Airplay

AIRPLAY

By Miss Lanaire
What happens when you combine Wyclef Jean’s 23-year-old cousin Lil Wonda, with a 21-year-old sports jock Robbie Max, and a 23-year-old theatre student named B Madison? You get the music group Airplay. The Music Shelf sat down with the trio to talk about their process, their style and their future in music.

Airplay prides themselves in writing all their music, which in the game today is becoming a scarcity. In the studio Lil Wonda described their connection as “divine intervention every time”. Though the three have only been a group for less than a year, their chemistry in the studio is unparalleled.

A family-like bond has allowed them to be each other’s inspiration in the studio, in what they call displaying “passion at its best”. Lil Wonda is known for simply freestlying in the booth, which translates to he usually never remembers his lyrics. Robbie Max, though the newest to music, is the most organized as he carries around a corridor Jansport bag wherever he goes with all the lyrics he has ever written. B. Madison brings her own additions to the group but the guys are sure to keep her far away from the engineering board, because she has a history of erasing hot tracks. Though they all love kicking it together and are very unpredictable, one thing never changes. “We pray before everything,” passionately explained Lil Wonda.
Now you may be wondering what makes them different from any other new group or artist (aside from them using the same historical studio as the Fugees, Booga Basement). Each member offers their thoughts on what sets them apart.

“We bring a different feel of music, a completely different look,” Robbie Max.
“You can like any type of music and one of our songs will cater to that,” B. Madison.
“The music will speak to the fans,” Lil Wonda.

Their mixtape, “Universal Milky Way,” perfectly describes the success that Airplay is grinding and dreaming towards. Universal representing everyone and Milky Way as another word for galaxy. Everyone and everything is in the galaxy, and that is whom Airplay wants to reach. “Wow, legendary, impeccable,” are words the group desire to be associated with 10-years from now.It’s safe to say that New Jersey is dominating the airwaves right now thanks to shows like “Jersey Shore,” “Jerseylicious,” “House Wives of New Jersey” and “Jersey Couture,” so it’s only fitting that this Jersey-based music group is planning to dominate with out of this world music, so get ready for Airplay.