"I'VE GOT NO ISSUE WITH OLU MAINTAIN" - PUFFYTEE [ @AM_PUFFYTEE ] OPENS UP ON MEET DA NEXT ONE | @TSVMEDIA

The name PuffyTee is no doubt an household name when it comes to music
production in Nigeria, Ghana and some parts of the world.

In an exclusive interview with Putty Tee on "Meet Da Next One" he discussed about his musical world, reason behind going into music production, personal
life and more. Also he did a #SpecialFreestyle to show he's dynamic in the
 industry...Read and watch the freestyle. Enjoy!!

WATCH FREESTYLE VIDEO HERE

CAN WE MEET YOU?
PuffyTee is Babatope Temidayo Joseph an indigine of Ekiti state. A bit
Ghanian, that's why I've always been in Ghana...a music producer and I'm
also music.


WHO'S PUFFYTEE AND WHY THE NAME PUFFYTEE?
Cuts in....PuffyTee is a music producer and music itself. Years back I used
 to like eating Puff-puff and tea as breakfast and people around me started
calling me Mr Puff-puff and Tea. so I coined PuffyTee out of Puff-puff and
Tea.

WHEN DID YOU START THIS MUSICAL PRODUCTION AND WHAT PROMPTED YOU INTO IT?
Professionally, I started in 2001 though I have been in the studio like
5years back and my first major production was YAHOOZE by Olu Maintain. I
remember at age 9, I do stand to watch my dad play 'organ' in the school. In
1997, I joined evenedal studio and also went to Ghana, South Africa to
learn production.

HOW WAS YOUR FIRST WORKING EXPERIENCE LIKE AND WHICH ARTIST DID YOU WORK WITH THEN?
Hmmm!!! Well, well, professionally I can't remember the first artiste but I
can recollect working with an artiste called 'African Angel' at evenedal
studio. The song which is an afro-music titled 'Sleeping Open Eye'..... he
sings its chorus. I remember someone was gonna slap me because the baseline
wasn't sounding too well...chuckles... but the experience has been good and
bad, ups n down. You know it has to be like that.

HOW MANY ARTIST HAVE YOU WORKED WITH SP FAR?
Ah... omo...I can't count them Oooo. At this point, I do forget the number
of artistes I've worked with. although I've worked with a lot of people in
the past but let me count from the new millenium (2000+) something,
Artquake, Olu maitrain, Xproject, Idris Abdulkarim, Blackface, Lkt,
Oritsefemi, 9ice, JJC, Jibola, Kabbar, E2m, Skales, myself and fast rising
 artiste ZAYO.

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS YOUR BEST SO FAR?
omo...Gbabe! its still Yahooze, although I have done better beats, better
production, better ideas, I
even sang my own song. But anytime I hear Yahooze, I'm always like 'wow who
produced this jam'?

AFTER YAHOOZE, ANY OTHER HIT PRPDUCTION?
After yahooze, I produced Lorile by X-project, Away by VIP, I wrote No Away
for Becca ft M.I to mention but a few.

WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OLU MAINTAIN AFTER YAHOOZE?
The relationship is cordial. We talk when we see, we don't do the calling
 tingy. It was business and it didn't go down well but everyone have been
cool. The experience was very good... we can still make money
together...You know how it is between artiste and producer. But that's all
behind now, I've got new project I'm working on and a new life I'm living.

ANY PLAN WORKING WITH HIM ANYTIME SOON OR IN FUTURE?
Cuts in...Yes this year! Hopefully April we should be doing something
together.

WHAT HAS BEEN PEOPLE'S COMMENT WHEN THEY SEE 'PRODUCED BY PUFFYTEE'?
For a while I wasn't really functioning in the industry, I was away in
London and from there to
Ghana. I set up a studio in Ghana and you know in Nigeria that out of sight
is out of mind when they don't see you. 2013, I came back, started some
productions and people were like 'seriously is this guy coming back for
real'? When people hear the
name 'puffyTee' they ask questions like "where dis guy dey since"?. People
were actually looking for that PuffyTee but most of them don't really know
the face but know the name. So when they see me on the street, they go don
pass sef and be like 'chairman abeg no vex ooo, so na you be puffytee'? I
remember when I went to David for one of his job and he was just looking at
me, everybody including Shizzi. Probably they thought puffytee is a very old
person so they were all surprised to see me still looking Hip-hop. Well,
the response is always very good...kids born some 10years ago might not
know puffytee, but they are getting to know him because puffytee is back
for real. Most people don't believe I still got my place in d industry.

SOMETIMES PAST, WE READ IT THAT PUFFYTEE IS IN GHANA.....WHAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND YOU MOVING TO GHANA? CAN IT BE AS A SITUATION OF THE HIGH LEVEL OF COMPETITION HERE IN NIGERIA OR WHAT?
Hmmmm, the idea about moving to Ghana was because back then I had a deal
with VIP which include setting up a studio and doing business
together. I was going to bring naija things into Ghana and see how we can
make money together. It actually worked for a while but later the other way
round. I had to come back home due to beef over there among producers
feeling like 'dis naija dude come here wan dey rule things for here' then I
said to myself 'dem no pursue me for house' moreover there's no place like
home, so I'm back.

APART FROM MUSIC PRODUCTION, WHAT OTHER THINGS DO YOU DO?
PuffyTee is a cook, hoping to open my restaurant soon which will be called
'Gogo cafe'. I'm also working on my Gogo noodles...at the same time, I'm a
business man who buys and sell anything except human being. You have to do
other things to get funds for yourself.

WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR 2015?
To drop 4 singles and its videos which I just dropped one titled 'Your
Lover' ft Ara...expect the other 3 smashing singles yet to be dropped. Just
expect puffytee the entertainer (producer/artiste).

WHERE SHOULD WE EXPECT PUFFYTEE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS?
In the next 5 years, puffytee should be everywhere which include having a
studio in Ikeja, on the island, back in Ghana because I'm hoping to spread
my tentacles all over Africa. Puffytee should be a megasuperstar producer
all around the world.

ANY BEEF OR CROUCH WITH ANY IN THE INDUSTRY?
Beef? Haba!!!...Me I no get beef with anybody ooo...The sky is big enough
for every bird to fly, you do your thing while I do mine. My beat can
sound like Don jazzy's and masterkraft's beat, it doesn't make any shade. I
can sing like Don jazzy doesn't mean I should fight him because I see him
as been better than me or vice versa. In this industry, we don't have
permanent enemies, work towards having friends. We all want to make
money...as I said earlier, I have none...mehn owo ni koko.

YOUR ADVICE TO UPCOMING PRODUCERS?
Upcoming, be original...you can't go wrong when you know where you are
heading to. You know your destination, just take the right route. There's
no shortcut to success. Be optimistic and aim at achieving success in a
legal manner, don't cheat, don't mess around and don't do drugs. Its does
no good to you.

NOW TO YOUR PERSONAL LIFE....WHAT'S YOUR MARITAL STATUS?
Puffytee is a father but single and searching...a single dad looking for
single mummies to mingle with.

FAVOURITE FOOD?
Akara & bread... I changed from puff-puff and tea because
its hard finding it around. I take 'spaghetti' when I wanna claim posh....lol

PRODUCTION FEE, FRIENDLY OR NOT?
It's very friendly. I'm actually not the aggressive type. If I were one, I would have made a
lot of money for myself. I believe in giving talented persons opportunity
to express it. If I see an upcoming doing good in the studio, I just work
with the little fund you have. The most important thing is to affect the person's life positively. Then if he/she comes back to show appreciation, fine but if not, someone else would appreciate all I've done. When I see say you carry... hmmmm...I get d fee.

HOBBIES
I love playing video games.... from soccer wf 15 to mention few.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON BABY MAMA STIFF BEING PRACTICED BY MALE CELEBS?
Music and marriage is spiritual and also rivals to each other. Its hard to
see a married artiste doing much in the industry because family takes a lot and music does the same. Both are a very jealous institutions...to do both,
its either your family lives apart from you so you can concentrate on your
music career. Imagine during this interview and
one of my kids walk in reporting the other, at the same time my wife walks
in to get my attention for an issue or something. Why dem Psquare go keep
their wives for lekki? Though they go to see them...but they understand
they needed to get married and do music. You can do both but not together
at the same place.... you have your family and studio at the same place. Bro to blow go hard somehow ooooo. My advice to celebs doing baby-mama
tingy is to get married, keep your family apart but be responsible to them
and do your music. Not giving this idea for immorality sake. #Gbam

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