From www.westcoast2k.net
its not a fresh interview, i guess they have been holding onto it for a minute becuase dru down wasnt dropping an album, but it looks like "attack season" is set to drop soon...
Westcoast2k: It's been a while since you put anything out. Why's it been so long?!
Dru Down: Well you know, I been doing my own thing and living my life. Cause I'm not just a rapper, I'm street based too, you feel me. So ever since I been in the streets I been into a little trouble here and there. It's been taking me away, but it ain't gonna stop none of my independent albums like "Gangsta Pimpin", "Pimpin' Phernelia". I've been having independent albums out there that you just gotta look for. Cause really, I done been on about 6 major labels, so everybody's looking for me to be on a major. But I've been getting my own dough now.
Westcoast2k: Have you been constantly in the studio recording all this time?
Dru Down: Oh yeah, that's what I'm doing right now. I got a new album coming out called "The Son Of Bootsy" [Editor's note: Album title changed to "Attack Season"]. You know, cause of Bootys Collins. It consists of The Regime Gang, me and my brother Yukmouth. So alot of Regime members, plus a couple singers. But it's lovely though, you just gotta wait to hear it. I really don't have any big features on there, like a Ludacris or Busta Rhymes. It's more like a family thang, like "I Got 5 On It Remix" type of thangs.
Westcoast2k: Who are you networkin with these days?
Dru Down: I mean, I network with my own clan which consists of Tech9ne, Yukmouth, and it's still The Luniz. Spice 1 too, so right now we keep it more Bay Area than regular. We tryin' to bring it back home, instead of just getting out there and messing with everybody else. Cause the Bay Area is lighting up right now!
Westcoast2k: Lately you ain't been doing too many features. Do you turn down alot of offers or are you open for anything?
Dru Down: I been a lot in traffic, I really ain't been doing the rap thang that much. I been pimpin cause that's my thang. If anybody knows Dru Down they know what I consist of.
Westcoast2k: So what's the word on the new album?
Dru Down: Oh, a bunch of Hip Hop for real by the old Dru Down, who everybody can't wait to hear from. It's gangsta pimpin, but it's more attack season cause I'm attacking alotta cats. Since I'm in this Regime Gang with my little brother Yukmouth, I gotta hold it down. I mean I'm Regime till I die. I'm speaking on anything, and any pimp out there disrespecting me on the rap thang, I'm getting at them. Cause I'm like really the first original pimp that put down that first platinum hit, "Pimp Of The Year". But this album we gonna push it hard with you guys. I can't wait to get back out there to do my performances.
On the production tip I got Luni Bean, Dr. Bob, but mostly it's my production team called Luni Bean. That's mostly what you gonna be hearing, but the sound is way different than before. "Pimpin' Phernelia" was my first independent album, but I put it out kinda quick cause I had to turn myself in. So I was just trying to do something real fast for the fans so they don't forget about me. And while I was in I put out another one called "Gangsta Pimpin'", which was another independent album. So right now I did this album which is more me, instead of rushing. You gonna get the old Dru Down, but updated.
Westcoast2k: What's the label situation right now?
Dru Down: I started my own label, it's called Pimp On Records. And that's in collaboration with Smoke-A-Lot Records, The Regime. I got my own thang, Pimp Phernelia to the Mob. That's what we do, everything we speak is so dope, that's where the Pimp Phernelia comes in. So the album's gonna be on Pimp On Records / Smoke-A-Lot Records / Rap-A-Lot Records.
Westcoast2k: How did the connection with you and The Regime come about?
Dru Down: Just being ghetto, hanging on the block back in the day. We hooked up, cause we was already messing with the boss, so the boss brought us together. And by us being cool with eachother, that's how it happened. That's how I hooked up with anybody else. You'll feel a person's vibe, if the vibe not cool, then it ain't cool. But our vibes was real straight, and that's how we stayed in the studio, slept, ate, shit, fucked. We did everything in the studio! Even on the road. It was all homie shit.
And as far as Yukmouth's lil brother Numbskull, he is his own man, he's doing his own thang. Numb is still there, don't get me wrong. But some people just do their own thing, you feel me? You can't knock the person for doing their own thing, as long as they never forget where they came from. But me and Yuk, we been tight. As far as this rap shit, I'm on all of his projects. If it's more updated and missed it, then I was locked up. But I'm always around, I'm like the Lieutenant!
Westcoast2k: What happened after you put out your record on Ruthless?
Dru Down: Aww I went to jail again on them, I had to do like 16 months. It took a lot out of that too. I did the album "Gangsta Pimpin" originally for Ruthless Records. But since I was doing time we got out of the contract cause they couldn't do nothing with me while I was doing time. And then we had this movie we were about to do with Ruthless called "Turf Stories". That was a movie we were presenting before anybody was even presenting any type of movie ever. But yeah, we just got out of that contract. Plus I had a CEO that was doing some bad things. My half CEO was C-Note Records, he did some bad things while I was in jail to where it messed up a couple things to where we just had to release contracts.
On the "Can U Feel Me" album too, I went away. On most of the times that I did something, it seems like everytime I'm doing bad, I end up going down while my album's toppin', so I don't get to see some of the things I need to really see. But since I learned a lot through the music industry and I know what's about to take and what's about to go, I'm straight man cause I got the game locked now.
its not a fresh interview, i guess they have been holding onto it for a minute becuase dru down wasnt dropping an album, but it looks like "attack season" is set to drop soon...
Westcoast2k: It's been a while since you put anything out. Why's it been so long?!
Dru Down: Well you know, I been doing my own thing and living my life. Cause I'm not just a rapper, I'm street based too, you feel me. So ever since I been in the streets I been into a little trouble here and there. It's been taking me away, but it ain't gonna stop none of my independent albums like "Gangsta Pimpin", "Pimpin' Phernelia". I've been having independent albums out there that you just gotta look for. Cause really, I done been on about 6 major labels, so everybody's looking for me to be on a major. But I've been getting my own dough now.
Westcoast2k: Have you been constantly in the studio recording all this time?
Dru Down: Oh yeah, that's what I'm doing right now. I got a new album coming out called "The Son Of Bootsy" [Editor's note: Album title changed to "Attack Season"]. You know, cause of Bootys Collins. It consists of The Regime Gang, me and my brother Yukmouth. So alot of Regime members, plus a couple singers. But it's lovely though, you just gotta wait to hear it. I really don't have any big features on there, like a Ludacris or Busta Rhymes. It's more like a family thang, like "I Got 5 On It Remix" type of thangs.
Westcoast2k: Who are you networkin with these days?
Dru Down: I mean, I network with my own clan which consists of Tech9ne, Yukmouth, and it's still The Luniz. Spice 1 too, so right now we keep it more Bay Area than regular. We tryin' to bring it back home, instead of just getting out there and messing with everybody else. Cause the Bay Area is lighting up right now!
Westcoast2k: Lately you ain't been doing too many features. Do you turn down alot of offers or are you open for anything?
Dru Down: I been a lot in traffic, I really ain't been doing the rap thang that much. I been pimpin cause that's my thang. If anybody knows Dru Down they know what I consist of.
Westcoast2k: So what's the word on the new album?
Dru Down: Oh, a bunch of Hip Hop for real by the old Dru Down, who everybody can't wait to hear from. It's gangsta pimpin, but it's more attack season cause I'm attacking alotta cats. Since I'm in this Regime Gang with my little brother Yukmouth, I gotta hold it down. I mean I'm Regime till I die. I'm speaking on anything, and any pimp out there disrespecting me on the rap thang, I'm getting at them. Cause I'm like really the first original pimp that put down that first platinum hit, "Pimp Of The Year". But this album we gonna push it hard with you guys. I can't wait to get back out there to do my performances.
On the production tip I got Luni Bean, Dr. Bob, but mostly it's my production team called Luni Bean. That's mostly what you gonna be hearing, but the sound is way different than before. "Pimpin' Phernelia" was my first independent album, but I put it out kinda quick cause I had to turn myself in. So I was just trying to do something real fast for the fans so they don't forget about me. And while I was in I put out another one called "Gangsta Pimpin'", which was another independent album. So right now I did this album which is more me, instead of rushing. You gonna get the old Dru Down, but updated.
Westcoast2k: What's the label situation right now?
Dru Down: I started my own label, it's called Pimp On Records. And that's in collaboration with Smoke-A-Lot Records, The Regime. I got my own thang, Pimp Phernelia to the Mob. That's what we do, everything we speak is so dope, that's where the Pimp Phernelia comes in. So the album's gonna be on Pimp On Records / Smoke-A-Lot Records / Rap-A-Lot Records.
Westcoast2k: How did the connection with you and The Regime come about?
Dru Down: Just being ghetto, hanging on the block back in the day. We hooked up, cause we was already messing with the boss, so the boss brought us together. And by us being cool with eachother, that's how it happened. That's how I hooked up with anybody else. You'll feel a person's vibe, if the vibe not cool, then it ain't cool. But our vibes was real straight, and that's how we stayed in the studio, slept, ate, shit, fucked. We did everything in the studio! Even on the road. It was all homie shit.
And as far as Yukmouth's lil brother Numbskull, he is his own man, he's doing his own thang. Numb is still there, don't get me wrong. But some people just do their own thing, you feel me? You can't knock the person for doing their own thing, as long as they never forget where they came from. But me and Yuk, we been tight. As far as this rap shit, I'm on all of his projects. If it's more updated and missed it, then I was locked up. But I'm always around, I'm like the Lieutenant!
Westcoast2k: What happened after you put out your record on Ruthless?
Dru Down: Aww I went to jail again on them, I had to do like 16 months. It took a lot out of that too. I did the album "Gangsta Pimpin" originally for Ruthless Records. But since I was doing time we got out of the contract cause they couldn't do nothing with me while I was doing time. And then we had this movie we were about to do with Ruthless called "Turf Stories". That was a movie we were presenting before anybody was even presenting any type of movie ever. But yeah, we just got out of that contract. Plus I had a CEO that was doing some bad things. My half CEO was C-Note Records, he did some bad things while I was in jail to where it messed up a couple things to where we just had to release contracts.
On the "Can U Feel Me" album too, I went away. On most of the times that I did something, it seems like everytime I'm doing bad, I end up going down while my album's toppin', so I don't get to see some of the things I need to really see. But since I learned a lot through the music industry and I know what's about to take and what's about to go, I'm straight man cause I got the game locked now.
