MC EIHT  (April 2006) | Interview By:

   

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Interview was done by phone in April 2006

Questions Asked By: Inspire

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Dubcnn: Did Prodeje of South Central Cartel produce any tracks on the new album?

yea he produced one


Dubcnn: Which track was that?

The Second track on the album [“Which Way Is Up”]


Dubcnn: Will you do any future work with Prodeje?

Oh you know, Prodeje, I been f-cking with Prodeje for a long time, so you know whenever he toss something my way its cool I fuck with n-ggas on the westcoast who aint getting they’re recognition and they shine, he been putting it down for a while, definitely I talk to Prodeje about trying to do some work together, more collaboration stuff so its in the works I'm trying to extend my hand to n-ggas right now


Dubcnn: Are you ever going to do another Death Wish track?

I was working on something, I got into a little beef, I aint gonna name with who but shit, I was finna drop a Death Wish song then it seemed like the beef just…it wasn’t really no beef to begin with, so I have a song in the can ready, I have a Death Wish ready, so if anyone wanna go for it, its coming then!


Dubcnn: Will there be any new Compton’s Most Wanted projects?

Yea we working on one, I am finishing mixing the new CMW record right now, its called “Gangsta Business” so that will be out later this summer, definitely bringing back the CM Dub!


Dubcnn: Will there be a Pioneers Part 2 project?

Me and Spice did another project also its called “Keep It Gangsta” that should be on shelves right now so like I said my thing is hooking up with any and everybody and trying to do collaborations, that’s the best work.


Dubcnn: Do you ever intend to record another “Straight Up Menace” type track with the smooth piano sound to it?

Oh definitely, that’s my thing right there and everybody knows MC Eiht is original for that slow flow and them smooth grooves that hit home, I base my music around stuff like that, the Prodeje cut on the new album is sorta like that path, description of the streets – brotha coming up in the struggle whatever so yea the Prodeje track isn’t “Straight Up Menace” but its sorta along the same line, its called “Which Way Is Up” and its real cool


Dubcnn: Yea, people love that flow from you

Oh yea definitely, that’s my trademark, The “G’Yeah” and the slow flow that’s my trademark, cant change it up for nothing


Dubcnn: Is DJ Slip going to produce any more MC Eiht material?

Yea Slip helped produce and collaborated with Chill on this new album, the first track, and then he contributed to some songs on the new Compton’s Most Wanted record also, and then we got Mike T doing some cutting, so everybody original we got them hands on on the project


Dubcnn: Have you got a favourite track on “Affiliated?”

My favourite track is “Say Nuthin’”


Dubcnn: Are you cool with Mack 10 at the moment?

Mack 10? I haven’t talked to Mack 10 in a few years, I aint got no beef with Mack 10, I aint never had no beef with Mack 10, the situation at Hoo Bangin it was a business situation that didn’t work out, but personally, I have no personal beef with Mack 10.


Dubcnn: Whats your Current opinion on westcoast music right now?

Right now we are trying to get back to what brothas is familiar with from westcoast music, E-40 coming back out strong, then Ice Cube coming out strong, The Dogg Pound coming strong, and so its just a time for westcoast music to stand up and claim back the flag cause there’s a lot of cats out here with the simple music, repping like they hard from the streets but they music is so off from what they trying to represent, it was just the right time for brothas to stand up and claim that throne with real ghetto music.


Dubcnn: Where do you get the inspiration from to keep making new music?

I just get my inspiration from rapping and just hip-hop all in the sense and being in the streets and seeing how the state of the rap world and the rap game is right now and how everything is just so bullshit, that’s what gives me the inspiration to keep doing what I do cause I know my class of music is way different to what is pumping right now so that gives me the inspiration to pump my shit harder because n-ggas wanna hear the real and when I spit it and bring it to them its nothing to what's going on these days, so its fresh to your ears what people want to hear, the fans and being in the streets and knowing what’s real and what people wanna hear so that gives me the inspiration to just keep dishing out records


Dubcnn: Did you meet Tupac on the set of Menace II Society as he was due to star in it?

Yea I met Tupac, we did concerts, we chilled and hung out, I knew Pac and he was a fan of my music as I was a fan of his music, yea we chilled on set and at a few rehearsals, a few concerts and on the road, yea I knew Tupac real good.


Dubcnn: Do you have any crazy stories from the set of Menace II Society?

Ahh, crazy stories…well it was just a crazy experience, it was just doing a movie but like doing a video but on a bigger scale just me being able to act and see myself in the dailies and watch my performance man that was crazy to me cause I was used to doing videos but never on a big scale like that – it was impressive to me.


Dubcnn: How was it working with Infinite Mass from Sweden?

That was tight, real tight, being able to go over to Sweden and go to the World Music Awards and produce a song with Infinite Mass and watch them win awards it was real tight, especially seeing that brothas in the UK and Sweden were appreciating CMW and MC Eiht, it was an experience to go overseas and do some shows and hook up with Infinite Mass, they were real strong with they raps they sorta followed the pattern of Eiht coming from the Ghettos and speaking on the streets and trying to keep it real, it was respect from that


Dubcnn: They working with rock music right now..

You gotta do what you do, I support whatever, whatever way you feel that the music is taking you you gotta follow that path cause it will be a different outcome for you, its just all my life its been for me to go through that Gangsta role and spit the real on the streets about Compton and what we go through on the westcoast, but to each his own.


Dubcnn: How did you hook up with Spice 1 to do all the albums?

I hooked dup with Spice from doing the Menace II Society soundtrack with me doing the soundtrack and being in the movie and with Jive putting out the soundtrack and dealing with me on the production and dealing with me and Slip and me acting they wanted us to hook up with Spice and knew Spice was on the same level as I was and wanted to get some of that from the move and me and Slip hooked up with Spice and produced the Murda Show and it just was a long relationship and got down on the Gangsta Team and on the 1996 on his record and from there it was always like if you ever wanna get down, it was mandatory


Dubcnn: You have done a lot of albums and do you ever find it hard to get topics to write about?

Well with me its simple, from being in the streets and watching the news and seeing what goes on everyday on this part of town I can talk about anything and everything and never have to talk about the same things twice its different shit, Run DMC said it best there are 8 million stories in the naked city so a n-gga a lot to talk about if he got his eyes and ears open and his nose to the ground.


Dubcnn: Do you like any European music right now?

I been checking and a lot of people been hitting me on MySpace from Europe, I just did something with this cat from over there I cant think of his name right now, real heavy cat over there whose on the radio over there in London he came over and got with my Drum-N-Bass producer DJ Sub Flow and they hooked up and did a track and I got on it but yea real tight, something different than I would usually do but it still came out hard.


Dubcnn: From London?

Yea


Dubcnn: How did they link with you through your MySpace?

Well basically my DJ Sub Flow, he's a Drum-N-Bass producer so he deals in that realm and type of music so with him connected and doing shows in London and people knowing him me and him hooked up on this project we been working together so people know he fucks with me so they go through him on that level and he tells me that some boys coming from London to do some shit so he hooks it up and I go to the studio and its a done deal


Dubcnn: Is that the best way for a producer to get at you?

Yea my MySpace or www.mc-eiht.com or pick up the album and the email address are all in the album they can get at me like that.


Dubcnn: Any upcoming tours planned?

Yea we are trying to, my man Sub is putting together a European tour they want us over there for two weeks for a couple of concerts so we gonna hit Europe in a minute, probably in the next month and a half then come back to the States and crack it off from there.


Dubcnn: Final words for the fans?

Well basically, “Affiliated” is in stores now the new Compton’s Most Wanted record Gangsta Business is out this summer and just stay true if you are a true fan of hip-hop or rap music true music or whatever you want to call it and don’t let anyone deter you away from what’s going on and stay true to what's in your heart or what you believe is true music to you and support that to the fullest.