MITCHY SLICK  (November 2010) | Interviewer J-Double

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Interview was done in November 2010

Questions Asked By: J-Double

Dubcnn: It’s been a minute now and I’m sure everyone is familiar with your name, but late our readers know how the affiliation with Strong Arm Steady come to be?

Initially I got down with Sir Jinx, then I got down DJ Jam, then Sir Jinx turned me on to Xzibit around the time he was working on his album “40 Days & 40 Nights” who then put me down with the Likwit Krew, and me joining up with those cats allowed me the opportunity to establish myself as an artist, then there was all the mixtapes we started doing to make a name for ourselves and that all started in 02, 03 and so on….


Dubcnn: Alright, I wanted to know when your fans can expect to hear another solo album from you and who will be on it?

I’ve got so much material that I’m ready to drop, I got an album with my Bay Area familyDJ Fresh called “Feet Match the Paint” I’m also working on an album with Menace (of Black Wall Street), I have another solo album called “Gang Intervention” with production on there from names like DJ Khalil, Blaqthoven, Criccet and Ecay Uno just to name a few, last but not least there’s the Strong Arm Steady album “Arms & Hammers” with features on it from Too Short, Kurupt, Game, KRS One, it’s gonna be ridiculous, make sure y’all stay tuned for that album…COMING REAL SOON.


Dubcnn: I’ve noticed that you’ve been linking up with artists all over the place, artists not typically associated with west coast groups, what’s the reason for it and how did this all come to be?

Well before I started to drop any new music I had to go back and start fresh and change my approach and my strategy to make sure these records I’m doing, do what there supposed to do.

Remember there used to be a time, for example where it took a real organic effort for artists to make a name for themselves, but nowadays with the internet and downloading, an artist who could’ve been a nerd growing up, can now take to the internet as an artist can create a buzz for themselves on a viral level and become the next big star.

I had to learn that in order for me to do my thing I have to go where my demographics are, for example in my city of San Diego there is no outlets for urban market, or street shit at all. None of the radio DJ’s are black or into that real street shit so quite naturally there’s no real support for real street shit. But if you go down south the radio DJ’s support that street shit, the strip joints are playing that street shit and the people are supporting that street shit. So I had to take that logic and apply it to my business approach.


Dubcnn: Most recently I saw you in a video called “Blood Niggaz” with Menace of Black Wall Street and Lil Wayne, tell us about how do you guys met?

First, I wanna give my props to Lil’ Wayne who as one of the top rappers in the game has extended his hand to more west coast artists like myself, G. Malone, Mack 10, and Menace, than any other artist out there on the major level, period so I wanna make sure I put that out there.

But Menace was the one who actually hooked that up, he and I are real good friends and he brought it all together and Lil Wayne came through on some real homie type shit and we made a classic.


Dubcnn: Since the west coast seems to be making a comeback these days, have you reached out to some of the artists on the rise, I know you did a record titled “Paid My Dues” with Jay Rock, but I wanted to ask if you’ve ever reached out to Nipsey Hussle at all? or tried to work with him on anything?

Nipsey, actually got at me and told me he was a fan of my music, so we definitely plan on connecting real soon, we just keep missing each other right now. I’ve actually been working with his group the Slauson Boyz (What’s up to H60dsta Rob) so you’ll definitely be hearing some real soon.


Dubcnn: Shifting gears a bit, I also wanted to talk to you about the infamous ‘Gangland’ episode that aired on television about your hood ‘Lincoln Park’ in San Diego?

Man, that ‘Gangland Episode’...was some real foul shit, those people are devils, they cut out a lot of the positive things I had to say about the community out of the episode and tried to make our people look bad and negative and I wasn’t with that at all.

I will say, however that I got a lot of the footage that was left out of that episode and I will make sure the messages that I wanted to send as well as my voice get heard. I will make my point about getting our people justice and touch on all the things that were left out of the episode.


Dubcnn: I know you’re very busy with a lot of the things that you’ve got going on with the music and touring, etc., so I wanted to know if there will be any new releases this year off your label “Wrongkind Records”?

Actually, I do…My artists Ric-Nutt and Ise B have an album about to drop called “Syndicate Mobstars” real soon, so be on the look out for that.


Dubcnn: As always I like to have the artists tell our readers how the fans can get a hold of themor how people can reach out for collabos, etc.?

People can always hit me up on Twitter,, Facebook and MySpace.

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