STIZON SKRILLA INTERVIEW
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STIZON SKRILLA INTERVIEW
PBE STAFF: Today we have one of the most underrated MC's in the bay Stizon Skrilla in the studio with us for a live interview. Stizon Skrilla has major skills with the pen and possesses alot of knowledge about the music business. He has been featured on ALL of the Platinum Bound Releases and is currently enjoyin the success of his hit single "Whoa".....Wassup Stizon Skrilla, hows life been treating you mayne.....
STIZON SKRILLA: Shyt, Life is real good right now cuzz cuzz, Im just tryna do it moving... Stay in the trenches and stay focused.. M-dash keep ya boy real bizzy and Im still tryna finish my solo...Lav Couture
PBE STAFF: ok, fa sho......Whats the name of your upcoming debut solo album? Who is doing production on the album? Do you have any features?
STIZON SKRILLA: on this album im being too careful, its my first album, but I've done it about 10 times... This time its called "Lav Couture".. its a story of my life kinda, with some hard truths and some funny ass shyt i've done...from fuckin buffarillaz to knockin the baddest bitch in the spot.From losing loved ones to having my own seed, and all in between, my music I try to base on fact, and its hard cuz people dont wanna hear your real shyt, that want fantasy so I gave them a lil of it all. I got real talk sessions on there with shyt from Tookie williams to how the weakest fuckin MC's get spoke on all the time and niggaz act like the never heard of me.You niggaz heard of me... You know the flame is like and inferno... walk yo ass into the light..
PBE STAFF: Who is doing production on the album? Do you have any features?
STIZON SKRILLA: My bad.. Yeah I got the PBE camp of course Im supposed to get Jacka , T Luni , My Folks D-Boogie and John Gage, I got Young Moses Soul Right the 2nd.. The features I rather leave on the low right now, i want people to see me hold my own and come check me out and see what block been cookin. Production, Is mostly my producer Greedy greg, and tatem 1 did a couple, I got some shyt from remy coming. and Lee Majors, You cant be a town nigga and not get tracks from Lee he the pure essence of town music right now, from production to lyrics...Mo Love actually did a joint on there called "Gits No dick tonite" name the nigga out there I fucks wit him.
PBE STAFF: Platinum Bound Entertainment has artist from various cities in the bay, for those that don't know, let the people know where you from and what you represent.....
STIZON SKRILLA: Im from East Oakland ,Ca mayne Murda Doves to be exact. No matter where i moved to or been in my travels my foundation has always been the TOWN,.. shout out to that Nigga Chris Da 5th, they can cage yo body but not your mind.. stay free my nig.
PBE STAFF: Whats your outlook on the bay music scene right now? Do you feel like we are moving in the right direction? Do you feel 2006 will be our year to make alot of noise thru out the industry?
STIZON SKRILLA: Man, I feel like a proud papa when i listen to KMEL nowadays see i was around in the first lil shine they gave us, the Dru Down and Luniz and Delinquents Richi Rich all got signed and had videos on MTV and BET and CMC, that was a glorious time for the bay, we had bay love we got money together and we left the scene legends.
Now I'm even more happy cuz i see the evolution of the music into much
more than it was then and so much more than we gettin now.. To see
Mistah FAB and Mac Dre, and Hoodstars, Sean T, all these cats makin
hits... Its a lovly thing to watch even from the side line waiting to
be subbed in. M-dash Has been a promotional force and has dropped as many albums if not more than most of these cats, but as we see from
todays radio playlist in the bay... theres no way to stop our progress,
PBE and SosavsolavEnt. we fucks with almost everybody out there. Niggaz
know our names.. see our faces... hear these albums and mixtapes and we
soon to be on next.. one thing i must stress though, is that we are all
in the struggle together... and if we all help each other, we'll be at
the top together.. its the wutang strategy... i believe thats the key
to bay music.. if you hot nigga you hot.. show him love. Yadadamean
PBE STAFF: Yeah, its been a real good thing seeing the bay rise to the occasion and step up the music a few notches. What do you think of the Hyphey and Yellow Movement?
STIZON SKRILLA: Hyphy and yellow bus movement.. well i love it.. i think the invention
of our own sound and to give it a real name Like Crunk or screw will
make us stand out.. if niggas dont keep stealing form us. First time i
heard the song hyphy.. i went dumb in the club and had no idea what
going dumb was until niggaz starting always saying how bay niggaz dance
is going dumb, which is tru, we follow no scripts, we do the dooda like
KOB says, its nuthin for us to act a fool on the dance floor, stop
dacing with breezies and starting popping each others collar, again it
goes back to how the bay feel about ourselves, we love being us, and
who
wouldnt, we innovate what theez nigga world wide imulate... Oh BOi is
ours, Go dumb is ours...Snoop getting rich off keak invention, infact
the bay know who we are.. we run this music shyt on the low.. they send
A7R's in here to bite our shyt and then leave and give it to major
label
cats.. thinking, "they'll never get heard" shyt.. nigga we getting
there, and we will...
PBE STAFF: How Long have you been rapping? What inspired you to get into music? A lot of these readers do not realize how long you been in the music business and the different connections you have made…….
STIZON SKRILLA: I been rockin the mic since i was like 15 I was following the footsteps of my big cuzzo who was down with hiero back in that days and then My cuzzo the Gov dropped his album so i was completely inspired by family to dive in head first. My musical influences were mostly bay cats hieroglyphics and Too-short and then my greatest inspiration was rakim... God MC. i been in this biz on both sides, I worked for CMC for a while, then i went on to work with street promotions teams in the bay connecting me with the major label cats.. i promote albums like.. Lil kims first, Wyclef's carnaval album, Wutangs second, Raekwons first, Aailyah which earned me a gold plaque, and so on and so forth. From there i went on to do my own thing and promote The floss mode album for my cuzzo while he was away on fed vacation. I did swoop G's first, i did Stackin chips by 3xkrazy, Cydal(RIP Eclips), Delinquents, i did a midwest promo tour for 3x and swoop G and alot more... My drive and hustle at that time in my life gained me access to some of the biggest shyt I ever seen, Its funny cuz i can see niggaz from 96 who was doing this shyt and they still know my track record, but that was just business... Now im back on the mic and its time to get my credit for being one of the illest you ever heard. i could move probably down south and become a major label cat in a few months, but I'd rather stay home in the bay and rep my foundation... I am MR Baytastic nigga... learn about me.
PBE STAFF: With the industry being so watered down and saturated, what artist are you feeling right now? Who do you feel is dropping consistent heat?
STIZON SKRILLA: WOW, thats a good one.. I would have to say from radio watchin... FAB, and Dre even though he gone. Mob Figaz have always been heatrocks, since they first joint, Messy Is a masterpiece MC, and him and quinn was impossible to fuck wit as a group, Quinn is always flames. Mac and Ak,are like legends to me.. and always rock the stage and the booth, Get Gone is consistent right now with heat. Turf Talk is going to be heir to 40's throne. But tha cats i fucks wit is being slept on.. Untamed Nillaz will be the 2006 group of the year, I think I wanna hear more from Willie Hen.. He's one of the illest niggaz slept on right now. PBE were making moves right now and I aint gone be biased i'll leave it at that... I really wanna see my nig Chris Da 5th do sumthin, he on lock right now, but if you aint heard his album... you missing out, and I see Lee Majors and Side industry being Town Royalty, If you ever seen them rock you would know, they aint playin.
PBE STAFF: Mixtapes have always been real big and popular on the east coast, now the westcoast is catching on and dropping alot of mixtapes also. How do you feel about mixtapes? Do you feel think they are beneficial to artist? Do you think they should be sold or given out free?
STIZON SKRILLA: east coast niggaz get deals from doing mixtapes, 50 did mixtapes and still does... see niggaz always wanna down the new shyt if they cant keep up, or if they cant get them out there as fast as others...PBE/SosavsolavEnt is definatly a crew who can swim in the big pond yadademan... We got in here and made a name for ourselves with this mixtape shyt... Dash gave me a solo, actually offered me 2 and at the time i had writeres block, and for some reason that 1:30 minute verse made niggaz pay attention to me... "they shootin" was verse that
Changed my insight on music in the bay, cuz niggaz could appreciate my lyrical skills over a NAs beat and trust me, not many niggaz can redo a nas verse or track and kill it... so mixtapes.. i think has lead the bay back into our niche, the world thought we couldnt do it, and we got a nigga like FAB rippin ruff ryders Gin a new asshole... as we say in the bay... Dats Da Bizness
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STIZON SKRILLA INTERVIEW
PBE STAFF: Today we have one of the most underrated MC's in the bay Stizon Skrilla in the studio with us for a live interview. Stizon Skrilla has major skills with the pen and possesses alot of knowledge about the music business. He has been featured on ALL of the Platinum Bound Releases and is currently enjoyin the success of his hit single "Whoa".....Wassup Stizon Skrilla, hows life been treating you mayne.....
STIZON SKRILLA: Shyt, Life is real good right now cuzz cuzz, Im just tryna do it moving... Stay in the trenches and stay focused.. M-dash keep ya boy real bizzy and Im still tryna finish my solo...Lav Couture
PBE STAFF: ok, fa sho......Whats the name of your upcoming debut solo album? Who is doing production on the album? Do you have any features?
STIZON SKRILLA: on this album im being too careful, its my first album, but I've done it about 10 times... This time its called "Lav Couture".. its a story of my life kinda, with some hard truths and some funny ass shyt i've done...from fuckin buffarillaz to knockin the baddest bitch in the spot.From losing loved ones to having my own seed, and all in between, my music I try to base on fact, and its hard cuz people dont wanna hear your real shyt, that want fantasy so I gave them a lil of it all. I got real talk sessions on there with shyt from Tookie williams to how the weakest fuckin MC's get spoke on all the time and niggaz act like the never heard of me.You niggaz heard of me... You know the flame is like and inferno... walk yo ass into the light..
PBE STAFF: Who is doing production on the album? Do you have any features?
STIZON SKRILLA: My bad.. Yeah I got the PBE camp of course Im supposed to get Jacka , T Luni , My Folks D-Boogie and John Gage, I got Young Moses Soul Right the 2nd.. The features I rather leave on the low right now, i want people to see me hold my own and come check me out and see what block been cookin. Production, Is mostly my producer Greedy greg, and tatem 1 did a couple, I got some shyt from remy coming. and Lee Majors, You cant be a town nigga and not get tracks from Lee he the pure essence of town music right now, from production to lyrics...Mo Love actually did a joint on there called "Gits No dick tonite" name the nigga out there I fucks wit him.
PBE STAFF: Platinum Bound Entertainment has artist from various cities in the bay, for those that don't know, let the people know where you from and what you represent.....
STIZON SKRILLA: Im from East Oakland ,Ca mayne Murda Doves to be exact. No matter where i moved to or been in my travels my foundation has always been the TOWN,.. shout out to that Nigga Chris Da 5th, they can cage yo body but not your mind.. stay free my nig.
PBE STAFF: Whats your outlook on the bay music scene right now? Do you feel like we are moving in the right direction? Do you feel 2006 will be our year to make alot of noise thru out the industry?
STIZON SKRILLA: Man, I feel like a proud papa when i listen to KMEL nowadays see i was around in the first lil shine they gave us, the Dru Down and Luniz and Delinquents Richi Rich all got signed and had videos on MTV and BET and CMC, that was a glorious time for the bay, we had bay love we got money together and we left the scene legends.
Now I'm even more happy cuz i see the evolution of the music into much
more than it was then and so much more than we gettin now.. To see
Mistah FAB and Mac Dre, and Hoodstars, Sean T, all these cats makin
hits... Its a lovly thing to watch even from the side line waiting to
be subbed in. M-dash Has been a promotional force and has dropped as many albums if not more than most of these cats, but as we see from
todays radio playlist in the bay... theres no way to stop our progress,
PBE and SosavsolavEnt. we fucks with almost everybody out there. Niggaz
know our names.. see our faces... hear these albums and mixtapes and we
soon to be on next.. one thing i must stress though, is that we are all
in the struggle together... and if we all help each other, we'll be at
the top together.. its the wutang strategy... i believe thats the key
to bay music.. if you hot nigga you hot.. show him love. Yadadamean
PBE STAFF: Yeah, its been a real good thing seeing the bay rise to the occasion and step up the music a few notches. What do you think of the Hyphey and Yellow Movement?
STIZON SKRILLA: Hyphy and yellow bus movement.. well i love it.. i think the invention
of our own sound and to give it a real name Like Crunk or screw will
make us stand out.. if niggas dont keep stealing form us. First time i
heard the song hyphy.. i went dumb in the club and had no idea what
going dumb was until niggaz starting always saying how bay niggaz dance
is going dumb, which is tru, we follow no scripts, we do the dooda like
KOB says, its nuthin for us to act a fool on the dance floor, stop
dacing with breezies and starting popping each others collar, again it
goes back to how the bay feel about ourselves, we love being us, and
who
wouldnt, we innovate what theez nigga world wide imulate... Oh BOi is
ours, Go dumb is ours...Snoop getting rich off keak invention, infact
the bay know who we are.. we run this music shyt on the low.. they send
A7R's in here to bite our shyt and then leave and give it to major
label
cats.. thinking, "they'll never get heard" shyt.. nigga we getting
there, and we will...
PBE STAFF: How Long have you been rapping? What inspired you to get into music? A lot of these readers do not realize how long you been in the music business and the different connections you have made…….
STIZON SKRILLA: I been rockin the mic since i was like 15 I was following the footsteps of my big cuzzo who was down with hiero back in that days and then My cuzzo the Gov dropped his album so i was completely inspired by family to dive in head first. My musical influences were mostly bay cats hieroglyphics and Too-short and then my greatest inspiration was rakim... God MC. i been in this biz on both sides, I worked for CMC for a while, then i went on to work with street promotions teams in the bay connecting me with the major label cats.. i promote albums like.. Lil kims first, Wyclef's carnaval album, Wutangs second, Raekwons first, Aailyah which earned me a gold plaque, and so on and so forth. From there i went on to do my own thing and promote The floss mode album for my cuzzo while he was away on fed vacation. I did swoop G's first, i did Stackin chips by 3xkrazy, Cydal(RIP Eclips), Delinquents, i did a midwest promo tour for 3x and swoop G and alot more... My drive and hustle at that time in my life gained me access to some of the biggest shyt I ever seen, Its funny cuz i can see niggaz from 96 who was doing this shyt and they still know my track record, but that was just business... Now im back on the mic and its time to get my credit for being one of the illest you ever heard. i could move probably down south and become a major label cat in a few months, but I'd rather stay home in the bay and rep my foundation... I am MR Baytastic nigga... learn about me.
PBE STAFF: With the industry being so watered down and saturated, what artist are you feeling right now? Who do you feel is dropping consistent heat?
STIZON SKRILLA: WOW, thats a good one.. I would have to say from radio watchin... FAB, and Dre even though he gone. Mob Figaz have always been heatrocks, since they first joint, Messy Is a masterpiece MC, and him and quinn was impossible to fuck wit as a group, Quinn is always flames. Mac and Ak,are like legends to me.. and always rock the stage and the booth, Get Gone is consistent right now with heat. Turf Talk is going to be heir to 40's throne. But tha cats i fucks wit is being slept on.. Untamed Nillaz will be the 2006 group of the year, I think I wanna hear more from Willie Hen.. He's one of the illest niggaz slept on right now. PBE were making moves right now and I aint gone be biased i'll leave it at that... I really wanna see my nig Chris Da 5th do sumthin, he on lock right now, but if you aint heard his album... you missing out, and I see Lee Majors and Side industry being Town Royalty, If you ever seen them rock you would know, they aint playin.
PBE STAFF: Mixtapes have always been real big and popular on the east coast, now the westcoast is catching on and dropping alot of mixtapes also. How do you feel about mixtapes? Do you feel think they are beneficial to artist? Do you think they should be sold or given out free?
STIZON SKRILLA: east coast niggaz get deals from doing mixtapes, 50 did mixtapes and still does... see niggaz always wanna down the new shyt if they cant keep up, or if they cant get them out there as fast as others...PBE/SosavsolavEnt is definatly a crew who can swim in the big pond yadademan... We got in here and made a name for ourselves with this mixtape shyt... Dash gave me a solo, actually offered me 2 and at the time i had writeres block, and for some reason that 1:30 minute verse made niggaz pay attention to me... "they shootin" was verse that
Changed my insight on music in the bay, cuz niggaz could appreciate my lyrical skills over a NAs beat and trust me, not many niggaz can redo a nas verse or track and kill it... so mixtapes.. i think has lead the bay back into our niche, the world thought we couldnt do it, and we got a nigga like FAB rippin ruff ryders Gin a new asshole... as we say in the bay... Dats Da Bizness
