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There's a lot of stuff happening where people are being removed from their houses and they don't have anyplace to go. They've pushed them so far out that they're now in communities they don't even know and they're not from. So at least if we uplift our neighborhood, we can ensure that the people that are there are safe and not being victim to all these murders by police.

The BEAM organization is to help with health emotionally, healing through education and advocacy. It is important to have someone to speak to. It is important to do yoga. It is important to meditate. It's important to align yourself with higher consciousness.

That's not religious, that's just the spirit, man, that's in your heart. We all need it. It doesn't matter who you pray to. So, we wanted to make sure we gave something for every aspect of what we thought was necessary at the moment, as much as we could at the time. Erick mentioned being independent Black business owners. How do you guys balance being left brain and right brain? You guys are creative, but at the same time, you have really good business acumen.

Erick Arc Elliott: As I was telling you earlier, the creative part of me is going to create out of desire. Even if nobody paid attention to me, I would still create. For a long time I created and no one paid attention to me, so I knew that my goal has always been to just be myself and do what was in my heart.

When it comes to business, it's kind of like I don't feel bad accepting money or fame from any of those things because I know that my reasoning for doing it was always pure. You're talking about people using their influence to prey upon other people because they're popular. And to me, I don't make songs for money. I make songs because that's me.

I can't even be mad. I would never turn down money from the most purest form of myself. That sounds crazy to me, because my intention is pure. I know that there's people out there that use music strictly as business, I totally get that too. But that should differentiate the legends from people who maybe come and go, because there's only so long you really ride that wave, and people are going to see. It's because there's no balance. If someone seems a bit conscious, when some shit hits the fan you're expecting them to say something.

I'm just conscious in comparison to everything else here. That's all I want to say about that. It's really that. Erick really hit the nail on the head.

Are you talking about the whole J. Cole and Noname situation? Meechy Darko: No, it's not even just Cole. Maybe I'm wrong about this. I didn't like how it sounded. But I'm going to use him as an example because he's on the cross right now. There are many people who will just bow down. I'm not that guy.

My father was killed by police in January. You know how bad I want to talk about all this stuff? But at the same time, it hurts me to talk about it every time. Is it my job to go on Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon and be the spokesperson about police brutality? I'm going to make music forever whether anybody listens to me or not. He's not losing that for nothing. He will call himself a piece of shit to keep his fucking lights on. In the last seven months or so, we've seen a lot more instances of police brutality and protests across the world.

If a fan looks up to you, they want you to say something. You don't want to say something if you're not totally sure of what you're talking about? Meechy Darko: Listen, I know what I'm talking about. You want me to go on a song and tell motherfuckers how I really [feel]? Can you imagine how I feel right now? Do you want me to go on a song and really say what I want to do when I look at a cop?

We're called crazy revolutionaries, so I have to be very conscious of what I say, brother. My heart is full with a lot of emotions, a lot of rage, a lot of confusion. But if I say the wrong thing, I have followers. I can change the way people think, and I want to change the way people think for the better.

I wasn't trying to be offensive or anything. So I take it that the loss of your father is still pretty hard on you. Meechy Darko: It will be for the rest of my life. It will be every time I hear the word father.

It will be when I have a child. It will be when I see somebody die on the streets on camera, whatever color they are. It will be every time I see a police officer. Fuck it, it's going to be like that. That's just how it is. Free International Shipping. Local Pickup.

Free Local Pickup. Show only. Free Returns. Returns Accepted. Authorized Seller. Completed Items. I had been listening to Flatbush since the end of high school, and I had the hope that this next album would be that big change or level-up that we expect artists to make. I thought they would grow up and become serious artists, whatever that means.

It had its moments of quality but also felt unfocused and sporadic. A few months later, I saw them live for the first time, and I realized I had missed the point entirely. What happened that October night will be etched into my brain until I die.

Moses-style, Meechy Darko parted the crowd and proceeded to jump into a nearly person mosh pit, without any security to back him up. He would later stage-dive off a monitor as well. Zombie Juice finished the show on the balcony, somehow, and gave a PSA about Donald Trump accompanied by a picture of The Donald performing auto-fellatio.

For any part of the album that felt unfocused, every moment of that concert felt curated and choreographed to give fans the most energetic, impactful and immersive concert experience possible. It worked on me, and I imagine many others could relate a similar experience. This commitment to fans is also one that is present throughout everything Flatbush Zombies do, inside of venues and out.

There are the little things too, like sticking around after concerts, showing up to festival signing booths and actually providing an insightful AMA on Reddit. The same system. We want to sell this merchandise so we can make you guys better merchandise. Juice: We would just rather spend that money back into our business [rather than] to borrow millions of dollars from a label, to have to owe back. We enjoy being the label if that makes sense. You fight for your fans.

I remember as a young man listening to Pharrell and seeing everything that surrounded him. His music was pristine, his clothes, his style, his beats, it made me want to rally for him.

It was so influential to us as like being able to save up money to buy one of those shirts or one of those pair of sneakers. That was like a big deal and it still reminded me so much of the artist and the music. Meechy: Also to add, just because you mentioned water bottles and stuff like that. Erick, you made me just remember something.

There was a time and point where me and Juice, literally were selling those shirts out of a bag, like a duffle bag on Flatbush Avenue. A majority of Vacation In Hell seems to circle messages of you guys going through depression and anxiety, and a general malaise about the daily challenges of human existence. Spiritually, where are you guys now after the record?

Whether we were going through something, personally or as individuals or whatever. There was a gap between the first two albums. So even people were expecting music, but we also wanted to make a product and a project that people enjoyed as much as we did.

So the thing I was always trying to make sure that we loved it before the people listened to it. Before they consumed it, we were satisfied with it and we knew this was the right message we wanted to put out there. So for right now, I feel great.