The Source: For those who are not familiar with The Paper Route, can you briefly explain the movement?

Paper Route: Khali Hu$tle- The Paper Route movement is more like a lifestyle than just a name or a title. It’s for anybody that’s going to work, hustlin’ or doing what ever they have to do to, by any means to get paid. Being focus on the path to get to where you’re going in life.

The Source: How did you guys linked up to start this group?

O-Feava: We’ve been working together since high school, some of us are family members in the group, some are long time friends. We all have been working close together, networking with each other closely as a group. After we all branch out into our own separate careers or separate groups. As we got our own underground buzz since we wanted to get more we started Paper Route.

The Source: Being that you guys started as 3 separate groups, how have your fans respond to this super group?

Paper Route: O-Feava- It makes everything better, everybody knows the flavor you’ll get. We’ve got the young army that’s the F.O.E (Lil Kroon, Esco, and Chessecake), Felon Fam (Khali Hustle, Shorty Short Stop, DJ M-A-T, Money Hungry) and you got the 20 Boyz (O’Feava, Cyntrill, and Chain Gang). Everybody knows what they’re going to get from every other group. You put them all together, you get everything you want in one free show.

The Source: Growing up as fans of Hip-Hop culture, who were some of your greatest influences?

Paper Route: O’ Feava- Being out here in the west side we got to say pac, besides that we always followed that whole cash money movement. When Cash money first came out that was the hottest thing for us young cats. You grew up on that cash money, pac, biggie, snoop, and in the bay we definitely got to give a shout out to E40, Too short, and Mobb Figaz.

The Source: Being that certain movements like Jerking + Hyphy has taken over, how long do you think it will take for cats to get familiar with Paper Route?

Paper Route: O’Feava- Paper Route aint going no where, Paper route is staying back to how it was at first. This is real music, it’s from the heart, from the core of what it is. Ain’t no gimic in this, ain’t no playing, no funny “ish”. This is real straight, we know what we’re doing, this reality based; everything! This is real, you can have a movement or what ever where everything is cool, and dance and it’s fun for the kids. But real hood artist are going to be here forever. And that’s what we bring to the table, from all different angles you can have what ever you want, Paper Route!

The Source: When you go to check out a performance by Paper Route, what can we expect?

Paper Route: O’Feava- (laughing) We take it back to the old school, we’re one of the few groups that actually rehearse. So when we rehearse we do a little acting, we hop off the stage, we interact with the crowd, we’re going to dance with the girls shake hands with the dudes. We do everything, you’ll never know what you’ll get from the paper route boyz.

The Source: When you talk about NWA, Wu Tang, Ruff Ryder’s those movements launch the careers some of the best hip hop artists to ever bless the mic, Do you guys feel pressured in trying to achieve the same thing?

Paper Route: O’Feava- That’s exactly what we’re trying to do, we talk about our real experiences. We have content, we don’t just write songs about one thing. When we make a song we have content, we have stories, punch lines, everything you want.

The Source: You guys have worked with a lot of well respected industry cats in the rap game, but the one that stood out more for me was Tha Dogg Pound, How did ya manage to do that?

Paper Route: My cousin is a promoter and he works closely with their manager. One day He blessed us with an opening act appearance for one their shows.

The Source: I’ve listened The Paper Boyz volume one mix tape, and I’ve notice you guys utilize some southern-style production to your songs. Are there any southern producers you’d like to work with in the future?

Paper Route: We’d like to work with Drumma Boy, Jazzy Pha, and Mannie Fresh!

The Source: Where can we check you out for some new songs and show dates?

Paper Route: O’Feava:
You can check us out on myspace.com/paperroute123, twitter.com/ThePaperRoute, and also youtube.com/PaperRoutetube