DOMINO (April 2004) | Interview By: Yash

       Dubcnn.com hooked up with up and coming producer DK All Day, who mad his major debut on Ludacris' "Red Light District" album, producing the song "Child Of The Night" ft Nate Dogg. Here, he told us about his beginnings, his influences, his producing style, his upcoming mixtape "The All Day Mixtape" and much more. We have both the audio and transcript available for you. Please feel free to send any feedback regarding the interview to: yash@dubcnn.com
 

Huge thanks to Domino for taking time out to answer the questions fans wanted to know! (Interview was done by phone on April 20th 2004)

Questions Asked By : Yash

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Full Interview In Audio : Here
 

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dubcnn.com: What have you been doin these past few years you aint been droppin any albums?

Domino: Aw shit muthafucka have just been basically had a couple of deaths in the family shit muthafucka gettin to his roots so I ended up goin back to st louis, been gone for about 4 years I guess on and off and um thats basically what ive been doin. Been chillin with my peeps.

dubcnn.com: Who influenced you to get into Hiphop music?

Domino: umm SLick Rick , like ive been telling everybody from the beginning it's always been Slick you know. Back in the day Run DMC all them they put they bits in the game you know 1 love to all that. But I was always intriged by the different like everything i've ever dealt with so you know rhyming and rhymin that shit was hot we was buyin it and was poppin to it doin whatever we could do but one time I heared the song by Slick rick that really intriged me because it kept a thought process you know makin shit makin sence, First time I ever heared a person tell a story for 3 verses you know Slick RIck thats that nigga.

dubcnn.com: You told me you were locked up last week what happened you told me they grabbed your boy at the club or somethin?

Domino: Yea yea I mean it was just some shit you know you got DOmino takin one your lil homies to the club and up in the V.I. chillin so he take his shirt off. They aint lettin him know they had a dresscode. Before anything could happen after that they taking him outta the club kinda agressive and im following them outside to see what the deal was. They got him on the ground, so im lettin em know aint no muthafuckin dresscode outside so let me grab him get up out of here.
By then you know they feelin like they got the power so they comin at me with that bullshit but see I kinda twisted the game on them with some real shit, I just put it like this except the muthafuckers rage so much they had to call the police on me and book the muthafucka for that terrorists threat shit.

dubcnn.com: Dam so they got a new law on that shit since 911.

Domino: Hell yea if a muthafucka get scared thats what they do.

dubcnn.com: So whats gone happen now is there gonna be a trial?

Domino: Yea i'ma go down for that shit ummm I think the 28th or somethin like that they gone peep it out. I mean how that look you got 4 or 5 muthafuckin security guards then its just me just because im about to do the damn thing they call the popoz on me, who look like you know what I mean is in a weaker position?

dubcnn.com: yea, did you have any witnesses with you so they can vouch what you said?

Domino: I mean it just me and my nigz he gotto do what he gotto do then he gotto do what he gotto do you know I dont think its a situation where me and
my family should be worried about shit.

dubcnn.com: Yea It's gone be alrite, You were on Outburst at one point in your career did you have a chance to hookup with Bg Knocc Out And Dresta? Tell us about that.

Domino: Aw Yea BG KNOCC them the homies you know all the time me and Dresta used to link up out at outburst, get outthere for him you know get our drink on used to be in the club. you know it was all good. Compton niggaz was ait with that shit some real muthafuckaz SHoutout.

dubcnn.com: So you still have contact with any of them or you lost it when you moved to st louis?

Domino: Yea a whole lot of me went down when I started goin back and forth to st louis. I dropped the bombs on em and did two songs and shit like that and got into the mindframe of my fambam. Spiritually its a good thing but you gotto realize you know god gave real good talent like he gave me, now everybody dissrespectin for it you gotto do the damn thang again.


dubcnn.com: Physical funk was a tight album but failed to become as successful as the first one but still a good album you know What was the reason behind that?

Domino: Physical funk was tight as fuck I think umm between outburst and defjam they had an altercation defjam decided that they were gonna drop outburst like a week over and stopp. Like im tryna tell people you know we had the nr1 video before the record came out on MTV first video to ever had any animation shit hiphop you know, the song was one of the most added in the country. That shit hit all the record stores top of the charts across the US. Only problem with that
shit was when you sign as an artist you understand one thing you aint in control nomore.

dubcnn.com: So you wanna tell the story about Kurupt and Snoop again how they hooked up back in the day?

Domino: Yea I used to have a group called perfection and basically we was the muthafuckaz out the beach that kinda floated throughout all the showcases and management thats poppin shit now. We had umm this particular asscount showcase which was located at the rocks theatre anyway after the shit is over we outside chillin and muthafucka walked up to me talkin bout he wanna freestyle.
He wanna battle me I aint no battler I can let you know, I dont do that shit but when it comes to paper im the tightest muthafucka in the town with the pen. So my nigga snoop was the hottest muthafucka that I had ever knew. So I let the dogg loose he started gettin on his ass real early like right at the dribble but Kurupt came and spit some shit that shut the crowd down. You gotto let that be known man this shit was like big! Two muthafuckaz in their caliber. They went on for like 12 rounds. The crowd was like it's a draw and thats the first time I ever heared the crowd was like its a draw because theres always a winner and a looser in the streets. But they said this shit was a draw and thats the begining to that Kurupt and Snoop shit hottest muthafuckaz on the west.

dubcnn.com: So that was back in 89 right?

Domino: Yea that was like 89.

dubcnn.com: Did Snoop contact you two years ago about possibly hookin up?

Domino: yea snoop left me a message him and Cat (Dj Battlecat) talkin about lets do this shit how we was doin it back in 87 and umm shit I called em but that nigga was busy or we woulda chopped it up, I was tryna get put the spot cuz we were suppose to slow that shit up with that reinventing the game, that shit went on for so many weeks you know the boy got shit he had to do gotto respect the game.He got things and I got things so I didnt cross paths with him.

dubcnn.com: Your next single is "CALI STYLE" tell the fans how thats gone change the game up one mo gin!

Domino: Cali Style Imean think about that shit, right now the west need some love they need a muthafuckin anthem and this shit right here brings light right back to the left side of the map. So muthafucka better realize everytime Domino get back into the mainstream you know on the radio im refreshing the game alot of muthafuckaz do this shit they rap but theirs only one Domino period. Cali Style is talkin bout shit that other niggaz taken from the town like how we started the b'z and the c'z playaz and ballaz. Cali Style Hot ass beat one that aint been outthere in the game of hiphop when you hear that shit you gone know this shit is one of the original shit you can never beat getto jam but this shit will definetly build the gap. Cali style finna do the damn thang!

dubcnn.com: Yea foeshoe I heared the snippet and its bangin. So whats the new album called and when is it coming out?

Domino: New album is titled Mr. Melodocious and I am that Melodocious muthafucka. Yea it'll be out July the 6th through Getto Jam Entertainment. That's your boys lable. But muthafuckaz wanna order it now, they been askin for it so much that they got to hear the snippets. the muthafuckin Wcrydaz, muthafuckaz wanted that shit so you know I just made this available now. Order that shit on INDASTREETS.NET/DOMINO!

dubcnn.com: Who will be featured on the album?

Domino: umm I got a line of upcoming artists you know tight as fuck because these muthafuckas thats really doin the damn thang are chargin a notch.Dont be mad at me. I gots this muthafucka hot on the streets a boy go by the name of Dago, we got Versityle my boy tat eyez his outta carson tight as a muthafucka. I might be throwin out his shit look out for that one.

dubcnn.com: So Who did the production did you handle most of it?

Domino: I did you know but the rest was handled by some hot muthafuckaz you got the Collaborators outta Longbeach they gotto be some of the hottest shit that I ever heared. Got my boy CJ from C Tight on production they comin up out of longbeach. Im tellin you this aint no regular shit this shit is super extradinary so get ready to hear this shit and my boy Jason Heff cant forget him. Its all good.


dubcnn.com: Have you spoken with Battlecat Lately? any chance of yall hookin back up?

Domino: Yea I talked to Cat umm about 6-7 months ago matterof fact we met up at the end of the eastsidaz album in the studio up in Hollywood. You know we tryna do this shit again we made an oath that this shit gotto happen. Im on this lable right now and maybe next year we can get it wrapped up.

dubcnn.com: Do you still have a house out in Longbeach?

Domino: Na shit I always stayed up in the hills but one thing about me im in the hood everyday like I still live in that muthafucka. My mom and dad whole fambam is gone but im still on the block always.

dubcnn.com: Thats cool that you still keep in tocuh with the streets most of these rappers forget were they from and stuff.

Domino: Aw shit they can forget about it then watch the streets forget about them I mean like I told you when you get out here your getto pass gone be outlandish

dubcnn.com: How does it feel to be so underrated eventhough you're a pioneer of that classic G-Funk sound?

Domino: aaw shit man you know to tell you the honest truth I kinda enjoy being the underdog, I've always been the underdog i've always been the difference in the game as long as im the underdog and puttin this shit out how im puttin it out keepin it real these overrated muthafuckaz watered down this muthafucka gone still be idoled you know when you're doing shit like im doin it, you cant help but lookin at muthafuckaz like hot muthafuckaz of that nature that as far as years only a certain amount of people got to hear them but after awhile nomatter what shit you can do that muthafucka blew up and had his own era. You know you gotto think of that same level you know that domino shit is underrated but you gotto deal with the fact that I started a muthafuckin era now everybody doin that shit. I stayed idle with this shit long enough muthafuckaz gone present them opportunities.

dubcnn.com: What producer do you like the most out of all those you done worked with?

Domino: well you know I only worked with a few, me and Battclecat got that chemistry you know battlecat gone always be that muthafucka in the party of favourite producer that ive worked with.

dubcnn.com: Are you lookin to hook up with anyone that u haven't had the chance to work wid yet?

Domino: Hell yea you got Lauryn Hill thats my ultimate I dont know were her life is goin right now but thats a cold muthafuckin female, Mentally outta control on every level you know on write skills all that shit extra hot. Then you got a muthafucka like Young Roscoe I really appreciate the craft you know kurupt, then you got niggaz that I need to do that shit with Snoop, Nate, The Twinz you know that whole Longbeach that ive been listenin to on and on.

dubcnn.com: There's a gang of young people that are so tight right now Roscoe Crook..

Domino: Hell yea Crooked I is extra hot matter of fact I think he had a song with my boy S.O.C up in longbeach let him know he wanna fuck with him if you see the interview get with your boy

dubcnn.com: What artists from longbeach do you have love for and Kick it with?

Domino: I got love for all the homies up in Longbeach but one thing about it is I dont kick it with artists I kick it with G'z and Hustlaz.

dubcnn.com: You told you were real coo with my homie big Prod how did you guys meet up?

Domino: Prod's a street nigga and im a street nigga Prod has a real simple as voice so shit he talk about is some real shit I just like the whole flavour of his music so we linked up and did that song called Ballin with umm folks from oakland and that shit been in line ever since.

dubcnn.com: yea but he needs to step up his game a little like you said.

Domino: Yea Yea foeshoe Prod man you know when we hit that studio ima make his ass step up a notch homie we need that old Prod back muthafuckin South Central they came around for a reason they made it big in they era so we gone do this shit and do this shit right.

Dubcnn: Have you recorded for any other projects so far this year? besides your album.

Domino: Just a couple documentariescant remember the names of them shit but really its time for the MR Melodocious album when some of the brothers hear this shit homie man this some of the hottest shit ive done. since the begining of my career so.When brothers get to listen to this they'll know whos back and muthafuckaz gotto respect the style the tracks tight its that domino shit.

dubcnn.com: You not only rap and sing but you produce aswell, what do you like the most?

Domino: I have to say production part of it because its a new craft it's more talent in it and it aint nothing like a hot cold as artist rappin or singin or this muthafucka playin instruments over your track. The dope ass feelin you know. Eventhough I can twist that rap and sing shit up you know thats my heart I gotto say I like the production side a little more.

dubcnn.com: You been on quite a few soundtracks and compilations which one did you feel was most fun makin?

Domino: That have to be the Russell Simmons song on "The Show" that shit was hot "Dominos In The House". Really why that muthafucka was so fun to make was because that was the first soundtrack that I had produced and also it was an ongoing party it was just like we was in the muthafuckin streets you know alcohol and had a big ass crowd all the homies and homegirls come in do the muthafuckin hook now this shit we put out off that Hen and Bud and this shit lasted all muthafuckin nite homie.

dubcnn.com: So whats the craziest thing a groupie done for you?

Domino: The craziest thing would be... oh you know what that was when I went to albuquerque new mexico had a show with this old school group called War.
oh anyway after that shit was over I went to do the autographs and when I was signing autographs this little boy literally smashed through the crowd. Little latino kid he wasn't nomore than ten he came through the crowd and wanted me to sign his 100 dollar bill that he had for his mother.
He let me know its moms birthday today you know she love you so much and so on. so shit I signed it and told him to bring his mother out to me because I wanted to see who she was. He brought her back you know nice tight older one and soon as she sees me she starts tremblin crying and shit. I hugged her, kissed her and shit told her how I appreciated her support. The next thing I know her ass fainted and fell like two stories from the stage and ended up in a dirt ditch. Last thing I've seen of it was the ambulance and shit. I dont know what happened after that.

dubcnn.com: Would you like to venture into other things like movies, a clothing line or something?

Domino: Yea all that shit you know that's whats cold about it because I didn't get to enjoy that shit back when "Getto Jam" came out. I was hustlin tryna make a hit record not thinkin you need to be outside the box. Now you see how the game is been monopolized by smart muthafuckaz in the hiphop industry. I gotto do it, you know the movies is more of a sence that I want to do more interations that gone make my fam have somethin they can hold on to and respect you know what I mean.

dubcnn.com: Yea I hope everything goes well, You have worked with latino rapper Frost aswell how was it working with him?

Domino: Oh Frost cool muthafucka. I mean he's just the hottest muthafucka with that lowrider shit. You know that was something that I wasn't really doing. Brainstormed this shit with "in the rain" by the Dramatics and flipped that shit. He always stuck in my head as far as anything that had to do with some lowriders. I thought we had to do it you know we linked up. He was a fan of mine I was definetly a fan of his ever since the La Raza and shit we put that shit together. Oh yea he had me drinkin that muthafuckin presidente that was the first time I had ever taste that shit.

dubcnn.com: How does that drink taste?

Domino: shit after the first shot you dont know nomore. *Laughs*

dubcnn.com: Getto Jam hit nr1 on the billboard and was a crazy hit all over radio world wide. How do you plan to take your new single to the same hights?

Domino: You know "Getto Jam" they had a machine you know Defjam the nr1 muthafuckin rap lable in the world. See you got a machine when you dealing with defjam. With this shit that im doin "Cali Style" im just tryna get the green muthafuckin thang it's the new Domino plus im doin it independent doin that shit from an internet basis. What that will do is make this shit pass before I take it to a mainstream level. Once the Domino fans see they boy is back well thats all they waiting on, they won't buy it if they dont see it.

dubcnn.com: Which lable treated you the best as far as gettin paid and promoting you?

Domino: Definetly Defjam, they was the best lable, eventhough I wasn't signed to Defjam it was actually like a production team with Outburst. They just made it you know worth my while. I didn't have to call Outburst you know to get some cheese you know everything went smooth whatever it may be. Shit I just New York lend a muthafucka 4-5000 you know what I mean it was that kind of relationship.

dubcnn.com: What lable is the new album gone be on? are you goin the independant route?

Domino: It's on Getto Jam Entertainment, your boys lable.

dubcnn.com: What song is your favourite out of all those you made?

Domino: One of the favourite ones gotto be "Turn It Up" because people that dont know who Domino is, It's gone let you know who I am. Muthafucka better know Im a real pioneer prolly the only rapper that came out of Biggies mouth out some real shit he was like "Here we go here we go wuttup to domino" were that shit came from think about it.

Dubcnn: I always wondered why the last 2 albums that came out has almost the identic same last 2-3 songs. They were like recycled Could you tell us why you used 2 songs on the same albums?

Domino: Those were on two experimental lable, what I ended up with was a domino effect on some real shit. You got a company called Big Wells and basically I was givin the record to them and umm he didn't secure distrobution. He tried to do this shit himself and umm doing shit like that well this game is about whos hot whos not. Bottomline is he couldn't get records in the muthafucking stores and I mean he didn't have any expirience on dealin with it on the promotional side also his dollars was very little. So this shit happening in both the situations I recall myself taking a couple of songs off of that because people didn't get to hear the record. You know they shut down 2 weeks after that shit. So I put them on another record I called "Getto". That came out on Pioneer entertainment and dam they filed bancrupsy. Both of them companys filed for bankrupcy real quik because of their inexpirience in the game. So you know I just tried to take my songs.
Because I believe certain muthafuckin songs you need to let people hear them. It also lets people know that Domino is the tightest muthafucka if you can take some shit from 4-5 years ago and bump it in they ears put it on the new album and they respecting it like its new than your true blue to it you know what I mean.

dubcnn.com: After listenin to the snippets to your new album I really like the sound of it. Can you tell the overseas people where they can order it once again?

Domino: INDASTREETS.NET/DOMINO

dubcnn.com: What was the biggest crowd you ever performed infront of?

Domino: It was either south carolina about 25,000 or virginia with biggie. when he saw me he jus gave me a hug and said much props. that was a real one. I never thought about getting with him on recording together. He was so cool it was jus like a homie you knew for years. We just got tow up together. I guess people take for granted the time we live and im one of em. After all that time that biggie gave me props i never really acted on it, it always felt like a fam thang. Biggie is without a doubt the hottest lyricist to enter the game.

dubcnn.com: Do you have any last words for the fans?

Domino: Yea to all the fans that's really into Domino, you know I was surprised to hear how much muthafuckaz wanted me on it. But anyway to the fans sorry muthafucka took so long but it's time to do the damn thang Cali Style! Them peeps tryna make me in the game want words from D you know got that shit tatted on me. You better talk the way you walk you know what im sayin walk the way you talk either way you do it. Walk the way you talk keep that shit real and to all the Domino groupies stop loving your nigga so much it's all gravy. And shit a message to the coast you know like I said before all my niggaz on the westcoast I don't know exactly how we doin it but this shit is definetly out of wack you know the town is not unified the coast is not unified. If we gone take this shit to another level we gone take this westcoast hiphop to another level. All the main important pieces of the game that gotto be utilised the way it needs to in order for this shit to rise all these muthafucking hataz outthere you know take your skirts off and let's be men about it. Get with your boy.

dubcnn.com: Thanks so much DOmino for taking time out and doin this indepth interview with Dubcnn.com!

Domino: anytime homie.