Achi news desk-
Nova Scotia rapper Classified says his latest album is his most personal yet.
His new album “Luke’s View” was released on Friday, along with a new video to accompany it.
“This one (video) I wanted to have fun, this is the one I wanted to use to celebrate my album coming out. It’s a fun song,” Classified said in an interview with CTV’s Katie Kelly on Friday.
The video for “Amnesia” is a parody of Will Farrell’s iconic film “Semi Pro,” with Classified’s basketball team named the “Shooters” after his hometown pub.
The video was filmed at Hants East Rural High School and features a host of familiar faces.
“I really wanted to get a lot of the east coast scene, but at the same time people who are friends of mine that I’ve worked with for years,” he said.
The new album has 11 tracks all about his personal experiences, memories, thoughts and opinions.
“This is what I’ve been working on for the last two or three years, basically since COVID-19, a lot of home time, a lot of reflection on what’s going on in the world, looking at different things, ” said Classified.
“This is my opinion of what is happening in the world with the information I had. Some people will not agree with some of the stuff I talk about on the album and some people will. But this is my opinion, I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, but with the information I got, this is what I thought.” he added.
Classified said he had fun making the new album.
“I’m out having fun doing what I started as a hobby. There’s no pressure now, it’s like putting it out there and if people like it cool, if they don’t cool. I had fun doing it. It gives me a purpose it gives me something to put out there. When you get feedback from people like “I went through the same thing, man it made me feel so much better to hear you talk about it.” When you hear things like that it gives the music a purpose as well and that’s my biggest thing now. It’s just finding a purpose to make sure I’m giving back to people.”
Classified is hosting an album release party alongside Snoop Dogg in Saint John, NB, at the TD station on June 5th. Tickets on sale now.
