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Raj over at Lovesoul.tv spoke to King Tech about the time when he gave Biggie Smalls a chance to freestyle on the air.
#iCHATSESSIONS WITH B.o.B (aka Bobby Ray) ON ILUVLOLA.NET from iluvlola on Vimeo.
Thanks to ILuvLola
I caught up with Steve Rifkind during his stay in London. It was a great honour for me to sit down and interview someone who has done alot for Hip Hop music.
In this first part of the interview, I get Steve to break down the Duck Seazon lyrics where RZA says “Stev Rifkind must be sniffin”.
We then get onto speaking about Steve’s first encounters with artists.
He explains how Havoc (Mobb Deep) lit up a blunt during their firs meeting and caused a fire alarm to go off.
I ask him to talk about the first time he met Melanie Fiona and how he thought her manager was “breathtakingly beautiful” and at the time he had just turned single!
The Loud & SRC founder also describes a 16 year old Dame Dash as a “cocky motherfucker” who came into Steve’s office shouting and screaming with his cousin. Rifkind once thought Roc-A-Fella would be his competition.
Steve Rifkind tried revealed he tried to sign Jay-Z but was was frustrated that the Chairman of BMG wouldn’t sign Jigga that he threw everything off the Chairman’s desk.
There’s also a great story about Steve Rifkind throwing a chair threw a window over a Wu Tang record and being led out of the building in handcuffs.
Part 2 coming tomorrow. It includes stories about Akon, Tupac and did the Wu Tang Clan set up Steve by placing a Phantom intern at the label?
I caught up with Statik Selektah in London yesterday. We spoke on his new album and how long the whole process takes to put together. I asked him about the “Thrill Is Gone” track with Styles P and Talib Kweli. Statik reveals that Kanye almost took the joint for the 808’s album.
I ask Statik about “All In A Day’s Work 2″. He tells me they have picked the beats and almost started to record it in Oslo a few days ago. But they want to put it out after Saigon sorts out his situation with Atlantic Records. Interestingly Statik says that Sai’s debut album should be released in “two or three months”. As of this moment Sai is still signed with Atlantic Records but he the paperwork for his freedom is nearly done.
Shouts to Statik Selektah, he’s a real good dude.
Also thanks to Spin Doctor & DJ Snips.
Statik Selektah Interview With The Hip Hop Chronicle UK
While on his trip to Miami, Yelawolf spent the week over at DJ Ideal’s place, who is the same DJ that hosted Yela’s “Stereo” mixtape. During his trip in the city, Yelawolf met up with N.E.R.D.’s Pharrell, Chad and Shay as well as super producer Jim Jonsin for a couple of sessions. Ideal and the whole “Stereo Crew” were kind of enough to let me drop by and document one of his session at Ideal’s studio.
In this cut Yela discusses his opportunity to work with some of the greats of Hip Hop such as Raekwon and Bun B as well as shows us his versatility in music. More parts are set to release soon.
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