Greetings Brother T-Mo How are you?
I’m good.
First off let me congratulate you on your new solo project Where You At, and we certainly intend to get into talking about it, but before we do that, I’d like to talk to you about your background. What part of Atlanta did you grow up in, and what was life like for you back then?
[I] grew up in Southwest Atlanta in the Cascade Heights community.
Life in Atlanta was scary as a kid because there was a killer on the loose, killing young Black boys, which had us all on high alert at all times. We didn’t know where he was going to strike next, so we had to be inside when the street lights came on.
Were you involved in music as a youngster?
As a youngster, I started in music by playing the drums, playing the violin, and later playing the alto saxophone. I also sang in the choir at church, and I sang in the choir in the fifth grade.
What about hip hop? How did you come into contact with hip hop?
I came into hip-hop, listening to the Morris Brown band play the Sugarhill game at halftime. Then I first did my first rap as a freshman in college. I was inspired by the artist Too $hort that’s when me and Khujo created the group Goodie Mob and recorded 23 songs under that title. Then, when we were looking for some more tracks, we ran into Organized Noize that’s where we hooked up with Big Gipp and Ceelo to create the four-man group Goodie Mob.
Who were some of your favorite rappers growing up?
Some of my favorite hip-hop artists growing up were Rakim, LL Cool J, Krs 1, and Ice Cube, to name a few.
You and fellow Goody Mob member Khujo Goody form the duo called the Lumberjacks. Tell us about that, and how you came into contact with the Dungeon Family?
Me and Khujo formed the lumberjack group because our manager thought that Goodie Mob was not commercial enough, so they thought the lumberjacks sounded more commercial. We had actually recorded a song called living life like a Lumberjack,” which inspired that thought. We came into contact with the Dungeon Family, going over to Rico Wade‘s house, only seeking to get some more sound or some more tracks, because they had some of the better equipment at that time. Rico’s house had the studio that we called the Dungeon, where his two sisters and his mother lived.
When you all were recording your debut album, Soul Food did you all know that it would be a classic at the time of your recording?
When we recorded the first album, we had no idea that it would become a big-time hit. We were only trying to put Atlanta on the map and represent for our city.
Who produced the tracks?
Music production was done by Nick Fury, Mr. Mack Sauce, and Chef. DJ Speedy and I only have one guest appearance in that, Philip singing background on “Victim.”The rest is all me.
What about guest appearances?
I only have one guest appearance in that Philip singing background on victim all the myself.
I just released the video for my title single team where you at featuring JASMINE BURKE, the movie star actress.
Okay, now this brings us to your current solo LP, Where Ya At. Tell us about it?
My new album Timo Where ya At was inspired by the timing of my life right now and just to allow the listening in public to know exactly where I was mentally at this particular time in my music career the title was inspired by Andre 3000 induction of their Hall of Fame award, I got lost in the crowd and missed my opportunity to get on the stage so when Andre 3000 saw me on the side of the stage, he said where you at?” So they kinda gave me an opportunity to build off of that, knowing that it always feels like I’m lost somewhere in my music when I feel like I’m putting my best foot forward. so I adopted that as a title. I have a lot of great bangers on that album. I consider “Attention,” being a great record, and “Victim” being a great record. I feel like it was my best. One of my best works as of today.
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