Upon first conversing with this brother, I sensed the powerful, revolutionary, scary persona of this brother infused with his knowledge. Khujo, whose name refers to the leader of the Tribal Maroons who led escaped slaves to freedom. Khujo also means change. If you count the letters K-H-U-J-O on the alphabet, add the numbers up and divide the total by 5, you get the number 13 which symbolizes change:
K(11)+H(8)+U(21)+J(10)+O(15)=65=65/5=13. Not to mention his birthday falls on the 13th, therefore his name bears special meaning. This change of revolution is evident in the message that Khujo conveys throughout my conversation with him. The member of the Goodie Mob gets deep with me as I find out how he got his start. “I like to give the most high praise to Yahweh, the God of Isaac, The God of Abraham, the most high God, I have been in the game professionally since 1994”. Since elementary school Khujo performed as one of the Pips from Glady's Knight & The Pips at Peyton Forest Elementary School talent show. He enjoyed performing in front of an audience and realized his love and talent for music. In middle school, Khujo was a member of a rap group called the "Party Crashers," in which the group would literally "crash parties." It wasn't until high school that Khujo began to develop and nurture his lyrical content.
"In high school, I changed what I rapped about because I was getting older and more mature and things (life) started making sense to me. I began to get conscious about the responsibilities of being a black man, and I wanted to wake my people up. I realized my purpose on earth. God's purpose. The P-Funk influence, George Clinton, and the rest helped me to realize what style influenced me. While in high school, Khujo was a member of a six-person group called "Six Sense," which included Big Gipp and Ray Murray of Organized Noize Productions. Khujo went on to form ‘The Lumberjacks’ along with T-Mo, and from there they met Cee-Lo. The rest is Goodie Mob history!, Big Limb, King Bean, Ceelo,. Rough Rugged and Raw. Ceelo and Gip came along later. Goodie Mob which stands for, The Good Die Mostly Over Bullshit, was made by Ceelo. It meant that good people die over bullshit. But, as I read more, I find that the wages of sin is death, its really not bullshit. Its actually sin.”
Khujo, being a member of one of the pioneering groups, that represented the hip hop from the South, is currently set to release his own solo project, simply entitled “Khujo” The release date is May 28th, and independently distributed. The album boasts of guest appearances by his brother – Southwest Armstrong, his cousin Mark Twain, his homeboy, Murda, Slip Atola from the Westside, Whyld Peach, the Children of Israel and fellow Goodie mates, Big Gipp, and T-Mo. When asked what separates his material from a typical Goodie Mob album, he responds, Is there a separation from your music or style from the typical Goodie Mob album? “I have become a lil older, know the game a lil longer, you will get the same stuff you would get from the Goodie Mob but a whole different form.
Source: http://www.music2showcase.com/issue2/khujogoodie.htm
