MC REN (November
2003) | Interview By: Yash Dubcnn.com recently got the chance
to speak with MC Ren. We asked the NWA Villain about his current situation,
when his album is coming out, the old NWA days, the state of the rap game and
much much more. We have both the transcript and audio for you to check and
please feel free to send any feedback regarding the interview too:
yash@dubcnn.com
Huge thanks to MC Ren for taking time out to answer the questions fans wanted
to know! (Interview was done by phone on November 19th 2003)
dubcnn.com: Everybody wants to know
how you hooked up with Eazy E...
We grew up together in the same neighbourhood right around the corner from
each other, E was around my older brother thats how I hooked up with him. He
started his own little company Independant. I used to be bustin and shit I had
a crew we used to be battlin and all of that u know. He was my brothers
homeboy when he started his thang it was like comin through u know what im
sayin. So I went over there lettin him know what I had u know I free-styled
for him and the rest is history.
dubcnn.com: I asked Yella who came up with the name NWA do you remember?
I cant remember either man
dubcnn.com: Tell Us The Situation with Ruthless records what made u leave?
It was just time for me to go, the relationship wasnt there nomore. They didnt
know how to promote me...they wanted to move into the whole thats a badboy and
all that shit into more softer typa shit know what I mean. So when Bone came I
guess they had alot of success with Bone Mainstream with MTV BET and all that
shit crossed over so it was like it wasn't no more room for me. It was like
they didnt know what to do with me.
dubcnn.com: Why didnt you guys diss Ice Cube after he did the song No
Vaseline?
Cuz we had dissed him on our shit like commercials then he dissed us on a song
it was that time we was gonna do that shit back to get him but we fell apart.
We didnt get to make another record so. Cuz when the group ended we wasn't
thinkin about dissin that nigga no more cuz we had other shit to worry about.
dubcnn.com: Was it around the time dre left the label?
Yea when dre left it was like all that shit fell apart. Eric wanted to do
another album (NWA) without Dre..first u gotto look at it like we had already
done another album without cube and it was successful it was like when cube
left the public was like "Can they do it without cube so we did a 100 miles
and runnin and Niggaz 4life and that proved it. Classic you know what I mean.
but after dre if dre wasnt doin the beats I didnt see that it could go down so
I was like I dont wanna do it. Eric wanted to do it and bring new producers
and shit. So we had a fall out for like a couple of years over that we didnt
even talk so..
dubcnn.com: Who is handling the production on your upcoming album?
I got my homeboy Big Flip hes outta Boston but he's in La Now u know he doin
mainly everything on my shit.
dubcnn.com: What about Yella?
The record I got comin out in January on my website is a Maxi Single..Flip
doin like 3 cuts on there. Then I got E A SKI I got a song which he did on
there. But Yella ima pull Yella in on the album.
dubcnn.com: What was the last song you recorded with EAZY?
The MUTHAFUCKIN REAL! That was on his last album he recorded that like about
two weeks before he died. We were supposed to go back and record some more but
he went to the hospital and thats the last time I seen him. Last time I saw
him was at his house workin on that song right two weeks before he passed
away.
dubcnn.com: People say he wasnt lookin Ill you know?
Na he wasnt thats the killa part about it cuz when I saw him he was lookin
healthy as fuck. Then we did the song I get the news he in the hospital he
dead im like dam..just happened fast.
dubcnn.com: So you dont have any unreleased songs with Eazy then?
Na.
dubcnn.com: Wussup with the NWA Reunion?
Nothin
dubcnn.com: guess you cant do it without Eazy?
I mean we could but it wouldnt be the same without him
dubcnn.com: were did you stand when they wanted to replace E with snoop? WHos
idea was that anyway?
That was Dre Idea.
dubcnn.com: I heared Dresta made a song u know Gangsta Dresta he did a song
called Fuck NWA without Eazy.
Is that right I aint never heared it.
dubcnn.com: Are you gonna be on any aftermath albums that finna drop?
Nope.Just doin my thing.
dubcnn.com: Why didnt you do any songs with Bone Thugs while You guys were on
Ruthless?
That was Ruthless Man I remember I saw Krayzie Bone when I was with Cube on
BET right before the Up In Smoke Tour. When I saw krayzie bone u know he
hollad at me yea Nigga he was like: Ren we always wanted to hookup with u but
muthafuckaz at the lable be like na Ren dont wanna do it u know it was that
kinda situation. I didnt ever see them niggaz we was at the same lable but I
was seein them in and out boom boom boom for a quik second. Like one I see two
here but umm they kept us away from eachother I dont know why. Prolly cuz I
was in the game for awhile and they was young I could pull their coats through
alot of shit so they kept em away from me. When all that shit was goin on with
crossroads and all that shit they was keepin them niggaz away from me they
would go to award shows.. The lable was so fucked up they would go to BET lady
of soul they had soul train awards the mothafuckin company they would just
take BOne and some company muthafuckaz sometimes just the company muthafuckaz
and not even the artists you know its like they would they muthafuckaz that
didnt know nuttin bout the game, know nuttin about music up there to floss I
guess to see who they could see that was just fucked up man.
dubcnn.com: what made u stay with Eazy After Dre and CUbe Left the LAble?
Mc Ren: Me and his relationship went further than their relationship I was
seeing that nigga all my life he was seeing me all my life u know before the
NWA shit he was comin to my house kick it car u know he had all these tight
cars stoped over there kick it all that was before NWA so it was like when
them niggaz started leavin I was like naa I know this nigga good he my
homeboy. I aint finna do that.so it was more like a homie luv. but its like
niggaz get the whole thing twisted like they make songs like you said niggaz
make songs and all of that but everybody that make songs and mad about snoop
they dont even know the situation u know niggaz wasnt even there u know what I
mean.
dubcnn.com: how deep was the beef? was it really that serious between Eazy and
Snoop?
I mean to me it wasnt no Beef Eric Liked Snoop he dissed em and shit cuz they
dissed him but overall he liked snoop u know what im sayin he thought snoop
was tight but with Hiphop u cant just let muthafuckaz diss u like that u have
an outlet, you can talk to alot of muthafuckaz the same way but u gotto say
somethin back Eric was just all about bizzniss he was about entertainment and
all of that shit. All that shit that was goin on with him and snoop if Eric
got a chance to get down and do a song with snoop he woulda did it.
dubcnn.com: what about Suge Knight did he really threaten Eazy?
U know I wasnt really there
dubcnn.com: Did Dre and Eazy settle their beef before E passed? do you know
anythin about that?
Yea They did as a matter of fact Eric was in the hospital and Dre went up and
saw him before he passed in the hospital. so if he didn't go up there and see
him they musta handled their shit if he wasnt cool with that nigga he wouldn't
have taken his time out to even go see the nigga even if E was unconscious or
what he went and made his peace with that nigga. You know what im sayin cuz
its all muthafuckin records this rap game broke up alot of friendship but
overall when you look at all the beef all that shit is stupid cuz niggaz be
homies way before all of that bullshit and u cant beef forever u know niggaz
get older u know that shit aint gone last. All this beef thats out here now in
five years time it wont even exist.
dubcnn.com: Has Dre offered you a contract with Aftermath?
Na
dubcnn.com: Were you cool with Bg Knocc Out?
Yea
dubcnn.com: do you speak to him now that his in prison?
I was never like cool with him like me and him was cool but I wasnt never like
u know on the level wered we call eachother hollerin and shit.
dubcnn.com: wussup with your relationsship with ABove The Law and COld 187?
Good I just aint seen em but its good.
dubcnn.com: I hope you do some more work with Hutch.
Yea I plan to in the future man I plan to get back with him and umm not just
do one song but alot of songs keep contact with him and just keep it goin like
that. You know what im sayin cuz we got a relationsship that goes way back
Thats my Nigga 4 Life.
dubcnn.com: What about Ant Banks?
Thats my nigga too! we aint done no music lately but hes still my nigga when I
was out here in the bay during the up in smoke tour I kicked it with him. u
know that's family man.
dubcnn.com: what happened to that track u and Cube did with Bobcat it was
suppose to be on his war album?
He didnt use it he had told me last time I talked to him he was gonna put that
shit on somethin change the beat make it more updated put the vocals and shit
on it. Im sure it gone come out one day if it dont come out now somebody gone
put that muthafucka out in ten years from now.
dubcnn.com: Did you have a whole verse on the song "La NIGGAZ" I was so
dissappointed that you didnt rhyme on that track!
Man I had a tight as verse on there. oh naa I didnt have a verse not on LA
NIGGAZ I just talked on that track I had a verse on on BANG BANG. But I heard
muthafuckaz that see he had took somebody off and put me on there and they
told me the muthafucka that was on there started bitchin to Dre Cryin: Thats
fucked up u put Ren On there!! U put him on there cuz he Ren and all that shit
and I heard Dre put him back on that shit cuz he was cryin.
dubcnn.com: Have you thought of puttin together a Crew? Like Cube has done
with Lench Mob and Westside connection?
Yea I got a crew called the Rebel Army u know what im sayin I got diferent
divisions I got one division comin out with em on my maxi single called Jon
Doe Jon Doe Division, the whole thing of the Rebel Army is like a whole
movement to stop all this bullshit u see on videos and hear on radio.
dubcnn.com: out of all those albums u made which one is your favourite and
Why?
My favourite one gotto be "Shock Of The Hour"! I listened to that muthafucka
the other day.
dubcnn.com: whats your favourite track on that?
Mayday on the frontline I listened to that muthafucka the other day and was
like dam im sayin that shit *laughs* dam I was just COCO right there like
Fuckit. The reason I luv that album is cuz I listened to that the other day I
was just like I dont give a fuck on that that album is just cold like dont
give a fuck.
dubcnn.com: What kinda tracks can we expect on the new album?
Same typo shit like shock of the hour like dont give a fuck yea its gone be
another shock of the hour.
dubcnn.com: Where can we buy it? when will it come out?
You can buy that muthafucka ONLY ON MY WEBSITE MCRENSOFFICIALSITE.COM its
comin out in January.
dubcnn.com: the whole album or just the Maxi cd?
Maxi CD 4 joints all Bomb Ass Joints Niggaz will not be dissappointed.
dubcnn.com: and the whole album when will that comeout?
Ima put that out in umm April man or may..And the whole album is gone have me
its gone have no...
dubcnn.com: no Featurings?
The whole fuckin album is gonna be ME.
dubcnn.com: You gone have E A SKI produce somethin?
Ya. He got a song on my maxi single yep that muthafucka the shit too
dubcnn.com: whats the song called?
Called V-Funk Villain Funk
dubcnn.com: You got alot of international fans can they order the album aswell?
Yea go straight to my site you can buy that muthafucka they can go there right
now. News whatever u can go check it out my getto site.
dubcnn.com: Ren you know that song u did on The Eastsidaz upcomin album I got
a chance to hear that one and that was bangin. But did you hear about
Eastsidaz Tray Dee beefin with Snoop over unpaid Royalties.
I heard about that
dubcnn.com: You think its gone come out the album?
Nope I dont know everybody keep tellin me... but I dont think its gone come
out on snoops shit cuz all of that. but hopefully man theyll get it out. They
got some bangers on that muthafucka.
dubcnn.com: What do you think about all these rappers recordin love songs and
shit?
Bullshit Garbage GAAARBAAAGE.
dubcnn.com: What kind of music music do you listen to these days?
I listen to alota old shit like KRS like PE first album cuz all this new shit
I cant fuck wid.
dubcnn.com: I read a statement you made on your website about defjam who
claimed NWA was inspired by scarface movies tell us who really inspired NWA!
Yea bullshit they had a compilation when they puttin out a scarface movie
remastered some shit then they had us on the commercials Music Inspired By the
movie Scarface. Without callin any of us They didnt call to my knowledge
nobody in the group. They lyin to the public maybe it influenced these young
muthafuckaz but not me like I said on my site the movies that inspired me was
Crush groove E STREET Break and WILD Style.Thats the only movies that inspired
me not no fuckin bullshit a muthafucka wrote in a script for al pacino. They
tryna put that shit like diss muthafuckaz ....naaa naaa so I tell muthafuckaz
dont buy that record cuz them muthafuckaz..and whoever did that shit at def
jam fuck them muthafuckaz..the reason im doin it so they learn next time not
to do no shit like that..if you gone put me on some shit call me first and ask
me who influenced me.
So they can have a commersial and have it different.
dubcnn.com: they fucked up WC's album aswell.
Yep they sure as fuck did a tight ass album they dont never know how to push
westcoast artists they need to quit signin em. They only be lookin at the
quick dialer whenever the west start blowin up they wanna start snatchin
niggaz from out here and fuck your record up. FUCK DEF JAM! I stopped likin
Def Jam from back in the day. PE LL from back in the day LL still there but im
stayin back in the P E era Beastie Boys and all that shit they was cool but
now its just corporate MUTHAFUCKIN MUSIC COLONISTS! FUCK EM!
dubcnn.com: Are You feelin any young Westcoast Artists Right NOW?
umm NO
Have you heared The Game And Crooked I?
Na I aint heared that I heard Crooked I before He cool I did somethin with him
before but he cool but as far as me U know I dont wanna really pinpoint this
one dude is this and that nigga is that it take a nigga to do alot for me to
say this nigga is this or this nigga is that to know he the truth u know what
I mean..Now when I see a nigga out here comin with somethin new takin the shit
that everybody done did takin out all the garbage and takin his own shit makin
a new style makin muthafuckaz go way to the left and be like we aint doin this
wack shit we goin this way with it and they sell a gang of records just be
really creative you gotto pay dues before im gonna say im feelin this nigga
out here..You gotto atleast come Harder Than Me! U know U gotto come harder
than me the shit I did back in the day to make me say DAAAM..In the NBA its
like Jordan Kobe its like all these players in the NBA its like Iversen n its
like LEBRON JAMES COMIN the new dude you gotto do somethin to make them old
muthafuckaz say GODAAAAAM! When u see MJ KOBE and them in the stands All them
dudes be like DAAAm look at this young nigga.
dubcnn.com: What do you feel about the governments war in IRAQ and The War On
Terrorrism?
Its wack because they didnt have no reason to go fuck with Iraq now they
talkin about spendin 87 billion Dollars over there when muthafuckaz in America
Starvin Muthafuckin School system is fucked up muthafuckin Schools In LA they
dont have no money for books but they gone send 87 million over there to umm
Take care some shit they didnt even have to fuck up! They go in and fuck it up
they take your money THEY TAKE IT IT AINT LIKE YOU GIVE IT THEY TAKE YOUR
MONEY and they gothere and rebuild do all of this shit and u know its gone be
fucked up over there after the 87 Billion muthafuckaz still gone be fucked up
they still gone hate america u know what I mean. And its like muthafuckaz over
here starvin. EVERYTHING! This is like so much bullshit goin on u finna ship
87 billion dollars over here they be shippin money over to the east money
everywhere and muthafuckaz over here starvin. I don't agree with the War on
Terror I mean if you gone have a War On Terror then muthafucka do some shit GO
Get Them its like if I go right now Kill a muthafucka they not finna come and
tear my house down n kill my kids and they gone come get me..
dubcnn.com: They havent caught that Bin Laden Guy!
They aint caught nobody. Its all propaganda man
dubcnn.com: have you heared Paris new album its bangin.
I talked to Paris on the phone yesterday everybody tellin me that I told that
nigga im gonna check it out. Matter of fact he called me out the blue
yesterday I was honered to get his call you know we chopped it up for like 15
minutes I told him nigga you on the same page as me I know and I got love for
that nigga.
dubcnn.com: Do you have anythin you wanna tell the website visitors?
Yea I wanna tell everybody TURN OFF THE BITCH ASS RADIO THEY GARBAGE STOP
LOOKIN AT MTV BET GARBAGE U know what im sayin. Lookout for my shit JANUARY
MCRENSOFFICIALSITE.COM MAXI SINGLE 4 Songs JUST LOOK OUT FOR THAT THERES A BIG
MOVEMENT GOIN ON ON THE WESTCOAST TAKIN IT BACK TRYNA GET RID OF ALL THIS SHIT
theres a BIG MOVEMENT GOIN ON LOOK FOR THAT SHIT!
dubcnn.com: Alright man thanks for taking the time to talk to us!
