4. “Planes, Trains, & Automobiles"

Nitty Scott, MC: "“Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” We call it P.T.A. for short. It is one of my favorite records on the EP. I really get lost in that record. The sound once again is super refreshing, super new for Nitty Scott, MC. Even writing to it was a bit of challenge for me cause I wanted my vocals to blend with the music. I have so much respect for music if I put my voice on it, it has to blend with the respect to it. It was kind of a welcome challenge for me.

"The concept itself, I have been waiting to find the perfect instrumental to write about this travel concept that I had. Which was a little deeper than all around the world or whatever. [Laughs.] It’s more like describing my own personal experience with being on the road and sharing my music with people. Also to de-glamourize the situation. A lot of people hear about artists traveling all over the world to perform and there’s a part to it that is glamorous and there is part of it being luxurious but for the most part, it’s not.

"For the most part, there’s lot of jetlag and being tired and traveling for hours upon hours just so you get on stage and make an impact for like 20 minutes. When I thought of the irony of it where it’s like you could travel for 24 hours straight and it’s all just so you can get in front of these people and say what you want to say. And hopefully affect them to the point where it was worth all of this travel and all of this stress.

"I wanted to give the day to day of a working class artist. An artist who has to legitimately be on the road and tour and be seen and continue to sell themselves to crowds. To stay afloat. That’s the type of artist that I am. I wanted to touch on it and then we use all forms of transportation. We are so hungry to be on the road and be active in this industry that I don’t mind taking a train. I don’t mind renting a car. I don’t mind taking a plane. I don’t mind taking a cruise ship. Whatever we need to do to fucking get there. I’ll take a fucking scooter to where I gotta go. That’s where “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles,” the actual title, came from where its like, ‘Yo, we’ll do whatever we got to do to get to our destination.’

"It’s actually a pretty mellow sound. It’s mellow, but it’s still got this gotta go feel. It’s mellow, yet upbeat. It could be a soundtrack to your day. It could be a soundtrack to gotta get up. Go to work. Make this money. Get on the F train. Deal with whoever. You could definitely just bump it and allow it to move you through your day. I feel like it carries the spirit of travel. It’s an awesome record and I just really love it." [Laughs.]