Up and coming artist, Black I.C.E, is an artist on a mission, he released “Stranger Things” which is a clear exhibition of his skillset. The artist continues to grow his reach by establishing himself as a lyrical force in the underground scene.
“Stranger Things” has been delivered over a melodic trap production and it is lyrically precise and, generally, hard-hitting. The song gets to intensely grab the listener’s senses. Well, that’s something that Black I.C.E’s fans are already accustomed to.
Read our interview where Black I.C.E breaks down his newest single and tells us what inspired the song and his music career.
Hi, Thank you for your time and for speaking with us! How’s everything going?
Thank you for having me. Everything is going fine it will be even better once stranger things begins to circulate and create stranger things to happen.
We love your latest single – tell us more on how it came to life.
So this song came to life because of D Lynch who is a producer I believe Under Jay-Z’s label Roc Nation and he had a promo going on call the rap god bundle and I found this beat out of that bundle that I was able to use with unlimited licensing and everything because I paid for that bundle.
The energy from this song came from where I want to be I’m a firm believer in manifesting my dreams creating the reality that I live in today so with that being said I know I’m famous I know I’ve already made it I am everything that I ever wanted to be but to really physically bring that into this reality I had to set my intention.
I had an Intrinsic collaboration with Sheldon Wilson AKA Lil Wreck 302 we ran that beat but he was able to listen to what my verse was and be able to give that same amount of energy that I require in what I was trying to put out. We made this Vision together so to be honest you would have to also speak to him to be able to understand how we created this it wouldn’t have been the same without him to be honest
When did you start writing music and rapping?
I actually started writing music when I was 10 years old. I actually am a singer first rapper second but I’m really beginning to love this expression of rap. For me being a rapper and a singer it is like a balance the singing side of me has feminine energy to it and the rapping side has the masculine energy to it so to be able to get the best of both worlds and not only allow you to Just Vibe on one level of energy you get a whole nother person a whole nother ego of energy that I believe is well coagulated.
What’s next? Any plans for another release this year?
What’s next honestly I just want sync licensing deals I just want to be able to make music my way and have control of where it goes so expect stranger things on a movie near you and I just had a release August 4th with Kendrick Lamar’s producer Willie B the song is called Magik I honestly don’t know if I’m going to put more music out this year I think I want to focus on at least these two songs for the rest of the year and really get some traction going so that when the rest comes out you already have an idea of who is coming out with it I’ve released two albums1 April 18th of this year and the second on April 20th of this year you can both check those out on Spotify my first EP that was released is called internal and the second is called oops which is a and tire collaboration with my business partner my big bro Ruga Da Butcher from West Philly.
Who would you want to collaborate with in the near future?
I want want to work with a lot of artists for a lot of different reasons each artist that I want to work with has a specific energy and or has play the specific part in my life as far as their song or their energy getting me each artist that I want to work with has a specific energy and or has played a specific part in my life as far as their song or their energy getting me through my life so I’m going to have to say, Kendrick, J Cole, Neyo, Chris Brown Musiq Soulchild Jhene Aiko Big Sean I mean the list can go on but I won’t let it go on thank you very much for your time and I’m hoping one day we will have another interview talking about my Platinum plaques.
Black I.C.E has slowly-but-steadily been building a dedicated audience. Be sure to keep up with him on social media.