S.A. welcome to Nefarious Supply we are really excited to feature you as the artist for the week. So just to get the interview started introduce yourself. Who is SA, and what got you started as an artist?
Hey Thank you for having me. SA is a R&B singer from Brooklyn. What got me started as an artist was when I was 8 years old, my teacher told me that I can sing but at that age I wasn’t trying to take music seriously. But he convinces me to start at an early age. Then when I was 13, I was gifted the opportunity to be in a music group and from there the journey started.
How long have you been making music and what artists would you say are some of your biggest influences as of now?
I’ve been making music for 5 years now and it’s been a hell of a journey. There're two artists that I can say played an influence into the created my overall sound was Bryson Tiller & PARTYNEXTDOOR because they influence Trapsoul and I was a huge fan of that type of sound so I was like why not try to be like them and join that sound of Trapsoul.
What area are you from and how has this area played an influence on your overall sound?
I’m from Fort Greene, Brooklyn, NYC. This area influenced my sound because you don’t hear a lot of R&B Artist coming out of New York, let alone Brooklyn so It shaped me to become another R&B artist coming out of Brooklyn.
In addition to influencing you, how is the area for underground musicians? Is there alot of talent in the area, and have you worked with any artist from the area?
Brooklyn has been known for Rapping. You don’t hear a lot of underground R&B music coming out of Brooklyn. I haven’ link up with anyone that does R&B music. There only has been two people and that was Izzy Finesse & La Mulaa,
So as far as projects I gotta say you’re on a roll with releasing new music within the last year you’ve put out; “Untitled“, “Send a Message - EP”, “Chapter 1 - EP”, and “Chapter 2 - EP” so tell us about each of them and out of all your projects which one is your favirote one?
Preciate you. My first EP was Send a Message that came out in February 2019. The whole EP was the beginning of people to know who was SA and what I was capable of doing in this Underground Music Industry, That EP includes two of my favorites songs I loved to make Gucci Drip (Feat. Izzy Finesse) & Reasons. A couple months later I dropped my first album called Untitled. that came out in September 2019.
I made that album to have three different type of R&B Music. Chill vibes like Maria or Party vibe like Best Friends, and Late night in your feelings music like Better Alone. Then shorty after I came up with the Idea of creating an EP series called Chapters and each Chapter has different music in them. Then I decided to use different females faces to represent the Chapters. So far, I’ve I drop only Chapter 1 & 2. There’s only going to be 4 Chapters and those will come out when my 2nd album comes out. Out of all of the albums I would say there all my favorites because they all have a different music to their name, which makes them special.
You’ve also worked with Izzy Finesse, Roseryhill, and Kdence, how did you end up linking with them and how was the creative session working with each of these artists?
First of all, those guys are dope artist. Secondly, I linked up with Izzy Finesse when he was 9 and I was 8, we’ve been family ever since then we came up in music together. Whether it's doing a show together or we had to write music together because we were in a music group. So, when we were chilling in the summer, I told him I wanted him on this song called Gucci Drip, He agreed to do with me and then we went to studio and the rest was history. I link up with Roseryhills from IG, we knew a mutual friend and I just heard his one song called Atlantis Interlude by him. So, hit him up and we became good friends and when I told him I wanted him on a song, it was an easy yes and that song became True Colors. I linked up with Kdence on IG as well, I listened to one of his songs called Freakshow and I had to asked him for a feature and he was with it and that song became Running Game, Pt.1. The creative sessions for all three of them were smooth. They all complemented the song in their own way and it was a fun experience to work with other people.
Do you plan on coming out with any new projects this year?
Yea I do, I have a two-part album coming on the way but the first one that’s dropping first is WHEN MY LOVE DIED on August 10.I also have the last two chapters coming Chapters 3 & 4 after WHEN MY LOVE DIED drops. There will be one feature on WHEN MY LOVE DIED with my guys Drey Armani & Omari Night and most of the album was produce by my producer Downsilence. I have two collab eps with JUICETHERIDDER and LOVEMEFRVR coming soon so expect a lot of music from now all the way to the beginning of 2021.
So what’s next for you in 2020 are there any goals you want to accomplish before the year is out?
I want to continue growing my brand and keep shooting for the stars and aim for the moon as the late Pop Smoke would say.
Who should we feature next on Nefarious Supply?
You should feature some of my guys that are amazing, Roseryhills, LOVEMEFRVR, JUICETHERIDDER, 4AMNORI ,Omari Night, Drey Armani ,HIDDENHILLS, LNLYBOY & Rodiswell
Any last words?
Black Lives Matters , Black Women Matters ,Black Trans Matters and Justice for George Floyd. Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Trayvon Martin, Robert Fuller, Malcom Harsch, Dominique Alexander, Stephon Clark, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, Eric Harris, Freddie Grey, Mya Hall & Many more. Until then we will say their names. Thank you for having me.
Big shout out to SA for out to SA for coming on and interviewing with Nefarious Supply! Be sure to check out his SoundCloud above and if you want to stay up to date with him you you can find him on Instagram!
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