Meet - Ace Reyes

Today we are kicking it with a new inspiring rapper named Ace Reyes. 
Soldya Muzik is gonna go in and see where exactly Ace's mind is at these 
days. Make sure you look for him on the new "Tha Advocate and 
Ballerstatus.com present Digital Dynasty Volume 3...HOSTED BY 
ALCHEMIST!" Lets get into this.
 
For starts where did the name Ace Reyes come from?

Well the name in general comes from the alias I used when hustling. Ace
is an acronym for my mission statement on life, About Cash Everyday.
Reyes means kings in Spanish and it’s just what I took on.

Where are you reppin?

Born and raised in Queens, New York, but I’ve lived in both Orlando,
and Miami Florida. Big ups to all my peoples I’ve linked with over
time in all my cities ya dig.

Instead of doing something else what made you want to make music?

I got a story to tell. I need to talk about life as I see it. Everyone
got their own issues and their own story. I just put my life on the
tracks and when you can relate then you’ll feel it. With so much other
shit going for me I don’t really even have to choose music, but I do
it for the love of the game. Hip-hop music reflects my life and is what
I grew up listening to. The rush I get in the booth is enough for me,
regardless of extreme success and fame.

Who were the most influential rappers you ever heard that made you get 
into music?

I started listening to hip-hop as a youngster right before Tupac and
Biggie died. As I got older I began to listen to early hip-hop. The
artists I bumped in my life were the ones who could speak about
something that was similar to what I was going through. I was influenced
by dudes like Big Pun, Big L, Biggie, Pac, Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, Outkast,
and Rakim. Newer rappers like Jadakiss, Ludacris, T.I., Lil Wayne, and
Papoose, to name a few, influence me to step my game up everyday.

Are you on a label? If so let us know.....

Naw, my dude I’m currently unsigned. I’m on the mixtape and features
grind. The game is changing so much right now that maybe jumping into a
label right away ain’t the best idea. I gotta calculate my moves, with
everything being digital and all. I’ve heard the shady stories behind
these labels and I don’t need A DEAL, I need THE DEAL.

Any new projects coming out?

I put out the “Man or Myth” mixtape back in April. Yall can check
that out at www.datpiff.com. I got my next mixtape titled, “Kilo
Stilo” coming out real soon. Got about 20 tracks I’m sorting out
right now. In the mean time you can hear some tracks off Kilo Stilo on
myspace and musicnation. Shortly after that Ima drop my next project
titled, “Prophet for a Profit”. Also, don’t forget to check me out
on Digital Dynasty 3, Hosted by Alchemist.

Any features?

I got a small circle but I got collabs with my dudes Dizzy, Rapz,
Cartel, and Omarvelous. You can also check for me on Rapz’s mixtape
titled “High Talk”.

What type of beats do you typically lean towards?

I like something that hits the soul. There’s an inexplicable feeling I
get when I hear a hot beat I wanna jump on. I like complex patterns,
unique sounds, and hard bass.

Ace, are you disapointed in HipHop nower days or impressed with it?

I’m impressed with how it has withstood time. Everything evolves, even
individuals themselves, but as hip-hop ages theres a lot of
unprecedented things we’re seeing. I’m proud of where hip-hop is,
but I am disappointed of how far off we are from the level that the
“golden age” was on. We will never have the 90s hip hop back and
that’s bad, but it also creates a chance for us up and comers to make
a new golden age from 09 and on, and that’s good.





If you can hop in a time machine ..what year of hiphop would you go to? 
and why?

I would go back to the time when rappers were going platinum like water.
I know record sales doesn’t mean skills and quality, but that was a
time when a voice could be heard and if it was saying real shit then
people would listen. Nowadays, people flock to the new dance or new
gimmick that’s gonna be hot for like 2 months.

How would you describe your style of hiphop?

I got a little bit of everything. I'm an educated MC so I make thought
provoking music but at the same time I’m from the hood and I’ve had
to grind in my past so I make that Hustle and Street Music. I’ve been
through a lot of things in my life so I also make soulful music that
almost any one can relate to. I got love for the ladies and the club so
I make that just chilling and about to get some pussy music too YA DIG.

Whats your goal for the hiphop game?

Hip hop is a textbook, and I don’t just want a line or a paragraph in
it. I want a chapter and I just want to be held in high regard with the
best of them. I want to be prolific in my projects and I want people to
recognize me as one of the nicest, if not THE nicest.

Does you agenda include trying to change whats going on nowerdays?

In some ways we all conform to the norm whether we try to or not. I may
make club joints, love joints, or bangers like the next rapper but those
are views and experiences from my life and apply to me too. Other people
can relate to them so it applies to them but I’m going off my life and
my real emotions. In other ways, I make songs with concepts to make your
mind think in ways you never expected a song to make you think. I like
to hit a certain nerve or affect an emotion by relating to the way YOU
feel. Rappers make songs only thinking about themselves, I like to think
about the listener and what in my life can he either relate to or learn
from.
 
Does it frustrate you that to get major spins or radio play you have to 
make booty music or use auto tune ?

Sometimes, because I rather put out a joint about life and how the
choices we make affect who we become, but that ain’t going to spin or
sell. So now I gotta make a club joint or love joint whether I want to
or not because that’s what the norm is. On the flip side, I’m a man
and I love getting pussy, I love bitches, I love money, and I love the
club, so it’s not hard to take from my views and make a pop song that
may get mainstream appeal. Autotone on the other hand I can’t fucks
with. No disrespect to T-Pain and those who use it, but too many people
done jumped on the wagon.

Speaking of that how played out is Auto Tune right now?

It’s over-saturated in the game right now. Let T-Pain do it, he made
it ill and he nice with it. The rest of yall come up with your own
creative shit. What the fuck?

If you had to compare yourself to any 2 rappers dead or alive ..who 
would they be?

I like to say I got crazy wordplay like Big Pun but rhymes like Rakim
with a touch of Pac in there.

Here at Soldya Muzik we like to ask our features some questions that 
really are out of the norm. We do this because it gives the fans a 
broader outlook on you.So lets get it cracking ....

Lets keep it real ..will Obama change anything?

Not in four years, we gotta give him the whole eight. Bush done fucked
it up so bad that people are developing unrealistic expectations from
Barack. I believe he can do it though.

Are you more concerned with the state you live in or the state of 
hiphop?

To be honest, Neither. I move around so much that the state I live in is
irrelevant to what I want to do with my life. I do wish Florida had more
of an underground scene like New York. Hip hop is fine, evolution comes
with time and like Obama said, Change is coming, and I think change is
good.

Who is the wackest rapper of 2008?

K-Fed, Ed Mcmahon, the white rappers from that show (VH1 White Rapper Show).
You pick homie.

Who would win in a battle ...50 Cent or Beanie Seagal?

Lyrically Beans would eat him up but in a real fight I think 50 might
bop him.

Back To The Norm.......
 
Name 1 song you've done that will have the Soldya Muzik viewers 
hooked!?

One song? Damn I got a couple but if I gotta choose one I would choose
“Got What I Got”. That’s the hustler anthem, and I don’t mean
selling drugs, I mean striving for anything you want against all odds
and adversity.


DLD Ace Reyes song here


Thanks for hollering at us and in closing give any shoutouts...F.U.'S or 
whatevers clever?

Shoutouts to my cousin Cartel for pushing the tapes and networking for
this music shit. Big ups to my dude Rapz for always having a spot for me
on his projects. Thanks to IQ aka Mizz Reyes for keeping me strong in
times I could of crumbled. Thanks to the haters, yall keep me motivated.
Everytime you speak my name I hope it leaves the nastiest taste in your
mouth BITCHES. Like 50 said, “Love your enemies and hate your friends,
your enemies remain the same your friends always change”………..1


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