Uno: heard something about a pet alien named ‘hip-hop,’ who travels around with you. What’s that all about?

Ezzie B.: (laughter) he’s the focal point of a project we created entitled "The Marvelous Misadventures Of Hip-Hop,”on our site http://ezziebthatsme.tumblr.com
The project revolves around "Hip-Hop,” an inch and a half tall florescent-green alien figurine that we’ve chosen to embody the culture of true Hip-Hop. When we travel within the states and abroad, we take him with us. He represents something that’s much bigger than us, something we’re too humble to just, put our face on. Something you couldn’t even necessarily put a human face on. Hip-Hop culture and its elements are so different from place to place, it almost seems perfect to represent it with something that’s completely foreign to everyone. We take pictures of it with fans, near historic landmarks, and in just about any situation/location available. The motto is, ‘whenever or where ever you see the green alien, Hip-Hop was there”. He’s been doing quite a bit of traveling lately in support of the culture. He’s recently stamped his passport in London, Doha, Ireland, and couple other countries in the past few months and he’s gearing up to hit the road again! Check em’ out!

Uno: Very cool! Tell me about your revolutionary sound. What sets you apart from other hip-hop groups?

B. Doom: There are a few things that set us apart. For starters, there aren’t many Hip-Hop groups that rap, sing, self-produce, mix and master, market and have day jobs. There aren’t many Hip Hop albums that go from spittin’ about microphone mathematics to parenthood, from speaking on rappers that lack relevant and intelligent song content to the woes of a military deployment. Just having an artistic capacity to bounce between tracks with samples from opera singer Kathleen Battle to productions that use sonic elements from the original Metroid forces a variety of different people to step back and look at us in at a different angle. And lastly, how many artists/groups are actually into composition and music theory? We think it’s the overall pursuit of perfecting the basic building blocks of music in general that has and will continue to set us apart.

Uno: Is there an overall message to your music? What does Prosthetik Intelligentz represent?

B. Doom: I think Prosthetik represents that guy or gal who would much rather "Talk it out” than "Walk it out”! It’s for the people that want to hear something prolific, something thought-provoking and not something "ignant”. Something with a little substance. We represent Hip-Hop in it’s purest form—two turntables and a mic. Two phat emcees on the set. Yes, we said "Phat” (giggling). Little Brother member, Phonte said it best: "Hip-Hop is dope beats and dope rhymes. What more do you want?” Most importantly, to bridge musical generation gaps. Teach the youth that they don’t have to be "MC Yung Murder Charge,” or "Lil’ Miss Video Vixen,” to get shine.

Uno: What is life like in Fayetteville, North Carolina? How is the hip-hop scene out there? Has this influenced your music in anyway?

Ezzie B.: For the most part, Fayetteville is diggin’ our sound, but we receive the majority of love and press from overseas fans. There are a couple different music movements happening in Fayetteville right now, which is awesome, and overall, real Hip-Hop in Fayetteville is starting to garner some serious attention. Thanks in part to Fayetteville native J. Cole. Big shouts to him for putting Fayetteville on his back and keeping it there. But we just tell ourselves that the world is way bigger than Fayetteville. Living here has definitely influenced our music, but we receive love from a diversity of people from many different countries and cultures. It’s always a huge boost to have your city behind you, but we’re more concerned with people all over the world knowing our music came out of Fayetteville than focusing on our city alone.

Uno: Do you have a favorite hip-hop artist that performed in Fayetteville?If so, who?

Ezzie B.: J. Cole of course! His story’s inspirational. Just knowing he started off and took off from these Fayetteville city streets is inspirational. The coolest thing is he’s major, but you’ll still see em’ around Fayetteville at Buffalo Wild Wings after a major show (laughing). He’s still in touch with the people, and that brings a serious amount of credibility to him.
Uno: If you could mash up all of your favorite producers and artists together to define where your music came from, who would you include?
B. Doom: As far as producers for me, I’ll definitely say 9th Wonder, Dilla, Kanye West, Samiyam and MF Doom.

Ezzie B.: As far as artists go for me I’ll definitely say Mos Def, Marvin Gaye, and The Beastie Boys, sprinkled with a little Phonte and Percy Miracles
Uno: Would you like to give any shout outs?
B. Doom: Shout out to the Creator. My girls. Michael Jackson [R.I.P.], who still inspires me even in death. Last but not least Prosthetik fans.

Ezzie B.: Shouts to the good Lord for making everything possible and my family and friends for their support and inspiration. We’d both like to thank every person that’s ever listened to, retweeted, reblogged, talked about, featured or shared our music. It’s the support and feedback we receive from Prosthetik fans that makes us keep doing this! As long as the people are listening, we’ll have a job to do!

Uno: Would you like to give any props?

Prosthetik Intelligentz: Props to Producer Depakote out of Garden Grove, California, for building with us, as well as, Looperman Producer Skittzo out of Phoenix, Arizona. And props to real Hip-Hop for being cool again.