Hailing from Los Angeles, California,
Sabatoj shared the his the video “Powers to be Legendary” for his new single from the upcoming album and spoke with us for our Music Spotlight Series. The song gives props to legendary hip hop artists that paved the way for artist like Sabatoj to make a name for themselves and aim to be legendary.
Your name has a unique meaning. Can you tell us about that?
Sabotaj is my stage name. That’s spelled S-A-B-O-T-A-J which each letter stands for S = Supernatural, A = Ability, B = Beyond, O = Only, T = Take, A = Allah’s (God), J = Journey. SABOTAJ!
Describe your music for those who have never heard it.
My music is original period! It’s pure raw and uncut real Hip Hop. I have what I call a 3Dimensional wicked flow. I’m very lyrical and my style is ancient. I am the Wizard of Rhymes! Words are powerful enough to cast spells when I bless tracks it’s in a magical form. I’m also known as The Magical One among many other names. Hearing the music is true understanding. I like the music to speak for
Tell us about your new single “Powers To Be Legendary
“Powers To Be Legendary” is exactly that!
What inspired you to pursue music?
I’ve been heavily influenced by music since a young kid. My mom played a lot of The Supremes, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Ashforditselfand Simpson, Donna Summers The Miracles, Smokey Robinson, the whole Motown vibe, Earth Wind & Fire and so many more. My dad played a lot of Rick James, Teena Marie, Parliament (all funk from that era), Marvin Gaye, the whole Motown vibe and many others. My mom sent me to the YMCA in Torrance during the summer so between 10 and 14yrs old I went
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What has been your greatest career accomplishment so far?
In 1999 and early 2000’s I was part owner of a record label and we put out a 12″ side A was a song called “Rhymes Adventurous” for radio and side B was for my pure hip hop heads a song called “Supreme Soloist” We sold nearly 10,000 copies on our own over seas in Japan. We also created a huge street buzz and a bit of radio play in the Los Angeles market. Stations 105.9 and 100.3 the beat which was originally 92.3 the beat. This was a great push at that time. I’m also proud of myself and my music partner / rhyme partner Haph Breed for the fact that we continued recording for years and years and have a high quality of music in the vault ready to share with the world! Our time is NOW!
What has been your biggest challenge?
Finding time to stay true to my music. All my life I’ve worked fulltime jobs, have two daughters and had to put feeding the family 1st. camping make it in the music
What is your music goal for the year?
To release 2 singles and videos for the album “The Legend That Never Was” dropping October 31st 2018. The 3rd single and video will most likely drop Jan or Feb 2019 but the album for sure will be available on all music platforms in Oct of 2018. The bigger picture is to make the world understand I’m here and been existing for years! I’ve been overseas music forever, time to sit at the table with the TRUE Legends of Hip Hop. This is why my album is called “The Legend That Never Was” this will explain to the world what I’m worthy of and the cloth I’m cut from and how I bleed Hip Hop. The fans will place me in my rightful position and the music will speak for itself.
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