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Hey we are doing another party and guess who’s hosting? Meeee. Special set with my dude DJ GLEW, expect us to tear the house down. Plus we are giving away FREE copies or Rihanna’s new album Rated R. Be there or be square! Shout outs to GLEW, Hook Me Up, Acom Productions and Hi Life Entertainment.
In this month’s latest exclusive Industry Interview feature for THE3XGP.COM, DJ Glew spoke to Brooklyn rapper Fabolous! Earlier this past summer, Faboloso released his fifth studio LP, Loso’s Way – his most compete album to date. DJ Glew talked to Fab about making MTV ’s 2009 Hottest MC’s In The Game list, addressing his recent Twitter comments on 50 Cent, working with Ne-Yo on a joint album and much more! Special shouts go out to Jody ‘Cousin’ Laraya and Kevin Ash at Universal Music Canada.
DJ GLEW: How do you feel about placing #8 on MTV’s Hottest MC’s of 2009 list?
FABOLOUS: I’m receptive and I definitely feel like it’s a cool thing. I really think a lot of people look at the list and it’s a topic of discussion. There are a lot of mixed reviews about it and talk about some MC’s that shouldn’t make the list and some that should be higher. I look at it in a accepted way that I even made the list in their eyes and it’s cool. But at the same time you may ask somebody else and they may say I deserved to be higher on the list. Before this I wasn’t even on the list and I felt I should’ve been. So I’m accepting of it and thankful of MTV for including me on the list.
DJ GLEW: What has been your favourite Twitter trending topic?
FABOLOUS: Well the funniest one I made was either #lilmamais or #sorrybowow.
DJ GLEW: Give me an example of the Bow Wow one. Finish this Tweet: #sorrybowwow.
FABOLOUS: #sorrybowwow you can’t retire because your album sold 18,000 records in your first week. Take your brick like a man. That was the first one I put out there with him. [laughs]
Fabolous was ranked MTV’s 8th Hottest MC In The Game for 2009
DJ GLEW: You also have the Yung Berg’s head one. Finish this Tweet: #yungbergshead.
FABOLOUS: Oh ya. Yung Berg. [laughs] Yung Berg’s head is a Hip-Hop pinata, you keep hitting it until the Transformer pops out. [laughs]
DJ GLEW: What is a Twitter funeral? And what other Twitter terms have you invented?
FABOLOUS: A Twitter funeral is when you kill somebody via Twitter and you have to lay their Twitter account to rest. Usually the person doesn’t comply with it but the people know when you choke them so you have them a Twitter funeral. When you say T.I.P. that means Twitter In Peace that’s after you kill somebody and you just want to send your condolences.
DJ GLEW: How do you feel about the way Loso’s Way has been received?
FABOLOUS: I feel it has been received well. A lot of people have looked at it and have sort of broken it and seen me in a different light. I took a concept and gracefully made it work with what I wanted to say. But also made good music and also touched on the topic from “Carlito’s Way“. It got to be the number one record in the country on it’s first week. That was a great thing to me because at first it was leaked two and a half weeks before it was suppose to drop. So I was skeptical and not even sure if people would receive it as well or go out and still go get it because of how easy it was to grab a bootleg of it. It was really anticipated and people wanted to give it a hear. It’s hard when you want to hear something and really sit back and have to wait two weeks for the real one instead of just downloading it.
DJ GLEW: You have said that you want to work with Eminem. What type of song would the two of you record?
FABOLOUS: I have no idea I would actually like him to produce it and lead and then I would just follow. I think Eminem’s topics are a little different than mine in certain senses so I would really like him to come up with the scenario or topic or subject matter that he wants to take it in and I would speak from my lane and he can speak from his lane.
DJ GLEW: On Twitter you said: “Its interesting to c 50 Cent unite wit NY artists when he’s 1 of the reasons NY hip hop became so isolated & crumbled”. Can you further comment on this Tweet?
FABOLOUS: I think that if you were to ask 50 a couple years ago if you were to do a show with those people he would have said no. It was interesting to me. I actually was invited to do the show as well but I had a prior show so I couldn’t make it. He had these hopes up and he had really isolated himself with G-Unit when he first came out. He didn’t mix well with other artists and rappers unless it was Eminem, Dr. Dre, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, and whoever was affiliated with him. He use to offer if you wanted to come be with him then you can come be with him and get money but other than that he wouldn’t rock with you. He hasn’t had many collaborations other than on his songs and this is why I found it interesting and out of no where they put together this show with New York rappers and Hip Hop which is great. But it’s kind of this destroy and rebuild situation.
DJ GLEW: Do you think it’s because of the lack of interest people are showing him now? Do you think he’s trying to do the DJ Khaled and unity thing?
FABOLOUS: I don’t really think he’s trying to do that. I don’t really know what’s going on in 50’s head of why he actually did it. But I put it out there for a topic of discussion and people had different perspectives on it. Some people said it might have been another one of his marketing things or publicity stunts. Other people said maybe he’s growing up and done beefing with certain people. I just put it out there for a topic of discussion and I wasn’t taking shots at him. I think certain people misunderstood in blogs and emails. Blogs will sort of take it and twist it in another way. But what I really did was put it out there like how a talk show would sensationalize or put shock value to it. But it would be something that would have been a conversation in the barbershop. But that’s what Twitter is, it’s like a big humongous barbershop where everyone puts in what they think. So that’s what I did when I woke up this morning and I saw something online about it. It just happened this weekend so I usually just speak about things that are relevant at the time.
DJ GLEW: Who is your favorite R&B artist to collaborate with?
FABOLOUS: Well all-time I would have to say Lil’ Mo. We have such a great chemistry, she’s also a fun person, cool to work with, and down to earth. Recently, me and Ne-Yo work pretty well and he’s also a good guy. There’s also Ryan Leslie because he’s a genius musically. I pretty much like working with a few people so you can have me going on and on but that’s just a rough bunch.
Fabolous ft. Keri Hilson – Everything, Everyday, Everywhere (2009)
DJ GLEW: What songs have you recorded with Ne-Yo for your joint album? And when’s that project coming out?
FABOLOUS: Actually we’re just putting songs together and trying to compliment the music for it. We reached out to Ryan Leslie to tie into like a co-executive producer of the project. We’re trying to put it together but it’s probably not going to come this year maybe like a next year thing. We’re just trying to bring that Hip-Hop and R&B marriage back and people haven’t done it on a biggest scale. Some of the biggest songs or radio songs are generated through the marriage of Hip-Hop and R&B.
DJ GLEW: What was the last thing you threw in the bag?
FABOLOUS: Yesterday I went to Barney’s and did a little shopping because there’s a Hip-Hop awards show (2009 BET Hip-Hop Awards) coming up and also there’s a couple videos to do. I just did a little shopping and kept my eye to what’s out there. I threw it in the bag but not too much. I also bought a Louis Vuitton book bag because I thought it was a cool thing.
DJ GLEW: Do you think over sized and overpriced throwback jerseys will ever make a comeback?
FABOLOUS: [laughs] Over sized not really. Overpriced I don’t know about jerseys. It’s hard for me to see jerseys coming back because it’s past it’s time and era. I looked at some of my jerseys before and tried them on and I couldn’t believe I wore them that big but I never use to pay for them and stuff like that. I think it had it’s time and era but I think it’s over. I don’t know anything that comes out 20 years ago and comes back so soon. I think it might be a little time before you see a jersey on somebodies back.
Fabolous ft. The-Dream – Throw It In The Bag (2009)
Earlier in the week Slim Thug was on BET 106 & Park and performed his hit single, ‘I Run.’ I was looking for this video all week. Shout out to my home girl Nancy B for the link. Also 106 shouted out my connect DJ Booth this past week.
Thisis50 met Slim Thug to talk about his new album Slim Thug talks about his hit “I Run”, how the fame affected him, Koch Records, PIMP C, the hustle and more!
Slim Thuggggga’s new and long delayed album is finally on the way. Support this man and his movement this Tuesday, March 24, 2009 when Boss Of All Bosses comes out. Houston is on the map with this track!!! R.I.P. Pimp C.
Houston, Texas’ own, Slim Thug steps in for the latest exclusive Industry Interview for THE3XGP.COM! Slim Thug talked to Rick From Chicago about his long awaited sophomore album, why he left Geffen Records, the best places to grab grub in his hometown, what his next single will be, Lupe Fiasco and much more!
RFC: If we can rewind for a minute, originally the lead single for Boss of All Bosses was the DJ Toomp produced cut ‘Theme Song (Hoggs On The Grind)’. One year later, you’re on a new label with an even hotter heater, ‘I Run.’ You’ve had more success with ‘I Run’ than any other single you’ve pushed at urban and rhythmic radio. What do you think is the reason for that?
Slim Thug: It’s a hot song for one. And then number two, I think I’m really with a staff that’s really working, you know what I’m saying? I tell a lot of people on the road in my interviews that I’ve been doing , I was at Geffen/Interscope which is a big label and they had a lot of problems. I never believed things were on the same page, and they weren’t really fighting for me. The initial staff that I signed to had all got fired, from my A&R to the whole staff. They changed they whole staff at Geffen. And the new staff, I never got on the same page with them. I tried to do what I could, but we just never got on the same page. I dunno if they just didn’t believe in me as an artist or whatever, but it just never worked. I think that now I am at Koch (Now called E1 Music) , they believe in the music , they actually working and putting it out there and it’s working. I think that’s the reason why the song has so much success.
RFC: The lead single ‘I Run’ is produced by the ultra talented Jim Jonsin and features a sample from the 1982 hit, ‘I Ran (So Far Away)‘ by the group A Flock Of Seagulls. How did this come about, did Jim have this beat in mind specifically for you?
Slim Thug: Yeah, I give all credit to Jim Jonsin. He was at the Ozone Awards in Houston and I told him that I wanted to work with him. And we went to the studio, he played the beat to me and I loved the beat. He had a few ideas for me and ran it by me. We got Yelawolf from Alabama and he sung the hook. It was then a wrap and I just added a few verses on it as well. I give all the credit in the world to Jim Jonsin.
Slim Thug – I Run (2009)
RFC: Are you a big video game fan?
Slim Thug: I got all the video games, I play with my sons every once in a while. I don’t play a whole lot, but I do know that the original track was on Grand Theft Auto IV: Vice City.
RFC: 4 years ago, your debut album Already Platinum had an impressive 129,000 copies sold in first week sales. It was an incredible body of work but only managed to hit Gold status. Back then you were on the majors and today you are now running back on the independent scene. Is there any pressure to prove to those who doubted that you could not succeed at the major’s level?
Slim Thug: Nah it ain’t really nothing like that. I never get caught up in the try to prove stuff to people. You know more than anything, I just wanna do me and satisfy the people who got love for me know what I’m saying? Because I’ve been living pretty good off of them (his core audience) alone even before I had the (record) deal. I got a huge enough fan base that’s underground to the point where I’m cool you know what I’m saying? I never was really in search of a deal like that anyways, it just happened by default. I never really get caught up in all that doubtness, I’m just trying to my music and hopefully the fans who’ve been down with me since day one like it and I gain a few more.
RFC: I’ve heard the new album will be a return to your signature Houston sound that you are so very well known for. Were you able to secure Pharrell for a record on Boss of All Bosses or is this album going in another direction?
Slim Thug: It’s another direction. I definitely wanted to work with Pharrell and he wanted to work with me on this. But he be out of the country so much, we could never get on the same page and get that one record. We traded a few beats but we couldn’t get that one hit record. And then when I met him at the Grammy’s, he had one for me and he was like, let’s do it but it was kinda too late. By then we had to turn in the record to the label. I will definitely get him on the next album, ‘cause the minute I see him, we gonna do some records together.
RFC: You’ve recorded over 200 songs for this project. What’s the best technique to narrow the song selection process that makes the final track listing on the album?
Slim Thug: Aw man, it’s a lot that goes with it. Honestly when you’re independent, a lot goes towards the budget. And number two is the sample issue. Some of my favorite songs, I couldn’t get the samples cleared. For example, I had released a record called ‘Fuck You’ and that was my favorite record. And we couldn’t get the sample cleared because they didn’t want us talking all that shit on their sample. So that shit comes into effect, the producers, working with different artists (how hard is it going to be to get them cleared from their labels). I don’t want to get into all that but at the end of the day, I think picked 15 songs that were without a lot of all that (above problems listed). I’m basing this on one song that I really just loved that I didn’t put on there (the new album). But all these other records I loved on the album were the ones that I really loved.
Boss Hogg Outlawz – Back By Blockular Demand: Serve & Collect II was released on Tuesday, September 02, 2008.
RFC: If you Wikipedia your name, it says that your crew the Boss Hogg Outlawz name was coined from the television show Dukes of Hazzard. Are there any TV shows that you watch today that you can’t miss?
Slim Thug: I was just talking to somebody about that. And I don’t have nothing that I keep in touch with, television wise. I may see a few episodes here and there, but I don’t have specific TV show that I keep up on the regular like that. You know what I’m saying? I don’t really sit down that much.
RFC: We’ve heard 4 songs featuring Akon (‘Please Don’t Do That’), Mannie Fresh (‘Show Me Love’), Smile and most recently the new one with Paul Wall (‘Drop Top’). What’s your next single that you plan to follow up to ‘I Run?’
Slim Thug: I really don’t even know man. I got a few in mind. I like to let the people make the decisions more than anything. Because with me, I have so many records that are honestly… it’s so hard for me to pick what is what. I like to have my fans pick have their opinion and pick them.
Slim Thug video blogging
RFC: ‘Hip-Hop Saved My Life‘ was penned by Lupe Fiasco with the lyrics being inspired by your rap career. I’ve heard you’ve said that Lupe took pieces of your hustle and put it into a song. How does it feel to have recognition among your peers in the industry?
Slim Thug: It’s nothing but love man. Lupe, he’s a cool dude. I’m a fan of his music and for him to reach out do that track based on what I did in the game is real big. To see somebody else in the music game recognize my hustle and be inspired by it, that’s definitely love. Shout to Lupe, no doubt.
RFC: Here’s a little trivia for you Mr. Thuggggga. What do Bruce Springsteen, George Steinbrenner, Rick Ross and Slim Thugg all have in common?
Slim Thug: We all bosses! (Laughs)
RFC: Slim, I’ve never been to Houston, in your opinion what’s the best nightclub out there and where’s the best place to get food late night after you hit the club?
Slim Thug: The best club to me is the club downtown, The Office. I’m in there all the time. And the best spot to get food at…if you want to get breakfast, there’s Breakfast Klub. And of course there’s Papa Joes, that’s what it is.
RFC: Today (March 09) is the anniversary death of The Notorious B.I.G. Your debut album had a track ‘Ashy To Classy.’ My question is, did Biggie’s music up in the east have an impact to those in the south when he was on top of the game?
Slim Thug: Oh yeah it did definitely, same as the west coast. Music just influences everybody man. I definitely listened to Biggie and a lot of other cats from the east coast. And I was inspired by them from cats like Jay-Z.
RFC: A few months ago we saw you do a video blog in the studio talking about the importance of the Internet and having a strong digital presence, even citing Soulja Boy and Diddy as references. It seems that back in the day, all you had to do was have a mixtape and the buzz was good. But to build a heavy buzz now, you’ve got to have a stronger presence with the online community. What’s your take on that?
Slim Thug: That’s definitely true man. Actually I was in the studio joking around, I didn’t think it was gonna be put out. But you definitely gotta have a strong Internet presence because everybody is in tuned with that. More people look at the Internet for your music video than they do even on TV. They’d rather have reality shows and all that type of stuff on the music channels. So the Internet is key to a lot of artists’ success, I definitely think you need that.
Already Platinum was released on Tuesday, July 12, 2005.
RFC: Your first album was titled Already Platinum and now you got the Boss of All Bosses LP coming out March 24. All of your album title names stand out and speak volumes. Do you already know what your next album title will be?
Slim Thug: Nooo, I’m thinking about it right now though man. I was just thinking about that. Do you got any ideas? (Laughs)
RFC: I have no clue man…But I’m sure any decision you make is gonna be a good one.
Slim Thug: Yeah man. I dunno what it is, but I’ll think of somethin’ real good though.
RFC: What have you done differently with Boss of All Bosses that you didn’t do on Already Platinum? Because I read an XXL interview last year where you said from a sales point of view, “it’s gonna be the music that’s going to be blamed if [the album] doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do.”
Slim Thug: Yeah. Because on this album here, I just really did me man and brought it back to my roots . It ended up being a record where I’m trying to put my city on, be a strong part of the Houston movement and bring back that movement in a strong way. So I wanted to paint the perfect visual of my city but not just from Swishahouse. And when I say Swishahouse I mean me, Mike (Jones), Paul Wall and Chamillionaire. I wanted to work with cats like the S.U.C. (Screwed Up Click) and I wanted to work with legends in the game like UGK, Scarface you know what I’m saying? You know just anybody who was a big part of the Houston movement, I wanted to get on my record and at the same time I got cats you probably never heard of. There’s new artists and I love them and I just wanted to paint the perfect picture of Houston as whole. Not just one part of it.
RFC: Right now I’d like to do a little word association with you. I’ll mention to you some names or words and whatever comes to mind, you can respond back with a short answer that best sums it up ok?
Slim Thug: Alright.
Slim Thug Word Association
Boss Hogg Outlawz: That’s my gang.
Still Tippin’: That’s how we roll in Texas.
Interscope/Geffen Records: (Laughs)…The past!
Candy Paint: Gotta have it.
3 Kings: A hood classic.
WrestleMania 25 (In his hometown this year): I’m not in tuned (Laughs). I don’t know nothing about wrestling. I ain’t watch wrestling since I was a kid. Last wrestler I seen wrestle was Hulk Hogan on some shit!
Mr. Boomtown (Video director for ‘I Run’): He paints the perfect picture of Houston.
www.immahogg.com: The best website in the world.
RFC: Before we conclude, are there any shouts, plugs or websites you’d like to give right now?
Slim Thug: Just the album in stores March 24th, log onto immaghogg.com, myspace.com/slimthug and there it is, just stay down.
RFC: Alright Slim Thug, thank you for taking the time to talk with THE3XGP.COM, we wish you continued success when your new album drops.
Slim Thug: Appreciate it homie.
Slim Thug ft. T.I. & Bun B – 3 Kings (2005)
Juelz Santana steps in for the latest exclusive Industry Interview for THE3XGP.COM! Rick From Chicago talked to Juelz about his new Skull Gang project, Cam’ron’s return to rap, the 50 Cent/Rick Ross beef, Kobe and LeBron’s historic games at MSG, his thoughts on Michael Phelps smoking weed and you’ll never guess who’s he’s trying to get for his upcoming album, Born To Win, Built To Lose!
RFC: It’s been 4 years since you’ve released your last solo album, What The Game’s Been Missing! It seems like the game has been missing you ever since then. How are you doing today Mr. Santana A!?
Juelz Santana: A! I’m doing beautiful, I’m doing great. I’m happy that people been checking for me. You know, people been missing me. People want to know what I’ve been doing and what I’ve been u to. I never really went nowhere like that, I’ve just been doing other things as recording but definitely it’s been a little while since I put my last album out. I’m out of my situation that I was in and was holding me up so right now I’m ready to bite niggas and get on they ass.
The Diplomats – Dipset Anthem (2003)
RFC: You were a prominent member in the Diplomats group…
Juelz Santana: (Interjects) I still am, Diplomats is still what it is, don’t ever get it twisted. It’s just that I’m not doing business with Cam (Cam’ron) no more, that’s the only difference right now. So it’s not that I’m not a Diplomat, Skull Gang is just another entity underneath the umbrella you know what I’m saying? Ya dig. And we always had Skull Gang even if me and Cam still did business, it would have been DipSet/Skull Gang just like it is now.
Juelz Santana Presents…Skull Gang – Takeover (2008)
RFC: And now you are your own boss with your crew the Skull Gang which stands for “Street Kids United by Loyalty and Loot.” What have you learned from being in the DipSet that you can apply to the Skull Gang and take it to the next level?
Juelz Santana: Just that grind, that sense of hard work…putting in that grind work. Know what I’m saying? That’s one thing. You know our following is big because of that. We put in a lot of grind work and we were doing a lot of things that other people weren’t doing. That’s one of the things I definitely want to take and head over to my team. As long as we go hard and we put in that grind work and we do a little bit of things that these people aren’t doing you know, the results will speak for it self.
Skull Gang (ft. Juelz Santana, Rabb, & John Depp) – Don’t Want You Back (2009)
RFC: Skull Gang is releasing a new music video every week for 2 months. That’s like…8 videos man! Were all of them shot by Scenario?
Juelz Santana: Yeah.
RFC: What is the album title and when will it be released?
Juelz Santana: Right now it’s self titled, Skull Gang na mean? It’s the new movement to move wit.
Juelz Santana, Jim Jones & Freekey Zeekey – XXL (March 2009)
RFC: I’m sure by now you’ve answered at least one Cam’ron question for every interview you’ve done in the past couple of years. So let’s get this one out of the way! Cam’ron has finally resurfaced with a new track (‘I Hate My Job’) and will be appearing on the April 2009 cover of XXL, which ironically you, Jim Jones and Freekey Zeekey are currently on this month’s issue. What do you think about Cam’s new song?
Juelz Santana: I wish him the best man. Like I said I just wanted to get out of a bad situation that I was in, which was my business deal ya dig what I’m saying? And I have no reason to hold no hard feelings because at the end of the day Cam gave me my shot to be able to do a lot of these things that I’m doing now. But I like I still say, he took advantage you know what I’m saying? So I had to get out of my business deal. But besides that, I wish him the best and that’s what it is.
Jim Jones & Ron Browz ft. Juelz Santana – Pop Champagne (2008)
RFC: I guess the hottest topic in the hip-hop world right now that everybody is buzzing about is the 50 Cent / Rick Ross beef. What’s your take on this new rivalry?
Juelz Santana: Wow. This is hip-hop. It’s competitive. It’s competition. It’s definitely competitive in a lot of ways. As an artist you just gotta prepare for every and anything know what I’m saying? It’s definitely buzzing you know…50 is doing the things he likes to do (laughs) and you know Rick Ross has got to know how to handle it, he’s gotta know how to deal with it. The game is chess, not checkers. Not everybody is the man, so you just gotta deal with shit as it comes. Hopefully it doesn’t get out of control.
Juelz Santana at the 2008 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show
RFC: You are one piece of the puzzle on The-Dream’s hot new remix for ‘Rockin’ That Thang.’ What was it like to be part of a Def Jam All-Star collaboration like that? Did you guys record your verses together or individually in the studio?
Juelz Santana: I didn’t know anybody was going to be on the record like that, you know what I’m saying? I only knew that Fab (Fabolous) was going to be on the record. They asked me to be on the record and I just went in. I wasn’t really thinking about of all them other people that were going to be on the record, I just did me, na mean? I just lead the way I do me all the time. And the shit came out hard. Whoa…look at shorty roll…A lot of people say I got the best verse but I don’t want to get on there but hey… (laughs).
Ace Hood, Juelz Santana, Fabolous & Jadakiss – The Cypher Freestyle (2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards)
RFC: It’s no secret that you are one who enjoys a good smoke. As a public figure yourself, how do you feel when you hear a story like Michael Phelps being scrutinized for being photographed with a bong? Is the media too hard on celebrities?
Juelz Santana: Um..I definitely think so. Nigga wanna smoke, he can smoke…he can do whatever he wanna do, he a grown man! At the end of the day you know he wasn’t smoking when he won the gold medals and he wasn’t caught smoking when he was doing the things he was doing to get the medals. So if he’s on his off time and he wants to smoke marijuana…you know people in L.A. even have prescription cards to smoke weed so I definitely don’t think it’s something to get too crazy about Michael Phelps smoking weed. If anything, he made us look good!
RFC: You are one of the top artists who are the forefront of the rap game leading into the next generation. Are there any artists out there that you think is killing hip-hop right now?
Juelz Santana: I think there are a lot of artists that are killing hip-hop. But I don’t want to get into it cause you know that’s gonna start some unnecessary shit, which I don’t really give a fuck. But you know these artists know what they doing. These wack niggas know they wack. Na mean? (laughs). These niggas know they wack, shit like that. There’s a lot of artists that know they ain’t doing they jobs. How would I say it…they ain’t carrying the torch the way it’s supposed to be carried ya dig what I’m saying? A lot of people put in a lot of work for us to able to do the things we do now, to make the kind of money we’re able to make in this game right now. Niggas is just sloppy and lazy. That’s why the Skull Gang movement is here, to show niggas how they supposed to be doing.
Angie Martinez with Juelz Santana at his Notorious screening
RFC: I read that you brought 300 of your friends and family to the screening of the Notorious film last month.
Juelz Santana: Yeah I did that. Some old school Rich Porter shit. Rented out the whole movie theater, bought 15 cases of champagne, I paid for a liquor license just so everybody could be drinking in the movie theater. So I had to pay for a catering license for us to be in there. It was a real good look, family and friends were there, entertainment people were there. Maino came out, Angie Martinez, (DJ) Enuff, a lot of the DJ’s came out, Ebro Darden from Hot 97 (program director)…(DJ) Clue came out. It was an extravaganza, Jim (Jones) was there, Freekey (Zeekey) was there, I was there. If it’s going to be something monumental, I like to do something special as far as renting out the movie theater. That was something different; I like to do things different. That’s something I know peoples will always remember watching the Biggie movie and doing it the way we did was monumental. We’ll always remember that Juelz rented out the movie theater and watched the Biggie movie, who gon forget that? It was great, it was great.
Juelz Santana remembers The Notorious B.I.G.
RFC: Was the Notorious B.I.G. somebody you looked up to in the rap game while you were on the come up?
Juelz Santana: Hell yeah, hell yeah, Biggie was great also. Biggie was the illest. I fuck with Biggie a whole lot. I think he was a real ahead of his time…I don’t think I knew how far he was ahead of his time until he passed away. And that’s when I embraced that Life After Death album cause that album was immaculate. Like to be a double CD, you know what I mean that album was immaculate. Both CD’s were like a new album, it was a well put together project, the way the songs were structured one after another. That whole project was just ill. I was mad Biggie’s time was cut short. I’m sure he would have accomplished a lot more things and I feel like the rap game would definitely have been different if he was here. A lot of these wack niggas wouldn’t be able to eat, na mean?
Juelz Santana & Lil’ Wayne
RFC: One of my favorite tunes on Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III is the track you and Fabolous guest appeared on for ‘You Ain’t Got Nothin’, produced by The Alchemist. This question is for the mixtape heads. Is there any update on the Lil’ Wayne I Can’t Feel My Face project?
Juelz Santana: Actually that’s not a mixtape no more, that’s going to be an album. So that’s the reason why we’re delaying right now. If it was going to be a mixtape we would put it out, that would be the least of our concerns. Ther’es a lot of politics going on as far the labels and shit like that but we gonna get it done.
Skull Gang frontline
RFC: Let’s talk about sports. Any thoughts on Kobe Bryant dropping 61 points on your New York Knicks?
Juelz Santana: Disrespectful. Kobe gonna come to New York and do that like that? (laughs) That’s what Kobe does, he has 3 rings. Any night he wants to have 60, he’s going to have 60. He’s that type of player that I look at that I’d like to base my rap career as the way he plays that ball. He’s so aggressive, he’s so much of a leader, and he’s so much of a control taker at any given time. People rely on him to get the job done.
RFC: What about LeBron James dropping a 52 point triple-double in the same week?
Juelz Santana: He’s another one, he’s awesome. Disrespectful, but he’s awesome. The Garden (MSG) brings something out of people. The Garden is just exciting man. You never know who’s in the building. I was at that LeBron game, it was a star studded affair. Puffy (Diddy), L.A. Reid, Jay-Z, I was there. All type of actors were there…Whoopi Goldberg was there. It’s Madison Square Garden, niggas wanna show off and these niggas play for keeps when they come to the Garden man. That’s the Mecca, ya dig what I’m saying? Shout to my nigga Tim Thomas, shout to Malik Rose and Nate Robinson, them definitely my niggas right there. Also shout to my niggas Vince Carter, D-Wade (Dwyane Wade), these are my niggas that I fuck with personally.
Juelz Santana – What The Game’s Been Missing! was released on Tuesday, November 22, 2005.
RFC: Your upcoming album, Born To Lose, Built To Win is growing with anticipation. What does this record mean to you?
Juelz Santana: Everything, this is like my Get Rich or Die Tryin’ album that’s what I’m preppin’ up for. I’m gearing up, I’m not trying to rush nothing, I’ve been away for a little while, I didn’t just wanna drop a single and drop an album. I felt like the people deserve more from me and that’s why I’ve been doing the Skull Gang thing, getting ready for The Reagan Era mixtape.
Skull Gang familia
RFC: Is that out yet?
Juelz Santana: No that’s not out yet, but believe you gon know because that’s like an album. I’ve been gone for a while so I got a lot of songs that’s not going to make it on my album, so I’m not gonna put as many freestyles as I usually do on a mixtape. This mixtape is gonna be a lot of songs and a couple of freestyles so I feel like I got an album on the streets ya dig what I’m saying in the meantime in between time. It’s all gearing up…you know we got the Skull Gang compilation project, you know we gon do the Koch thing real quick. It’s a stepping stone for my artists na mean cause like I said Skull Gang…we a movement know what I’m saying? It’s like a label, not just a crew. Just like Diplomats was a crew, we are all individual artists. I got Starr, she’s an R&B singer, Rabb, he from Richmond (Virginia). My man John Deep, he from Queens. UnKasa, na mean he from Harlem. And I got a couple of other artists that I’m putting forth but they have their own situations that they doing, but they underneath the Skull Gang brand cause like I said this is a movement, it’s a lifestyle ya dig what I’m saying? You may see somebody in L.A. repping a Skull Gang shirt because at the end of the day I feel like it’s a movement.
RFC: Once your projects come out, do you have any scheduled tours coming out later this year?
Juelz Santana: Oh hell yeah. I’m gearing up to do all that man. That’s why I just didn’t wanna drop the single and drop an album because you know, it’s like how far does that really take you? I feel like I was definitely running in the same lane that Lil’ Wayne was running in on the come up and I just got stagnated with my little business situation I was in. And I couldn’t put out music exactly the way I wanted to.
RFC: Is your album coming out in the third quarter?
Juelz Santana: Yeah I’m looking for like July, Independence Day week. Let out some fireworks, it’s gonna be a good time.
RFC: Do you have any confirmed guest appearances/producers?
Juelz Santana: I don’t really like to spoil nothing. I worked with a couple of people. I never crowded my album with features. For this it’s going to be one or two peoples, you know definitely (Lil’) Wayne’s going to be on the album. I’m trying to get a song with this girl Colbie Caillat, I dunno have you ever heard of her?
RFC: Oh she’s big in Canada dude…great sound.
Juelz Santana: I love her man. I love her music. I love her album. So I definitely wanna do a song with her.
RFC: Get her on the hook eh?
Juelz Santana: Yup.
RFC: That leads me into my next question. What is Juelz Santana favorite song right now?
Juelz Santana: My favorite song right now? I dunno man…I know we just put out a song for the Skull Gang project, it’s called ‘Rockstarr’ with me, (Lil’) Wayne and my artist Starr, I really like that song you know? Check it out.
Juelz’s bottle service at the Notorious screening
RFC: Your birthday (February 18) is coming up real soon…
Juelz Santana: I’m gonna have a big birthday bash.
RFC: I was gonna plans to celebrate in a big way or keep it on the down low considering these hard economic times?
Juelz Santana: Na, I’m gonna celebrate it big you know? I’m trying to have a big party, I want to give like 500 bottles away or Rosé. It’s gonna be called the Rosé party or something man! I wanna see everybody with a red bottle in they hands and do it real nice.
Jim Jones & Juelz Santana
RFC: Right now I’d like to do a little word association with you. I’ll mention to you some names or words and whatever comes to mind, you can respond back with a short answer that best sums it up.
Juelz Santana Word Association
Byrd Gang: We Fly High, born to fly high.
Barack Obama: Change, history, big. You gotta just put all these commas with those one words. Every single word that’s has a powerful meaning, that’s what that was. Change…that was astronomical.
Eminem: Greatest. He’s that nigga. The only white boy that’s that nigga! Eminem is my favorite rapper. That nigga get it in.
Splash: Splash? That’s me! I splash on ‘em. Splash life we livin’.
Santanuary: Santanuary means get ready na mean? Stay tuned. It’s like free Pay-Per-View, why would you wanna change? Why don’t you go back to regular cable or basic TV? We HD!
Killa Cam: Um…that’s a good one…My Brother.
Louis Vuitton: That’s fly. You just gotta put fly next to Louis. Fly!
RFC: Before we conclude, are there any shouts or plugs or websites you’d like to give right now?
Juelz Santana: Check out that Skull Gang Online, it’s still in construction right now. Check my MySpace page, check out the Skull Gang videos every week on World Star Hip-Hop. We’re also gearing up my own website together so y’all can look for that. The Regan Era mixtape is about to drop real soon. The Skull Gang compilation with Koch is dropping soon. Also at the same time all my artists are gearing up to do their solo deals as well. They are all individual artists, so the whole point is to takeover everything, it is what it is.
Lil’ Wayne, Birdman, Juelz Santana & Jim Jones
RFC: Alright Juelz, thank you for taking the time to talk with THE3XGP.COM, we wish you continued success and best of luck when your new album drops with the rest of your other projects as well.
Juelz Santana: Alright cool, thanks.
Cam’ron ft. Juelz Santana – Oh Boy (2002)
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