CASHIS & OBIE TRICE  (December 2006) | Interview By: Yash

   

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Interview was done in December 2006

Questions Asked By: Yash

Cashis exclusive Dubcnn Drop: Here

Full Audio Interview Here
 

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Dubcnn: How you guys doing?

Both: We chilling, we chillin. What’s good Yash?


Dubcnn: Cashis how did you hook up with Eminem and Shady Records?

Cashis: You want to know how I hooked up on the real man? Check it out: Me and Obie Trice was brothers, dogg, and he didn’t know that, and when he flew me out from France *laughs* no I’m just fuckin’ with you dogg.


Dubcnn: *laughs*

Cashis: That’s my nigga though, Obie is my nigga. *laughs* No, but I sent a demo tape in with me and my boy Rikinatti of the Renegadez, and they picked me out as the rapper and he’s been sticking to making beats and Em heard that record “Talking All That Shit”. And he had me flown out and it was on! He played some shit for Obie and Obie approved, then it was hood and I was in the game.


Dubcnn: That’s hot man you know we’ve been following your career with the Renegadez and we’re so proud the whole west coast is proud of you man.

Cashis: Well I appreciate it. You know about the Renegadez?


Dubcnn: Yeah for sure man Dubcnn been holding you guys down, me and Lil Jay and them.

Cashis: Man we appreciate it on the real.


Dubcnn: What’s up with your producer Rikinatti? What’s he been doing since you been signed to Shady?

Cashis: Man he chilling man and as a matter of fact he is driving right now. We are in the car me and dude and he been making beats, he got 2 beats on the Re-Up. He produced my 2 solo songs on the Re-Up. He got that and 2 or 3 so far on my album right now.


Dubcnn: That’s tight man. Obie you just released your album; how’s the sales going and are you satisfied with the sales of the album bro?

Obie Trice: Na man it could have been better man, but I just think it’s just that time man where the economy is right now and people ain’t buying records. And it’s just one of them things you look at, chop it up and keep it moving! But we’re satisfied with the album. That shit was bangin’.


Dubcnn: But you know the records don’t sell as much anymore.

Obie Trice: Yeah it’s just one of them things right now and I don’t know what’s going on but we going to get it right. We’re still going to put out dope music and continue to do me and how I do it you know what I’m saying?


Dubcnn: Okay let’s talk about the album. The compilation Eminem Presents The Re-Up! Is it true that the album was going to be released as a mixtape first but then Eminem thought it was too good to just drop it like that?

Obie Trice: Yeah I would say that and also I think he wanted to do something different too, I thought he wanted to put out like a mixtape album and shoot a video for it. Like an album but really is a mixtape and just change the game up a little bit you know what I mean? I think that’s what his whole goal was.


Dubcnn: Alchemist handled a lot of the production on this compilation. How was it working with him?

Cashis: Ah Al’s crazy man! That nigga cool as hell man. We get in there and he don’t really say much when he’s in the studio, he just put on the beat and you have to take it from there. Some producers they have their input on how they like the song should go and in which direction. Al just throws on a beat and his beats just speak to you. He’s a talented dude and I always been a fan of Al and we love that he over here on the team.


Dubcnn: And if you guys are cool with it, I’d like to go through some of the songs on the album and give the fans an insight on how the songs came together. Is that cool?

Obie Trice: Ey go and get my Re-Up album!


Dubcnn: Okay first the intro where Eminem is talking has a banging beat; how did you guys pick the beat for the intro?

Obie Trice: I think that was more Em’s department right there. He’s like the overseer of the whole shit anyway, the executive producer so he knew how he wanted to start it and how he wanted to do it. And it felt good to him so I guess that’s how he rolled with it.


Dubcnn: The next track is with you two Eminem, Stat Quo and Bobby Creekwater; how did that song come about?

Obie Trice: Didn’t we have a photo shoot or something Cashis? It went down in some kind of way because we was all doing something and we got into the studio later and that shit was like magic.


Dubcnn: Who came with the hook?

Obie Trice: Em already had the hook off the top.

Cashis: He had the hook and it was just like laying the verses and just putting it together.


Dubcnn: You know on that song Stat Quo is saying he’s working with Dre on his verse. Have you guys been helping on Detox as well?

Obie Trice: I ain’t even seen Dre man, right before I put my album out I saw him at Proof’s funeral but I haven’t personally worked with him. I don’t know about Cashis.

Cashis: Nah man but a nigga would like to.


Dubcnn: Let’s go over to the next song, the Pistol Pistol remix. What made you do a remix to that song?

Obie Trice: You know I just felt like I needed too express myself and that was a better way to do it. That was one of my favourite D12 songs, you know I was going through some things at the moment like that period of time when I was doing that. I felt like a sense of invincibility, I was paranoid and I was scared, nigga. Then I come outside and all the emotions go through your head when you get popped and they didn’t find the shooter in my case. I knew a lot of people so I had to alienate myself and fall back. So I had to really evaluate my situation and shit and really see what type of muthafuckas I be fucking with. And who be around me who don’t really have no meaning of being around me.

I mean it ain’t that I got a lot of fake friends but you know it always be them extra motherfuckers. You know “what’s you purpose and your meaning to be around and shit?” You really have no meaning, and that goes two ways, you know, from the benefit of unnecessary shit we get into, or like “why are you here?” So many things are going on and a nigga just had to fall back and see what’s up.

But Pistol Pistol is like one of them things when I’m just ready. And when I find out who ever the fuck this is, we’re in a world of sin nigga, and Detroit niggas know me and the city know me and I think them niggas are really keeping it on the real hush hush for the simple fact of what could happen to that situation. Like my daughter needs me on the phone right now on certain times and it had my momma’s blood pressure high. That’s some scandalous shit to murder a nigga and then don’t succeed and you out here still. You got to get the repercussions from that but that’s just how life is. That’s Pistol Pistol.


Dubcnn: The next song is “Everything Is Shady”. Cashis is there anyone in the rap game in particular that you were talking about or it’s just aimed at rappers in general?

Cashis: Who do you think I was talking about on that song?


Dubcnn: I don’t know tell me.

Cashis: I’m talking about the rap game in general definitely and I’m speaking to people in the streets. If you listen you know I’m talking about all them rappers out there.


Dubcnn: The next song is produced by Dr. Dre and has Eminem and 50 tearing up the track. What where you thinking when you first heard the beat?

Cashis: I heard the record after it was done and it was crazy, I didn’t hear the beat maybe Trice did but that record is crazy!


Dubcnn: Okay let’s talk about the first single then. With 50 Cent, Eminem, Cashis and Lloyd Banks called “You Don’t Know”. Who produced that one and what made you guys go for that as the first single?

Cashis: Em produced that track and I don’t know what made them go for the first single but I think that hook was probably the most radio friendly hook and if you look at and it was really not a radio record. It was real raw and I’m happy that it’s doing so well. Em put all that together and we all are in the video. It was a camaraderie song and remember when Trice came out and he had that support, it was Em, 50, Banks. And now I’m the new dude in the camp so they are just bringing me in. The same love that they were giving Trice man and I appreciate it.


Dubcnn: The video is crazy man, the whole Hannibal Lector concept is real cool.

Cashis: Hell yeah that video is sick right.


Dubcnn: Yeah 40 Glocc told me that Eminem directed it. Is that true?

Cashis: I’m sure he was part of it. If he didn’t direct the whole thing I know he wrote the whole script I think.


Dubcnn: Okay, can you guys talk about the Proof track called “Trapped? Is it like one of the last songs that he recorded?

Obie Trice: Yeah I think that was one of the last songs that he recorded. Where the vocals was up to par and Em had to touch up on it a little bit. You know he had a whole lot of songs though and I think Marshall felt like…


Dubcnn: That was it.

Obie Trice: Yeah that was it.


Dubcnn: Cashis you know that “Talking All That Shit” song. It’s like the darkest production on the album.

Cashis: Yeah, Rikinatti made that beat bro and Em just touched up on it. That shit is real bro.


Dubcnn; Tell us about the topic of the song?

Cashis: It’s for the fools that be out there talking crazy man. I just don’t care, it’s just a situation that happened before, it’s just a situation that happened before. I was in the studio and some people ran up in there but the people that ran up in there they didn’t walk out. They got shot up and they left leaving blood trails so that’s what that record was about. You know Rikinatti made the beat and I was just letting people know like in case you for forgot you know I’m from the Nine. I’m from Lorance city from 79th and St. North.

I grew up on 78th 31 South Langley my whole life dogg, until I was like 17 years old. South side Chicago and I’m just letting everybody know. I didn’t even know that record was going to come out, we just put that record around the people in the neighbourhood in Orange County and I want them niggaz to know like I’m from Chicago and I’ll bust your face open. I don’t care where you’re from so that’s what that song is about.


Dubcnn: My favourite song on the album is “We Ride For Shady”. You flow perfectly to that beat by Alchemist. Who came up with the chorus and how was it lacing to that beat?

Obie Trice: Cashis he already had the chorus down when I got the song so I just jumped on it and it is what it is. So I kind of like twisted a couple of words of what he said you know on the chorus and laid my chorus. I just twist a couple things up and shit came out crazy as hell. Like I was telling him earlier the whole hood love that shit.

*laughs*


Dubcnn: Yeah *laughs* Man you guys sound real tight together. Would you guys consider doing a duo album?

Cashis and Obie Trice: Hell Yeah!


Dubcnn: That would be some shit for real.

Cashis: Hell Yeah.

Obie Trice: Yeah it ain’t nothing you know what I’m saying it be the powers that be. Niggas just got to fuck with each other like bam and bring in the product to the motherfucking label and all the bullshit and other shit throw that out the door. When niggaz got hits motherfuckers can’t deny it. They just have to do something with that you know what I mean and that’s how it works. Everybody new to each other right now but we’re kicking it though and we just starting like a new family, so it ain’t shit.


Dubcnn: Cashis I heard you working on your solo album “A Talk With Cashis” is that right?

Cashis: Yeah but I don’t know where you get that “A Talk With Cashis” from. That don’t even sound right but I heard that too.


Dubcnn: So what’s the album going to be called?

Cashis: Well my EP is dropping in January and it’s called “County House”. Rikinatti produced 2 joints on there and 3 joints with Eminem and one feature with Em on there too. And the album is coming out in the summer and it’s going to be called either “Karma” or “Pitch Sports” or “Six Point Stars” but I will probably know more in January.


Dubcnn: Okay, I just want to have you guys end it with some last words for the fans.

Obie Trice: Yeah, Obie Trice album is in stores right now “Second Rounds On Me”. If you don’t have it go and pick that shit up! Pick the Re-Up album December 5th. Pick both of them up they would be great stocking stuffers and you know Shady we going to keep doing the dam thing, we won’t stop.