2 Tone vs Q Will – The Motivation

Like many rappers 2 Tone vs Q Will were influenced by the music of their parents who listened to predominantly R&B and Soul. But where these guys separate from the crowd is where their understanding and level of musicality far surpasses that of your average rapper. Raised together in Austin, 2 Tone vs Q Will are blood cousins who got their start on the Austin Hip-Hop scene with the popular albums Beautiful Music 1 & Beautiful Music 2.

“2 Tone is my blood cousin we grew up together as kids and we’ve been on a life journey together thats led us to music. Since we were kids as teenagers we we’ve been working together and we’ve always had a different sound,” Q Will explained. “We are different than anything else I am hearing in Austin, we have that type of organic sound that is a little different and our live show is engaging. We really get the crowd involved so people really get to be a part of our music. We don’t want to settle and we challenge ourselves everyday in our music,” 2 Tone added.

Now as they prep for their full length album Vegetables & A Handful of Candy, the guys are back with a 5 song EP dubbed, Legacy that has a more worldly sound and appeals to all type of musical lovers from Jazz to Funk to Soul. “You don’t have to like rap to listen to our music, there’s another layer to it with the Jazz, Funk and Soul and some of our verses are more like spoken word than raps with a cappellas . What we do is very Austin, our music represents the city and we amplify what you see here at SXSW, “ 2 Tone said of their new Legacy EP. “We sat down and collectively built the songs from beginning to end, we wanted to make music that had a world sound and it ended up really pushing me to make different music. I really feel connected with this project.”

For their Legacy EP, the guys are focused on two singles “The Motivation” and “Legacy”. “The Motivation” is more of an uplifting song and “Legacy” is more about everything in today’s world being disposable and how everything comes and goes, and there’s only a few select things in this world and in this life that are here forever,” Q Will said. With this project the guys look to catapult themselves to the forefront of the Austin music scene, which has quickly developed a reputable sound.

“The past five years Austin’s sound is diverse and it’s about being different. We have Country Cousins, Chamothy, Kydd Jones and many others, but Austin is big on bands. It’s a big city but its a small town, its very talented and when people outside of Austin take a look, they will realize it can blossom into its own thing.”