Rising Music Trio, Band of the Hawk, Talks Influences, New Music, The Power of the Internet & More In New Interview

1. How long have you been doing what you’re doing and how did you get started in the first place?

“This is Noah Archangel, producer and leader of the, Band of the Hawk. I been flipping beats and tapes since like 99′.  First began to emcee at the warehouse parties after hours; then once I needed beats to rap on, started making beats on a playstation, then a sp-202, then a ASR to the  MPC.”

“Production wise, Rza influenced me the most with his dark unorthodox sound, but still raw Hip-Hop. Then Roni Size and Tricky in England, cuz they was doing Trip-Hop and drum and bass joints.  When it comes to rapping, my style is like Ghostface Killah and Busta Rhymes.”

“Wu-Tang Clan, because they just went on a 25 year anniversary World tour, and all the solo members are still active.  They showed everyone how to do the clothing game and check your paperwork with labels; and got a new recurring series on Hulu.  Many would argue Jay-Z, but even Jay bit off Wu when he did Rocawear.  Wu-Wear was the first clothing brand created and sold by the group it was inspired by. That’s POWER.”

“Speaking from a producer and rapper position, I pick both. The Beats are dope, no doubt, but the lyrics is like the icing to the cake B. However, if you take those raps and put em on another style, they’d be hard to matchup, because all are verses are recorded organically to the beat in the studio.”

“Right and Exact, all beats and raps are done by us. Look, ghostwriting has been apart of the game since 77, but check it out, you can’t be a GOAT with anyone’s pen attached to your name. FACTS.”

“Producer wise, RZA, Alchemist, Madlib, Just Blaze

Rappers: Jay Electronica, Roc Marciano, Griselda”

“Everything we release, videos, music, clothing, comic books, are all on our website, BANDOFTHEHAWK.COM.

All videos are also available on our Youtube channel, BandoftheHawkTV. Make sure to go subscribe and don’t miss out.”

“The hiss and dusty sound from MPC, ASR or SP1200. I gotta feel that straight from the cassette sound with it, like it was mixed for streets not the radio.”

“Passion, because this is a labor of love. Yea we make money, but we do this because we love the art and respect our peers. Making money is dope no question, but getting the nod or that thumbs up from a legend or fellow artist is the prize.”

“There is nothing like putting together a song. Creation is the closest thing one can do to feel like GOD. The only bad thing about the music is the industry.  Knowing that I have to deal with all these submissions and emails and asshole managers gets me every time.”

“Again, every single thing is done in the Hawk’s Nest in Houston,TX.  We make the beats, write the raps, record, mix, master, press the T-shirts, ship the merchandise.  The only thing we cannot do ourselves is press the vinyl records. We do our own CD’s, Cassettes and USB Drives though.”

“Boffum”. At the end of the day, without the internet most of our fans would have no clue. However any cat with a phone and a laptop can make music and put it out, so there is a lot of trash out there, choose wisely.”

“Everyone knows without a ton of dough, connections or negative content, getting that type of success is nearly impossible. I have no doubt in my mind, if we rapped about trash like these radio rappers, we would blow. Again, we do this for the love not the money, so your welcome.”

“Due to all this quarantine, we will have a project dropping every month till Fall.  Next up we got some more Beat Tapes, another compilation from myself, 2 more projects from Yeaux Majesty and then a full on Hawks record.  This new Band of the Hawk record will have the full lineup featured and some guests from NYC. Stay tuned and #BOHUP.