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Huge thanks to Guerilla Black for
taking time out to answer the questions fans wanted to know!
(Interview was done by camcorder in July 2004)
Questions Asked By :
Nima
Filmed by: Yash
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dubcnn.com: What's up, we're here with Guerilla Black at the
video shoot for his newest single "Compton" ft. Beanie Man. First of
all, introduce yourself to the people.
Yo man this ya boy Guerilla Black, representin' Compton. I got L.A.
up in the house, we representin' right now! This is a new joint from
me, Beanie Man, we been putting it together for a while, with the
whole visual jumpoff. Album comin' September 7th, Guerilla City aka
City Of God, Compton, aka The City That God Forgot About. And we
definitely back, we doin' it real big. On my album, I got Mario,
Nate Dogg, Jazze Pha, and of course we shootin' the video with
Beanie Man right now, you can see all the lights and shit behind
you. It's all love! I'm up in here with my family baby, we ain't
just flew up we grew up homeboy! That's what's real man. Catch the
album, Red Spyda producin' on it, Carlos Broady producin' on it, Roy
Hamilton producin' on it, Fredwreck producin' on it.
Right now we got the Hearts Of Fire mixtape in the streets. For
everybody who got the Hood Affiliated, we back, part 2, reloaded,
our hearts is on fire right now. Check it out, real real swift on
that, we got Feli Fel doin' mad interviews on this jumpoff, we got
about 29 jumpoffs on here, including of course, the beanie man
jumpoff.
dubcnn.com: How did you get signed to Virgin?
Man you know what, it was a blessing. At the end of the day, man, we
didn't come to the game, the game came to us man. I did 3 songs, and
the 3 songs man... I was workin' a regular job, a 9 to 5 like
everybody else out there, and we was hustlin', keepin' it gangsta,
and next thing you know a whole bunch of companies started callin'
me and Virgin was talkin' the best so we went with Virgin.
dubcnn.com: You probably heard this before, but what do you
think of the Biggie comparisons?
You know what man, everybody gonna compare me to BIG, at the end of
the day they see a husky dude, they see me deep voice, but I want
people to know man, I'm not here to take away from Big nor Pac man,
I want people to know that this is B-L-A-C-K, this is COmpton in the
house. Guerilla Black! But you know, it's so many comparisons in the
Game right now, alotta people say 50 sounds like Pac. Alotta people
can say that DMX sound like Pac, Ja Rule sound like Pac. Fabolous
sounds like Mase, Loon sounds like Mase. Or Shyne sound like Big. So
I guess it's more credible to see a dark brother of my complexion
with a heavy voice. Off top, he sound like Big. But at the end of
the day, I'm here to pay tribute to all of the forefathers, BIG,
Tupac, in this genre of music, they were our Malcoms and Martins.
Big ups! I want people to know that this is West Coast, West Coast
music, and we'll definitely be back in a real strong way.
dubcnn.com: How did you hook up with Beanie Man?
Beanie Man, it's a real crazy thing, the song was just supposed to
be an album cut, but we sent the joint out to Kingston, and once it
got out to Kingston, Beanie Man laced us up with so much love on the
joint, and next thing you know it came back to us and it was so
fire! So you know, the label was lovin' it like crazy, it got
leaked, and most of the East Coast started playin' the record before
the West Coast had jumped on it! Shoutouts to everybody out on the
EastCoast, everybody in the Bronx, Harlem, everybody up there,
Queens, I got folks out there. They comin, they real out there. It's
love.
dubcnn.com: It's been while since a West Coast artist shined
on a mainstream level. Do you think you have what it takes?
You know what man? Alotta things man at the end of the day we hope
for the best, and pray for everything to happen. We look to god man,
to bless our situations. We gone keep workinn and grinding, doing
shows, I'm coming to a town near you! I just did this tour, L.A.,
Memphis, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Jacksonville, Florida, St.
Louis, Chicago, and I'm back in L.A., heading back out to Detroit,
Cincinati, Atlanta. I'm coming real soon! I'm bringing Compton! We
gone make it hot!
dubcnn.com: How has the reception been out of town?
Oh it's alot of love man. It's alot of love. Cats down south they
were supporting us way before they thing popped of, same thing with
the MidWest. So it's a beautiful thing, when they see us representin'
that West Coast, they show us alot of love down there. And I got
alot of love for alot of Dirty South artists, of course, David
Banner, Lil Jon, Ying Yang, they keepin' it real in a real way, it's
a beautiful thing.
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