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Huge thanks to Glasses Malone for taking time out to answer the
questions fans wanted to know!
(Interview was done by phone in April of 2005)
Questions Asked By : Nima
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dubcnn.com: Glasses Malone... If you haven't
heard this name yet, write it down people, cause it's gonna keep
popping up in future! Introduce yourself to everybody and let us
know what you're about.
Man, G-Malone! Watts! Glasses Malone! BlackWallStreet! The only Crip
nigga on BlackWallStreet. And that's pretty much it!
dubcnn.com: Why the name Glasses Malone?
Well, the thang was.. I've had the same name for a long time, and
I'm blind as a muthafucka. My homie named me Glasses back in the day
when I was a young nigga. Malone was a name that my big homie gave
me, so I just kept the names and kept it moving!
dubcnn.com: What type of artists is Glasses? What do you tell
the world about?
Man, the truth, period! I'm into making records, not just showin'
the world I can rap. I'm all about real nice great records, period.
That's me in a few words: great record.
dubcnn.com: Which projects have you been featured on up until
now?
Shit man, let's see. Really I ain't did that much across the board
for people to know me, but probably the biggest project I did was
the Devil's Advocate with The Game, then me and my camp did the
"Crack Mixtape". And now I just dropped the White Lightnin' (Sticks)
Mixtape. White Lightin' is the last thing I did! That just came out
last Tuesday.
dubcnn.com: So what's up with your label situation... Are you
signed to BlackWallStreet as an artist?
Yep, BlackWallStreet is my team man. It's my crew. And they workin'
everything out right now, so we can lock that shit down and make it
totally sick. They handlin' they distribution situation right now,
too many distribution companies is coming at them. So we gone see
how everything is gone work out! But I'm Black Wall period man.
dubcnn.com: How did you hook up with Game in the first place?
Let's see. My nigga Tone (Rest In Peace), that's my nigga from
Village Town, he's a Piru. He was one of the first people to
appreciate my talent and what I was doin'. So first thang he took me
to this lil spot with the Westside Piru's and that was the first
time I met 4Cent (Rest In Peace) Billboard. And I go back there, and
we spittin' bars, I'm sayin what I gotta say, I'm cuzzin' in my
raps, they bloodin' in they raps, and it's like 20 Piru's, and me
and 4 [Billboard] started a relationship from that. So Tone he loved
how that shit went, and 4 was cool with me, so I ended up going to a
lil park where they was at. These niggaz was havin' how they call it
a company picnic. But they was havin' it like at the Piru park, the
Gonzales Park in Compton. Every nigga know that's Rosecrans, it's
all Piru.
So I go to this park, my nigga come pick me up, and we ride through
there. To remind ya'll, I'm C'd up, I'm wearin' so much blue, and
I'm goin' over here with about 1,200 bloods! 1,300 Pirus and I was
there just chillin', lovin' it! And they was in front of the camera
shooting The Game's DVD! They in front of the cameras and shit, with
guns and shit, and I'm like "oh my god! I know these niggaz ain't
out here like that!" *laughs* And there was a couple niggaz there
from my neighbourhood so they showed me love, and then Tone
introduced me to Game and that's how I met Game right then and
there!
dubcnn.com: Are you part of a crew/group in music?
Musically man, I rock with my niggaz Bishop Lamont, Mykestro, that's
Battlecats little brother. Mykestro and Bishop Lamont, that's who I
fuck with in this rap shit. Mykestro my left hand Bishop my right
hand. That's the kinda niggaz I got ties with. And me and my homeboy
B-Brown, he locked up right now, he finna parole, and Needle is my
lil producer, that's my head producer that I've been fuckin' wit.
And not to mention the rest of the BlackWall fam, Black Friday,
Life, and all them niggaz. Also 'Cat is my nigga, he like my mentor
did alot for me. So in a nutshell thats pretty much where it stops.
dubcnn.com: Did you ever fuck with Kay9ine? Billboards
brother in law..
Yeah! That's my nigga! Kay9ine! I fucked with him a while back! We
never got a chance to do no record, but just talkin' bout doin'
something. That's my nigga though! Past music. On some street shit.
That's my nigga right there.
dubcnn.com: You're also affiliated with Spider Loc?
Spider Loc is my dog! He's probably one of those who really
appreciated my talent. I met him through BlackWallStreet. He was the
only other Crip nigga through there, and we did a record together.
The nigga heard that one verse and was like "Yo you dope!" and took
me to meet this Watts legend nigga that I had known about but never
met, and we interacted instantly with dude. So me and Spider, our
ties is really thick. I really got love for that dude beyond that. I
was so proud of him when he got with G-Unit. That nigga deserves it
man. The dude deserves it, he's been through alot, a real street
nigga. He a real nigga.
dubcnn.com: The West Coast is on a come back right now.. The
Game is on top, the Dogg Pound is reuniting... What do you feel you
can bring to the game?
Man, excellent records, period. Great records. That's all I'm about.
I'm not about changing nothing, I'm not about making nothing
special, I'ma make great records. You gone hear it and it's just
great ass records. My whole thang in this game, my whole pursuit, is
to have 2 classic records. One of the first rappers to officially
have 2 classic records.
You got Dre who did, Pac and Cube. But I want 2
undeniable classic records. No question. You got Jay-Z he got
Reasonable Doubt that's considered a classic, but Blueprint is
doubted. Even Jay said Blueprint is not a classic. I was on the line
with my nigga and he told them that. And then you got Nas who
dropped Illmatic, but everybody question whether Stillmatic was a
muthafuckin' guaranteed classic. So my thing is, I wanna drop 2
classic albums period. I'm just about great music man, great music.
dubcnn.com: You just released your mixtape... Tell us about
it!
White Lightnin' Sticks man! It's named after Sherm, I was like
17-18, so it's like that's how I got the title. And it's just a real
well rounded records. It's not no fuckin' mixtape, it's really a
street album where I'm just showcasing how great I can compose
records you feel me? It's all real. It's how I compose a record from
the intro to the beat to the hook. And that's what I did. I actually
got it to BlackWall, Big Fase Hunned kinda was like it's too dope to
let it go! But like I told him, I feel so great about making music
and I feel good about it. It's naturally in me to make music, I love
that shit. So to make it ain't nothing.
But get back to the point, Battlecat production, Nephew production,
Da Boomdocks.. Features from The Game, Spider Loc, Bishop Lamont,
Mykestro, Kam from Watts, the first Kam, the original Kam... It's
on, it's on! That muthafucka is the shit, I really put work into it
and made it something special, I didn't fuck around!
dubcnn.com: Where can people purchase it?
You can go to like any mixtape website right now. We did real good
the first week. Alotta shit in wholesale, alotta shit on the
streets. So you can go to theblackwallstreet.com, that's the first
stop: www.theblackwallstreet.com. Or they can go to
www.glassesmalone.com and get that shit, so that's the business
Nima!
dubcnn.com: Are you working on a solo album too?
Oh man, I stay working on shit. I got another tape coming out. To be
honest I'm dropping 3 street albums this year man. White Lightnin'
the Sticks disc, I'm comin' back with the Sermon in June with big
features and then I'm doin' the White Lightnin' Pours which is a
throwback mixtape. I can't really spill too much information about
it, cause I know niggaz gone wanna steal what I'm doin! So that
muthafuckas gonna be hot too. I went throwback on some shit, it's
nothin!
dubcnn.com: When you do release your solo, you think it's
gonna come on Black Wall Street?
Yeah, 9 chances outta 10 it is. Really, Fase Hunned, G-Ride, Fat
Rat, one shoutout to all them niggaz man, them niggaz showed me love
from the start, they been behind me. They Pirus and still came
forward and fucked wit they boy and got me up and really showed me
love. I done got offers from majors, multiple majors, and still this
is gonna be some Black Wall Street shit at the end of the day. It's
too much love from them dudes right there to even go, and I'm too
lil of a nigga ya mean? But my record is gonna be off the hook, I
already got production fom different people, it's gonna be a
fantastic album. I'ma make sure I make that muthafucka a classic,
period. That's all I care about. I don't know about the 9-10
millions, but I want a classic record.
dubcnn.com: Snoop Dogg announced that he's calling a Western
Conference soon... Do you wanna be involved in that?
I mean, yeah, definitely. I wanna see what dudes talking about. I
just wonder, like I say, I don't know.. Everybody was trying to get
it popping, and I'm with that, I'm all for it. But I would like to
see what's gonna happen because the same shit that's going on is the
same shit that got us stomped. It was no more artists comin' out.
The niggaz who was responsible for bringing us out never brought us
out. The niggaz who was up in that type of pour, Dogg and Daz and
all them, they never gave us a path. I never heard it. But yeah, I'm
appreciating what dude is doing right now, dude is a legend, and it
makes sense for him to pull it off, it makes sense for him to do it.
It's only right.
dubcnn.com: If it was up to you, which artists would you like
to collaborate with?
Oh man a whole lot. Every one. It's not about who I'd like, it's
about who I am going to work with. Cause once I decide, they can't
turn me down. Man! I really, whoever I decide to... I wanna do a
record with everybody. I love doing records. Dre already told me
he's gone work on my record if I decide to do it that way. But I
really can't wait to work with Quik, I wanna work with Dogg, I'ma do
a mixtape joint with Dogg and see how it sounds. Man everybody! I
don't dislike nobody cause I'm too good of a nigga to even beef wit.
dubcnn.com: Is there anything else you'd like to let
everybody out there know?
Like I say man, G-Malone! BlackWallStreet! Blue Division! Pick up
that White Lightnin' Sticks disc. On the flipside, the Sermon comin'
out in June, it's gonna be a monster. Production from the same
caliber of people, just hot shit. And just fuck wit ya boy if you
wanna hear some bomb ass records! If you wanna listen to some shit
that'll put you through moods and changes, fuck wit Glasses! I'ma
take you on a mission on every CD, period.
Oh and shoutout to the Hoggs man! The Hoggs! The Young Hoggs is
niggaz I work with. we ain't had no chance to do no records yet but
them niggaz are really talented at making records. Like alotta
niggaz is gangbanging hood ass niggaz, them niggaz make RECORDS. I
don't know if ya'll heard "Crazy Me", them niggaz is the shit. They
definitely up on my mixtape. We gonna make some big records with
them in the future, period.
dubcnn.com: I know Gangsta Dresta fuckin' wit the Young Hoggs!
Dresta is my nigga man! That's my nigga! I've known him for a while,
that nigga is a lovely ass nigga man! He in same thang we all is,
trying to do this New West thang and get it popping. It ain't even
no question, Game got that shit poppin', period. Game got that shit
poppin, he brought it back to the West, now it's up to niggaz in the
West to make bomb ass records and keep it popping. So that's the
whole thang. Like I said me, Bishop, Myke, we workin' on our own
records, we doin' our thang. We ain't even trippin' off no major
labels to do everything for us, we building our own fanbase man.
dubcnn.com: Alright man, that's about it for the questions,
thanks for taking the time!
It's nothing man. This is Glasses Malone, Dubcnn.com man! Fuck wit
ya boy! Me and Nima here! Doin' the thizzle man, holla!
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