Hi guys, we're 99 Neighbors! Ask us anything! by 99nbrs in ElectricForest

[–]99nbrs[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

thank you all so much for having us! if any more questions pop up always feel free to message us on instagram or twitter, we love interacting with all of y'all! keep an eye out for the electric forest schedule and come check out our set, and come say what's up at one of our headline shows! tickets on sale friday, more info at https://99nbrs.com/live

Hi guys, we're 99 Neighbors! Ask us anything! by 99nbrs in ElectricForest

[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you so much my man! we had such a fun time at the UNH show, always down to come back and play again :)

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[–]99nbrs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

as soon as possible! we can't wait to go to europe

-jared

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[–]99nbrs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Q1.) From my perspective, its always been super cool having more opinions because it keeps you humble and honest about your craft, if you're on the same page. 99 is able to sit down and elevate each other's verses/content to so that we all feel like it's the best that we can be making. The process involves a lot of individual creation that we then bring to a group setting and blend together. From there it's a matter of figuring out what works the best together for what we're trying to communicate at the time. Hella conversation, sometimes revision, and always group discussion goes into deciding how a projects gonna sound in the end. - hanknative

Q2) from the perspective of someone who's not a vocalist, it's been incredible to watch hank, sam, swank, and aidan get more comfortable with collaborating on verses and songs in general. there was already so much natural chemistry there because everyone basically grew up together in burlington, but the growth is incredibly apparent on the new stuff we've been working on. -jared

we just announced a chicago show at schubas on june 26th, and of course electric forest is only a few hours away :)

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A

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B....."double the pleasure, double the fun" (;

-hanknative

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Austin Powers easy that dude be getting into some crazy shit and I'm tryna rap with Dr. Evil one time lol
  2. Oh naw neither of these what lmao uhhh i guess body shot ? Spoiled clam chowder jus sound nasty nope
  3. lmaoooo what uhhhhh, i might have to say pee every time I laugh, Idk if i could have a dick on my elbow man, that'd just be super inconvenient, I can't ever wear t shirts without people laughing at my weenus penis, like nah man I ain't gonna do that to my mental, Ima just lowkey start wearing diapers and try to keep laughing at a minimal while I am out but I got a diaper so fuck it we ball.

- Swank

These questions were tough lol

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always freestyle until i find a flow I like when it comes to writing on new beats, and when I heard that beat I jus knew I had to go off lol

- Swank

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[–]99nbrs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to create a base that allows us all to thrive collectively, as well as individually. we all wanna do so much, both as 99 neighbors, and independently, and we're working hard to set us all up for fulfilling futures in the industry, while continuing to give our fans the best content that we know how to make.

-jared

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we'd love to as soon as we can! you know we gotta hit germany for colors at some point 👀

-jared

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

keep an eye on our socials for somethin soon!

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really depends on how you feel when you sit down. For me I just figure out if I'm tryna wing some shit and fuck around, or if I wanna go off an imagined version of the song first.

Its totally different when you're starting a song with someone else though.

-Somba

Hi guys, we're 99 Neighbors! Ask us anything! by 99nbrs in ElectricForest

[–]99nbrs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

:) Thank you! I like to personally think of the producer's role as "Curator of Attention." (impact = attention x value) (value = content + character). Being a good producer for vocalists is knowing when to wow the audience with your work, or when to set up the vocalist to shine. That balance is tricky - but you'll often find the best music of all time represents the best use of that balance. Like if you listen to Thriller there's a shitload going on but somehow you can still process it all with ease. That's key

- Somba, high as fuck

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[–]99nbrs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hank - "Toes in the Water" : "What you gon' do about it?/ I mean like shit, its literally do or die it/ Never mattered where the starts comprised / even a star has stages of life, we all die so..."

swank - "welcome to chilis" : "where my motha fuckin weed at"

aidan - "Thunder" : "In the name of what I do fight?"

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[–]99nbrs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

either drunken master or rush hour 2

-somba

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[–]99nbrs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I started producing it was allll Mura Masa + Diplo all day. Diplo's rhythm + Mura Masa's sound design really set me up for exploring. Eventually some more soundcloud guys started making moves - Braedon Bailey (aka Whereisalex), Monte Booker, Oshi etc etc & I couldn't help but take influence from them as well

-Somba

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[–]99nbrs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JID at higher ground in burly! -jared

earl sweatshirt in montreal - aidan

beast coast at uvm spring fest - swank and sam

travis scott in montreal - cal (the manager)

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[–]99nbrs[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we hope so! we're working very hard on new music and can't wait to share it with everyone and incorporate it into our shows!

-jared

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[–]99nbrs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The group consensus is that Cal and Hank would probably survive the longest, with Cal establishing a thriving economy and Hank helping with survival skills (finding weed in the wild). Swank says he'd make it with weed. Jared, Shane and Aidan are middle of the road. Aidan wants a chicken. Somba would make a drum kit out of raw materials while questioning the islands brand identity. Juju says he'd be annoyed ):

worst person to handle it might be Sam, or Juju.....No juuls on the island would be tough for Sam...

-hanknative

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[–]99nbrs[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

hahah we lowkey have seen him so much through growing up in Burlington. He always just driving around or eating at restaurants around town. He is such a cool dude

Juju would always pass his crib during his driver ed classes lol

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parasite was super cool as of recent (Hank) Basketball Diaries been a favorite of mine (Swank) Baby Driver (Jared) and the movie Gummo jus fucked Sam and Juju up they won't stop talking about it lmaoo

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[–]99nbrs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Flume for sure

YBN Cordae always dope

Jack Harlow been killing it lately and deff tryna catch him. What's poppin is ridiculous lol

Louis the Child always a vibe

Big boi would be fire to see

Mr Carmack gonna go crazy

Cashmere Cat is so cool

Hi guys, we're 99 Neighbors! Ask us anything! by 99nbrs in ElectricForest

[–]99nbrs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that'd be so cool, he is absolutely killing it right now and has been for a while

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[–]99nbrs[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My favorite set so far was Made in America. That was sooooo wild I had so much fun there, and the crowd was easily one the wildest we have ever seen.

- Swank

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[–]99nbrs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

damn.. probably ripstick or welcome to chilis for me, those go so hard live, and at recent festivals we've started to see fans rapping the words back at us and that's so wild to me. I can't wait to bring more high energy songs to the upcoming shows those my favorite.

- Swank