TKA: If its one way song on the album that you like, thats fine because alot of people expect alot from TKA. What we expect from you is to really listen to the lyrics and let it take you. It might take awhile for you to really feel what we are saying but I think it will last for a long time.

LouieC: So that your Freestyle Audience may know, what is yalls favorite song on the album and does it have a special meaning?
TKA: I think my personal favorite would be "Better Than Da Rest'Um." Everytime I hear that song, personally, I rock that joint there. That joint right there is bangin at a club, know what i am saying. Now, the single, "You Don't Feel It," is a song where someone is really not living up to their end of the relationship and we all been through that. You can't be afraid to express that. Songs that are mellow that I love are "One Day U" and the one that I wrote and produced, "Love Will Conquer." That song I wrote for my daughter, (laughing) I know everybody says that but for real I did write that song for about 6 years ago. I feel everybody did a good job on this album. K did an awesome job as lead vocalist singing different songs in different tones. I told K, "Trust me, get in there, you have more on your voice than just "Give Your Love To Me" & "Maria." Angel did a great job supporting the whole thing and the same went for the management. We just can't wait for the final day to arrive on the release of our new album which is now 11-06-01. I got a call from TommyBoy a couple of weeks ago and they said that were running behind on the marketing and had to push the release date back. I told that I wasn't mad and that it was cool. There is a political side to the business. You can have the greatest music ever but if you don't have the people marketing it then you won't give your music the chance to be heard.

LouieC: Elaborate more for us on the political side?
TKA: What people don't understand is that they have to go out there the first week of the album's release and cop that album so that we can get on Billboard and get the radio time needed to make this successful. Without that type of support, it will be very difficult for TKA to do another album. So, we got to let the fans know that we are out here putting this music out.

LouieC: You guys have a performance at backdrafts in a few weeks which I may be at....don't know yet but anyway, will you all be playing some of the new songs off of the new album?
TKA: What we do is perform one or two songs. See, when we do a show, the crowd shows much love towards us but they want us to do every single that we have ever put out which is almost impossible. So, what we do is that we let the club play some of our hits as well. There will come a time when we will put a band together to promote the new album so that we can do our new singles.

LouieC: Who are the people behind the production?
TKA: The people who produced this album are all from my production company. Lets see, Orion Entertainment, Ivan from TPR productions and Edwin Ramos, who this is his first large project, all did a great job.

LouieC: Are you all planning any major tour or any type of promotions such as videos in a national level for the new album or maybe hitting any cities like New Orleans, Houston, Miami, or Los Angeles? Or are you all mainly going to concentrate in the NYC area?
TKA: We definitely go out there and hang with Master P (laughing). We have done alot of shows in the past in Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, San Antonio and other parts of the country. We have been all over and hope we can do our shows there again. We are planning a tour to promote the album on all of the major cities to do what we do best. As for a video, we are trying to get a good feel from the fans on what song we are probably going to release next and do a video on that.

LouieC: I saw that you all were part of the Freestyle Rush Tour this year...how was it working with so many freestyle artists and especially with stevie B?
TKA: We actually were only able to do one day of the tour. Big ups to Stevie for that. Yeah, it was in Philly and the only thing was that it was in conflict with out studio time. We were in the process of finalyzing the album like mixing and mastering it. So, it was totally difficult to committ to a tour at that time. We weren't able to continue and our priority was the album. We have been here since '85 and love what we are doing and it has been a good 16 years.

LouieC: I know this may be a frequently asked question but many people wonder what the Freestyle Kings truly feel what the definition of Freestyle Music is? What would you sum up Freestyle to be?
TKA: The definition of what freestyle should be is GOOD!!! I think the art of freestyle is good but the business side of it needs to get better. There are so many artists out there that are willing to do a song but they are not taking care of their business. They don't have the managers that are as wise about the industry as per say the POP industry. For instance, like in Royalty Rates, Production Points, and Credits. The problem is back in the day alot of the artist and even the ones now have not received their just right. Alot of producers and managers have gotten rich because of that. Artists need to the best they can but their music will only be good if the business of the side of it is good. As far as the music, just give it all you got. The bottom line is that you need to put that star quality like MADONNA does. If you do, then you will receive your just rights. There are only a few freestyle groups out there like us and Stevie B who get can get up to $10,000 a show but the majority of the freestyle artists who are not going for that star quality only get maybe $500 a show. Personally, I know of managers right now that are ripping their artist off because most of today's artist come in with nothing and are willing to do anything to do a song!!! (sounds of frustration) In Order for freestyle to get back up at a "Major" level, this type thinkng needs to stop.