all the rank I had and money was taken away from me. [.....]
THE WHOLE INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE HERE
OR PEEP INTERVIEWS SECTION AT BAYUNDAGROUND.COM
