Boom Bap Project  Seattle Weekly: As Boom Bap Project, you, DJ
Scene, and Destro have been around Seattle's hip-hop scene for a
few years, but your new album, Reprogram, is being released by
Rhymesayers Entertainment, the Minneapolis label best known for
putting out records by Atmosphere, Brother Ali, and Eyedea &
Abilities. How did you hook up with the label?  Karim (Boom Bap
Project rapper): I've been a promoter for a long time, and early
on, when Boom Bap were touring in, say, 2001–2002, we'd do shows
with [Rhymesayers artists] Eyedea and Slug, and got to know
those guys. When the album was ready, they stepped to the plate
and wanted to put it out.  How do you think the new album
differs from the previous ones?  It's much more thought out and
put together. The songs are complete. We've grown lyrically;
we've grown as men, really. We were pretty young on the first
one; now we think we're making more mature music. Overall, the
package is a lot tighter than the earlier works; [there's] more
of a direction.  A