Andre Footz

ey Andre Footz , we would like to thank you for your contribution to underground Hip Hop and keeping the culture alive! I really enjoyed your new Album “Long Way From The Trap”! Please tell us what exact area code you represent? How long have you been making music?

I’m representing 409 Galveston county area and I’ve been making music seriously since 2009ish when I was like a sophomore in high school.

What influenced you to become a Hip Hop artist? What were the main factors that got you into, quote on quote, “Underground Hip Hop”?

My influences are the 90’s early 2000s hip and rnb culture everything about urban 90s culture was lit ,then my city La Marque TX ,it’s small but ain’t no place like it ya know just the stuff I was exposed to shows in the music as well.

Your style and rhyme scheme is super raw, hard-hitting and ORIGINAL. How important is it for your to stay ORIGINAL? How would you describe your style?

This is a touchy subject just because all artists stem from another artist whether it be present day or from the past so being original is a catch 22 type thing to me and I would describe my style as melodic, real, smooth, and vibrant when sound like me all the way.

Tell us about the creative process for your new Album “Long Way From The Trap”! Any interesting features on it?

There isn’t any features just because it’s the beginning of MY story so that’s how i told it and The creative process came from real life situations that were either happening to me or happening to people around me, from being homeless to have money and blowing to having friends get locked up and just figuring out life period that’s what LWFTT is about.

In 2018, who will be on your personal music rotation playlist!? Any new artists you are listening to?

Myself and my peers I try to stay away from jamming everybody cause I’m not just a rapper I produce, engineer and etc so I’m heavily influenced and will tend to gear towards other people’s sound if that makes sense but I’ve been on money man hard and Brent faiyaz/ sonder but for the most part I’m just playing my stuff.

Any new projects and videos you are working on? Planning on a tour anytime soon?

No tour right now I just started the label so I’m focused more on the business side right now but definitely more vids and music maybe a LWFTT 2

Out the box type question, If it came down to 1 ALBUM only, what underground Hip Hop album would you consider THE BEST OF ALL TIME!!!???……One 1 album you can choose.

That’s hard but I would either choose young jeezy thug motivation 101 or 2 Pac me against the world.

Your definition of “Underground Hip Hop”

Underground hip hop to me is the underdogs the underrated artists who could run laps around the mainstream stuff if given the same opportunities but underground hip hop is the new mainstream to me. - Armando Urena Jr

Texas Andre Footz is a well-known newcomer with his futuristic melodies filled with 90s references. Many might be familiar with Andre Footz from his collaboration with Supaman (Your Body) and Flow Dolla Runnitup (Intercashtional). Following his latest single release, “Live N Learn”, Andre takes fans on a futuristic ride through his world in the properly-titled new album, Long Way From The Trap.

11-track trafficking-meets-space age pimpin’ voyage. Andre holds down the body of work solo as he pitches and serves the listener with supplements of his based on a true story. Andre Footz sound carries a hint of Dirty South melody wrapped around a live from the streets testimony.

Production on the album is that fan-favorite Texas slow sound. Footz has a great ear when it comes to beat selection. The album’s cinematic moments climax sonically on tracks like “Long Way from the Trap”, “The Man”, and “Trap Phone”. Backed by a sound that is fresh out the mud after a hurricane refreshing.



Now lyrically, Andre sticks to riding the beat with cliché wordplay that complete an intriguing vibe. While he doesn’t stretch for conscious approval, Andre is a student of the commercial efforts of making music. Catering to ladies, in-crowd, and familiar Texas natives, Andre makes a body of work that is radio friendly ready. None of the tracks are too explicit or sensual but are catchy and a high replay value for the particular moods. Fluent in the pimp talk (“Fun Tonight”) and stick talk (“Get To The Money”), it’s unique for a newcomer to have found their tone this early in their career.

Long Way From The Trap is initially appealing and often catchy, it reveals itself relatively quickly as a shallow record made by a new trapper, stocked with brand names and old ideas, signifying nothing. New listeners will be exploring a new sound of trap music that is unique to the ear buds.

This is a must hear, mission accomplished Andre.

Rating: 8/10

Highlight: Lyricism

Follow Andre on Twitter: @AndreFootz - Boom

According to a 2016 report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness, more than half a million people were living on the streets, in cars, in homeless shelters, or in subsidized transitional housing last year.

Andre Footz was one of them. The hip-hop artist from La Marque, Texas found himself in a desperate situation when it was discovered that a roommate he’d been living with hadn’t been paying rent, and they were forced to evacuate. For a few months, Andre lived in an abandoned building with a friend, who was also homeless. The two began to refer to the building as “The Trap.”

But hard work, perseverance and a couple of lucky breaks have helped Andre out of that situation, and today he’s beginning to experience some early success with his music career. His most recent album is testament to the journey he’s taken. Appropriately, it’s entitled “Long Way from the Trap.”

“It’s a little different than your traditional album in that this is going to be totally a visual album,” Andre said. “Instead of just putting out songs, we’re going to be putting out an album of videos that taken all together will almost play like a movie. All of them together will tell a story. I’m trying to do something different because everybody drops albums and mixtapes, but I want to try to approach this industry a little different. The title of the album explains where I came from. My friend and I used to live in ‘The Trap,’ but now I have my own house and car and some success. I’ve come a long way from where I used to be.”

As he looks back on those months in The Trap, he realizes that some of those moments were almost pre-ordained in that they gave him time to explore his music. He remembers that the building had some lights still working, which gave him the ability to work on writing songs late into the night. Over time he compiled a library of songs from which to choose from.

The first single off the upcoming album is called “Get To The Money.” It’s a single that he said is almost foreshadowing the success at the end of the road, but which is hard to envision when you’re at the end of your rope.

“It’s like me getting to the money through music,” he said. “I’m talking about where I was before – being homeless – and where I am now and how I got there. It’s more of a laid back song with a melodic trap type of sound. It has pianos and drums and gives you a little of the best of both worlds.”

As an artist who not only writes his own songs but also makes his own beats, raps, sings and engineers everything, Andre said he stands out from others in that he has control of his unique sound from start-to-finish. That allows him to create the exact things he wants to create before sending it out to the world.

As for the message he wants to pass along to fans through his music, it’s simple: Keep grinding, no matter the circumstances.

“It’s never too late to do anything,” he said. “If you want to do it, go head first. I don’t care how old you are, or how tall or skinny or short or fat … just keep going. I’ve been at it for awhile and I’ve had a lot of setbacks, but it’s never stopped me from making music. So just keep on pushing.”

To listen to Andre Footz music, or to follow him on social media, please visit the following links:

Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/footzleroy

Twitter- https://twitter.com/FootzLeRoy
Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuIfINbFzatPu5w3Z6UgpA
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/andrefootz

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