No Regrets is an up-and-coming rap duo based out of Vancouver, having opened shows at various venues around the city for artists including Riff Raff and Problem. Made up of Cliché, a Indian-Vancouverite, and Scoota, an African-American hailing from Alabama, the duo intend to make “quality music with no regrets.” Known for tracks like “She Ready” and “Loyalty,” No Regrets make it look easy to cross cultures, regions, and genres through their music.
The Peak: What is the meaning behind the band name, No Regrets?
Scoota: Basically, to us, No Regrets means diversity. We have no regrets; we stand behind that. We make music for the world.
Cliché: It means do what you want to do in life, look forward in whatever you do.
P: You often describe your music as a movement. What messages can be attributed to this movement?
S: It doesn’t matter where you’re from, everyone can relate [to one another]. We all go through the same things, we all can relate in some type of way.
C: There’s a big stereotype as to how music is made and where it originated, but you could be from a different culture, skin colour, religion, race, you can make music however you want to and express yourself.
P: How would you describe your sound?
C: We make music, we feel music, [and] we listen to music. For example, when we listen to beats, we don’t really care where it’s coming from or who made it. If we like it, we get on it, and we speak what we feel. When we do our music, we do it for the world. Our music is showing that everybody can come together; it doesn’t matter where you’re from. Some people would say ‘I like East Coast music’, or Gucci Mane from the South; [we acknowledge] they’re both good music. We don’t have these barriers.
P: Both of you work with Isaac Min, a producer with South Korean roots. How does working with a multicultural team affect the musical process?
S: It makes it easier; having accepted the differences and being diverse, it’s just embracing that. We start out with that, and we take our knowledge of music, our different backgrounds, and gel all of that together. We try and get the best product that we can, the best sound that we can.
P: What was the process like working with James Ferguson, an alternative rock musician, on “Why This Kolaveri Di,” an ethnic track involving Tamil?
C: It wasn’t difficult at all. It was really cool mixing alternative rock and hip-hop. It was just cool working with him because he brings in another creative side. I was coming up with stuff, Scoota was coming up with stuff, and James would come up with stuff that we didn’t even think about.
