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article about David Banner / hurricane katrina concert
from the New York Times:
By KELEFA SANNEH
Published: September 19, 2005
ATLANTA, Sept. 18 - "I lost my house," said one victim of Hurricane Katrina, although this particular victim was equipped with some wildly refractive ornamentation and, more importantly, a very loud microphone. The crowd fell silent. "I lost my cars," he continued. "But it ain't about me." Then, without pausing to acknowledge the absurdity, he delivered an exuberant, bare-chested ode to the shiny rims on the wheels of vehicles he no longer had.
This was, in a twisted way, one of the most moving moments of Saturday night's concert. The victim was the New Orleans rapper (and reality-TV veteran) known variously as Young City or Chopper, an aspiring star who joined loads of established ones inside the Philips Arena for a concert called Heal the Hood, a hip-hop fund-raiser for - and, in a few cases, by - victims of Hurricane Katrina. (A New York hurricane relief benefit is to be held Monday night at 10:30 at the B. B. King Blues Club and Grill in Manhattan.) On Saturday, Atlanta's famously competitive hip-hop stations had joined forces to promote an event that would be, as the jocks constantly reminded their listeners, historic.
And they were right. The night was organized by the tireless Mississippi rapper David Banner. He had corralled an impressive lineup of rappers, especially Southern rappers: Young Jeezy, T. I., Big Boi from OutKast and many others. The cause had everyone excited, but the "because" had everyone even more excited: the night was made possible by the extraordinary continuing success of Southern hip-hop.
No other event has ever mobilized so many rappers so quickly. Just about everyone heard Kanye West's impassioned claim that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Fewer know that some stars (like T. I. and Fat Joe) hit the radio airwaves for impromptu telethons. Others, like Paul Wall, led clothing drives. And yet others, like Eminem, wrote sizable checks. Rappers from the fertile New Orleans hip-hop scene responded particularly gracefully: Juvenile was one who lost his home, but he plays down his own story, focusing instead on those who lost much more.
Even by these standards, David Banner's response has been extraordinarily energetic. He says he turned his tour bus into a relief truck for victims on the Gulf Coast. ("I got back to Mississippi before our government did, with food and supplies," he says.) And since then, he has turned his charitable foundation, Heal the Hood, into a disaster-relief clearinghouse.
From all this came the idea for the Heal the Hood concert, a small benefit that ballooned into one of the year's most important hip-hop shows. A few hours before it started, Banner was in a small hotel room, wearing flip-flops and socks with a tight tank top that turned his enormous, shoulder-to-shoulder tattoo into a crossword clue: starts with an M, ends with an PI, lots of letters in between.
David Banner has a birth name that might be even better than his stage name. He is Lavell Crump, a Mississippi native and a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge. He renamed himself after the "The Incredible Hulk," and he clearly relishes playing the part of the superhero. In 2003, he released both his major-label solo debut, "Mississippi: The Album" (SRC/Universal), as well as its sequel, "MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water" (SRC/Universal).
Those albums established him as a wildly versatile and often thrilling rapper and producer, careering from the anatomically minded club hit "Like a Pimp" to the slow-motion gospel moan, "Cadillac on 22s." On Tuesday he is to release his far-reaching but uneven new album, "Certified" (SRC/Universal). But he'd rather talk about the Gulf Coast. "If this would have happened in New York," he says, "water probably wouldn't be on the ground now. And the president would have been there the next day."
Rappers are often criticized for their perceived greed, but as Young City's bittersweet boasts made clear, being flashy doesn't mean forgetting where you came from; in fact, it can be a way of remembering. Not so coincidentally, the impoverished New Orleans neighborhoods that were hit so hard by Katrina are the same impoverished neighborhoods that popularized the term "bling bling," the name of the 1998 breakthrough hit for the New Orleans rapper B. G.
On Saturday, contradictions like that were on display all night. The Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy thrilled the crowd with his addictive rhymes about life as a drug dealer. "Look, I'm tellin' you, man/ If you get jammed up don't mention my name," he rapped, in a drawl thick enough to make the lines rhyme. Then he abruptly switched directions for a startling and effective hypothetical. "This could have been us in Atlanta right now, living in this building," he said, and suddenly the arena looked very different.
The night's program began with gospel music and ended with Nelly, a not-quite-Southerner (he's from St. Louis), who asked, "If we don't heal our own hoods, who will?" In between came five hours of entertaining and sometimes ragged earnestness, shamelessness and exuberance; the crowd was appreciative, if somewhat subdued.
T. I., who has one of the South's most elegant rhyme styles, used his set to showcase his group, P$C, which makes a solid major-label debut tomorrow with "25 to Life " (Atlantic); he also insulted his main rival, whom he didn't name. (Let's follow his example.) "If you can't put nothing up for the cause, I don't wanna hear it," he said.
The Tennessee pioneers 8Ball & MJG showed off their tough but smooth style; Big Boi spit motor-mouthed rhymes with his Purple Ribbon crew; the emerging Atlanta group D4L came armed with gaudy, infectious rhymes and gaudier (and, let's hope, less infectious) outfits.
And then, of course, there was David Banner himself. His set included a shirtless romp through "Gangster Walk" and a besuited (and then, by the end, shirtless) version of his sex-rap "Play," both from the new album. And when it came time for "Like a Pimp," he found a way to deliver a topical introduction. "Bush is giving his homeboys Halliburton the rebuilding contracts to our cities," he said, continuing, "Bush is the biggest pimp."
Banner also made a heartfelt plea to the evacuees. "I need y'all to be sure that you go back home," he said, finding a new twist on his usual message of hometown pride. "They been waiting to tear our ghettos down and separate us from our land."
Hours later, when the concert was over, Banner could still be found signing autographs and posing for pictures with a handful of the fans who remained. As he no doubt knows, the hard work is just beginning: after a concert this size, there will be lots of scrutiny of his foundation.
It's true that this concert coincides with the release of his new album, and it's true that the Heal the Hood campaign has given him more exposure than he has ever had. But skeptics should know this: Banner spent most of Saturday in front of microphones of one kind or another. And all day long, he resisted the temptation to advertise his new album.
from the New York Times:
By KELEFA SANNEH
Published: September 19, 2005
ATLANTA, Sept. 18 - "I lost my house," said one victim of Hurricane Katrina, although this particular victim was equipped with some wildly refractive ornamentation and, more importantly, a very loud microphone. The crowd fell silent. "I lost my cars," he continued. "But it ain't about me." Then, without pausing to acknowledge the absurdity, he delivered an exuberant, bare-chested ode to the shiny rims on the wheels of vehicles he no longer had.
This was, in a twisted way, one of the most moving moments of Saturday night's concert. The victim was the New Orleans rapper (and reality-TV veteran) known variously as Young City or Chopper, an aspiring star who joined loads of established ones inside the Philips Arena for a concert called Heal the Hood, a hip-hop fund-raiser for - and, in a few cases, by - victims of Hurricane Katrina. (A New York hurricane relief benefit is to be held Monday night at 10:30 at the B. B. King Blues Club and Grill in Manhattan.) On Saturday, Atlanta's famously competitive hip-hop stations had joined forces to promote an event that would be, as the jocks constantly reminded their listeners, historic.
And they were right. The night was organized by the tireless Mississippi rapper David Banner. He had corralled an impressive lineup of rappers, especially Southern rappers: Young Jeezy, T. I., Big Boi from OutKast and many others. The cause had everyone excited, but the "because" had everyone even more excited: the night was made possible by the extraordinary continuing success of Southern hip-hop.
No other event has ever mobilized so many rappers so quickly. Just about everyone heard Kanye West's impassioned claim that "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Fewer know that some stars (like T. I. and Fat Joe) hit the radio airwaves for impromptu telethons. Others, like Paul Wall, led clothing drives. And yet others, like Eminem, wrote sizable checks. Rappers from the fertile New Orleans hip-hop scene responded particularly gracefully: Juvenile was one who lost his home, but he plays down his own story, focusing instead on those who lost much more.
Even by these standards, David Banner's response has been extraordinarily energetic. He says he turned his tour bus into a relief truck for victims on the Gulf Coast. ("I got back to Mississippi before our government did, with food and supplies," he says.) And since then, he has turned his charitable foundation, Heal the Hood, into a disaster-relief clearinghouse.
From all this came the idea for the Heal the Hood concert, a small benefit that ballooned into one of the year's most important hip-hop shows. A few hours before it started, Banner was in a small hotel room, wearing flip-flops and socks with a tight tank top that turned his enormous, shoulder-to-shoulder tattoo into a crossword clue: starts with an M, ends with an PI, lots of letters in between.
David Banner has a birth name that might be even better than his stage name. He is Lavell Crump, a Mississippi native and a graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge. He renamed himself after the "The Incredible Hulk," and he clearly relishes playing the part of the superhero. In 2003, he released both his major-label solo debut, "Mississippi: The Album" (SRC/Universal), as well as its sequel, "MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water" (SRC/Universal).
Those albums established him as a wildly versatile and often thrilling rapper and producer, careering from the anatomically minded club hit "Like a Pimp" to the slow-motion gospel moan, "Cadillac on 22s." On Tuesday he is to release his far-reaching but uneven new album, "Certified" (SRC/Universal). But he'd rather talk about the Gulf Coast. "If this would have happened in New York," he says, "water probably wouldn't be on the ground now. And the president would have been there the next day."
Rappers are often criticized for their perceived greed, but as Young City's bittersweet boasts made clear, being flashy doesn't mean forgetting where you came from; in fact, it can be a way of remembering. Not so coincidentally, the impoverished New Orleans neighborhoods that were hit so hard by Katrina are the same impoverished neighborhoods that popularized the term "bling bling," the name of the 1998 breakthrough hit for the New Orleans rapper B. G.
On Saturday, contradictions like that were on display all night. The Atlanta rapper Young Jeezy thrilled the crowd with his addictive rhymes about life as a drug dealer. "Look, I'm tellin' you, man/ If you get jammed up don't mention my name," he rapped, in a drawl thick enough to make the lines rhyme. Then he abruptly switched directions for a startling and effective hypothetical. "This could have been us in Atlanta right now, living in this building," he said, and suddenly the arena looked very different.
The night's program began with gospel music and ended with Nelly, a not-quite-Southerner (he's from St. Louis), who asked, "If we don't heal our own hoods, who will?" In between came five hours of entertaining and sometimes ragged earnestness, shamelessness and exuberance; the crowd was appreciative, if somewhat subdued.
T. I., who has one of the South's most elegant rhyme styles, used his set to showcase his group, P$C, which makes a solid major-label debut tomorrow with "25 to Life " (Atlantic); he also insulted his main rival, whom he didn't name. (Let's follow his example.) "If you can't put nothing up for the cause, I don't wanna hear it," he said.
The Tennessee pioneers 8Ball & MJG showed off their tough but smooth style; Big Boi spit motor-mouthed rhymes with his Purple Ribbon crew; the emerging Atlanta group D4L came armed with gaudy, infectious rhymes and gaudier (and, let's hope, less infectious) outfits.
And then, of course, there was David Banner himself. His set included a shirtless romp through "Gangster Walk" and a besuited (and then, by the end, shirtless) version of his sex-rap "Play," both from the new album. And when it came time for "Like a Pimp," he found a way to deliver a topical introduction. "Bush is giving his homeboys Halliburton the rebuilding contracts to our cities," he said, continuing, "Bush is the biggest pimp."
Banner also made a heartfelt plea to the evacuees. "I need y'all to be sure that you go back home," he said, finding a new twist on his usual message of hometown pride. "They been waiting to tear our ghettos down and separate us from our land."
Hours later, when the concert was over, Banner could still be found signing autographs and posing for pictures with a handful of the fans who remained. As he no doubt knows, the hard work is just beginning: after a concert this size, there will be lots of scrutiny of his foundation.
It's true that this concert coincides with the release of his new album, and it's true that the Heal the Hood campaign has given him more exposure than he has ever had. But skeptics should know this: Banner spent most of Saturday in front of microphones of one kind or another. And all day long, he resisted the temptation to advertise his new album.
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001178064
dope...my boy was on Billboard site..
5000
dope...my boy was on Billboard site..
5000
a nice lil Bun-B interview for ya'll..
cant wait for that album..
also...
http://rapidshare.de/files/5520185/...eke_paul_wall_-GsT_Gunshottapez.Com_.mp3.html
there go a link for Draped Up remix..
5000
cant wait for that album..
also...
http://rapidshare.de/files/5520185/...eke_paul_wall_-GsT_Gunshottapez.Com_.mp3.html
there go a link for Draped Up remix..
5000
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WOS: So what’s going on with you today Frayser Boy?
Frayser Boy: Fine, chillin’ man just out here in this hot heat Memphis , Tennessee .
WOS: Yeah, it’s hot down here too in Orlando.
Frayser Boy: Aw, man I know it, it probably hotter then here.
WOS: Yeah, the humidity.
Frayser Boy: Laughs
WOS: A lot of folks that don’t know you just know that you’re with Hypnotize Camp Posse. So why don’t you give a little history of Frayser Boy.
Frayser Boy: Yeah, I’m a member of Hypnotize Camp Posse. With Hypnotize Minds record label. First thing that you probably heard me on Hypnotize Minds was La Chat first album “Murder She Spoke”. I rap on the posse song and from then on man you just heard me on all over everything, Hypnotize Minds.
WOS: Some people thought that you may of been from the west due to the first album title. Explain exactly what Gone On That Bay means.
Frayser Boy: Well, in Memphis, Tennessee the hood I’m from is called Frayser and that’s how I got my name Frayser Boy, but we nicknamed our hood the Bay area and that is because it’s the highest cocaine trafficking area. So we called cocaine down here bay. So we just call it the Bay area because that’s where you go and get did at. It not like we not trying to bite off nobody, no other city or nothing you know it all love all over, but we just call our hood the Bay area down here where we from. That Memphis Tenn ( Tennessee ).
WOS: I heard that you been rapping for only a couple of years.
Frayser Boy: I only been rapping for like three years, I ain’t been at this all my life. I just caught on real quick.
WOS: So how did you end up hooking up with DJ Paul and Juicy J?
Frayser Boy: I ended up hooking up with them through another artist that they used to have in Three Six Mafia. He used to be in my hood and we used to be tight. Basically ya know he once didn’t have a vehicle back then. This was before all ya know we made a lot of money and whatever. He ain’t have a vehicle so I just ya know gave him a lift to the studio. I ended up going in a couple of times saying what’s going on and I ended up getting through to Paul and Juicy and I ended up started working with them towards promotion and stuff like that, and I just been with them ever since.
WOS: Growing up in Memphis who apart from 3-6 Mafia did you bump?
Frayser Boy: Eightball & MJG of course, Scarface Al Kapone , Memphis has a big history so mainly on Memphis stuff back then. The list can go on, Gangsta Pat, people like that.
WOS: You bumping anybody right now?
Frayser Boy: Yeah, I’m on that Boyz N Da Hood right now ya know what I’m saying. I just picked that up the other day, so I been on that for a minute. Of course nothing but Hypnotize Minds in my cd changer.
WOS: So “Me Being Me” is your second album...
Frayser Boy: Yeah
WOS: What is going to be different with this one then the first one?
Frayser Boy: Really ain’t gonna be nothing different ya know what im saying, It’s almost the same. I think I got better with the lyrics. The whole albums produced by DJ Paul and Juicy J. man it’s just straight real just me being me ya know what I’m saying. Ain’t No fake, no phony, no nothing, it’s all real man.
WOS: You got the single “Got Dat Drink” with Mike Jones and Paul Wall.
Frayser Boy: Fa sho
WOS: How did you end up hooking up with them two Boys?
Frayser Boy: Paul and Juicy they was in Texas at one time and they were doing a track for Paul Wall I think, Mike Jones, one of them. Ya know they just traded off. Juicy had already had the beats. They laid their verses on it and then they decided to let me get a verse on it and ya know we just made it happen.
WOS: You shot the video for it, so do you know when that’s going to premier?
Frayser Boy: Yeah, it should be on any day now ya know what I’m saying they had to re edit it but you should be seeing it any day now.
WOS: So tell me about a couple of tracks on the album and how the concepts came about.
Frayser Boy: I have a track called “Water” featuring Lil’ Wyte. Ya know we just put our heads together. I got a track with Project Pat. Two songs with two of our new artists Boogey Mane and Chrome. Chromes album “Straight To the Pro’s” will be in stores soon. Boogey Mane “Out the Closet” will be in stores soon. Go be looking out for them. I got a track with DJ Paul and Juicy J it’s called Summertime. It’s just like a summertime banger ya know stuff you doing in the summer. I came up with it because my album’s coming out around in the summer time and I just made a summer time song. Bang going up and down the hood you know what I’m talking about?
WOS: Yeah fa sho.
Frayser Boy: It got a lot of heat on there.
WOS: Is Project Pat out yet? I heard he was out this week.
Frayser Boy: Nah, he ain’t out yet but he will be hitting the town probably next month or the end of next month he’ll be back out. He’ll be back out on the bricks man.
WOS: Working on your album with Paul and Juicy, did they just give you beats or did you come to them with ideas of how you wanted the beats to sound like?
Frayser Boy: Man they had everything set, they make life so easy man they just give me tracks and I mean pretty much ain’t nothing that I’m gonna say I don’t like. I never really heard a Paul & Juicy track yet that I can say I didn’t feel. They just give me a whole lot of beats on the cd and let me take em home and you know ride to em and let me see what I can come up with and that’s how I do my work. Roll a couple blunts up and go crazy on a track you know what im talking about?
WOS: Yeah
Frayser Boy: laughs
Frayser Boy: Fine, chillin’ man just out here in this hot heat Memphis , Tennessee .
WOS: Yeah, it’s hot down here too in Orlando.
Frayser Boy: Aw, man I know it, it probably hotter then here.
WOS: Yeah, the humidity.
Frayser Boy: Laughs
WOS: A lot of folks that don’t know you just know that you’re with Hypnotize Camp Posse. So why don’t you give a little history of Frayser Boy.
Frayser Boy: Yeah, I’m a member of Hypnotize Camp Posse. With Hypnotize Minds record label. First thing that you probably heard me on Hypnotize Minds was La Chat first album “Murder She Spoke”. I rap on the posse song and from then on man you just heard me on all over everything, Hypnotize Minds.
WOS: Some people thought that you may of been from the west due to the first album title. Explain exactly what Gone On That Bay means.
Frayser Boy: Well, in Memphis, Tennessee the hood I’m from is called Frayser and that’s how I got my name Frayser Boy, but we nicknamed our hood the Bay area and that is because it’s the highest cocaine trafficking area. So we called cocaine down here bay. So we just call it the Bay area because that’s where you go and get did at. It not like we not trying to bite off nobody, no other city or nothing you know it all love all over, but we just call our hood the Bay area down here where we from. That Memphis Tenn ( Tennessee ).
WOS: I heard that you been rapping for only a couple of years.
Frayser Boy: I only been rapping for like three years, I ain’t been at this all my life. I just caught on real quick.
WOS: So how did you end up hooking up with DJ Paul and Juicy J?
Frayser Boy: I ended up hooking up with them through another artist that they used to have in Three Six Mafia. He used to be in my hood and we used to be tight. Basically ya know he once didn’t have a vehicle back then. This was before all ya know we made a lot of money and whatever. He ain’t have a vehicle so I just ya know gave him a lift to the studio. I ended up going in a couple of times saying what’s going on and I ended up getting through to Paul and Juicy and I ended up started working with them towards promotion and stuff like that, and I just been with them ever since.
WOS: Growing up in Memphis who apart from 3-6 Mafia did you bump?
Frayser Boy: Eightball & MJG of course, Scarface Al Kapone , Memphis has a big history so mainly on Memphis stuff back then. The list can go on, Gangsta Pat, people like that.
WOS: You bumping anybody right now?
Frayser Boy: Yeah, I’m on that Boyz N Da Hood right now ya know what I’m saying. I just picked that up the other day, so I been on that for a minute. Of course nothing but Hypnotize Minds in my cd changer.
WOS: So “Me Being Me” is your second album...
Frayser Boy: Yeah
WOS: What is going to be different with this one then the first one?
Frayser Boy: Really ain’t gonna be nothing different ya know what im saying, It’s almost the same. I think I got better with the lyrics. The whole albums produced by DJ Paul and Juicy J. man it’s just straight real just me being me ya know what I’m saying. Ain’t No fake, no phony, no nothing, it’s all real man.
WOS: You got the single “Got Dat Drink” with Mike Jones and Paul Wall.
Frayser Boy: Fa sho
WOS: How did you end up hooking up with them two Boys?
Frayser Boy: Paul and Juicy they was in Texas at one time and they were doing a track for Paul Wall I think, Mike Jones, one of them. Ya know they just traded off. Juicy had already had the beats. They laid their verses on it and then they decided to let me get a verse on it and ya know we just made it happen.
WOS: You shot the video for it, so do you know when that’s going to premier?
Frayser Boy: Yeah, it should be on any day now ya know what I’m saying they had to re edit it but you should be seeing it any day now.
WOS: So tell me about a couple of tracks on the album and how the concepts came about.
Frayser Boy: I have a track called “Water” featuring Lil’ Wyte. Ya know we just put our heads together. I got a track with Project Pat. Two songs with two of our new artists Boogey Mane and Chrome. Chromes album “Straight To the Pro’s” will be in stores soon. Boogey Mane “Out the Closet” will be in stores soon. Go be looking out for them. I got a track with DJ Paul and Juicy J it’s called Summertime. It’s just like a summertime banger ya know stuff you doing in the summer. I came up with it because my album’s coming out around in the summer time and I just made a summer time song. Bang going up and down the hood you know what I’m talking about?
WOS: Yeah fa sho.
Frayser Boy: It got a lot of heat on there.
WOS: Is Project Pat out yet? I heard he was out this week.
Frayser Boy: Nah, he ain’t out yet but he will be hitting the town probably next month or the end of next month he’ll be back out. He’ll be back out on the bricks man.
WOS: Working on your album with Paul and Juicy, did they just give you beats or did you come to them with ideas of how you wanted the beats to sound like?
Frayser Boy: Man they had everything set, they make life so easy man they just give me tracks and I mean pretty much ain’t nothing that I’m gonna say I don’t like. I never really heard a Paul & Juicy track yet that I can say I didn’t feel. They just give me a whole lot of beats on the cd and let me take em home and you know ride to em and let me see what I can come up with and that’s how I do my work. Roll a couple blunts up and go crazy on a track you know what im talking about?
WOS: Yeah
Frayser Boy: laughs
WOS: So how is it working with those two?
Frayser Boy: Man crazy, I wouldn’t rap with nobody else man, NOBODY! I can’t see me going nowhere. They my boss, they comedians, they all real them dudes there down to earth and I love them to death man. I wouldn’t rap nowhere else.
WOS: When I spoke to them a couple weeks ago they said the concepts for their beats come from a whole lot of alcohol and just other s** that go on in the world.
Frayser Boy: Hey hey hey, that’s no lie we get high, get drunk, we do this for real. I ain’t trying to tell you to ya know make it look good, but we really do this, we get in the studio, we might get together, get our drugs, our drink, get our whatever, and get busy. That how it go down down here man.
WOS: So how satisfied are you with the album right now?
Frayser Boy: I just think I outdone myself, I think I really did a good job. I listened to it last week. I went up to the studio and just listened to it and there isn’t nothing I wouldn’t change on it and if I had a chance to do it again it would turn out the same, I love it.
WOS: Saying that is there anybody that you wanted to get on the album that couldn’t get on there?
Frayser Boy: There a lot of people that I wanted to get on the album, but if I had the chance to get everybody on the album I wouldn’t have any room for myself ya know what im saying. So many people that I would love to work with but I guess as my career goes on I get a chance to get with em sometime.
WOS: So do you plan to have a chopped and screwed version of this album done as well?
Frayser Boy: Oh yeah fa sho, the first album Gone On That Bay is in stores right now and there is a chopped and screwed version for that and of course the Me Being Me you probably see the chopped & screwed in stores maybe a month or two after it come out.
WOS: So do you like chopped & screwed music, do you bump that in the ride?
Frayser Boy: Man I love that man, common man I got that drank, come on man it sound good Chopped & screwed.
Frayser Boy: Laughs
Frayser Boy : I got that drank, I can’t do nothing but be chopped and screwed I be on that natural chopped & screwed. I can hear music regular and it just sounds chopped & screwed.
Laughs
WOS: With your first album You pushed 85K plus independent.
Frayser Boy: yeah, yeah in March when I checked it, it was at 85 so it probably higher then that. I haven’t looked at it lately but I’m pretty sure it still moving a couple something. I’m hoping sales will go back on that when this new album come out.
WOS: Was you satisfied with those numbers?
Frayser Boy: Yeah man, was I satisfied? No promotion, no video, no nothing they surprised me. I sold way more then I thought I should do. maybe I was just doubting myself.
WOS: With this album are you going to go out and do actual promotion and stuff because you did the video for it?
Frayser Boy: Well, yeah on this album right here it’s through Asylum/Warner Bros so as far as I having a video and ya know doing interviews, doing more promotions. I actually have a street team now. yeah of course I’m going to do more promotion with this. Hopefully I can push more units.
WOS: How do you think that you’ve evolved as an artist since your first album?
Frayser Boy: Man from the first album to now man I been doing a lot of things and got more things that I did before the first album that I just wrote about I and I feel like ya know I learned more between albums.
WOS: How long do you see yourself rapping for?
Frayser Boy: Probably as long as I can ride it. As long as I can speak hopefully. As long as I can milk it man. Right now I can just see me doing this for a minute. It’s all I got.
WOS: See I heard that you may do an album with Lil’ Wyte. Is there any truth to that?
Frayser Boy: Yeah, yeah that’s true we gonna come out with album together. Hopefully we gone start working on it in a couple of months. It should be out later on this year or the first of next year. It gonna be called the B.A.R. the Bay Area Representers.
WOS: You got the album dropping July 12 th you got the..
Frayser Boy: Yes, July 12 th in stores. Me Being Me.
WOS: You gonna do any tours, shows, ya know?
Frayser Boy: Aww man I’m doing shows right now on the weekends so that
WOS: So is there anything that you wanna mention that we may of forgot?
Frayser Boy: Man GO GET THE ALBUM! Me Being Me new Frayser Boy in stores July 12 th. If you ain’t got my first album it in stores now. The regular version and the chopped & screwed, so go cop that if you ain’t got that. GO!
Frayser Boy: Man crazy, I wouldn’t rap with nobody else man, NOBODY! I can’t see me going nowhere. They my boss, they comedians, they all real them dudes there down to earth and I love them to death man. I wouldn’t rap nowhere else.
WOS: When I spoke to them a couple weeks ago they said the concepts for their beats come from a whole lot of alcohol and just other s** that go on in the world.
Frayser Boy: Hey hey hey, that’s no lie we get high, get drunk, we do this for real. I ain’t trying to tell you to ya know make it look good, but we really do this, we get in the studio, we might get together, get our drugs, our drink, get our whatever, and get busy. That how it go down down here man.
WOS: So how satisfied are you with the album right now?
Frayser Boy: I just think I outdone myself, I think I really did a good job. I listened to it last week. I went up to the studio and just listened to it and there isn’t nothing I wouldn’t change on it and if I had a chance to do it again it would turn out the same, I love it.
WOS: Saying that is there anybody that you wanted to get on the album that couldn’t get on there?
Frayser Boy: There a lot of people that I wanted to get on the album, but if I had the chance to get everybody on the album I wouldn’t have any room for myself ya know what im saying. So many people that I would love to work with but I guess as my career goes on I get a chance to get with em sometime.
WOS: So do you plan to have a chopped and screwed version of this album done as well?
Frayser Boy: Oh yeah fa sho, the first album Gone On That Bay is in stores right now and there is a chopped and screwed version for that and of course the Me Being Me you probably see the chopped & screwed in stores maybe a month or two after it come out.
WOS: So do you like chopped & screwed music, do you bump that in the ride?
Frayser Boy: Man I love that man, common man I got that drank, come on man it sound good Chopped & screwed.
Frayser Boy: Laughs
Frayser Boy : I got that drank, I can’t do nothing but be chopped and screwed I be on that natural chopped & screwed. I can hear music regular and it just sounds chopped & screwed.
Laughs
WOS: With your first album You pushed 85K plus independent.
Frayser Boy: yeah, yeah in March when I checked it, it was at 85 so it probably higher then that. I haven’t looked at it lately but I’m pretty sure it still moving a couple something. I’m hoping sales will go back on that when this new album come out.
WOS: Was you satisfied with those numbers?
Frayser Boy: Yeah man, was I satisfied? No promotion, no video, no nothing they surprised me. I sold way more then I thought I should do. maybe I was just doubting myself.
WOS: With this album are you going to go out and do actual promotion and stuff because you did the video for it?
Frayser Boy: Well, yeah on this album right here it’s through Asylum/Warner Bros so as far as I having a video and ya know doing interviews, doing more promotions. I actually have a street team now. yeah of course I’m going to do more promotion with this. Hopefully I can push more units.
WOS: How do you think that you’ve evolved as an artist since your first album?
Frayser Boy: Man from the first album to now man I been doing a lot of things and got more things that I did before the first album that I just wrote about I and I feel like ya know I learned more between albums.
WOS: How long do you see yourself rapping for?
Frayser Boy: Probably as long as I can ride it. As long as I can speak hopefully. As long as I can milk it man. Right now I can just see me doing this for a minute. It’s all I got.
WOS: See I heard that you may do an album with Lil’ Wyte. Is there any truth to that?
Frayser Boy: Yeah, yeah that’s true we gonna come out with album together. Hopefully we gone start working on it in a couple of months. It should be out later on this year or the first of next year. It gonna be called the B.A.R. the Bay Area Representers.
WOS: You got the album dropping July 12 th you got the..
Frayser Boy: Yes, July 12 th in stores. Me Being Me.
WOS: You gonna do any tours, shows, ya know?
Frayser Boy: Aww man I’m doing shows right now on the weekends so that
WOS: So is there anything that you wanna mention that we may of forgot?
Frayser Boy: Man GO GET THE ALBUM! Me Being Me new Frayser Boy in stores July 12 th. If you ain’t got my first album it in stores now. The regular version and the chopped & screwed, so go cop that if you ain’t got that. GO!
Three 6 Mafia: The Ill Community Interview
By Ladessa "Willow" Cobb
The Most Known Unknowns could not be a more fitting title for the latest Three-6 Mafia release. Though tasting plenty of commercial success in the fifteen year career, they’ve remained rooted in the groundwork they’ve laid. And unlike some of their counterparts in the game, they haven’t lost themselves in the crossover. There is something to be said about the term “classic” never being used to describe an album coming from artists down south. Yet the relevance of such Three-6 albums like Da Unbreakables and When the Smoke Clears never fades. If nothing else can be said about Three-6 Mafia, true fans of the culture can’t shield the respect their due.
AllHipHop.com asked its Ill Community - known for its many Three-6 Mafia fans, to ask questions. You wrote, we asked, DJ Paul answered. From the mundane to the deep, see how these questions are treated, and get some of the answers you’re after.
Mannywallace: What's going on with Gangsta Boo and LaChat?
DJ Paul: It’s been more than four-five years since I have talked with them. I don't know what they are doing now, but I wish them much success.
The Anti-Christ: Is Lord Infamous ever dropping a solo?
DJ Paul: We are concentrating on [Most Known Unknown] right now, but we all keep things in the works.
StreetHop: When is the new Tear Da Club Up Thugs dropping?
DJ Paul: It's coming soon.
Outlaw Titan: Are they looking for a new label or are they gonna stay with Sony?
DJ Paul: The Hypnotize Mindz imprint still exists. The Sony deal is a joint venture.
Irish Snyper: If they could rob any artist of their jewelry, who would they rob?
DJ Paul: [laughing] What the Hell we look like? These questions came from our fans?
AllHipHop.com: Yep.
HypnotizedMind: Why is it so hard to keep Lord out of trouble? When are y'all gonna hit a tour up?
DJ Paul: [laughing] Lord is a wild dude, but we hold him down. We are on a promo tour right now. A major tour can happen if the money is right.
MrIrreverent: Given the new album's theme, do you feel unappreciated? How did you develop their production style?
DJ Paul: [We feel unappreciated] at times, but our fans are so loyal, it's cool. [My production style] comes in different elements; it's never the same every time.
StabNKill: Some of your music in the past has been looked upon as dark and a little satanic what's that about?
DJ Paul: I don't know where in the Hell people got that ish from, we don't worship the devil. As a matter of fact, I'm a God fearing man.
Iggy: How are your relationships with some of the old crew members?
DJ Paul: Not all relationships are for a lifetime. People come and go in your life, as well as your career. I wish them success in whatever they have going on in their lives.
Raising Hell: Why are people now starting to come around to using your production since you've been doing it for more than a decade?
DJ Paul: I don't know, I have been doing this for years, the climate of the industry has changed the South is where it’s at right now. I am able to provide them with the production their looking for because it's our turn.
Dajuicemanne818: Did you flip your style to the mainstream or was it a matter of time before mainstream came and found you?
DJ Paul: We are not new to the mainstream, it just comes in waves. But we will always remain true to who we are and what our fans expect from us.
E_NOX: Is it true you guys have done production for Bone's upcoming album? Why should we buy the new album? What do you think of the state of Hip-Hop right now?
DJ Paul: Yes, I just talked with Swizz Beats, and everything is a go.
The album is yet another labor of love, we have been consistent in putting out hot s**t, and we promise not to disappoint. It's everywhere you can't get away from it.
Boombaya: How do you feel bout constantly being overlooked as one of the pioneers and trendsetters of southern Hip-Hop? Not for nothing, you all were the first to have a first lady.
DJ Paul: It doesn't really bother me like people think it would. When you are a trendsetter, it speaks for itself. You not only have to work harder but most importantly, smarter.
H3avyHitta: Aside from Young Buck recently coming out of Nashville, how do you feel about the rest of the artists in Memphis? Will Lil Wyte produce any material on his new album?
DJ Paul: Memphis is flooded with talent, and there are cats out here really doing there thing. They may never see commercial success, but they are eating. He doesn't produce.
Bmizzle: Will you ever collaborate with Lil Jon, Pastor Troy, or T.I. again?
DJ Paul: We work with whoever wants to work with us.
Lamontb: How do you feel about 50 Cent?
DJ Paul: He is doing exactly what he is supposed to be doing -capitalizing on his fame. The clothes, shoes, movies and Vitamin Water. What can you say except he is a smart businessman.
KeelaMane: Who is the best to ever come out of Tennessee?
DJ Paul: [laughing] Of course, I'm partial to my own crew. But there is no denying 8Ball & MJG have made it happen.
Deebeebee: What inspired you to do the remix of “Stay Fly”?
DJ Paul: It was a hot single and working with the other artist from Tennessee made it a better look for us.
Slicknickshady: What's the plot for Choices 3?
DJ Paul: The fans just have to wait and see. Having filmed the DVDs doing movies has become a passion for me, we have learned how to make hot films for a little bit of nothing.
Merlin: Why don't you make more mixtapes?
DJ Paul: We still make mixtapes. It's all a part of the hustle right now. It's how you stay relevant.
mexi-CAN: Why do y’all change y’all sound so much?
DJ Paul: We never want to be boxed into a particular sound.
DaChopBlockSpec: There's been a noticeable change in your music from the earlier albums to now - Less vulgar, less sinister, more commercial sounding. Do you feel as though you have sold out?
DJ Paul: Sold out?! Naw, not at all you there are things that have to be done in order to get radio play. Why would we not do that?
Chakazulu3000: What has Project Pat been doing since his release from prison?
DJ Paul: Working on his music.
KevinSGary: Was the way Memphis was portrayed in Hustle & Flow an accurate depiction?
DJ Paul: Yes, it goes down just like that, it’s nothing to see a young White girl being pimped, and vice versa.
Dooddude: Which of your albums is your favorite and which one are they most proud of?
DJ Paul: I can't really say I have a favorite because we have worked hard on every last one of them. I am proud of everything we've ever put out.
Hell'zWindStaff: Why isn’t Lil’ Wyte officially a part of Three-6 Mafia?
DJ Paul: He is a solo artist and he will remain an independent.
LegBreaka: How do you feel about Lil’ Jon calling himself the “King of Crunk,” when so much of the music you all have been putting out over the years is so similar?
DJ Paul: I get this question all the time, people have it confused. Lil’ Jon calling himself the “King of Crunk” is fine. Our music was never called Crunk, it’s called Get Buck music. When we used the slang term ‘crunk,’ we mean, it's crowded. I just came out of the KFC and I would tell the people coming in, you might not want to go in there because it Crunk in there.
By Ladessa "Willow" Cobb
The Most Known Unknowns could not be a more fitting title for the latest Three-6 Mafia release. Though tasting plenty of commercial success in the fifteen year career, they’ve remained rooted in the groundwork they’ve laid. And unlike some of their counterparts in the game, they haven’t lost themselves in the crossover. There is something to be said about the term “classic” never being used to describe an album coming from artists down south. Yet the relevance of such Three-6 albums like Da Unbreakables and When the Smoke Clears never fades. If nothing else can be said about Three-6 Mafia, true fans of the culture can’t shield the respect their due.
AllHipHop.com asked its Ill Community - known for its many Three-6 Mafia fans, to ask questions. You wrote, we asked, DJ Paul answered. From the mundane to the deep, see how these questions are treated, and get some of the answers you’re after.
Mannywallace: What's going on with Gangsta Boo and LaChat?
DJ Paul: It’s been more than four-five years since I have talked with them. I don't know what they are doing now, but I wish them much success.
The Anti-Christ: Is Lord Infamous ever dropping a solo?
DJ Paul: We are concentrating on [Most Known Unknown] right now, but we all keep things in the works.
StreetHop: When is the new Tear Da Club Up Thugs dropping?
DJ Paul: It's coming soon.
Outlaw Titan: Are they looking for a new label or are they gonna stay with Sony?
DJ Paul: The Hypnotize Mindz imprint still exists. The Sony deal is a joint venture.
Irish Snyper: If they could rob any artist of their jewelry, who would they rob?
DJ Paul: [laughing] What the Hell we look like? These questions came from our fans?
AllHipHop.com: Yep.
HypnotizedMind: Why is it so hard to keep Lord out of trouble? When are y'all gonna hit a tour up?
DJ Paul: [laughing] Lord is a wild dude, but we hold him down. We are on a promo tour right now. A major tour can happen if the money is right.
MrIrreverent: Given the new album's theme, do you feel unappreciated? How did you develop their production style?
DJ Paul: [We feel unappreciated] at times, but our fans are so loyal, it's cool. [My production style] comes in different elements; it's never the same every time.
StabNKill: Some of your music in the past has been looked upon as dark and a little satanic what's that about?
DJ Paul: I don't know where in the Hell people got that ish from, we don't worship the devil. As a matter of fact, I'm a God fearing man.
Iggy: How are your relationships with some of the old crew members?
DJ Paul: Not all relationships are for a lifetime. People come and go in your life, as well as your career. I wish them success in whatever they have going on in their lives.
Raising Hell: Why are people now starting to come around to using your production since you've been doing it for more than a decade?
DJ Paul: I don't know, I have been doing this for years, the climate of the industry has changed the South is where it’s at right now. I am able to provide them with the production their looking for because it's our turn.
Dajuicemanne818: Did you flip your style to the mainstream or was it a matter of time before mainstream came and found you?
DJ Paul: We are not new to the mainstream, it just comes in waves. But we will always remain true to who we are and what our fans expect from us.
E_NOX: Is it true you guys have done production for Bone's upcoming album? Why should we buy the new album? What do you think of the state of Hip-Hop right now?
DJ Paul: Yes, I just talked with Swizz Beats, and everything is a go.
The album is yet another labor of love, we have been consistent in putting out hot s**t, and we promise not to disappoint. It's everywhere you can't get away from it.
Boombaya: How do you feel bout constantly being overlooked as one of the pioneers and trendsetters of southern Hip-Hop? Not for nothing, you all were the first to have a first lady.
DJ Paul: It doesn't really bother me like people think it would. When you are a trendsetter, it speaks for itself. You not only have to work harder but most importantly, smarter.
H3avyHitta: Aside from Young Buck recently coming out of Nashville, how do you feel about the rest of the artists in Memphis? Will Lil Wyte produce any material on his new album?
DJ Paul: Memphis is flooded with talent, and there are cats out here really doing there thing. They may never see commercial success, but they are eating. He doesn't produce.
Bmizzle: Will you ever collaborate with Lil Jon, Pastor Troy, or T.I. again?
DJ Paul: We work with whoever wants to work with us.
Lamontb: How do you feel about 50 Cent?
DJ Paul: He is doing exactly what he is supposed to be doing -capitalizing on his fame. The clothes, shoes, movies and Vitamin Water. What can you say except he is a smart businessman.
KeelaMane: Who is the best to ever come out of Tennessee?
DJ Paul: [laughing] Of course, I'm partial to my own crew. But there is no denying 8Ball & MJG have made it happen.
Deebeebee: What inspired you to do the remix of “Stay Fly”?
DJ Paul: It was a hot single and working with the other artist from Tennessee made it a better look for us.
Slicknickshady: What's the plot for Choices 3?
DJ Paul: The fans just have to wait and see. Having filmed the DVDs doing movies has become a passion for me, we have learned how to make hot films for a little bit of nothing.
Merlin: Why don't you make more mixtapes?
DJ Paul: We still make mixtapes. It's all a part of the hustle right now. It's how you stay relevant.
mexi-CAN: Why do y’all change y’all sound so much?
DJ Paul: We never want to be boxed into a particular sound.
DaChopBlockSpec: There's been a noticeable change in your music from the earlier albums to now - Less vulgar, less sinister, more commercial sounding. Do you feel as though you have sold out?
DJ Paul: Sold out?! Naw, not at all you there are things that have to be done in order to get radio play. Why would we not do that?
Chakazulu3000: What has Project Pat been doing since his release from prison?
DJ Paul: Working on his music.
KevinSGary: Was the way Memphis was portrayed in Hustle & Flow an accurate depiction?
DJ Paul: Yes, it goes down just like that, it’s nothing to see a young White girl being pimped, and vice versa.
Dooddude: Which of your albums is your favorite and which one are they most proud of?
DJ Paul: I can't really say I have a favorite because we have worked hard on every last one of them. I am proud of everything we've ever put out.
Hell'zWindStaff: Why isn’t Lil’ Wyte officially a part of Three-6 Mafia?
DJ Paul: He is a solo artist and he will remain an independent.
LegBreaka: How do you feel about Lil’ Jon calling himself the “King of Crunk,” when so much of the music you all have been putting out over the years is so similar?
DJ Paul: I get this question all the time, people have it confused. Lil’ Jon calling himself the “King of Crunk” is fine. Our music was never called Crunk, it’s called Get Buck music. When we used the slang term ‘crunk,’ we mean, it's crowded. I just came out of the KFC and I would tell the people coming in, you might not want to go in there because it Crunk in there.