Edan is a pure hip hop person. No, not a pseudo street thug that profiles and poses about owning 50 crack houses from New York to Virginia. I'm talking about those real people who have fond memories of growing up to hip hop and using it as not only a means to an end, but as a way to express themselves for personal gratification and the sake of dopeness. I had a good time interviewing this guy back in November, and I wanted to shed some light on the "Humble Magnificent".

Darcwonn: My first question for you Edan is...where have you been, man?

I've been working on a new album.

Oh, okay. I didn't know that, man. You could have been doing anything.

Yeah, I do a lot of different things, you know. I probably be doin' the same shit that you do. I don't know what you do to nurture your soul, you know what I mean. But, its probably music related from what I gather. I eat, sleep, shit, hang out with friends and family and other than that...I'm into the music and the art. Going to the movies, literature and just enjoying myself, y'know.

Yeah, man...that's a beautiful thang.

(Laughter)

It is, man! It is!

No question! No question!

So explain to the people who you are and what you are about.

On the surface, I'm just another musician out there. More specifically, I'm into hip hop. Among others things, that seems to be how I express myself even though I play the guitar and all types of shit. As far as hip hop goes, I'm a producer, deejay, emcee. Basically, just a song creator. Anything I need to do to get a song done, that's me. So, hey, I'm a nice person, I would like to think. I'm just a human being, first off, you know what I mean.

So tell me, where you originally from?

I'm from Maryland, which is 20 minutes away from Washington D.C. You can say like the Maryland D.C. area.

Well, I'm from Indiana, so you know how that goes.

Oh...right. Yeah. So anyway...when it was time to do a college or higher education thing, I ended up going to music school in Boston. I've been here for the past six years. I took a year off and moved back to D.C., but for six years more or less I have been in Boston.

So, how is Boston, man?

Hey, I like it, y'know. Anyone that lives her will tell you its cold. Its alright other that that. It is very college based. A lot of college kids. So, you are gonna have this youthful energy, but they don't stay too long. You get some kids that stay around for 3-4 years and then they move on. You see new faces all the time. That sort of dominates the city. You have native residents just like everywhere else. It's like New York Lite.

New York Lite? (Laughter)

Yeah, its on some toned down city shit. A little more relaxed