As it gets closer to Halloween our Based Journey led us to the realm of the Evil Pretty Boyz, a group of artists inspired by LIL B and BASED, where we met their leader Cloud Ten. He gave us some RARE knowledge about the EPB Family.

C10 explains the philosophy behind EPB, he says it’s simple.

BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT. THERE IS NO RIGHT AND THERES NO WRONG. WHAT I MAY THINK IS POSITIVE, YOU MIGHT FIND NEGATIVE. AND WHAT YOU MAY SEE AS “POSITIVE” LIKE GOING TO CHURCH, OR PAYING YOUR TAXES, IM PRETTY SURE THERE’S OTHERS OUT THERE THAT MIGHT SEE THAT AS A NEGATIVE.

WHERE EVER LIFE TAKES YOU is the goal of EPB according to C10

He continues and tells us how he came up with EPB.

IT’S A FUNNY STORY HOW #EPB STARTED. I WAS SITTING DOWN ONE NIGHT DRINKING A MARTINI AND THEN I STARTED #BASEDFREESTYLING. I SAID EVILPRETTYBOYZ DURING THE FREESTYLE AND TITLED THE SONG “EVILPRETTYBOYZ”. POSTED THE SONG A FEW MINUTES LATER, THEN STARTED TAGGING #EPB IN ALL MY STATUS UPDATES AND IT BECAME A MOVEMENT. #EPB MADE EVERYTHING I STOOD FOR MORE PUBLIC AND I GUESS MORE #SWAG. I WAS ALWAYS #EPB BEFORE ANYONE KNEW ME.

Now the group has several members and a large presence in the underground based artist community.

A LOT OF PEOPLE CONTRIBUTE TO #EPB AND I APPRECIATE THEM ALL DEARLY. MOST PEOPLE THINK #EPB IS A OFFICIAL GROUP BUT ITS REALLY NOT. I STILL DONT KNOW TO THIS DAY WHAT #EPB WILL BECOME OR WILL END UP IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW. REAL #EPB CAN ONLY BE ESTABLISHED BY ONES INNER BEING. YOU MAY BE A EVILPRETTYBOY AND WOULDNT EVEN KNOW IT. S/O GREYSIN, ALPHASYSTEM, LORD GIFTED, MGLLA, JOEYY, KAI….

The lyrical content of EPB music is very dark. C10 explains.

THE DEVIL MAKES ME DO WHAT I DO. ILL ADMIT IT. MOST PEOPLE DENY THE DEVIL BUT HES THERE WAITING. TESTING OUR EVERY MOVE. WHAT WE FAIL TO REALIZE IS THAT EARTH IS SATANS HOME. HIS KINGDOM. AND WE ARE JUST AT MERCY TO HIS WRATH. GOD IS THERE TO HELP LEAD US BUT THATS HARD WHEN WE ARE BORN INTO A WORLD OF SIN. NO ONE SAID I WAS A DEVIL WORSHIPPER. I WAS JUST BORN A SINNER. 

We asked what demographic he felt would be drawn to EPB’s music

FUCK A DEMOGRAPHIC. EVERYONE’S SOUL IS THE SAME COLOR AND RACE. SO IT’S WHOEVER CONNECTS WITH ME. I CANT PUT MY FINGER ON THE MESSAGE I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ONES THAT GET THE REAL MESSAGE ARE THE ONES SAYING #EPB. SO I DON’T REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING. LIKE I SAID, ITS MORE OF A PERSONAL CONNECTION. WE KNEW WE WERE BASED BEFOR LIL B EXPLAINED IT TO US.

C10 says if he tells us what he’s working on he will have to kill us, and leaves us with these words.

TO EVERYONE THAT JUDGES ME, FUCK YOU. I’M SORRY. I REALIZED IF YOU ARE REAL THEN YOU WILL HAVE HATERS. AND IF YOU ARE FAKE, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE HATERS. SO EITHER WAY IT GOES, WE CAN NEVER WIN IN THIS LIFE. SO WHEN I SAY #EVILPRETTYBOYZ, IM TALKING TO THE ONES THAT UNDERSTAND THIS INTERVIEW. #EPB -CLOUD 10

Cloud Ten - Air II Chopped and Screwed (DJ AK47) by Basedbook Level 9

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