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I follow Noreaga’s new podcost (Drink Champs), since it’s been really entertaining and involves a lot of seasoned hip-hop vets. Today they had Dogg Pound (Daz and Kurupt), Tony Yayo and Dru Hill (Sisqo and Nokio) on. The focus was him interviewing people from two of the most notorious record labels (Death Row and G-Unit). There were a lot of questions about Death Row-related stuff, so I figured I’d post this one. (Pac comes up in almost every podcast Nore has done though, regardless of the guest.) I decided to jot down some notes (though stuff in brackets was kind of random stuff brought up), and here’s more or less what was discussed: INTRO/DAZ PRODUCTION Nore asked Daz about who Daz had been calling a “biter” online recently. Daz said he was talking about DJ Mustard, but not because of Mustard jocking the Let’s Play House beat on YG’s Give It To Ya (which Daz remixed anyway), but apparently he used the Who Got Some Gangsta Shit beat. Nore talked about how he views Daz as one of the best producers of all time, second only to Dre. He asked Daz what his favorite beat he made was, and he said it was Ambitionz az a Ridah. Daz and Kurupt talked about how it was the first song Pac recorded when first joining Death Row while also talking about how he based it off of the Tequila song (popular from Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Adventure and later on The Sandlot). Nore didn’t know either, though those two facts are things Daz had brought up in previous years. DEATH ROW VIOLENCE When asked, Daz said there were as many beatdowns going on at Death Row as it seemed like, and that there was some beatdown pretty much daily. He brought up how Mary J. Blige and Jodeci were both managed by Suge around that time and would stop by the studios, and that he remembers someone (obviously not a Death Row artist but someone who worked there) getting beatdown for saying hi to Mary. I remember someone telling an almost identical story to that… it may have been Redrum’s interview with Tupac Nation. Regarding the fact that Death Row had people there from both Bloods and Crips, Kurupt said that they still rolled like a family and that even though they were representing different colors, the Bloods on Death Row “loved [our] heart,” in the sense that they probably got down when they needed to. YAYO ON SUGE AND JA RULE Tony Yayo brought up his one Suge encounter, which was at the In Da Club video. He said Suge showed up with guys from 18th Street (Mexican gang), and that it was the first time he had ever seen gang members like that with their faces tatted up. Yayo also mentioned how Ja Rule was “lucky to be alive.” There was the well-known incident at the Hit Factory where both crews got into it, and he had gotten cut/stabbed in the pinky. But he said that his .45 was in the other room, and if it had been in the same room as where they were in, he’d have probably shot Ja Rule (and others) with it. THE CHRONIC/MICHEL’LE Nore asked Daz and Kurupt if they knew during the recording process of The Chronic that they were making something classic, and they said no, saying that they just went to the studio to record, and they were hungry/starving artists just giving it their best to get paid. Kurupt pointed out that Daz’s involvement in the album was a lot more than what he’s actually credit for, saying that Daz contributed a lot, specifically to Rat-a-Tat-Tat. Nore brought up Daz’s DJ Vlad interview where he talked about Michel’le. They basically repeated what Daz said in the interview, about how she’s a baby mama to both Dre and Suge while having been a little flirty with Pac on camera. Just like on the Vlad interview, he asked, “In the hood, what you call that?” But in the Vlad interview, he said, “scandalous,” but in this, he said, “biiiiiiiitch” in a Too $hort tone. [Sisqo and Nokio were asked about a scuffle they got into a while back with Jagged Edge, but it wasn’t all that interesting. They downplayed it anyway and said they are cool with each other.] RECORDING WITH DRE Yayo said he remembers Dre having 50 constantly re-record lyrics until he got it just right. Kurupt confirmed that, also bringing up how he remembers Dre would do that to him and Snoop too, asking them to re-record but maybe saying a certain lyric in a different way that he would instruct. I know Snoop mentioned that before on an old MTV documentary (not Life on Death Row) where he talked about how it was Dre to specifically had him rap part of his Stranded on Death Row verse (“No, I’m not flagging, but I’m just sagging…”) that way. Kurupt interrupted and talked about how every big hip-hop group/crew has “hood niggas” who you just love. He said in Wu-Tang, it’s Raekwon and Ghostface, and in G-Unit, he felt it was Yayo. ROUNTABLE DISCUSSION OF MAJORS VS. INDEPENDENT Yayo liked both but came off liking being on a major label better. He talked about how the independent route can get you more money, but he liked the “red carpet” of being on a major along with all of the promotion they do for them. Daz didn’t hesitate to say that he liked the independent route better because he has so much control and keeps all the money, not just because he’s the writer, producer and performer on basically all of his music, but he’s figured out a lot of the ways to get back-end money with music. Based on this (and previous interviews of his I’ve heard), he’s definitely learned a lot more about the industry. Conversely, Kurupt didn’t hesitate to say he’s all about being with a major label. He conceded the fact that going independent will let you keep a larger share of the money from album sales, but being with a major label helps build you into a brand, which gets you other opportunities that being independent may not get you. He mentioned how he met Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith), who told him how rappers tend to not capitalize on all of the opportunities they have to make money by being on a major label but without necessarily needing their help, as he said Aerosmith gets a lot of money off of concerts and merchandise that they don’t have to split with their label (though more recent artists signed to 360 deals would have to). So he didn’t mind not getting a lot of money from album sales since he can make a lot more doing other things, plus when their brand is really popping, that’s when the record labels “beg” them to go back in the studio and make music and potentially give them better offers or at least incentivize them. Sisqo didn’t seem to have a preference, but he did say that he recorded his first solo album (which contained Thong Song) on his own label, but he sold it to Def Jam and made a lot of money off of it, so he got the best of both worlds. Capone (who was also there but generally not saying much) said that he liked being on a major label, saying that he liked being with the “machine.” ON DOGG POUND AND NEW YORK Nore called Kurupt’s DJ Vlad interview “classic,” and Kurupt just elaborated on how he was just getting Kendrick’s back in his rant and not really dissing New York. DJ EFN (Nore’s co-host) brought up the whole thing where Dogg Pound made New York, New York while CNN made LA, LA, and they asked Dogg Pound how they felt about it. Kurupt said it was “all bad” but Daz jokingly (but honestly) said his main thought was which of them was supposedly getting put in the trunk in the music video, which they laughed about. YAYO ON THE GAME Yayo brought up how he didn’t understand why Game was in G-Unit in the first place but pointed out that he didn’t mind since he was loyal to the other members (50, Banks and Buck) so he went with it. He said it was weird how Game was managed by Jimmy Henchman (who Daz didn’t seem to know since he asked “Who is that?” but Nore seemed like he didn’t want them to go into that, but Yayo mentioned that Henchman was who was involved in Pac’s New York shooting), who he had beef with. He said that he kind of noticed a rift between Game and G-Unit around the time when Game came back from Billboard’s (4-Bent) funeral. Nore pointed out how Yayo had been involved in the industry a lot longer than people think. Yayo pointed out that he was actually on Nas’s Nastradamus tour, but of course no one knew who he was at the time. Yayo mentioned how he still has the Movado watch that he was given from Supreme (maybe not directly but through Preme’s people) for Ja Rule’s necklace back. Remember 50 said on Back Down, “I eat you for breakfast/ The watch was in exchange for your necklace.” KURUPT’S AND YAYO’S FAVORITE YEAR ON DEATH ROW AND G-UNIT Nore asked Kurupt what his favorite year was on Death Row, and he said he didn’t have one favorite year but liked it the whole time “up to ’96,” likely ending around the time when stuff got out of control and Pac died and Suge went to jail. When Nore brought up Olivia being on G-Unit, Yayo said that when she joined, he was still in jail, but he had heard that before she signed, G-Unit had an option to sign Keyshia Cole. Nore asked Yayo what his favorite year was on G-Unit, and he said it was the first year around when he got released, since he appreciated the love and all the “Free Yayo” shirts people always wore. ON NATE DOGG Nore talked about how Nate Dogg was basically the original hook singer, and that without Nate, we wouldn’t have a lot of the people who basically made careers in R&B/hip-hop off of memorable choruses. He asked them how Nate Dogg was. Daz said he grew up with Nate Dogg, and that they also did some robberies together (which he had said before on DJ Vlad). Kurupt interjected and said Daz and Nate always had guns, and Daz said he and Nate were like the enforcers of their clique because of it. Kurupt brought up how they had performed at a show in Oakland, but hadn’t been paid, so the three of them (Daz, Kurupt and Nate) flew back, got picked up from the airport by D-Shot who gave them guns, then they found the promoter who owed them money, shoved him into a room and made him pay up. Nore brought up a memory he had of when he invited them all to a BBQ he was hosting in New York, and how Nate and RBX both came. RAP BEEF Kurupt mentioned that he thought it was funny how both he and Daz had issues with a lot of people in the industry, but a lot of them ended up becoming some of their closest friends. He brought up Nore as his first example (and remember that Nore was on a bonus track on the second disc of Kuruption), Daz mentioned Bone Thugs, Kurupt specifically mentioned Layzie Bone, also DMX and how they had recently had some drinks together at an airport. (Since the premise of the show is to drink a lot, Kurupt was obviously drunk and constantly saying Cuzz, then Nore jokingly asked, “Can I be an honorary Crip today? I wanna say Cuzz.”) Kurupt also brought up Prodigy and Havoc. They started talking about how many rappers had died of gun violence, but they were glad at how things have changed so much since then. They brought up how now a lot of battles are like competitions, like how 50 wasn’t upset at Jay-Z’s line about him (“I’m about a dollar, what the fuck is 50 Cent”). Daz brought up how 50 actually dissed Kurupt first, which Yayo didn’t remember. Daz reminded him about the line 50 said on How to Rob, but they also brought up how Kurupt responded back. Kurupt talked about the difference in how West Coast rappers approached disses. He said West Coast rappers take things to heart, and really want to beef with people who diss them, while East Coast rappers are cooler about it and view it more like a competition (which was something that had been discussed just before that). Yayo interjected and said that East Coast rappers beef too, almost like he was a little offended and wanting to stand up for the East Coast. He talked about how he had beefed with Henchman and how Henchman’s people had shot at his mom’s house 22 times and shot at his Bentley too. GANGBANGING Nore brought up how much New York is gangbanging now (specifically Bloods and Crips), but conceded that it “will never be like LA.” He mentioned how hip-hop is “everybody’s,” considering how it started in New York but spread to other regions of the country with open arms and without any real opposition from New York, but asked if gangbanging can be everybody’s too. Daz said yes, because it migrated to other parts of the country from LA. Kurupt said something about how Little Rock, AR is viewed as the first outside place where LA gangbanging got put on. [Yayo brought up a random memory of how before they blew up, 50 used to drive daily from New York to and from Pennsylvania with a loaded Mac with a 30-round clip.] Daz said he always respected Queens as a city. Nore said he felt that Queens was a lot like LA, in the sense that a lot of its own artists commonly beefed with other artists from the same city. Nore brought up how he went to LA and visited Monster Kody’s hood (ETG) and even remembered the streets/blocks, which Daz and Kurupt were impressed at. He also talked about when he brought Kurupt to the Bronx, and he noticed how different the LA mentality is, since he said he specifically remembered Kurupt (and other people from LA) always stopping and watching cars that were coming through, pointing out that they’re probably programmed to think someone might be doing a drive-by. He said how it’s not like that in New York, since people don’t really do drive-bys but will walk up and shoot, so their guard is up when people walk up on them. On that topic, they talked briefly about housing projects, but Daz said that California doesn’t have projects, aside from Nickerson Gardens. He said every other place is pretty much just apartment complexes but not true projects like what New York has. Daz said where he’s from (obviously Long Beach), it’s all Crips (obviously in terms of black gangs). Nore confirmed, saying he remembers when he first went to Long Beach, he never saw anyone in red. Yayo said in New York, there are a lot more Bloods than Crips, and he never knew that Crips beefed with Crips until he went to LA. Daz pointed out that it’s almost the exact opposite of LA, since in New York, a lot of the Bloods beef with each other, but historically not so much in LA. Obviously that has changed, but there was a lot of unity for a while due to Bloods being so outnumbered in LA for a long time. Daz did confirm that, since he did point out that Bloods beef with Bloods in LA too. END Nore asked how they “maintain love for the game,” but it was pretty much just generic answers. After Yayo asked about Amsterdam, they started talking about weed. Daz and Kurupt said they had invested in some companies that sell to dispensaries in Washington and Colorado (where it’s legal), and it’s worked out pretty well for them. Nore brought up how much weed Snoop smokes, and how Snoop had outsmoked him, so when Snoop came to New York, he wanted to outsmoke Snoop, and he did (or at least to the point where Snoop declined, so in Nore’s eyes the score was “1-1”). Capone had apparently smoked/drank too much and passed out, so Nore jokingly said, “Capone, rest in peace.” Nore said that on his next album, he wants a Daz beat and to really work with him in the studio (and not just get a beat e-mailed to him), so it ended on a nice note.
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I posted about this on another forum. Might as well put it here too - I summarized it.QuoteI follow Noreaga’s new podcost (Drink Champs), since it’s been really entertaining and involves a lot of seasoned hip-hop vets. Today they had Dogg Pound (Daz and Kurupt), Tony Yayo and Dru Hill (Sisqo and Nokio) on. The focus was him interviewing people from two of the most notorious record labels (Death Row and G-Unit). There were a lot of questions about Death Row-related stuff, so I figured I’d post this one. (Pac comes up in almost every podcast Nore has done though, regardless of the guest.) I decided to jot down some notes (though stuff in brackets was kind of random stuff brought up), and here’s more or less what was discussed: INTRO/DAZ PRODUCTION Nore asked Daz about who Daz had been calling a “biter” online recently. Daz said he was talking about DJ Mustard, but not because of Mustard jocking the Let’s Play House beat on YG’s Give It To Ya (which Daz remixed anyway), but apparently he used the Who Got Some Gangsta Shit beat. Nore talked about how he views Daz as one of the best producers of all time, second only to Dre. He asked Daz what his favorite beat he made was, and he said it was Ambitionz az a Ridah. Daz and Kurupt talked about how it was the first song Pac recorded when first joining Death Row while also talking about how he based it off of the Tequila song (popular from Pee-Wee Herman’s Big Adventure and later on The Sandlot). Nore didn’t know either, though those two facts are things Daz had brought up in previous years. DEATH ROW VIOLENCE When asked, Daz said there were as many beatdowns going on at Death Row as it seemed like, and that there was some beatdown pretty much daily. He brought up how Mary J. Blige and Jodeci were both managed by Suge around that time and would stop by the studios, and that he remembers someone (obviously not a Death Row artist but someone who worked there) getting beatdown for saying hi to Mary. I remember someone telling an almost identical story to that… it may have been Redrum’s interview with Tupac Nation. Regarding the fact that Death Row had people there from both Bloods and Crips, Kurupt said that they still rolled like a family and that even though they were representing different colors, the Bloods on Death Row “loved [our] heart,” in the sense that they probably got down when they needed to. YAYO ON SUGE AND JA RULE Tony Yayo brought up his one Suge encounter, which was at the In Da Club video. He said Suge showed up with guys from 18th Street (Mexican gang), and that it was the first time he had ever seen gang members like that with their faces tatted up. Yayo also mentioned how Ja Rule was “lucky to be alive.” There was the well-known incident at the Hit Factory where both crews got into it, and he had gotten cut/stabbed in the pinky. But he said that his .45 was in the other room, and if it had been in the same room as where they were in, he’d have probably shot Ja Rule (and others) with it. THE CHRONIC/MICHEL’LE Nore asked Daz and Kurupt if they knew during the recording process of The Chronic that they were making something classic, and they said no, saying that they just went to the studio to record, and they were hungry/starving artists just giving it their best to get paid. Kurupt pointed out that Daz’s involvement in the album was a lot more than what he’s actually credit for, saying that Daz contributed a lot, specifically to Rat-a-Tat-Tat. Nore brought up Daz’s DJ Vlad interview where he talked about Michel’le. They basically repeated what Daz said in the interview, about how she’s a baby mama to both Dre and Suge while having been a little flirty with Pac on camera. Just like on the Vlad interview, he asked, “In the hood, what you call that?” But in the Vlad interview, he said, “scandalous,” but in this, he said, “biiiiiiiitch” in a Too $hort tone. [Sisqo and Nokio were asked about a scuffle they got into a while back with Jagged Edge, but it wasn’t all that interesting. They downplayed it anyway and said they are cool with each other.] RECORDING WITH DRE Yayo said he remembers Dre having 50 constantly re-record lyrics until he got it just right. Kurupt confirmed that, also bringing up how he remembers Dre would do that to him and Snoop too, asking them to re-record but maybe saying a certain lyric in a different way that he would instruct. I know Snoop mentioned that before on an old MTV documentary (not Life on Death Row) where he talked about how it was Dre to specifically had him rap part of his Stranded on Death Row verse (“No, I’m not flagging, but I’m just sagging…”) that way. Kurupt interrupted and talked about how every big hip-hop group/crew has “hood niggas” who you just love. He said in Wu-Tang, it’s Raekwon and Ghostface, and in G-Unit, he felt it was Yayo. ROUNTABLE DISCUSSION OF MAJORS VS. INDEPENDENT Yayo liked both but came off liking being on a major label better. He talked about how the independent route can get you more money, but he liked the “red carpet” of being on a major along with all of the promotion they do for them. Daz didn’t hesitate to say that he liked the independent route better because he has so much control and keeps all the money, not just because he’s the writer, producer and performer on basically all of his music, but he’s figured out a lot of the ways to get back-end money with music. Based on this (and previous interviews of his I’ve heard), he’s definitely learned a lot more about the industry. Conversely, Kurupt didn’t hesitate to say he’s all about being with a major label. He conceded the fact that going independent will let you keep a larger share of the money from album sales, but being with a major label helps build you into a brand, which gets you other opportunities that being independent may not get you. He mentioned how he met Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith), who told him how rappers tend to not capitalize on all of the opportunities they have to make money by being on a major label but without necessarily needing their help, as he said Aerosmith gets a lot of money off of concerts and merchandise that they don’t have to split with their label (though more recent artists signed to 360 deals would have to). So he didn’t mind not getting a lot of money from album sales since he can make a lot more doing other things, plus when their brand is really popping, that’s when the record labels “beg” them to go back in the studio and make music and potentially give them better offers or at least incentivize them. Sisqo didn’t seem to have a preference, but he did say that he recorded his first solo album (which contained Thong Song) on his own label, but he sold it to Def Jam and made a lot of money off of it, so he got the best of both worlds. Capone (who was also there but generally not saying much) said that he liked being on a major label, saying that he liked being with the “machine.” ON DOGG POUND AND NEW YORK Nore called Kurupt’s DJ Vlad interview “classic,” and Kurupt just elaborated on how he was just getting Kendrick’s back in his rant and not really dissing New York. DJ EFN (Nore’s co-host) brought up the whole thing where Dogg Pound made New York, New York while CNN made LA, LA, and they asked Dogg Pound how they felt about it. Kurupt said it was “all bad” but Daz jokingly (but honestly) said his main thought was which of them was supposedly getting put in the trunk in the music video, which they laughed about. YAYO ON THE GAME Yayo brought up how he didn’t understand why Game was in G-Unit in the first place but pointed out that he didn’t mind since he was loyal to the other members (50, Banks and Buck) so he went with it. He said it was weird how Game was managed by Jimmy Henchman (who Daz didn’t seem to know since he asked “Who is that?” but Nore seemed like he didn’t want them to go into that, but Yayo mentioned that Henchman was who was involved in Pac’s New York shooting), who he had beef with. He said that he kind of noticed a rift between Game and G-Unit around the time when Game came back from Billboard’s (4-Bent) funeral. Nore pointed out how Yayo had been involved in the industry a lot longer than people think. Yayo pointed out that he was actually on Nas’s Nastradamus tour, but of course no one knew who he was at the time. Yayo mentioned how he still has the Movado watch that he was given from Supreme (maybe not directly but through Preme’s people) for Ja Rule’s necklace back. Remember 50 said on Back Down, “I eat you for breakfast/ The watch was in exchange for your necklace.” KURUPT’S AND YAYO’S FAVORITE YEAR ON DEATH ROW AND G-UNIT Nore asked Kurupt what his favorite year was on Death Row, and he said he didn’t have one favorite year but liked it the whole time “up to ’96,” likely ending around the time when stuff got out of control and Pac died and Suge went to jail. When Nore brought up Olivia being on G-Unit, Yayo said that when she joined, he was still in jail, but he had heard that before she signed, G-Unit had an option to sign Keyshia Cole. Nore asked Yayo what his favorite year was on G-Unit, and he said it was the first year around when he got released, since he appreciated the love and all the “Free Yayo” shirts people always wore. ON NATE DOGG Nore talked about how Nate Dogg was basically the original hook singer, and that without Nate, we wouldn’t have a lot of the people who basically made careers in R&B/hip-hop off of memorable choruses. He asked them how Nate Dogg was. Daz said he grew up with Nate Dogg, and that they also did some robberies together (which he had said before on DJ Vlad). Kurupt interjected and said Daz and Nate always had guns, and Daz said he and Nate were like the enforcers of their clique because of it. Kurupt brought up how they had performed at a show in Oakland, but hadn’t been paid, so the three of them (Daz, Kurupt and Nate) flew back, got picked up from the airport by D-Shot who gave them guns, then they found the promoter who owed them money, shoved him into a room and made him pay up. Nore brought up a memory he had of when he invited them all to a BBQ he was hosting in New York, and how Nate and RBX both came. RAP BEEF Kurupt mentioned that he thought it was funny how both he and Daz had issues with a lot of people in the industry, but a lot of them ended up becoming some of their closest friends. He brought up Nore as his first example (and remember that Nore was on a bonus track on the second disc of Kuruption), Daz mentioned Bone Thugs, Kurupt specifically mentioned Layzie Bone, also DMX and how they had recently had some drinks together at an airport. (Since the premise of the show is to drink a lot, Kurupt was obviously drunk and constantly saying Cuzz, then Nore jokingly asked, “Can I be an honorary Crip today? I wanna say Cuzz.”) Kurupt also brought up Prodigy and Havoc. They started talking about how many rappers had died of gun violence, but they were glad at how things have changed so much since then. They brought up how now a lot of battles are like competitions, like how 50 wasn’t upset at Jay-Z’s line about him (“I’m about a dollar, what the fuck is 50 Cent”). Daz brought up how 50 actually dissed Kurupt first, which Yayo didn’t remember. Daz reminded him about the line 50 said on How to Rob, but they also brought up how Kurupt responded back. Kurupt talked about the difference in how West Coast rappers approached disses. He said West Coast rappers take things to heart, and really want to beef with people who diss them, while East Coast rappers are cooler about it and view it more like a competition (which was something that had been discussed just before that). Yayo interjected and said that East Coast rappers beef too, almost like he was a little offended and wanting to stand up for the East Coast. He talked about how he had beefed with Henchman and how Henchman’s people had shot at his mom’s house 22 times and shot at his Bentley too. GANGBANGING Nore brought up how much New York is gangbanging now (specifically Bloods and Crips), but conceded that it “will never be like LA.” He mentioned how hip-hop is “everybody’s,” considering how it started in New York but spread to other regions of the country with open arms and without any real opposition from New York, but asked if gangbanging can be everybody’s too. Daz said yes, because it migrated to other parts of the country from LA. Kurupt said something about how Little Rock, AR is viewed as the first outside place where LA gangbanging got put on. [Yayo brought up a random memory of how before they blew up, 50 used to drive daily from New York to and from Pennsylvania with a loaded Mac with a 30-round clip.] Daz said he always respected Queens as a city. Nore said he felt that Queens was a lot like LA, in the sense that a lot of its own artists commonly beefed with other artists from the same city. Nore brought up how he went to LA and visited Monster Kody’s hood (ETG) and even remembered the streets/blocks, which Daz and Kurupt were impressed at. He also talked about when he brought Kurupt to the Bronx, and he noticed how different the LA mentality is, since he said he specifically remembered Kurupt (and other people from LA) always stopping and watching cars that were coming through, pointing out that they’re probably programmed to think someone might be doing a drive-by. He said how it’s not like that in New York, since people don’t really do drive-bys but will walk up and shoot, so their guard is up when people walk up on them. On that topic, they talked briefly about housing projects, but Daz said that California doesn’t have projects, aside from Nickerson Gardens. He said every other place is pretty much just apartment complexes but not true projects like what New York has. Daz said where he’s from (obviously Long Beach), it’s all Crips (obviously in terms of black gangs). Nore confirmed, saying he remembers when he first went to Long Beach, he never saw anyone in red. Yayo said in New York, there are a lot more Bloods than Crips, and he never knew that Crips beefed with Crips until he went to LA. Daz pointed out that it’s almost the exact opposite of LA, since in New York, a lot of the Bloods beef with each other, but historically not so much in LA. Obviously that has changed, but there was a lot of unity for a while due to Bloods being so outnumbered in LA for a long time. Daz did confirm that, since he did point out that Bloods beef with Bloods in LA too. END Nore asked how they “maintain love for the game,” but it was pretty much just generic answers. After Yayo asked about Amsterdam, they started talking about weed. Daz and Kurupt said they had invested in some companies that sell to dispensaries in Washington and Colorado (where it’s legal), and it’s worked out pretty well for them. Nore brought up how much weed Snoop smokes, and how Snoop had outsmoked him, so when Snoop came to New York, he wanted to outsmoke Snoop, and he did (or at least to the point where Snoop declined, so in Nore’s eyes the score was “1-1”). Capone had apparently smoked/drank too much and passed out, so Nore jokingly said, “Capone, rest in peace.” Nore said that on his next album, he wants a Daz beat and to really work with him in the studio (and not just get a beat e-mailed to him), so it ended on a nice note.
nore podcast the shit! always fun to listen
Damn, i gotta check this out. Nore's interviews are great.
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