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		<title>Cooley Makes His Debut With &#8216;Ganja Sunsets&#8217;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Virginia native, Cooley is making serious waves on his debut effort, “Ganja Sunsets.” Connecting with his in-house producer D.Scott (of HyFin), the former Old Dominion University student takes us to the islands with this appropriately reggae infused track. Reminiscent of early Shwayze and Wiz Khalifa, the [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="126862" data-permalink="https://respect-mag.com/2016/04/cooley-makes-his-debut-with-ganja-sunsets/unnamed-393/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/unnamed-5.jpg?fit=944%2C944&amp;ssl=1" data-orig-size="944,944" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="Cooley Makes His Debut With &amp;#8220;Ganja Sunsets&amp;#8221;" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Cooley Makes His Debut With &amp;#8220;Ganja Sunsets&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/unnamed-5.jpg?fit=944%2C944&amp;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/unnamed-5.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-126862" src="https://i0.wp.com/respect-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/unnamed-5.jpg?resize=944%2C944" alt="Cooley Makes His Debut With &quot;Ganja Sunsets&quot;" width="944" height="944" data-recalc-dims="1" />Virginia native, <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/2000Cooleyva" target="_blank">Cooley</a></strong> is making serious waves on his debut effort, “<strong>Ganja Sunsets.</strong>” Connecting with his in-house producer <strong>D.Scott</strong> (of <strong>HyFin</strong>), the former Old Dominion University student takes us to the islands with this appropriately reggae infused track. Reminiscent of early <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/shwayze" target="_blank">Shwayze</a></strong> and <strong><a href="http://bluntiq.com/2016/03/29/wiz-khalifa-zoney-music-video/" target="_blank">Wiz Khalifa</a></strong>, the carefree loosie is the first of many releases set to come from the Richmond resident this year.</p>
<p>The budding artist recently sat down with <strong>BLUNTIQ </strong>for an intimate conversation in which detailed his thought process while creating &#8220;Ganja Sunsets,&#8221; plans for future releases and more. Check out an excerpt from the interview below.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>What made you decide to pursue a career in rap seriously?</strong></p>
<p>I wanted to pursue rap seriously once I realized the different reactions I would get when people heard my songs. I would get authentic love and praise, instead of  the genetic “yea, your stuff is dope” answer most rappers do.</p>
<p><strong>Artistically, what are your strengths and weakness?</strong></p>
<p>As far as weaknesses, I’m afraid to completely step out of my comfort zone. I often feel I need to take more chances with my art. My strengths come in the forms of song writing, specially in the area of creating hooks.</p>
<p><strong>What inspired you to make the song?</strong></p>
<p>I was inspired to make the song after I heard the beat. The song was produced by my man D.Scott and  it instantly put me in a joyous mood. I felt like I was on a natural high. So I started writing to it on the spot.</p></blockquote>
<p>Check out Cooley&#8217;s first track here and be on the look out for more soon!<br />
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