Meet T.A. of the Austin, Texas based rap group, Team Next. He has the lyrical talent, songwriting skills and humble demeanor to go along with it.

What more can you ask for? Check out the interview.

What part of Texas are you from? Austin

Have you lived there all of your life? Yes

How old are you? 21

How would you describe your music? Universal

Who influences your music? I draw inspiration from a little of everything.

Do you mean artist? Yes; There are so many….You can just named the artist who influences you most? Kanye West

So what about Kanye draws your interest? Him at general. I just like the way his relative to the general people. I also like that he puts his heart and soul into his music. Kanye’s passionate about his music.

I guess that’s what makes him more relatable to most.

When did you decide to take your career serious? I was always into hip hop, but I actually decided to pursue it seriously when I was 17 years old.

Sometimes people don’t figure that out in their life until way later.

That was the first time I was in a studio and that was the first time I laid down a track.

How did meet the members of your rap group, Team Next? Some of them were friends and family member. We grew up together.

Are these all the original members? I’m not going to lie, when we started Team Next, it was a mix of everything. It was a mob of us. It was like a hundred of us, some people fail off and some people went there separate ways. And pretty much the people that remain make up Team Next.

In the making of your music, are you hands on or are you strictly the artist? I’m hands on, I am learning every aspect of the game.

With your latest mixtape, “Monsta In The Attic”, what was your inspiration? Life

So would you say most of your music could be described as fun, more relateable to life or all the above? All the above.

Would you say your journey in this game, as we both know can be a little dirty; has it been everything you expected or have you had to learn some hard lessons? I have definitely learned some lessons the hard way, however you have to take the good with the bad.

Are you in it for the love of the art, money, fame, or the Grammy? I’m in for a little of each.

This interview was a truly interesting and positive. T.A. can definitely be included in the new wave of young rappers in Texas that has some staying power.

Make sure you checkout T.A.’s latest mixtape, “Monsta In The Attic” and the slowed and throwed version of it as after the jump.

Regular Version: DOWNLOAD

Slowed & Throwed: DOWNLOAD