3/19/2023 0 Comments Oncue no wayOnCue: Probably the second verse of “No Way”. Jones: To keep up with that same theme, what was your favorite verse? We knew what we were trying to accomplish with the record and we knew what to add to the album. I love that and “No Way” the process of making that song-it was the last song on the album and it was just smooth. I always joke that I’ll make an R&B album one day and just say “fuck it”. OnCue: I love “Role Play” because I love making those types of records. OnCue: My favorite record tends to switch. Jones: What was your favorite song during the production of AYM? My influences were just a wide culmination of shit. I was into earlier Joe Budden, just the honesty and the personal shit he was talking about. Being in the Northeast as a kid, was born in ’89 and grew up throughout the ‘90’s, I was into Hov, Ye, and Joe Budden. OnCue: I religiously grew up listening to Hov. Jones: Who were your earliest influences? I know I needed a foot in and I’ve actually made a lot of great relationships through my designing past. So it’s always come hand-and-hand, and I’m a firm believer in the saying: “If you can’t be used, you’re useless”. So if you go to the blog “Nah Right” and you type in “OnCue” my first appearance on the blog is for doing the artwork for Tony Touch. I actually did a mixtape cover for Tony Touch for the “Shade forty-five freestyle series” back in ’09. Believe it or not, he was working for Al Lindstrom who is a radio promoter. The guy who introduced me to Just is an old, old, graphic design client. OnCue: Well, it’s kind of funny, they always came hand-in-hand. Jones: So before putting out music, you were putting out flyers and graphics for other artists, what was the defining moment that made you want to pursue music? It’s just perfect and I think it, at the time, described what the music was sounding like. I listened to the song, and when I listened to the song, I felt like he was talking about me and I had to use the title for the project. I was like “Oh shit, this was kind of hard”. But then they touched upon the exact song three-quarters of the way through the biography. I didn’t realize the biography was called “The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man” because it stems from a Billy Joel record. So I was just reading it, and I fuck with Billy Joel. OnCue: Simply put, a good friend of mine Pat from IndiePop and Mannequin Party, we used to share the same management company, and you should read this Billy Joel biography. Jones: I just wanted to add that I really like the title “Angry Young Man”. We did that in January after I got back from the tour that I was on. From there, we kept a friendship, and started working on “Running” which is from “Can’t Wait” and also reappeared on AYM. We had a meeting at my old manager’s studio and came through. He was playing my records for him and Just was freaking out: “Oh shit, who’s this kid?” and kind of the rest is history. He had heard a record I did with 88 Keys and then a mutual friend of ours linked us up. It’s funny because I met Just a week before the “Feel Tall” video came out. OnCue: So, with the aforementioned “Can’t Wait” project, I was making some noise and sitting down with some majors and that ‘Feel Tall’ video kind of popped off. Jones: What’s the story behind Just Blaze being executive producer on AYM? I was really running myself through the ringer, if that makes sense. It was the first project where I didn’t necessarily have to go to school or work a full time job anymore. That was the first album I really put blood, sweat, and tears in. I’m working with Just and I can’t go out there and rush through the verses. Like “Can’t Wait” showed promised and potential but the bars needed to come up. I just felt like I needed to step my shit up entirely. OnCue: The writing process, you know I’ve said in the past, but with Just’s involvement in the album, I would like to say I’m very self-aware, I’m hard on myself. Jones: What was your writing process when working with Just Blaze on Angry Young Man? From highs to lows, producers, and advice, OnCue has a lot of wisdom and memories to impact on our readers while climbs higher in his career. He has shared a stage with Kid Cudi, Pitbull, and 3OH!3. With the release of his mixtape “Leftover”, OnCue since then has booked shows all over the Northeast. OnCue garnered thousands of downloads and attention with the release of his first single “Crashing Down”. In 2010, OnCue released “Cuey Sings the Blues” which was presented by, Mick Boogie and Terry Urban. Geoff “OnCue” Sarubbi is a 22 yeard-old Connecticut-native, Brooklyn-based rapper known for blending the sounds of Alternative Rock and Hip-Hop to create an eclectic sound. Jones crew at took a day trip to Connecticut to catch OnCue during his “Angry Young Man” Tour. Connecticut Hip Hop: links with OnCue on the first stop of the Angry Young Man Tour.
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