Interview with artist TOKiMONSTA

[YAKonDECK]

what is the name of the first song....

[12SilviaD]

Omg what was that last song called?!

[jaimiecurrie]

recorded with a fucking potato.

[GeoAl09]

now its not true with all artists, but most of the time, the real GOOD music really has no like specific genre, when you cant define a artist to a genre then you know they are doing something right

[bigfatdick5000]

What !?!?! I thought Toki monsta was Japanese all along !!!

[Haiyore]

'toki' in slang japanese means time , 'monsta' is how japanese says monster

maybe she likes japanese thing, but didn't want to admit it because afraid people will call her weaboo

[MrJinxious]

@Haiyore no!! 'toki' is a rabbit in Korean (she is Korean)

[htmlst]

@Haiyore now that's kind of creepy.. why do you even think like that? toki is almost equally pronounced as 토끼(rabbit in Korean). and excuse me for a sec, everyone uses '-a' instead of '-er' is somehow japanese thing related? like....... ni*a instead of ni*er?

[MASEK1PROD]

@Haiyore same saying different meaning in each language

[Joti666]

Basically, the TALeNTMONSTA.

[DrHappySmilealot]

Playing a slowed down Mr.Oizo song at the end hahaha.

[nirvanadrainyou101]

ummm i got the name tokimonsta umm because i fucked coki and cookie monsta in the same night and i wanted to have both at the same time but ummmm

[TheeBuschHeavy]

105 likes, 0 dislikes.. ur damn fkn right.. respect the TOKi.. much love for ya lady

[BelfonteFurnace]

She makes music, just enjoy.

[missmixxer]

SHE BE CUTE

[skidexa]

Post hip hop?



[damnericskate]

MARRY ME ALREADY!!!

[TheCionTheory]

she is pretty :)~and pretty dope.

[dannydracko]

i love this women... i did a promotional song to one of her songs.

[DonovanSheehan]

one of my fav music artists :)

[DatDatsun]

she makes music and COOKING!!!!! OHHHH EMMMMMM GEEE FUTURE WIFE

[thedezoe]

musicians are so complicated sometimes..

[boogieboxxxbboy]

@Kestroid she was born in LA lol

[Kestroid]

I was suprised she spoke good english LOL

[OVERCAPITALIZE]

@Kestroid

Born in LA..

[Kestroid]

@OVERCAPITALIZE Forgot to read the description...My fault

[FuzzySocks]

@Kestroid

She was born in L.A. and her real name is Jennifer Lee... why wouldn't she speak English well?

[FuzzySocks]

Also saying she speaks 'good English' means you need to retake English lessons as well.

[xr2kid]

She does Trip-Hop

[aviwaviw]

Arguing for a useless cause or get back to producing/djing or whatever you guys do? Choice is obvious.

[TheElephantOpera]

She likes cooking...

[PansSprite]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i love the way she talks. why should music be typecast? her music should just be called TOKiMonsta. it needs no definition.

zule mother fucker zule!

[saarim101]

I wanna marry her, so talented and just so damn fine 

[nicesatu]

I LOVE YOU!!! :D

[vibravibra]

tru artist <3

[Skateateer]

god she is gorgeous.. its my destiny to be the best mc i can be.. surely our souls rhythms will cross paths

[L390H36D]

I'd Fuckimonsta you.

[xDisturbed8X13]

marry me 

[edman2424]

There is nothing more sexy than a girl that makes music and not pop music, Music that is dominated by guys and I'm sorry to say most genres are. There needs to be more girls like her making music.

[bruce10]

whats the song at the end? sick!

[M4lign]

this is in chattanooga TN? when the fuck was tokimonsta here?

[peyotecoyote92]

shes wonderful.

[AfterShadow]

I should change my name to TokingMonsta

[TonyBambino]

Electronica? She CLEARLY does hip hop music...man. I swear cats try their hardest to say they arn't hip hop. If you're saying she's electronica you're on some other shit.I hear the eletronic influence...but c'mon man here beats are in the same vain as J Dilla, Madlib, etc.

She's talented and I hope she continues to do what she does.

[RickyCau20]

@TonyBambino Dude, you're probably right, I had no idea what genre she claims to be, it was just a guess. They play a lot of dubstep at the club i was filming, maybe thats where I got the idea! thanks.

[Beatlicious91]

@RickyCau20 I think your both right in a way. I'd call most of here music trip - hop.

[TheZzyzzx]

@RickyCau20 STOP PIGEON-HOLING US. IT'S MUSIC. STFU AND LISTEN

[Giodamus]

@RickyCau20 Isn't it more like trip hop?

[telkmx]

@RickyCau20 Yes and we don't care how we can put some beats in a box "style". She defintly play music i think she can't say a style and maybe don't care tooo ^^ cool interview

[13SoulSurvivor]

@RickyCau20 kaykayonthebeatz is the aswer

[xr2kid]

@RickyCau20 She does trip-hop and Electronic indie style of hip-hop

[jimmy123456789]

@RickyCau20 Glitch-hop, is more what i would say for her.



[Insomnimanic805]

@TonyBambino but at the same time blockhead is clearly electronic music and yet makes beats for aesop rock. Its just awesom music. i dont know what to call it

[AfroSamurai42o]

@TonyBambino its actually called experimental because she doesn't just specifically make hip hop

[doddoso]

@TonyBambino you're right! it's the first thing I said in her facebook page "do you listen to "Illadelph Halflife" by the Roots often? there are some influences , the rythmic are so dope!"

[intrikatemind]

@TonyBambino If you don't listen to this genre, don't label it. You CLEARLY don't listen to hip hop or this sort of music. Otherwise you wouldn't say stupid comments like this. Music like this has many labels. Have you ever heard of sub genre's? This is best described as "experimental". I don't even like the title and have trouble saying that, but oh well, I have trouble labeling some music as "underground hip hop" and I hate people saying "real hip hop." I always think... noob.

[intrikatemind]

@TonyBambino I think musicians like this dont care what their genre is called, otherwise there would be a unique name for this. They just care about making good music PERIOD! Like I said, I dont like labeling music and you shouldn't either. Just listen and love.

[radgemasterben]

@intrikatemind correct. you can tell she's got a wide taste in music and can play several instruments by the music she makes. personaly iv allways been quite a fan of hers. still cant quite put my finger on what genre the tunes fall under. tbh it varys, ive heard some hip hop, rap, dub, etc...

one thing's for sure, theres more to come. and i like that :D keep it up toki x

[lostmindio]

@TonyBambino how about not locking it down to a single genre?

[abSOULuteD]

@TonyBambino I heard she does most of her sets with dubstep.. like 90% Dubstep.. 10% hip-hop

[fakeplasticfool]

@abSOULuteD

saw her a c ouple months ago, her set wasnt very dubby, she threw in some wu tang and hendrix, shit was awesome haha

[directmusic94]

@TonyBambino but what's to say hip hop isn't electronic? it basically is, but some of her song are more throwback hip hop and some are more glitch electronic such as the song at 0:59 or usd by her. JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC

[ALCscratch]

@TonyBambino I believe that beats/instrumental pieces are the vain of music. "Hip Hop" is absolute horse shit, I wish that "genre" was never created because it is NOT the backbone of beats--the beats were always there before "Hip Hop" was "invented", lmfao.

[NICKD92570]

@ALCscratch HIP-HOP may not have been the first instrumental genre and it goes back centuries!...but why are you hating on hip-hop?? obviously you must not have that mush hip hop knowledge if you hate it..

[NICKD92570]

hahahah I meant much...and sorry if I misunderstood you but Im replying to you because it seemed as if your dissing hip hop

[ALCscratch]

@NICKD92570 Pretty much, yeah. lol. Calling things a part of "Hip Hop" is goofy to me.

[NICKD92570]

@ALCscratch Well certain things should be called a part of hip-hop because no one did it before hip-hop I see what you mean about instrumentals though...thats not hip-hop

[KamKomissioner]

@ALCscratch hats with the strong feelings about hip-hop? i assume you like tokimonsta and alot of her music is hip-hop.

[ALCscratch]

@KamKomissioner I heard about her through Brainfeeder. I actually don't listen to her very much other than some of her remixes of artists I do like. I used to listen to "Hip-Hop" until I realized how restrained and one-dementional an artist can be by saying they make "Hip-Hop". It's just sad.

[KamKomissioner]

@ALCscratch do you mean how one-dimentional hip-hop artists are or that artists get pigeon-holed by saying they make hip-hop?

[ALCscratch]

@KamKomissioner That artists pigeon-hole themselves by claiming to make Hip-Hop. Really...I think they should separate themselves from analyzing what they do and just do what they're feeling. Why does anybody set out to make a certain demographic (e.g. Hip-Hop heads) happy? How can anybody enjoy making anything that they know is just going to get thrown into a certain realm of mediocrity?

[KamKomissioner]

@ALCscratch well that could happen when you say you make any genre. artists probably claim a genre because thats what they grew up with and it might just be mediocrity to you but it deeply resonates with them and they see their music as a continuation of the tradition.

[iSucKatTyping09]

@TonyBambino Electronica is such a broad genre, a lot of hip hop could be considered electronica. But your definitely right she does remind me of dilla....I'd like to hear some freestyle over this for sure tho.

[FinesseF3]

@TonyBambino She's Hip Hop and Some Sort of Electronica and Even Techno. Some Sampling Can Derive From Orchestra and the Chick Plays At Least 4 Instruments. So For the Record, This Girl Is Everything Any of Us Here Commenting Can't Be. Lol.

[67750510]

@FinesseF3 "So For the Record, This Girl Is Everything Any of Us Here Commenting Can't Be. Lol."

so true, that's what sets us apart from her haha =) one love!

[txt2k3]

@TonyBambino You're fucking STUPID have you heard her music ?

[MaddkapsFromMars]

@txt2k3 How the fuck is he STUPID? Learn the fucking difference. Theres a goddamn reason she's compared to Nujabes, Madlib, and all these dope producers. Goddamn, get the fuck out of here.

[txt2k3]

@MaddkapsFromMars WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU COMPARE HER TO NUJABES OR MADLIB YOU DUMB BITCH ! JUST CAUSE THEY ALL MAKE BEATS DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD COMPARE THEM. SHE SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE THEM YOU DUMB FUCK, WHY DON'T YOU LEARN THE FUCKING DIFFERENCE OF STYLE YOU DUMB BITCH. NEXT TIME THINK BEFORE YOU POST SOME STUPID SHIT YOU IGNORANT ASS FUCK.

[MaddkapsFromMars]

@txt2k3 NOT TO NUJABES, THEY SOUND THE SAME TO ME. AND PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH YOU FUCKING DOUCHEBAG, CALLING ME IGNORANT WHILE YOU'RE CALLING ME A BITCH AND WHAT NOT, GROW THE FUCK UP.

This fucking lame ass punk trying to fucking call me ignorant? Are you fucking serious. You're a fucking waste, human garbage. The fuck outta here.

[txt2k3]

@MaddkapsFromMars "THEY SOUND THE SAME TO ME"  - stupid ass person.

If you knew anything about music/music production you would know better

[MaddkapsFromMars]

@txt2k3 P.S. QUIT BEING A FUCKING HATING ASS FAGGOT. LET A PERSON HAVE THEIR FUCKING OPINION YOU FUCKING MARK ASS BITCH

[BlueMagicHoodini]

Nah her beats aren't in the same vain as Dilla and Madlib. No way, two different lanes

You might like her and think she isn't electronica but Jay Dee and Lib....Nah Sorry.

[MrRyokawasaki]

@TonyBambino

She's as hip hop as you are, based on what you just said.

[guruu13]

@TonyBambino I don't think it's unfair to call her music electronica because although it takes a lot from hip hop, it's also still sort of in the rave tradition of older electronic artists as far as how the shows are. It's a total synthesis of electronic and hip hop, same with flying lotus, gaslamp killer, etc.

[venone05]

your a champ toki :)

[Bolt646]

shes a badass!

[mzathemerc1]

I agree. Love her music

[Redface0512]

Awesome musician