Dessa, otherwise known as Dessa Darling, is a well-known member of the Doomtree Hip-Hop Collective. For nearly a decade, she emerged in the groundwork scene with her talent and love of music. However, she is recently breaking into the mainstream with her successful career.
The Minneapolis singer recently opens up on her success in the music world. She just concluded her first headlining national tour after scoring a Top 200 debut for her latest album, “Castor” and “The Twin.” Earlier this week, she released the album “No Kings” with P.O.S. and Cecil Otter, Sims and others from her group Doomtree.
In an interview with HipHopDX last month in Philadelphia, Dessa talks about her new solo album “No Kings” project and her relationship with Hip Hop. When the DX Interviewer asked the emerging artist, “The easiest most tangible example I can think of is Eric Clapton’s song “Layla.” When he first did it, it had a different tone or meaning than when he did it later, acoustically. Both times it was very popular. Did you feel anything like that, where the songs took on different meaning?”, she cheerfully answered to the question. She explained: “A couple of them did. I think “Palace” was a song when I initially recorded that did seem kind of timely. It was a lighter song but it wasn’t a party drag.”
Dessa Darling was also asked on her thoughts about breaking into mainstream music. She stated: “I think the approach has worked for Doomtree. That approach is just really slow. It’s like trying to build a label through a chain letter, it’s just slow to spread.” She added: “Even if everybody does their parts and tell their friends, there’s this kind of exponential growth curve which stays flat for a long time before it starts pulling up and becoming something closer to vertical lines.”
