Following the Los Angeles, California screening of Independent Living: The Funk Volume Documentary (November 3), the label’s first signee, SwizZz explained why his debut studio album has yet to be released.
During a Q&A session moderated by Funk Volume CEO, Damien Ritter, SwizZz said that personal challenges have affected his career causing the tentatively titled, Rock, Paper, SwizZzors, to be delayed.
“Once you get your head and your mind right and your personal life situated, that’s what’s next,” SwizZz said. “It’s like, how are you going to make music or try to present an image or something like that when you don’t even know who you are as a person? That’s the main battle that I was dealing with—just getting my mind right.”
Despite the obstacles, SwizZz ensures that he will release a project in early 2014. He also took a moment to describe his fan base.
“My fans are really loyal,” he said. “For the amount of work I put out, I know it’s not a lot, but they stick by me. Online, they show love. Then at the show, they show the same love that they show online. My fans are cool.”
SwizZz was the first artist signed to Funk Volume. He has released two projects: Haywire with labelmate Hopsin in 2009 and the mixtape Good Morning SwizZzle in 2011.
SwizZz also collaborates with fellow Funk Volume artists, including Dizzy Wright on “The Flavor” and Jarren Benton on “Go Off.” He is also featured on the song “Jungle Bash” on Hopsin’s upcoming release, Knock Madness, which is slated for a November 26 release.
Hopsin and CEO Damien Ritter founded Funk Volume in 2008.
Independent Living: The Funk Volume Documentary is available for stream or for purchase. View the trailer below.
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It’s hard to make music in the darkness of Hopsin’s shadow.
That’s quite a cool life you have man, pretending to be other people on comment boards. I guess not everyone’s built to be able to live on the edge like yourself.
Don’t make fun of my bitch!
Yo yo I dont want any trouble. I just dropped out of high school before they taught about satire. Please dont hurt me.
Why are his eyes black?
Well my best friend Hopsin put in white contacts as a way to get noticed. He figured that if his idol Eminem got noticed by bleaching his hair then he could do the same with the eyes. I decided black contacts would do about the same thing!!
Because he’s mimicking his boss, who known to be wearing colored contacts? Or maybe his eyes ceased to function due natural reasons, as literally living in the shadow of a giant made them extremely sensible to light? Nevertheless, Swizzz is a typical Funk Volume alumni: he can rap pretty good, but at the end of the day just another clown without any originality who will never blow up.
^And you’re a butthurt, 17 year old white kid who likes the Jokerr
Who the hell is the Jokerr? Isn’t he that British techno bullshit?
i like fv n jokers diss was dope lol watever you do dont watch the video….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP-jYiuDD9g
before I looked at the receipt ov $9951, I didnt believe that my friends brother woz like they say really bringing home money in their spare time from there computar.. there friends cousin started doing this for only about twentey months and just now paid for the morgage on their apartment and got themselves a Mercedes-Benz S-class. read more… http://www.Fb39.com
When he said he shed a tear for Jay-Z I scheme he was just be sarcastic. This guy has way more substance than most of the so called rappers out there today
Cool. Hop is the best on FV, than Jarren, than SwizZz, than Dizzy with his wack ass mainstream stoner sound
Completely agree
Are you fucking gay?
That picture is mad creepy on so many levels… just lookin at it makes me not like this nigga.
What’re you, some kind of pussy?
They all suck that’s why ill never do work with them.
Just playing im doing a collab with Hopsin on his new LP
Eminem?? is that really you Marshall Mathers or are you just a random person to right his stage name if you are the real Eminem than please do a collab with Hopsin it would be dope AF!
Yeah me too! lol fuck these guys right?
He looks like such a fuckbag with those contacts. How old are you, 12? GTFO.
Eminem I want to fuck you in the ass with a broom stick.
HE’S MINE…YOU MAY HAVE HAD HIM ONCE BUT I GOT HIM ALL THE TIME.MISTA PORTER!!!!! THAT SHAVEN WHITE ASS IS ALL MINES NIGGA!!!!
As if Hopsin’s white contacts weren’t gimmicky enough, here comes some dude ON THE SAME LABEL with all black ones… Really dude? Maybe they would be dope in ONE SCENE of a music video, not EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE!
bro u gay
what’s the fuckin story with dudes eyes? just biting Hopsin style? if so, lame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CoS5MrRGO4
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SwizZz and Hopsin have both been rockin their own contacts since funk volume first started you noobs and a little gimmick sets an artist apart from the norm. Dudes got a lot of skill, instead of hating on his contacts maybe check out his music before ya judge.
666
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kGPh5Hnwg
its about time man…lets go lets go FV014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHCQlVQ-oSQ
like Jean replied I am surprised that someone able to make $7469 in 4 weeks on the computer. browse this site ……www.jobs39.com
SO YOU’RE REQUIRED TO WEAR WEIRD LENSES AND BE A CORNY MUTHAFUCKA TO JOIN THIS LABEL??
apparently so
Seriously, does anyone care about an album from SwizZz. I’m a big Hopsin fan, but SwizZz is just plain awful. He’s a punchline rapper with no good punchlines, an awful voice (although I did notice that his verse on Jungle Bash is not as annoying sounding as usual), and a decent flow. For an example of his terrible punchlines, listen to FV2012. “I’m on one like I’m standing on a number” LOL for real??
THANK YOU SWIZZ IVE BEEN WAITING FOR AN ALBUM OF YOURS I REALLY LOVE YOUR MUSIC AND WHAT YOU DO WITH OTHER ARTIST YOUR AMAZING