In the forty-third episode of the Hidden Driveway Show, I had the honor of interviewing KARTEL, a dark plugg rapper from Texas! Known for his funny lyrics and experimental production, he quickly became one of my favorite artists to work with. He's one of my favorite artists to talk to as well as this is my longest interview to date, and the final one releasing in 2024. Thank you so much for a great year, I hope you enjoy the video!
KARTEL'S SOCIALS
https://www.instagram.com/servingxtc/
https://soundcloud.com/kar-t3l
HIDDEN DRIVEWAY SOCIALS
https://twitter.com/hiddendriveway_
https://www.instagram.com/hiddendriveway_/
Listen to Hidden Driveway on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hSJP0juKCmJYHYmHVzS00?si=e4602b80dda54cf1
Curated Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/07YUuoKvKv9J97PEyCDPTp?si=f0dbc4ded45a4586
Curated SoundCloud Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/aamufr/sets/hidden-driveway
AAMU'S SOCIALS
https://twitter.com/aamufr
https://www.instagram.com/aamufr/
https://soundcloud.com/aamufr
SHOUTOUT TO RESTLESS TOO FOR MAKING THE THUMBNAIL
https://x.com/restlessbag
https://www.instagram.com/restlesslp/
https://soundcloud.com/therealentropyservice
Introduction - 0:00
Groove, and being sick - 0:21
Feeling like people in the “underground” don’t make music for fun anymore - 5:13
Having beef with Goxan, knowing him before LAZER DIM 700 blew up - 7:24
How will TikTok getting banned affect music? - 8:52
How KARTEL got into making music - 10:51
What draws KARTEL to Dark Plugg - 14:20
Thoughts on trying out Detroit beats - 17:27
Dark Plugg blowing up helped normalize weirder music - 19:38
KARTEL’s writing process, and refusing to save project files - 21:28
Explaining his disturbing Instagram aesthetic 23:59
Disliking Christianity and people who are super religious - 25:00
aamu and Orange Cake Mix are friends now - 33:46
Kanye - 34:30
Using his Instagram posts as a way to express his thoughts - 37:25
Using music as an outlet - 38:07
Announcing his tape GROOVEMAS (out now) - 39:17
obsessed - 40:05
KARTEL’s embarrassing school story - 41:13
aamu’s 5th grade copper wire story - 48:31
aamu’s 8th grade gusher incident - 53:11
KARTEL’s favorite cartoons as a kid - 56:08
Not listening to artists because of their actions - 1:03:58
Thoughts on sequel songs - 1:07:28
WE HATE KASHDAMI !!!! - 1:09:07
lilkris3000 - 1:13:38
Matt Ox is awesome - 1:16:01
The process for working on MAD - 1:19:33
Working with Joffy, and how Real Rick pushed him to keep making music - 1:22:37
How him and Joffy met - 1:24:12
Preferring to build producer relationships rather than paying for beats - 1:25:36
How he gets beats from bigger producers - 1:28:12
KARTEL’s thoughts on AI - 1:29:52
Wanting to go to college to major in psychology - 1:32:05
Being worried about the “AI Apocalypse” - 1:36:59
Preferring people to own being problematic - 1:42:54
Intense game of rock paper scissors - 1:45:58
Meeting online friends in real life - 1:51:47
Not being afraid of much as a kid, and being drawn to horror movies - 1:54:25
How KARTEL got his name - 1:56:46
How aamu came up with the name for Hidden Driveway - 2:00:04
How KARTEL came up with his handle “servingxtc” - 2:00:27
Minecraft Usernames - 2:00:58
Experimenting more with his sound going forwards - 2:02:28
Thoughts on putting his music on streaming - 2:09:51
Shoutouts - 2:11:24
Outro - 2:12:03
kartel has been one of my favorite people to work with this year, but admittedly me and him hadnt really gotten to know each other on a personal level prior to this. rly glad we got to make this happen, he's super underrated and hope this video helps more people get put onto him :)
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