AfricasGateway’s Eastern Cape Branch Manager Rush spoke to Everlivin, a group from New Jersey, to find out more about this crew. They currently have an album out now titled “Freedom“, with the “Cymarsh” project, Skit Slam solo album and the second Everlivin album dropping soon. Read the whole interview and find out more.

How long have you been living in sound and where can we find the Everliven sound residing these days?

Skit Slam : 1. We reside in New Jersey but we come to U.K a lot we were born there. Everliven Sound the group was born in Brunswick, New Jersey though…

CyMarshall Law : We have been living in Sound since before birth and will still be after life, Forever Living in Sound.

Tell me when Everliven came into effect and what is it that got them attracted to the hip hop game? 

Skit Slam : Everliven has always been in effect since early 90’s, breakin got me attracted first then Mcing.

CyMarshall Law : Hip Hop gave us a way to express our creativity and release our energy in a positive way. Music has been in our family for many generations its in our blood and is only right we pick up the mic. Plus I would hear songs on the radio and just think to myself… I can do that…..I’m going to do that, plus I love music and needed to be a a part of all this. 

You said if the record label doesn’t wanna sign you, you will push your own shit.  I got your Ep that you sent me.  Any other releases before that and what’s the future for Everliven?

Skit Slam : We have an album called Freedom that we finished last year, our next project is the Cymarsh album which im currently making beats for now we also love to do mix tapes becuz that keeps our name in the streets we have a couple out now then, Skit Slam solo album then Everliven second album to follow. 

CyMarshall Law : Our goal is to just make Good Music, I’m currently working on my solo album its in the beginning stages ,but the joints I have recorded sound real special, We got crazy amounts of mixtape joints we stay writing verses and also Me and Pumpkinhead are 6 tracks deep on a cd we are coming out with calling ourselves Powerman and Ironfist. So yea we are shopping our Freedom album but like we said we will push our own music, we’ve been getting very positive feedback and are aiming at getting to a point where we can help ourselves and put music out properly on our Freedom Entertainment label.

You been down with the Subverse label, what’s the affiliation still like and can people still pick up your releases on that label? 

Skit Slam : There’s not many of the original Subverse heads left, I learned a lot from Scienz of Life and Bigg Juss on that label about the music biz, I lived with them in ATL and OP is the new head of Subverse, the Everliven single you can still pick up I believe from the Subversemusic website and whatever mom and pop stores still got em. 

You guys been featuring a lot with Scienz Of Life and helped them out with the nine ether remix that was straight up banger, any chance they might do the same for you on the new project that’s dropping on my gurls birthday 2 April? 

Skit Slam : We will always be close with S.O.L, ID4 Windz just produced a banger for Cymarsh album besides i.d taught me the ASR X Pro in 2 days .

CyMarshall Law : I’m gonna try and send Sci a data cd for Pro Tools cause he stays in Cali now and see if we could do a joint with him and his new partner Stacy Epps (Sol Uprising) for the Powerman and Ironfist Project.

Tell me who is collaborating with underground icon Pumpkinhead and what’s the name of that collective? 

CyMarshall Law : Everliven Sound , Pumpkinhead, Broadway and Magiver Knowledge = The Blakhouse then we have Pumpkinhead & Cymarshall Law which equals Powerman and Ironfist.

Production now who handles that and what’s it that you looking for in a beat before you lace it with ya vocals? 

CyMarshall Law : Me and Skit both produce for Everliven although Skit has handled most of the beatmaking thus far, and In a beat I think we’d both agree were looking for a mean bassline but basically just a beat that still has your head nodding long after the song is over, break your neck shit.

“Put ya mind to it” you gotta lotta goals but focus on the main one, you gotta use your brain son!  Your lyrics is it a depiction of reality or simply fiction cos these days it seems mcee’s are more fictional, and what’s the weirdest place you found inspiration in for one of your best tracks you wrote? 

CyMarshall Law : Our lyrics deal with us pouring our emotion out onto the page, people feel us because when you hear us rhyme we don’t sound like were trying to be anyone but ourselves that along with blatant lyrical skill. I don’t know about the weirdest place but people find it pretty creative and funny we jacked Morgan Freemans line from the movie Lean On Me “You gotta use your brain son!” ( When has screaming on the hefty black kid for using drugs) and flipped it into a chorus for the song Put Ya Mind To It on our Freedom album.

What’s the hip hop scene like in England, as far as I can recall it seems Roots Manuva is headlining the set over there can Everliven hit up the English set and still get heads to shout E-V-E-R-L-I-V-E-N? 

CyMarshall Law : The English Hip Hop scene is getting better all the time it just needs more exposure there are some really talented people over there, the ones that aren’t trying to be American but are proud to rep the U.K. at least. And believe me when I tell you England is feelin Everliven Sound right now, every show we’ve done has been a complete success.

Ten years from now when you guys still haven’t scoped a deal and ya still hungry for the mic what is it that heads must remember when they read about Everliven in some busted magazine? 

CyMarshall Law : I can’t see us not having a nice deal in 10 years, although I’m sure we still will be hungry. The one thing we would like heads to remember is that ” If you keep knocking at these doors one will fall like the Berlin Wall “.

AfricasGateway is here to bring you closer to the African surface hoping you will spread the message of unity through hip hop doesn’t matter what place you rock, hit the heads up with one final shout before the playoffs starts? 

Everliven Sound : Big Ups to Our Simmons Family, All The Underground and Overground Surving Artists, Our Fans & Friends, Our http://www.everlivensound.com website where you can purchase some of the finest music email me for newer material marshallaw21@yahoo.com or if you need Everliven services and of Course the Most High -thank you. Peace, Respect and Positve Energy – EVERLIVEN SOUND SET!!!!

By Rush

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