![]() ![]() When I say I have a great respect, just touching on your culture a little bit, my dad used to be a folk singer. What else is there at the end of the day? We share some food, we share some historical event, and we share some music. They can still have a conversation with you about some culture. Even the worst vato, cholo or whatever, he still has some kind of cultural pride or some kind of cultural depth. Y’all some solid, proud people man-for real. ![]() You know the gringos might go for the Ayahuasca and all that but we know it’s beyond that. MACH-HOMMY: That’s what I know about y’all and that’s what’s beautiful. You were talking about the effects and benefits of uninterrupted culture. That reminds me a bit of the podcast interview you did with Tea & Converse. Mexico’s a little complicated-we got our colonial history, so there’s good and bad. MACH-HOMMY: Mexico, word-I got mad respect for the culture. I’m out here in L.A., I’m Mexican … well, I was born in Mexico … I wanted to tell you a bit about myself since we haven’t met before this conversation. The thing is that the people that curate the culture for others, the dudes with all the keys on the ring, they listen to Mach-Hommy. You know how long people been hitting me up, bro? It was annoying at first: ‘How you even know what I’m doing?’ I’m not even putting out music like that. I shoot all these people down because they don’t come correct. Some people think they can wave the flag of whatever two-bit rag that they write for and that shit means something to me. MACH-HOMMY: You gotta come with respect, whether it’s out here in these streets, in these board rooms, or wherever it is. You were telling me how you don’t do too many interviews. His The Spook EP (with KNXWLEDGE) is available now. RECORD spoke with Mach-Hommy by phone to get a glimpse into the thought process behind his craft, his view on cultural appropriation in hip-hop and how he managed to sell 187 CDs for $300 apiece exclusively through Instagram. He follows his own strategy and trusts his instinct, choosing to market and distribute his music in specific and intentional ways. ![]() He’s gathered his own tribe with the likes of MC Tha God Fahim and producer August Fanon, amongst others. In an era where who you’re standing next to is more important than what you create, Mach-Hommy is a renegade creating according to his own code. But dig a bit deeper and you’ll find plenty of ore-like bespoke rhyme schemes that shrink and stretch, always coming back full circle, specific and intentional deliveries that give each track an individual hue, and a deep command of the English language that naturally produces a dense and engaging lexicon. The beats he selects often do not acquiesce to the tempo and flavor of the day, and the sounds are mixed more for feeling than coldly objective sonic correctness. To the uninitiated, grasping the sound of Mach-Hommy may require effort-the Haitian MC’s bars can be glyph-like, dense and packed with meaning and subtext. THE SPOOK… (Mach-Hommy x KNXWLEDGE) by Mach-Hommy ![]()
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