I just wanted to clear up a few things about these continuous (and sometimes rather snide) comparisons of me with my man Buck 65.  And before I go any further, let me make it clear that I got huge respect for the guy, I think he makes great hip-hop and seems to be from what I can gather a really cool guy with clever lyrics and no big ego like too many hiphop "stars". 

And I don't wanna get into a debate here about who did it first (especially since I'm pretty sure he did, lol), but either way, in no way am I trying to copy the guy, in fact, I'd never heard of him until quite a few years after I started doing this shit - and no, my sound didn't change at that point, I've always sounded the same as I do now, though I hope I've improved a little since the beginning, hehe.

Anyway, back to the point of all this; so why do we sound so much alike? Well, although in my humble opinion we don't really, for those of you who insist on saying so,  I suppose the main reason is geographical.  He's from Mount Uniacke, NS, Canada, and I'm from Beaverbank, NS, Canada (since I imagine most anyone who's reading this has no idea where those places even are, I'll tell you, they're both in the middle of nowhere, lol, and about maybe 10 miles away from each other).  So, obviously we got more or less the same accent (though I think his even a bit more hicksy than mine, hehe), which obviously is gonna make us sound a bit similar, especially being as there are very few hip-hoppers around with that kinda accent.

Next, I assume (though I could be wrong) from listening to Buck's tracks that we're drinking from a lot of the same influences vocal style wise, especially as far as the big one is concerned, that being Tom Waits obviously.  So if you wanna accuse me of trying to copy someone, look no farther, I admit it, I'm a complete (and rather poor compared to the genius of the man) Tom Waits rip-off.  And so is Buck.  However, I think Captain Beefheart might have had a few similar complaints back when Mr Waits started out, or Scott Walker with Bowie and Nick Cave, etc.  Music is all about emulating the geniuses, and building your own style up from there.  And this is probably even more true of Hip-Hop than any other form of music, due to the whole nature of sampling and all.

Lastly, since I'm sure some smart-ass is gonna bring it up sooner or later, all this being said, so why is Buck 65 up at the top of my list of influences on the myspace page?  Well, to be brutally honest, for no more than the simple reason of allowing people to find me if they do a customised search by influences.  I'm just a little fish and a very big sea of hiphop artists here on myspace, and apparently, we do sound somewhat similar, although I don't think we really do that much when you go past the surface of our accents and rough voices.

Anyway, I think this little speech has gone on long enough now, if you're still reading, congrats, I would probably have stopped by now if I were you. 

Peace and love to you all, especially the 3 of you who actually give a shit about what I'm trying to do here with my music ;>
-Jason

PS, if you're wondering how I could be from just 10 miles away from the guy and have never heard of hime till recently, it's because I've been living in Spain for the last 15 years, and I don't really listen to much hip-hop anyway.

PPS I promise this is the last time I'll blog about such a boring subject, I'll let the music speak for itself from now on.