Kool G Rap.. Coming Soon..
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g rap is a fuckin' legend and i think he still shows these young guns what skills is about. i can't stop bumpin' "my life" either.
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g rap is a fuckin' legend and i think he still shows these young guns what skills is about. i can't stop bumpin' "my life" either.
http://www.straightvodkaent.com
Off All Hip Hop
By Paine
Damn near any MC, journalist, or
hip-hopper who utilizes the word “flow”
should credit Kool G Rap. This man altered
the game of lyricism. With his dazzling
wordplay, gritty metaphors, and signature
lisped delivery; Kool G Rap influenced
nearly every MC doing it today. What’s
better is that Kool G is still bringing the heat
after seventeen years of under-appreciated
spitting.
After two years of delays, Koch Records
purchased The Giancanna Story from
Rawkus. Due in a matter of weeks, this
record will be Kool G’s first album in five
years. Needless to say, the streets are
hungry. In the interview Kool G reflects on
everything from his rivalry with fellow Juice
Crew member Big Daddy Kane, to his
accountability for violence in the streets.
Kool G Rap is truly an active, living legend.
Supporting his new record is a lot like seeing
Jordan play one more year: We’re privileged to experience it. That
being said, read our appetizer with one of hip-hop’s most sacred figures.
AllHipHop.com: Tell me about the new record, specifically the title?
Kool G Rap: The new record, The Giancana Story, that’s the name of it.
I got the title because I’ve always been a fan of mob movies and the old
time gangster thing. It’s supposed to come out November 26.
AHH: Who are the guests, and who was behind the production?
KGR: We got a lot of people. We got Nas. We got CNN. We got Mobb
Deep, Snoop, Devin the Dude. Production: we got Buckwild, Nobody,
Rockwilder.
AHH: Is “First Nigga”, the Premier joint still on?
KGR: I think that’s on there. I’m not sure if that’s being released on this
particular album, now that we did the label switch. There was a lot of
songs that Koch wasn’t able to get.
AHH: How is Giancana Story a growth from the Roots of Evil record?
KGR: [The] Roots of Evil record, I basically did what I wanted to do. I
wasn’t really trying to make too many songs for radio, singles, clubs,
none of that. I really just wanted to pull out what I had in my heart and
my imagination. That’s really a story-telling album. [The new album] is
more radio-friendly. I’m not softening the music, but I’m giving the radio
something they can play with.
AHH: Being from Queens, how do you reflect on the past week, and
Jay’s role in Hip Hop?
KGR: I mean Jam Master Jay and Run-DMC were so much to the fucking
game. These are the faces of Hip-Hop. I’m not taking nothing away from
the pioneers before their time: the Cold Crush 4’s and the Furious Five
and Melle Mel and them. But I say Run-DMC is the faces of Hip-Hop
because that’s what the world perceives them as. Because they broke
down the barriers that other people before them didn’t do. Losing a cat
like Jam Master Jay, it’s devastating. It’s like a landmark, a monument
of Hip-Hop that’ll never stand up again. You can’t see Run-DMC the
same anymore. When did you ever see these guys not together? They
was always together.
AHH: What’s your relationship with DJ Polo these days?
KGR: To be honest with you, there is no relationship these days. Not like
we got problems with each other, everything’s cool with Polo. We was
together at one point, be grew apart over the years. That happens with
a lot of people you consider friends.
AHH: I recently read about an unspoken competitive rivalry between
you and Kane during the Juice Crew days, can you reflect on that?
KGR: Like you said, it was mainly a competition thing, without words.
That’s normal. You’ll find this at any label where there’s a lot of artists.
There’s always gonna be a nice, healthy, good competition there. That’s
what me and Kane had.
AHH: He’s got a record coming this year too. Has he come to you
looking for advice on how to stay chiseled?
KGR: No, Kane never came to me for advice. I don’t think he would
come to [me] for advice, because of his confidence. I think he would
come to [me] maybe to do a record, to bring back something from the
past to the present. But that’s about it, really. I wouldn’t go to him for
advice, or anybody else. I’m gonna do me.
AHH: As a veteran making an album for today’s audience…you brought
in guests like Snoop, Jagged Edge, and Devin. What’s it like picking
artists you can relate to, from a more modern generation?
KGR: I don’t look for the same thing out of everybody. I don’t look for
the same qualities. Some things is just personal, as far as me doing
collaborations with artists. But as far as when I do have a criteria set, I
look for artists that spit along the same lines that I spit: real hardcore,
real good wordplay, metaphors. These are the qualities that I believe
that I still have going on seventeen years.
AHH: If G Rap could only be remembered by one verse…which would it
be?
KGR: “The Symphony” verse. More than anything in the world, the verse
on [that].
AHH: Rumor has it that your original verse was like twenty-eight
minutes long?
KGR: Definitely. I spit a verse that was so long the fucking tape ran off
the reel. That’s definitely the truth.
AHH: You’ve been in the game for a long time. Hip-hops in a state of
emergency, how can we repair it?
KGR: It’s gonna take so much to repair it. There’s alotta cats fucking it
up. It’s not just the artists either, it’s the streets. Along with stopping the
crazy shit goin’ on in Hip-Hop today, you have to attack it on the street.
You have to attack the violence in our neighborhoods and stuff. You
gotta kill the tree by the root.
AHH: Seeing that, have you at all pulled some of the violence out of
your rhymes?
KGR: I don’t really look at it as lyrics influencing the violence. The lyrics
is really just a reflection of the streets. It’s never the opposite. Some
people try to make it the opposite. Street violence is never the reflection
of Hip-Hop, or music. These dudes rap about what they rap about
because they see the shit in the streets. What about before Hip-Hop
music? Niggas wasn’t getting killed in the streets? I don’t really water
down my lyrics, because that wouldn’t do anything.
AHH: It seems like “Dramacyde” was Pun’s last big street banger. What
was it like sharing the mic with late icon, and how was that instrumental
in your career?
KGR: Well, me and Pun knew each other before that. We met each
other. We was real cool. But I didn’t get to do that record right alongside
him or nothing. Matter of fact, I think he was in Miami at the time. They
had to take the track down there to him. He was down there working on
what happened to be his last album, unfortunately. It was a good thing
though. I feel that was a blessing. He happened to pass right after that.
So, I was glad I got a record in with him.
By Paine
Damn near any MC, journalist, or
hip-hopper who utilizes the word “flow”
should credit Kool G Rap. This man altered
the game of lyricism. With his dazzling
wordplay, gritty metaphors, and signature
lisped delivery; Kool G Rap influenced
nearly every MC doing it today. What’s
better is that Kool G is still bringing the heat
after seventeen years of under-appreciated
spitting.
After two years of delays, Koch Records
purchased The Giancanna Story from
Rawkus. Due in a matter of weeks, this
record will be Kool G’s first album in five
years. Needless to say, the streets are
hungry. In the interview Kool G reflects on
everything from his rivalry with fellow Juice
Crew member Big Daddy Kane, to his
accountability for violence in the streets.
Kool G Rap is truly an active, living legend.
Supporting his new record is a lot like seeing
Jordan play one more year: We’re privileged to experience it. That
being said, read our appetizer with one of hip-hop’s most sacred figures.
AllHipHop.com: Tell me about the new record, specifically the title?
Kool G Rap: The new record, The Giancana Story, that’s the name of it.
I got the title because I’ve always been a fan of mob movies and the old
time gangster thing. It’s supposed to come out November 26.
AHH: Who are the guests, and who was behind the production?
KGR: We got a lot of people. We got Nas. We got CNN. We got Mobb
Deep, Snoop, Devin the Dude. Production: we got Buckwild, Nobody,
Rockwilder.
AHH: Is “First Nigga”, the Premier joint still on?
KGR: I think that’s on there. I’m not sure if that’s being released on this
particular album, now that we did the label switch. There was a lot of
songs that Koch wasn’t able to get.
AHH: How is Giancana Story a growth from the Roots of Evil record?
KGR: [The] Roots of Evil record, I basically did what I wanted to do. I
wasn’t really trying to make too many songs for radio, singles, clubs,
none of that. I really just wanted to pull out what I had in my heart and
my imagination. That’s really a story-telling album. [The new album] is
more radio-friendly. I’m not softening the music, but I’m giving the radio
something they can play with.
AHH: Being from Queens, how do you reflect on the past week, and
Jay’s role in Hip Hop?
KGR: I mean Jam Master Jay and Run-DMC were so much to the fucking
game. These are the faces of Hip-Hop. I’m not taking nothing away from
the pioneers before their time: the Cold Crush 4’s and the Furious Five
and Melle Mel and them. But I say Run-DMC is the faces of Hip-Hop
because that’s what the world perceives them as. Because they broke
down the barriers that other people before them didn’t do. Losing a cat
like Jam Master Jay, it’s devastating. It’s like a landmark, a monument
of Hip-Hop that’ll never stand up again. You can’t see Run-DMC the
same anymore. When did you ever see these guys not together? They
was always together.
AHH: What’s your relationship with DJ Polo these days?
KGR: To be honest with you, there is no relationship these days. Not like
we got problems with each other, everything’s cool with Polo. We was
together at one point, be grew apart over the years. That happens with
a lot of people you consider friends.
AHH: I recently read about an unspoken competitive rivalry between
you and Kane during the Juice Crew days, can you reflect on that?
KGR: Like you said, it was mainly a competition thing, without words.
That’s normal. You’ll find this at any label where there’s a lot of artists.
There’s always gonna be a nice, healthy, good competition there. That’s
what me and Kane had.
AHH: He’s got a record coming this year too. Has he come to you
looking for advice on how to stay chiseled?
KGR: No, Kane never came to me for advice. I don’t think he would
come to [me] for advice, because of his confidence. I think he would
come to [me] maybe to do a record, to bring back something from the
past to the present. But that’s about it, really. I wouldn’t go to him for
advice, or anybody else. I’m gonna do me.
AHH: As a veteran making an album for today’s audience…you brought
in guests like Snoop, Jagged Edge, and Devin. What’s it like picking
artists you can relate to, from a more modern generation?
KGR: I don’t look for the same thing out of everybody. I don’t look for
the same qualities. Some things is just personal, as far as me doing
collaborations with artists. But as far as when I do have a criteria set, I
look for artists that spit along the same lines that I spit: real hardcore,
real good wordplay, metaphors. These are the qualities that I believe
that I still have going on seventeen years.
AHH: If G Rap could only be remembered by one verse…which would it
be?
KGR: “The Symphony” verse. More than anything in the world, the verse
on [that].
AHH: Rumor has it that your original verse was like twenty-eight
minutes long?
KGR: Definitely. I spit a verse that was so long the fucking tape ran off
the reel. That’s definitely the truth.
AHH: You’ve been in the game for a long time. Hip-hops in a state of
emergency, how can we repair it?
KGR: It’s gonna take so much to repair it. There’s alotta cats fucking it
up. It’s not just the artists either, it’s the streets. Along with stopping the
crazy shit goin’ on in Hip-Hop today, you have to attack it on the street.
You have to attack the violence in our neighborhoods and stuff. You
gotta kill the tree by the root.
AHH: Seeing that, have you at all pulled some of the violence out of
your rhymes?
KGR: I don’t really look at it as lyrics influencing the violence. The lyrics
is really just a reflection of the streets. It’s never the opposite. Some
people try to make it the opposite. Street violence is never the reflection
of Hip-Hop, or music. These dudes rap about what they rap about
because they see the shit in the streets. What about before Hip-Hop
music? Niggas wasn’t getting killed in the streets? I don’t really water
down my lyrics, because that wouldn’t do anything.
AHH: It seems like “Dramacyde” was Pun’s last big street banger. What
was it like sharing the mic with late icon, and how was that instrumental
in your career?
KGR: Well, me and Pun knew each other before that. We met each
other. We was real cool. But I didn’t get to do that record right alongside
him or nothing. Matter of fact, I think he was in Miami at the time. They
had to take the track down there to him. He was down there working on
what happened to be his last album, unfortunately. It was a good thing
though. I feel that was a blessing. He happened to pass right after that.
So, I was glad I got a record in with him.
AHH: As I said, you carried the touch and set so many of Hip Hop’s
precedent in terms of rhyme scheme. Looking at the next generation,
who do you think you can pass that torch to?
KGR: There’s a way you could look at that, as who would be king of
Hip-Hop right now? Jay-Z, you know what I’m sayin. But then if you ask
a lot of people in the streets the same question, you’ll have a different
person. But if you ask a female that goes to the club every
night…(laughs).
AHH: All right, from G Rap’s perspective, who is the king, if it isn’t you?
KGR: Right now? Right now, I would definitely have to go with myself. I
ain’t just sayin’ that to be sayin’ it. This is judging on what I like to hear
as an artist. I’m not judging on who had the biggest club record or radio
record. I’m talking about the feeling you get when you hear somebody
spit it. I’m going to have to vote for myself. But as far as clicks, 50
[Cent] and his click, Cam’ron and his click, and G. Rap and his click.
Go pick up "The Giancana Story" November 26.
precedent in terms of rhyme scheme. Looking at the next generation,
who do you think you can pass that torch to?
KGR: There’s a way you could look at that, as who would be king of
Hip-Hop right now? Jay-Z, you know what I’m sayin. But then if you ask
a lot of people in the streets the same question, you’ll have a different
person. But if you ask a female that goes to the club every
night…(laughs).
AHH: All right, from G Rap’s perspective, who is the king, if it isn’t you?
KGR: Right now? Right now, I would definitely have to go with myself. I
ain’t just sayin’ that to be sayin’ it. This is judging on what I like to hear
as an artist. I’m not judging on who had the biggest club record or radio
record. I’m talking about the feeling you get when you hear somebody
spit it. I’m going to have to vote for myself. But as far as clicks, 50
[Cent] and his click, Cam’ron and his click, and G. Rap and his click.
Go pick up "The Giancana Story" November 26.