Journalist Landon Buford | Interviews David Banner About His Inspiration Behind “The God Box” | WazzUpTonight

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Dallas, TX –   It has been five years since David Banner released his last project “Sex, Drugs & Video Games” during that time he has starred in films like Lee Daniels’ The Butler alongside Oscar Award Winner Forest Whitaker, Ride Along with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, and Carter High to name a few. In addition, he has also been touring  in small cities like Jackson, Mississippi, Little Rock, Arkansas, and Birmingham, Alabama and even visited the Harvard University to help educate individuals in these areas that are not aware of  things such as, Rock and Roll being a part of black history or the original plan was to travel north and west to gather knowledge and return to the south to educate and give back to the community. 

Journalist Landon Buford had the opportunity to speak with the legendary artist, producer, public speaker and now an established actor about his inspiration behind  “The Box God” album and what is the next step in his lecture series. You can check out the interview below!

What was your inspiration behind your latest project “The God Box”?

It was more or less trying to find a way to make this new level of consciousness, that I have been able to achieve or tap into to make it make sense musically. There are a lot of records where people are trying to take their thoughts to another level, but it does not make sense musically as far as current content.  So, I wanted to create something that even if the audience did or didn’t understand the material it was still jamming. If you listen to the song “Black Fist” The beat might distract you to the point where you might not know that the song is about social change.

 

What are some of the things you are hoping to do next with the God Box Lecture Series?

I really want to bring all the aspects of  The  God Box lecture series together and create something that people have not seen before. The God Box is also an art exhibit we have an artistic depiction to every song on the album. I would like to make a healthy synthesis of the lecture and the music. Not everyone is a fan of hip-hop, but I want to find a cohesive way to deliver the art to all ages and cultures.