Brent Star Report – I hear a Symphony!
Brent Star
Yo Yo Yo! Sorry, but I’m in my HIP HOP mood honey as I’m about to interview a fellow performer friend of mind who’s about to rock the rap world with his own style of rap, singing, poetry, and other elements child. Watch out Cazwell, Midtown’s own Symphony is about to pump up the volume (do people still say “pump up the volume”? I’m so old school). So, over the Thanksgiving holidays, after recovering from my “itus”, I decided to check out a poetry slam show and to my surprise Symphony emerged into the spotlight and did his hot song from his new album that he’s sang all over Midtown called “Autumn Flower Girl”. While enjoying the song, I started to reflect on the times when he did back up dancing for Janet Jackson (well…for drag entertainer Shabazz…. who does the ILLUSION of Janet) for the Starlight Pride shows at Piedmont Park that he choreographed. I also reflected on the times when he used to special guest for my variety shows that I need to go back to doing. Anyway, needless to say, he’s already a familiar face in our community and I think it’s time to interview him. Let’s go!
Brent: So how did you get into doing rap? Because child I still have this image of you doing backup dancing for SINGLE LADIES with Princess Charles.
Symphony: Well as you already know, I really came to Atlanta to pursue dance. I had no idea I would be rapping, it never even crossed my mind. It was something I admired from a distance but later realized after working with other artist, singing and getting more involved with my poetry, I discovered that rap was in my DNA.
Brent: Yes ma’am for that DNA. So how did your album come about?
Symphony: It got to a point where I felt like I was almost pushed into a corner. People kept saying ‘You need to do your own album’. For years I’ve been doing background dancing, writing for other artists, choreography…etc. Now it’s my turn to do my thing.
Brent: I love your “Autumn Flower Girl” song, where else have you performed it?
Symphony: In Sylvia, GA
Brent: Who? Savannah?
Symphony: No that’s SYLVANIA, GA. AREA CODE 912 BACKWATER EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING (he says all these big cap words with a certain rhythm). Yeah, that’s my hometown. It felt good to go back home to display what I was doing outside of Sylvania. And to see my choir, I was a choir director there; I come from a singing family.
Brent: Do you feel the rap community is more accepting of the gay community now? I mean they should recognize by now that there are a growing number of the gays purchasing their music. And plus, I read on the internet where Fat Joe has said that the rap community is OWNED by the gay mafia (in which I think that sounds hot!).
Symphony: Well I can’t speak for the entire rap community, but as far as how I feel about sexuality—-love is love. If a man finds a man to love him or a woman finds a woman or a man finds a woman, horse, goat…love is love. But yea the hip hop was known for it’s strict ‘no homo’ rule back in the day but there are bridges being gapped because now they realized the gays have definitely helped pushed the hip hop genre to the next level.
Brent: Amen! I wish we had more time to ‘rap’, but in the meantime, if a reader wants to support you, how can they obtain or purchase a copy of your album?
Symphony: For now, you can contact me at symphonicflow@gmail.com, Also check me out at symphony4lyfe@youttube.com
Thank you so much Symphony, it’s always nice to support the variety of performers and talent in our community. UNTIL next week, DON’T read the girls, instead read The Brent Star Report!
Where to catch Brent Star: Thursdays at Matador Cantina (925 Garrett St), Saturdays at Tijuana Garage, Sunday with the Armorettes at Burkharts.
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