Adrian Younge

I'm the black dude that loves old black culture. I also love old white culture. I just love history, but I'm the guy that wants to bring things back and push them forward. ”

To me, the Ennio Morricone kind of sound is a derivative of soul music. ”

I love sampling, and RZA loves sampling, too. ”

I'm a hip hop dude who loves scoring for film. ”

I can't do too much musical movement with a lot of MC's, because they don't know how to follow me. But with Souls of Mischief, I could go anywhere because they are musicians - they rap as musicians, and they play instruments and produce, so they get that. ”

Generally, as a composer, it's perceived as an employer-employee relationship. ”

I want listeners to feel as though they went through an experience. ”

I love how music can create an audiovisual experience. To me, some of the best music is the music that does that. ”

I remember those moments in my life when the tape came out on that Tuesday, and I went to Sam Goody to cop it. And sitting and listening to it. In awe of the music I was listening to, but also imagining this music at the hip-hop clubs and with the homies in the car. ”

My studio is fully analog. There's nothing modern. There's not even a computer in my studio. ”