In which I talk to Mystikal, one of the greatest rappers of all time, about his rap songs. This was the most fun I’ve had on a phone interview in a minute, dude is as hilarious and energetic in conversation as he is on record. You’ll notice that a few of the entries start with the denotation [Whistles]. I had to cut like a dozen such [Whistles] from the piece because that was his first response to every other record I mentioned. And they weren’t short [Whistles], either, they made seconds seem like minutes. He was carpet bombing my call recorder.
Beyond that he seems genuinely humbled by the second chance he’s been given. I look forward to hearing him make the best of it.
From Public Radio International’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn”
Blogger Noz from Cocaine Blunts recommends some tracks you might have missed — ‘I Am A Vampire’ from Cousin Fik and ‘Blu Diamonds’ from Pyramid Vritra.
I interviewed Rap-A-Lot head honcho J. Prince at NPR, making for what is probably the first time the esteemed public radio institution has run the words cutting a woman’s breasts and f—-ing the dead body. Hopefully it won’t be the last.
Hit the jump for a quick outtake about regional demand and the origins of Scarface’s name.
This week from Public Radio International’s Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: Hip hop blogger Andrew Noz kicks off the show with a couple of rap picks — Gas Station from SL Jones and Kissin Pink from A$AP Rocky.
This has been live for like a week but nobody told me. I still can’t listen to the sound of my own voice but you should and you should also fuck with the legend @JesseThorn. Full episode is available here.
I wrote about the first great Raekwon song in a while over at MTV Hive. On it Rae brags about Wellie Fargo-ing a Gallardo jet red, thereby doubling down on Young Dro’s tendency to both metaphor his car colors and to verb out his metaphors. Dro has long been very vocal about his love of Cuban Linx, making this one of those student/master role reversals that RZA’s always talking about. Bong bong.
This is online now. Photos by the very talented Kendrick Brinson. Words by me. And Don Trip, Drumma Boy, No Soda, Playa Fly, Yo Gotti and Zed Zilla.
In an early draft I tried to make a joke about how the spinners that will be sold in the impending Bass Pro Death Pyramid Mega Shop will not be the same as the ones Paul & Juice were riding on. It was cut, either due to the narrow overlap between fishermen and Triple 6 fans or because it just wasn’t funny.
