C-Murder interview by: Scott Bejda
Find the complete interview in Murder Dog vol 11 # 4
How does the new album compare to your earlier stuff?
I just feel good about this one. Everything is just me. There’s a lot of shit that I gotta say. I feel like muthafuckaz wanna hear what’s on my mind. I’m just giving to them 100% raw. I ain’t worried about society or these White folks saying this and that about me. I’m just spitting it whatever comes to my mind. I feel good about it compared to all the other ones. This project is special to me.
It sounds like it is a real personal album?
It is definitely personal. Straight up!
Will there be another TRU album?
I don’t know about that one yet. Maybe if I hit something’.
When was the last TRU album?
Shit, that was a minute now. It has been so long I don’t even know, like ‘99 or something.
The Tru album in ‘97 Tru 2 Da Game was so damn hard.
That is a classic right there. We were just coming how we come. Natural! We just put it out there like that. We had the chemistry with the Pound. The timing and everything was just right. That muthafucka was selling.
You were played on BET, but why do you think not so much on MTV?
That was double platinum too. I don’t know why it was like that. Maybe it’s because we were from the South and they ain’t really feeling South niggaz. I don’t know what it was. It was something about the muthafuckaz. Even with the magazines. They was never treating a nigga how we was supposed to be treated. It’s bigger than that shit. If you have a responsibility to do for the artists, then do it. Don’t be trippin’ on a nigga like that.
The South was always hot, but No Limit really opened it up for the South. Do you feel y’all got the credit for helping the South blow up to what it is today?
When I hear the major muthafuckaz that be doing interviews they give us our props. As long as they know what is happening and know what we did for muthafuckaz then it is cool. It takes a man to admit that shit to me. Some muthafuckaz just don’t wanna give the love. It takes a real nigga to come up and say " yeah, you boys did this for us and started doing movies with albums and all this." When I hear shit like that I be like "OK, as long as they say shit like that then they know the real."
How do you feel about T.I. calling himself the king of the South? What about Scarface, Luke, or Master P?
My thought on that is when a muthafucka comes out with an album they should boast on themselves. That is just what they are doing. I don’t think muthafuckaz should be beefing over that shit.
A lot of rappers are beefing in the game right now. I have never heard you diss anyone on wax. Is that something that you try not to do?
I just feel like muthafuckaz who are on that real shit shouldn’t entertain no bullshit. That shit is escalating to murder, killing and you gotta watch your back. Common sense will tell you don’t get into all that shit.
Why do you think a lot of rappers do it?
I don’t know bro. I be sitting back thinking about it too. Maybe it’s in the back of their head that the beef shit sells, but they don’t understand that some muthafuckaz just don’t want to play that shit. Shit, get real! I guess maybe they know the people they are beefing with and they know that they won’t do nothing. To me that shit is personal. It’s disrespect!
If someone would holla your name out then you would just dismiss them as a hater?
Shit, if someone holler at me on a record then I’m gonna deal with them personally. I ain’t with that shit bro. I ain’t trying to be out here beefing with nobody and gettin into to it, but I ain’t gonna tolerate that shit.
You have had so many ups and downs. What keeps you going?
Life ain’t over. Ain’t nothing over until you are in the casket. You gotta just keep moving. That is what life is all about. You are going to go through some shit. Some gangsta shit, some real shit, some good and some bad. Muthafuckaz just gotta keep moving.
Do you have any advice for people who are in similar situations to what you are going through?
You gotta keep on making moves and calling people. You have to do what you have to do and keep fighting the system. Don’t just throw your hands in the air. You gotta make a change for the next man. Don’t be selfish! You gotta keep on and expose the shit so for the next man it will be cool. Don’t be selfish with the shit. A muthafucka gotta keep fighting and don’t ever give up.
From multi-platinum success to being locked up, do you ever think about writing a book?
Down the line. I wanna wait until all this shit is really over and the timing is right. I have been writing a book, but it ain’t an autobiography type of book. It’s a basic fictional book with reality in it. It’s real shit that you can relate to, but it is fictional. It’s a gangsta type book called "Death Around The Corner".
What is the book about?
It’s about this guy who’s father was killed in front of him. He just been going through a lot of struggles. They are hustlin’ just trying to make it. They are going about everything the wrong way. They are looking for that one big thing so they can just chill. He is having visions of his dead sister and seeing her disappear at the worst of times. It’s crucial! It’s like in the fifteenth chapter right now.
Has anyone read it?
I have been letting a few people read the few chapters that I have so far and they have been trippin’. It’s gonna be something crucial. I’m almost about half way through with it.
What made you decide to want to write a book like that?
I like to read. I have read over three hundred books since I have been here. I read every day. I read all types of shit. I have half these muthafuckaz in here reading now. I’m reading everyday and I don’t care what it is. I read all kinds of shit!
When you get out will you do more writing?
I want to become an author. I like to write shit and see how it comes out. That’s why I’m taking my time making this first book so crucial. I don’t want people to think that he is just a rapper trying to write a book to try to make money. I want the respect as an author too. When they pick it up I want them to be waiting on the next one, then I will be satisfied.
Find the complete interview in Murder Dog vol 11 # 4
How does the new album compare to your earlier stuff?
I just feel good about this one. Everything is just me. There’s a lot of shit that I gotta say. I feel like muthafuckaz wanna hear what’s on my mind. I’m just giving to them 100% raw. I ain’t worried about society or these White folks saying this and that about me. I’m just spitting it whatever comes to my mind. I feel good about it compared to all the other ones. This project is special to me.
It sounds like it is a real personal album?
It is definitely personal. Straight up!
Will there be another TRU album?
I don’t know about that one yet. Maybe if I hit something’.
When was the last TRU album?
Shit, that was a minute now. It has been so long I don’t even know, like ‘99 or something.
The Tru album in ‘97 Tru 2 Da Game was so damn hard.
That is a classic right there. We were just coming how we come. Natural! We just put it out there like that. We had the chemistry with the Pound. The timing and everything was just right. That muthafucka was selling.
You were played on BET, but why do you think not so much on MTV?
That was double platinum too. I don’t know why it was like that. Maybe it’s because we were from the South and they ain’t really feeling South niggaz. I don’t know what it was. It was something about the muthafuckaz. Even with the magazines. They was never treating a nigga how we was supposed to be treated. It’s bigger than that shit. If you have a responsibility to do for the artists, then do it. Don’t be trippin’ on a nigga like that.
The South was always hot, but No Limit really opened it up for the South. Do you feel y’all got the credit for helping the South blow up to what it is today?
When I hear the major muthafuckaz that be doing interviews they give us our props. As long as they know what is happening and know what we did for muthafuckaz then it is cool. It takes a man to admit that shit to me. Some muthafuckaz just don’t wanna give the love. It takes a real nigga to come up and say " yeah, you boys did this for us and started doing movies with albums and all this." When I hear shit like that I be like "OK, as long as they say shit like that then they know the real."
How do you feel about T.I. calling himself the king of the South? What about Scarface, Luke, or Master P?
My thought on that is when a muthafucka comes out with an album they should boast on themselves. That is just what they are doing. I don’t think muthafuckaz should be beefing over that shit.
A lot of rappers are beefing in the game right now. I have never heard you diss anyone on wax. Is that something that you try not to do?
I just feel like muthafuckaz who are on that real shit shouldn’t entertain no bullshit. That shit is escalating to murder, killing and you gotta watch your back. Common sense will tell you don’t get into all that shit.
Why do you think a lot of rappers do it?
I don’t know bro. I be sitting back thinking about it too. Maybe it’s in the back of their head that the beef shit sells, but they don’t understand that some muthafuckaz just don’t want to play that shit. Shit, get real! I guess maybe they know the people they are beefing with and they know that they won’t do nothing. To me that shit is personal. It’s disrespect!
If someone would holla your name out then you would just dismiss them as a hater?
Shit, if someone holler at me on a record then I’m gonna deal with them personally. I ain’t with that shit bro. I ain’t trying to be out here beefing with nobody and gettin into to it, but I ain’t gonna tolerate that shit.
You have had so many ups and downs. What keeps you going?
Life ain’t over. Ain’t nothing over until you are in the casket. You gotta just keep moving. That is what life is all about. You are going to go through some shit. Some gangsta shit, some real shit, some good and some bad. Muthafuckaz just gotta keep moving.
Do you have any advice for people who are in similar situations to what you are going through?
You gotta keep on making moves and calling people. You have to do what you have to do and keep fighting the system. Don’t just throw your hands in the air. You gotta make a change for the next man. Don’t be selfish! You gotta keep on and expose the shit so for the next man it will be cool. Don’t be selfish with the shit. A muthafucka gotta keep fighting and don’t ever give up.
From multi-platinum success to being locked up, do you ever think about writing a book?
Down the line. I wanna wait until all this shit is really over and the timing is right. I have been writing a book, but it ain’t an autobiography type of book. It’s a basic fictional book with reality in it. It’s real shit that you can relate to, but it is fictional. It’s a gangsta type book called "Death Around The Corner".
What is the book about?
It’s about this guy who’s father was killed in front of him. He just been going through a lot of struggles. They are hustlin’ just trying to make it. They are going about everything the wrong way. They are looking for that one big thing so they can just chill. He is having visions of his dead sister and seeing her disappear at the worst of times. It’s crucial! It’s like in the fifteenth chapter right now.
Has anyone read it?
I have been letting a few people read the few chapters that I have so far and they have been trippin’. It’s gonna be something crucial. I’m almost about half way through with it.
What made you decide to want to write a book like that?
I like to read. I have read over three hundred books since I have been here. I read every day. I read all types of shit. I have half these muthafuckaz in here reading now. I’m reading everyday and I don’t care what it is. I read all kinds of shit!
When you get out will you do more writing?
I want to become an author. I like to write shit and see how it comes out. That’s why I’m taking my time making this first book so crucial. I don’t want people to think that he is just a rapper trying to write a book to try to make money. I want the respect as an author too. When they pick it up I want them to be waiting on the next one, then I will be satisfied.
