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Get To Know Musical Collective The Chrome All Stars (Q&A)

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Chrome All Stars is an American Hip Hop production team based in Santa Cruz, CA composed of Producer King Cesar B (Cesar Anzaldo) and multi- instrumentalist/Producer Ricardo Anzaldo.

'Highly Motivated' by Chrome All Stars featuring Motion Man, is a studio release that features a collaboration of artists. The release combines Chrome All Stars' music production with the melodic styles of bay area native, Motion Man. The release also features the talents of singer/songwriter Julianna Zachariou with mixing and mastering by Kutmasta Kurt.

Check out the title track below, as well as an exclusvie Q&A!

How did you two decide to form the Chrome All Stars, and how do you describe your musical chemistry?

Cesar: We’re father (Cesar) and son (Ricardo) so it was natural for us
to form Chrome All Stars to produce music. We love music and we
enjoy being creative.

Ricardo: We have a lot of similar influences in music so the musical
chemistry was there.

 

Who are your musical inspirations and how do you describe your
sound?

Cesar: My early hip hop inspirations were Rick Rubin, Larry Smith,
Marley Marl, Eric B., Q Tip, The 45 King, and BDP.

Ricardo: A Tribe Called Quest, Kendrick Lamar, Boogie Down
Productions, The Gorillaz, Nas, Prince, Sade, Outkast. I like to create sounds and beats that are unapologetic in risk taking and something that I personally like even if it’s not in form, key or according to standard musical rules. Most of the artists who inspire me did so, including Motion Man, and I really admire that
about their sound.

Cesar: Some of our musical inspirations differ and others overlay, so
instead of having a musical generation gap we tend to bridge my
golden age of hip hop to Ricardo’s contemporary sound, together.
Our sound can be described as sweet and salty. The smooth melodic
music over samples and hard hip hop beats.

Ricardo: It’s very equally influenced by RnB and old school hip hop.

 

Tell us about the EP 'Highly Motivated" (concept, inspiration,
etc).

Cesar: The Highly Motivated EP was made with the intention of
creating music that we personally enjoy listening to, regardless of
what the popular norm is at the time. Chrome is reflective and we (Chrome All Stars) try and reflect our Artists and encourage them to take risks by being patient with the Artist, helping them to grow in a new personal direction.

 

What is your creative process like?

Cesar: Each of us works separately then brings the song to the
other. The other intuitively finishes or adds to the song to make it
the best it can sound. We usually go back and forth through this
process for each song, with the featured Artist being involved along
the way, until the song feels complete.

 

What instruments do you play?

Cesar: Turntables (scratching and transforming), keys

Ricardo: Drums, guitar, keys.

 

What's next for the Chrome All Stars?

Cesar: Chrome All Stars is making big progress right now and we’re
going to keep producing music that encourages Artists to feel free
enough to explore and expand their own craft, without compromising
themselves or their brand.

 

chromeallstarsmusic.com

 

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