The strength of the person who has been continuing with the two-sword style of the hip-hop that AK-69 speaks

AK-69 released the latest album "The Race" on June 9, 2021.This is an album on the theme of AK-69, a car running in a race of life.DJ RYOW remakes the "THEY WANT T-X-NITRO-" recorded by the ally TOKONA-X "Toukai X Teio", and there is a pre-track "IM the Shit" featuring Young Toka Teio, which features Young Tokai Teio.At first, it is a fulfilling work with Anarchy, Chanmina, Riehata,Bleecker Chrome, and Salu.He is approaching the current AK-69, an anniversary year, who has begun to grasp the microphone for 25 years.

-Last year, I released an album ("LIVE: LIVE") that was also a live performance, but last year it became a society where the live itself could not be performed.

That's right.I made an album called "LIVE: Live", but I couldn't do a tour (laughs).But I realize that the only Nagoya Castle live that I did last year is still alive.

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-Did you have that much response and response?

I feel that DVDs have arrived to those who could not watch it in real time, and it was a great food for everyone to live.It is transmitted by the real voice of the fan and the feeling of air, and as a result, it also appears in the number of sales.Even if you ignore profitability, I was able to reconfirm that the form of entertainment is the essence of entertainment.I think it was "LIVE: LIVE".

-The new "THE RACE" was released in a span of 10 months from the previous work "LIVE: LIVE".Where did the production start from?

While the live is flying, I think that it will be an album if everyone is waiting, and if I get out, I want to make it in time on June 9th.So I challenged on a forced breakthrough schedule.This album is a corona, so there is no feeling of making a sound source, and as a major premise, it is an album that I just wanted to make.It is unusual to get out of the previous work in a career of 25 years, and it is the first time that it was made in a two -month production period, and it is a work that was just impulse.

-Why do you think that energy has springed?

There are many people who are pessimistic due to corona evil, and on the 47 prefectural tours we planned, there should have been about 50 million sales even if we estimate, so it is pessimistic if you think alone.It's a situation where it doesn't matter.After all, I think it is very important what I did during this period.

-That's a distribution live that performed a solo performance at Nagoya Castle last year.

With all the live house tours flying, doing a live show with that kind of profitable degree of profit is probably not possible for most people to decide.But we felt the mission as an entertainer.I'm not an idol, I'm not pursuing the music I receive for the square, but the soul message is coming in the essence.At this time, I thought it was important to throw it to everyone, and the trust from the fans gained there is something that will not come out immediately, but after all it is the most important thing.I think.

-I'm as an artist, as an irreplaceable thing.

That's the case with making an album at a rapid pace, and even if there is a risk of being criticized, I will do a guerrilla live.We seriously talk about the fun of hip -hop and how to get everyone exciting, and even while the big artists stopped doing anything, we hit a detailed jab.You continued.In an era where only the essentials remain, it was very big that we were confident that we were doing this even as fake or commercial things collapsed as much as possible.It's been about 15 years since I stood at the forefront in the hip -hop game, but because of the corona evil, I felt the difference in the engine I was loading.So I was very bullish, or I didn't fall down in the corona and did not break my offense posture, so I felt like I was going to show a difference again.

-I think that the previous work was a very variety of songs, such as the song that sang moist, and a song with a large scale that could be heard at the stadium.On the other hand, the recording time was short, and I felt a nuance that penetrated with a thrilling wrap.Have you ever been conscious of the style?

I've been playing rap and songs in two swords since I held the microphone, so it's my strength to sing songs with various topics.I feel that the listener of Japanese hip -hop has changed as a skin, or even songs with high hip -hop purity can be understood.Overseas, while hip -hop has become the number one pop, I think that it is becoming more late in Japan.

-The real feeling has influenced the work a lot.

And the previous work "Bussin feat.When I released "\ Elow Bucks", I felt that if there was a context even in the street sites, I felt that it was a feeling that it was reacting to my rap.That's why I want to rap in this work!There was a great impulse, and if I went with a wrap anyway, I wanted to go with a gorgeous hip -hop.

-Do you have anything you imagined in the sound?

Even if you look at the world scene, there is a flow that is updated around the cool sound.Now, 50 cents and the feeling of New York at that time are accepted as a new one.

-Was it affected by such a flow?

If hip -hop gives the atmosphere of 4 or 5 years ago, it feels like it's falling, but if you do something about 10 years ago, it feels fresh.A young rapper called Brooklyn's pop smoke worships 50 cents.He did hip -hop at that time, hitting the United States after his death, and he used a drill in the flow of pop smokes."I can't do this because it's AK," I abandoned all of these strange commitments, and I took care of what I made and exciting.It's boring to make a song that looks like a conventional thing so far, so I abandoned what I felt harmony, or who I heard?I enjoyed the feeling.

-There is a place where you always incorporated and updated things.

I like new things because of rappers.When I get old, it tends to feel like "the feeling of the 90's is cool" or "What about the current hip -hop?"It's a type that I think, so I just projected that feeling with a raw.Actually, when I do it at the guest performances, I do all -you -can -like, so I talked to the producer that it would be interesting if I could make an album in a good way in a good way.

-I see.

So, this time, the theme of "racing" is floating, and even considering the team of Flying B running together in the corona, I thought it would be perfect for the race, and I put that mood on the avant -garde hip -hop.It was the best motivation to express.

-What kind of image did AK have in the race, and why did that theme right now?

For example, in F1, there is a star racer like Hamilton, and everyone is watching Hamilton running in a Mercedes car.

-Yes.

But when I actually showed F1, there was Mercedes technology and the enthusiasm of the team behind it, and Hamilton was running on behalf of it.The feeling of F1 is similar to the entertainment we are doing.The signboard is AK-69, but behind it has an effort that the family is flouring, and the sponsor's thoughts that agree with my messages and help me with reckless challenges.There is all of these things and AK-69 is made.With that, I was running now, so I thought the word "race" would be perfect for our work.

-The name of Luis Hamilton appears on the Opening number, and you can feel something like the winner mentality from the album.

If you make it with a really bullish feeling, this is what happened.

-However, in the middle, there are songs that sing frustration with a moist sound like "ITS NOT A Game".

"ITS Not A Game" is a circuit that no one is, and it is a song with the theme of the scene that is indulgent in the thoughts.After all, there is a losing because it is a race, and I have forgotten many people who have been scattered after the spot.I wanted to express not only such beautiful things, but also different worlds from the glittering world.

-That's a song that makes you feel sorrowful.

It's a very real song, and I think the momentum of other songs is increasing again with this song.I sometimes lose, but every time "..."I have a lot of laps and now." ITS NOT A Game "is one of my favorite songs, and I think this song was a very important point.

-NEXT TO YOU FEAT of the 9th song.Bleecker Chrome "and the 10th song"Victory Lap feat.I felt a feeling of openness that the scenery was opened inSalu.

"Next to you feat."Bleecker Chrome" is the only song that shows a private feeling, or a song like a driving tune at the sunset.It's not a racer holiday, but I wrote what I feel when I'm with my favorite child after finishing the race, but I feel that my most important place is not fulfilling.I don't think it's something.I'm confident in my fighting myself, and I have a private life for the first time.I always wanted to express that part.

-"Victory Lap feat.SALU is a symbolic line of "the only line that goes over" and the lyrics of "knowing the meaning of the gender strength of the wound".

I'm singing on this album, "I'm at the forefront of this game," and "because the engine is different."I've been fighting myself all the time.As a result of always winning herself, the enemy is always "Victory Lap feat.I'm singing what I wrote in "SALU".

-I see.

This is the mind that I've been saying consistently, and share the joy gained by overcoming myself with the team and family.Because it was at the root of me, I wanted to make it go in "THE RACE".

-The truck that makes you feel gentle is also good.

This song was carefully examined with DJ RYOW, a producer and my buddy.Then, after telling the theme you want to sing, I tried to throw some candidates toSalu and chose his opinion.

-Because there is a story that I talked about in the work, I feel impressive in the phrase

I always feel the gratitude of the music, and the awareness of how much I am doing a sublime work is very riding on the one -phrase I have just said.Even insects also ring wings and lure the scalpel, and music is really like the root of animals.I think it's a tremendous thing to play a sound to be the courage and the power of someone.I am very proud of doing such a job, and I feel responsible and mission.So even if you celebrate the 25th anniversary, you can fight with such fresh feelings, and I think I'll continue to run.

-In this time, I felt like "The Race" was an album made assuming live.Finally, can you tell us about the future live?

There are many songs that are wrapped with a lower key than usual, so I really feel what to do live (laughs).I made a live performance with a great production at a big venue, so I'm glad to feel that way.Regarding the live, I wanted to do it with a set that was completed only in the world of "The Race" alone.

-Why?

I think this song does not have to be seen as a past song.If you think about the song that can be crossed properly with the past songs, you have to put in the usual AK -like feeling.However, as I said earlier, this time I did not need a planned harmony, so I decided to make an album that would end in a total of about 32 minutes.If you are not good, you can do it with the time of the festival, but now I rarely sing the third berth.There was such a cleanliness that hip -hop was cut off right away, and if I could say what I wanted to say, I could do it in one base.

-I see.

I'm already thinking of a live that seems to be crazy, and I want you to look forward to the surprising set under the water.

-You are planning something terrible again.

Shouldn't we take that much effort now?It's reasonable to think, but that's not the case.I also made a claim in our congregation, but after all, we will make the vision that we are excited about, and if we do this, we will make the vision that will be terrible.Entertainment is the only thing that spares about that effort.I think that those who have the power to change the game will be buried unless they make things that everyone gets excited.This time, there was a concept called "race" that was perfect for expressing it, so it became a rewarding live, and I am excited from now on.

AK-69

The latest album "THE RACE"

Release date: Wednesday, June 9, 2021

[Normal edition (CD only)] Price: 2970 yen (tax included)

First edition (CD+DVD): Price: 4070 yen (tax included)

= CD recording content =

1.CHECKERED FLAG

2.Pit Road feat.Anarchy

3.You Cant Tell me Nothing

4.Racin feat.Caple

5.ITS NOT A Game

6.THIRSTY feat.Rie flag

7.PPAP

8.IM the Shit feat.Elow Bucks

9.Next to you feat.Bleecker Chrome

10.Victory Lap feat.Salu

= First edition DVD recording content =

IM the Shit feat.Elow Bucks (MV)

Live: Live (MV)

B-Boy Stance feat.IO (MV)

If you like (MV)

Ha? (MV)

Making Movie ”「IM the Shit feat.Elow Bucks」MV”

MAKING MOVIE "Visual Shooting"