Behind The Sound: IceRocks

In the first overseas edition of our “Behind The Sound” series, we talked with Queens producer, IceRocks. During his career, he’s worked with high-profile names such as Benny The Butcher, Rome Streetz, Meyhem Lauren, and more.  We’ve had a chance to see him perform alongside Meyhem Lauren during their European tour, and decided to catch up with him to discuss a few topics, including his upcoming projects and opinion on the current state of Hip-Hop.

You’ve recently returned from a European tour with Meyhem Lauren. How did the European crowds connect with your sound, and was the experience a lot different from performing in the states?

Well, we’ve been overseas a few times and each time we get a lot of love, the European crowd I think is more hyped cause over in nyc we’re spoiled, there’s always a show happening and everyone passes through our city on their tours.

Coming out of Queens, who were your biggest producing influences early on, and are they still apparent in your music today?

The list is long but a few that def helped me shape my sound would be Prince Paul, Rza, Ditc, QTip, Havoc, Pete Rock, Premo etc etc.

Can you tell us more about how your collaborations with artists such as Meyhem Lauren and Benny The Butcher came together?

Meyhem came to a radio show interview on this radio show we had back in like 06/07 and we ended up linking and making got the fever and the rest is history as for Benny, I heard him on a Gunn song and hit him up on IG early and we got in the studio when he came to nyc and we made Don’t Make Me which ended up on Butcher on Steroids.

Are you currently preparing any new projects?

Yea I’m working on a few at the moment. Multiple projects with a few different artists and a solo album with various artists. So definitely a few things on the way for the next year and change.

From your perspective in the underground scene, how do you feel about the current state of Hip-Hop, and where would you like to see it heading next?

I think that the current state of hip hop really depends on perspective, Overall tho, there’s definitely some dope artists doing their thing but also a lot of artists just copying each other, which over saturates and waters down the genre as a whole. So it really depends on what you decided to focus on.

We thank IceRocks for the convo. Be sure to  follow him on Instagram to stay in touch with all the latest news and releases.