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By Harrison Samphir<\/strong><\/p>\n 3Peat is the most exciting hip-hop crew to come out of Winnipeg in some time. Following in a long line of local groups including Different Shades of Black (Shadez), Frek Sho, Farm Fresh and The Lytics, the trio consisting of Steve, Egg and Dill The Giant are determined to make their mark on a city where emceeing is a proud, if overlooked, tradition. They dropped their self-titled debut EP on September 16, 2016. At seven tracks, it\u2019s packed with lyrical gems, addictive hooks and strong guest appearances backed by tight production completed mostly in-house. With a likeness to the pass-the-mic chemistry and interplay of legends like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, 3Peat shines with laid-back charisma and an unpretentious demeanour reinforced by the honest expressions in their songs. I was joined by the group\u2019s three members and their manager, Anthony Carvalho, in the <\/span>Stylus<\/span><\/i> office to discuss their work, inspirations, and big plans for the future.<\/span> Stylus Magazine: <\/b>I\u2019ll start with a straightforward question: How did you guys come together and start making music?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> I feel like the story changes every time (laughs). I had a little studio station with a few homies in the West End. It was in this old storage building. When you walked in it looked like <\/span>Storage Wars<\/span><\/i>. And upstairs they used to push papers for whatever the building used to be. It was this old office space that we just converted into one of our studios. We had a walk-in booth. It was tiny. Maybe a quarter of the size of this room [200 square feet]. And just through making music, you know, through time, we started hanging out more, meeting in social circles, meeting at the Pyramid and freestyling with one another. They [Dill and Egg] came to the studio and we started banging out tracks just because. Soon we became 3Peat.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus:<\/b> When did you get into rap music?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> I think I started paying attention to rap when I was 14 years-old. That\u2019s when you start realizing what influences you and what you like, when you start building your character.<\/span><\/p>\n Dill:<\/b> I\u2019d say around 12, 13, or 14 [years-old].<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>Did you grow up with any local hip-hop music?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> Oh absolutely. Obviously Peanuts & Corn, Foultone was really coming up when we were in our teenage years. Cutdown, Grand Analog, Shades [Different Shades of Black]. We\u2019ve been lucky to do shows and cut tracks with some of them. It\u2019s really cool, the whole full circle of things, the OGs are kind of showing us it\u2019s cool to do it, telling us what we\u2019re doing is dope. So it feels good. It feels like nothing but positive.<\/span><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>I always say, that\u2019s one thing about Winnipeg. You get an incredible amount of support for what you do. It\u2019s very real. People genuinely support you or want to get to know you, and get behind what you\u2019re doing because they think it\u2019s dope. I think the Prairies and central Canada is very unique. The influences aren\u2019t as heavy when you go to places like Toronto or Montreal, you know. I feel we\u2019re still very underground, but growing. People can put themselves in their own boxes.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>The EP has an East Coast sound filled with boom-bap breaks, tight hooks and looping instrumental segments. Do you like being compared to classic hip-hop?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> We\u2019re going to make whatever we\u2019re going to make. Whatever happens, happens. If it so happens that that\u2019s the sound that comes out, that\u2019s what we were feeling and that\u2019s what it\u2019s going to be. It\u2019s not contrived, it\u2019s not forced.<\/span><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>We revolve around the word \u2018organic.\u2019 Everything we do is just organic. Anything that comes out of any type of session that we have, we\u2019re all vibing together on every track. People can put us in any category they want. That\u2019s cool. But I believe we have our own sound.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>You went the G-funk route with melodic synths and heavier bass on \u201cBout It\u201d, while other tracks have a more sample driven sound. Who handles production on the EP?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>Most of the stuff we\u2019ve done in-house. Dylan\u2019s [Dill the Giant] been touching beats and on the EP I did half the tracks. The album is broken into half-3Peat, half-solo endeavours. The tracks we did solo were tracks we\u2019d been working on on our own, and we wanted to showcase that. 3Peat isn\u2019t just a group, it\u2019s three individuals who come together to make 3Peat.<\/span><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>Voltron.<\/span><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>Yeah, it\u2019s like Voltron. Arm Leg Leg Arm Head. (Laughs)<\/span><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>And the reason Dill and I started to get into producing is because of Steve. When we started really conceptualizing the EP, Steve was laying down all the beats. Now we can gather together. The next 3Peat record will be produced by 3Peat.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>You worked with Kalliane Br\u00e9mault on the record. She\u2019s currently teaching dance at Studio 393, a non-profit youth-led arts studio located in downtown Winnipeg. Tell me about that.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Egg:<\/b> I\u2019ve know her since time. I used to b-boy, and she\u2019s been in the dance scene for years, and she\u2019s been doing everything. All types of styles. So we came up together. I didn\u2019t know she sang, but I heard her once and I was like Wow, you\u2019ve got such a soulful voice. \u201cJive\u201d was one of those joints where I thought, I need Kalliane on this one. It was just a call away. And there you go.<\/span><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>Before music, we\u2019re all friends. And we\u2019re all one call away. Our extended family like Kalliane, we\u2019ve all known each for such a long time. And that\u2019s something we keep as a group. We keep it in our house and our family.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus:<\/b> Egg – your EP, Alverstone, dropped November 27. What was your goal with the project? How is different (or not) than what you\u2019ve done with 3Peat? What stories are you trying to tell on this disc?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>This is a complete side project, but I wanted these guys [Dill and Steve] to be the only features on it. I wanted to explain the story of where I\u2019m from, growing up in the West End. With <\/span>Alverstone<\/span><\/i>, I wanted to share what\u2019s been going on in my life over the last few years, personal or otherwise, moments from my past, and bring it out sonically. I\u2019ve wanted to drop an album since high school, but it was setback after setback. I never had a solid crew to do it with. I\u2019m blessed to have the team I have.<\/span><\/p>\n Dill:<\/b> I heard what these guys did together, the \u201cWhen the Dough is Right\u201d joint [on <\/span>Alverstone<\/span><\/i>]. I wasn\u2019t at the studio when they recorded it, and I got straight up salty! (Laughs) I was so pissed that you guys did this <\/span>greatness <\/span><\/i>without me, so I wrote this dope verse and said Yo, I want to be a part of this. Later I got on the track \u201cStill Movin\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>The dynamic between all three of us, individually and together, is different, and they all bear a difference in what you\u2019re hearing, the vibe and aesthetics of the tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n Anthony:<\/b> I think an important thing to note, too, is that 3Peat started on stage before it was ever on record. So we\u2019re at home on stage more so than anywhere else. This 3Peat EP that\u2019s out now, has existed to us for two years on stage. We\u2019ve been playing other stuff on top of that, that\u2019s not even recorded, for the last while now.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>Are you working on a full-length LP?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> Oh, obviously. (Laughs) It comes naturally. We got lots in the chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n Anthony:<\/b> I think we\u2019ve done this twice now, though. I think we\u2019ve given you exactly the right amount, two times. With the first EP and then Egg\u2019s EP, you get to the end and you say What?! I want more. I think that\u2019s the win more so than No, y\u2019all should not have done this double album!<\/span><\/p>\n Egg:<\/b> That\u2019s the fun part about making records. You get to cypher out what you don\u2019t like, but that stuff could become something else later. If you have some loose tracks that didn\u2019t make the cut, it\u2019s can still be dope. That\u2019s what happening with <\/span>Alverstone<\/span><\/i>, and much of the 3Peat EP. Obviously we were very meticulous in figuring it out, but with my solo album, it was really tough. Listening to five playlists I\u2019d made and deciding what fits.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>Which Winnipeg artists would you like to worth with on future projects?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Egg:<\/b> Go down the list. (Laughs)<\/span><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>Aside from trying to keep it mostly in house\u2014through our homies and people we\u2019ve been working with like CrabSkull [producer]\u2014there are lots of people we want to collaborate with.<\/span><\/p>\n Egg:<\/b> Keisha Booker, is someone I\u2019d love to work with. Joanna Majoko, who now lives in Toronto, is an amazing vocalist. Even it\u2019s just us featuring on one of her tracks, a little back and forth, that would be nice.<\/span><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> Begonia is dope. We had been talking about swapping beats and doing some music together. That would be really cool.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>Without thinking about it for more than a few seconds, what\u2019s your favourite hip-hop album of all time?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>Illmatic<\/span><\/i> [Nas].<\/span><\/p>\n Dill: <\/b>Ready to Die<\/span><\/i> [Notorious B.I.G.].<\/span><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>Reasonable Doubt<\/span><\/i> [Jay-Z].<\/span><\/p>\n Anthony: <\/b>Capital Punishment<\/span><\/i> [Big Pun].<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>How about your favourite hip-hop record of 2016?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Steve: <\/b>I\u2019m going to have to say <\/span>The Sun\u2019s Tirade <\/span><\/i>by Isaiah Rashad.<\/span><\/p>\n Egg: <\/b>I was gonna say that! I guess I\u2019ll go with Bas, <\/span>Too High to Riot<\/span><\/i>. People sleeping on Bas, man, that shit is ill!<\/span><\/p>\n Dill: <\/b>Blank Face LP<\/span><\/i> by Schoolboy Q was the one for me.<\/span><\/p>\n Steve:<\/b> BadBadNotGood\u2019s <\/span>IV<\/span><\/i> was also good, if you count that as hip-hop.<\/span><\/p>\n Stylus: <\/b>You\u2019re playing Canadian Music Week 2017 in Toronto. Tell me more about that opportunity.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Anthony:<\/b> We applied last year but we didn\u2019t have music out. So I think it helped that our name was in circulation. We\u2019ve been in the mouths and ears of a lot of people lately, and I think that\u2019s something that\u2019s helped us a lot. We applied after we had the album out. That was obviously strategic. We\u2019re #7 on the college charts right now. Those kinds of things, having the check marks where they need to be, really help. It\u2019s really good news.<\/span><\/p>\n This article has been edited for clarity and length.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Harrison Samphir 3Peat is the most exciting hip-hop crew to come out of Winnipeg in some time. 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