SHOWTIME SAYS…
David Banner on how he got involved with Let It Shine:
My agents brought the opportunity to me and initially I was like, ‘Disney? David Banner? Wow!’ [Laughs]. But the thing that I realized is it’s about great music. And I’ve been telling people this for years. A beat is a beat; until we put words on it, that’s what makes a song what it is. So it’s only about good music, and that’s the only thing that I try to bring to the table. When people hear the name David Banner, you can’t generalize it, you don’t know what the sound could be. But you know that it has quality and integrity in it.
David Banner’s dream soundtrack:
It would be ‘Star Wars’ for me. Because I’m black, it would make it a part of black history. And it would definitely be stellar! And as many times as they put ‘Star Wars’ out—every four, five years—I know that it would definitely transcend time.
David Banner on his upcoming projects:
I just finished tracks with Ne-Yo [and] Jadakiss, but right now my main focus is soundtracks, movies and stuff like the Gatorade commercial. Because what I’m realizing is, in order for us to truly be able to move music forward we’re going to have to find a way to allow artists to be free—meaning not having to worry about radio plays, not having to worry about the expectations of man. Because music was initially the artist influencing the culture and the people, and not the artist having to worry about all of these different constraints when they make music.
I’m just excited right now about creativity. With entertainment being in such a fragile place right now, instead of people fretting and worrying about it, this should be the time people are the most free. I always tell people, ‘You don’t have to worry about sales anymore; it’s going to be what it’s going to be. So you might as well be free.’
