Moddity: A questioner of all things with a unique approach to business, art and life.

Photo :  Moddity "Sunday School Douche Bag" Album Art.

Q&A:This is an interview between Me and Tumelo Mmusi known as Moddity, a Hip Hop Artist and Entrepreneur that questions all things with a unique approach to business, art and life! In this interview we explore the horizon and the surface in which this talented artist walks to find his place in this space we call music.

Q: Please take me through your creative process with every project that you?

A: My creative process is both organic and somewhat 'chaotic' I write constantly, I don't wait until the urge hits me and then finally succumb to it, whatever is on my mind at any given time is exactly what I need to say at that moment. I then raid my archives for the appropriate beat to compliment the flow and vice versa, usually I just freestyle every chorus as I'm recording.

Q: what are your full names?

A: Tumelo Herbert Thabang Mmusi.

Q: Can you please tell us more about your discography?

A : My first recording experience was all the way back in '09 a Mixtape I did with my then crew (Underground Hostage) which I don't even own now called 'Incognito'. My first official solo effort however was late 2015, a self-produced Mixtape titled 'TwentyFourthYear' the 'Eternal EP' in 2016 followed by the 'Sunday School Douche Bag' Mixtape later that same year. So far in 2017 I released an EP called 'Common sense monologue' which I plan to follow up with an instrumental tape literally in a few days from now before I officially drop my Mixtape which will be called 'A Daily Donut' I think that's the title I'm settling on.

Q: When did you first realize you can do rap?

A: A difficult one to answer, well I wrote my first script when I was 9, back then I didn't understand what the concept of what a 'rhyme' was, maybe that's why I overcompensate now and try to rhyme every word in a sentence ha-ha.

Q: Why did you choose hip hop music?

A: Hip hop is the one genre where you can express yourself without restraint, also it combined both my love for words and music so it was really a no brainier for me. It was bound to be one way or another.

Q: Place of birth

A: Born in Middleburg and then moved to Witbank when I was 2 years old.

Q: Do you have any current projects that you are working on?

A: I'm currently in the last phases of an experimental instrumental tape which I made as a side project while I wrap up the Mixtape 'A Daily Donut' which is due on the 28th of November, that being a month away from now.

Q: What kind of effect would you like your music to have on people?

A: My music is my personal story of 'ascension' but I deliberately try not to make it overly personal and prefer taking a more philosophical approach when I structure my 'stories' as I feel that makes it more relatable for someone who wouldn't necessarily have gone through the exact experiences as myself but the lessons learnt are universally relatable in each case. I can't dictate the precise effect my music should have but I always hope to challenge the thinking of the listener in every song while also making them laugh, the humor has just always been an inherent feature of my writing.

Q: What is most important to you, lyrics or beat?

A: Well; I'm both an emcee and a producer so for me it's always going to be both, whether they're equally important? That's difficult to say but both have to be just right before I could ever feel comfortable releasing it to the public.

Q: Why is your music important to you?

A: Music is the one thing I've always done even during the most obscure of times when I didn't feel there was any purpose for it. Whether you like it or not your music will always have a lasting legacy and so I always keep that in mind because when it's all said and done I'd like that to be a positive one.

Q: How does your music advance the culture of hip hop and what is your contribution in your own perspective?

A: I have an avid interest in philosophy and most recently in mysticism and such subjects and whether I do it consciously or not that always permeates in most of my work. I deliberately shy away from making songs of struggle or winy depressing records and have an unwavering bias toward self-determination and staying positive in general which I think a lot of so called 'conscious' rappers usually take for granted, but if I am going to influence somebody's mood or outlook I'd rather it be in an empowering and positive manner than the defeatist attitude that so many really good writers often adopt too readily.

Q: Where do you lay down your tracks? Are you indie or signed with a label?

A: I've recorded and mixed everything in my own studio since 2014. Up until now I've released all my music independently and most recently with Topical Island, the production company I recently started with two of my good friends and business partners and are currently working on a publishing and distribution model that will revolutionize the way musicians can distribute their music in the digital era among other things which I can't yet expand on, but all of my work as in my entire catalogue from 2015 will soon also be available on our online store in 2018.

Q: Where would you like your music to be listened to the most? Who do you target with every song that you make?

A: I'll be the first to confess that this is something I haven't really put a lot of thought in to, I find that the people that follow my music usually gravitate to it naturally without me having to impose my ideas on them or urge anybody for their attention I feel more comfortable with this approach but I believe that my work is easily accessible for anybody really as I speak on topics that don't only relate to my own life but are globally applicable.

Q: How to you decide on the features for your songs?

A: Everybody I ever work with I am a keen follow and fan of first and foremost and the kind of song that we ultimately make will always be based on a mutual interest and wherever I feel we find common ground as that is the best way I feel I can exploit their unique skills optimally.

Q: What is the name of the title song that best describe or portrays your work &why?

A: Another tough but for now I'd have to say it's between 'School of the Unclassy' and 'Eternal present' the former being a personal tale and somewhat a personal parody and the latter albeit gives way less person detail yet much greater depth into my personal struggles and triumph's in my endless quest for self-realization.

Q: what inspires your music?

A: I think I've already kind of alluded to this earlier, but what inspires me most in general is the constant impulse that I believe all people have at some degree to rise above their own personal potential, I love sports a lot and usually gravitate towards sports movies for that same reason as I draw a lot of metaphors for life from it and I am personally inspired by the story of the underdog who eventually beats the odds and the expectations of spectators and competitors alike and sometimes even their own doubts to eventually become champion of their own fate.

Q: Links, physical address, contact details and artworks for discography?

A: Link: https://www.audiomack.com/song/moddity-1/eternal-present-birth-of-god

Email: ModdityOff@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MythOdd

Q: What can you say about yourself?

A: A questioner of all things with a unique approach to business, art and life!