(February 2010) | Interview By: Jose Ho-Guanipa

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Interview was conducted in February 2010
 

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Noah Jones // Video Interview // Dubcnn

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Dubcnn: What’s up Dubcnn I’m here with Noah Jones. This is Jose what’s up?

Noah: What’s goin’ on wit it man?

Dubcnn: Not much man. So tell everyone where we are.

Noah: We’re in Amiba Music. Sunset Blvd. in L.A., so shout out to the West Coast, and Dubcnn thanks for havin’ me.

Dubcnn: : So you just released your LP man.

Noah: Yeah, Incerator.

Dubcnn: So what’s that process been like and what’s the outcome?

Noah: It’s been crazy man. It started off as just me trying to work with as many people as I could and it turned into a full blown distribution deal and distribution through Hoopla Universal, and it’s been crazy. A lot of it was random, just linking up with some of the artists like Knoc-Turn’Al. That was a completely random situation, I met him in a grocery store and 2 days later we was recording music together, it was crazy. Through Knoc-Turn’Al I ended up linking up with K Young, YB The Rockstar, Crooked I. It is what is, so I just put everything together, then came out with Incerator, and there you have it.

Dubcnn: So what’s the main song that you’re trying to push right now off the album?

Noah: I’m not really too sure cause we have so many good records. We was thinking about pushing “The Streets Keep Starving” with Nispey Hussle. “I Get It” with Glasses Malone is a crazy record, “So Fresh” is also a crazy record so I’m not really too sure. So we just been throwin them out there to see what the audience likes.

Dubcnn: Right on. So your music’s been on Dubcnn for a while, but this is the first time we’ve gotten an interview I think. Tell us your background cause you’re not from California originally.

Noah: I’m from New York originally. I moved to St. Louis for about 3 years from ‘94 to ’97. I went back to New York for about a year and a half and then I came to California in 1999 and I was predominately stayin in Anaheim for about 9 years. Recently I moved to Riverside, so shout to the IE Riverside. Shout out to Orange County. I rep Orange County heavy, so that’s my thang.

Dubcnn: Alright so how did you get into the game?

Noah: I been doing music since I was 11 years old. So for a long long time. I have music in my blood, my father did music, I have cousins that do music. I don’t know its part of my genetics I just had a way with words. So I just started putting songs together when I was 11 years old recording with a whole lot of different people and started taking it really really seriously when I moved to California.

Dubcnn: Alright, what other projects have you been involved in other than your solo stuff? You told me you’re headed to Canada really soon.

Noah: Yeah going to Canada, working on a project. It’s called Cinematic, which is an actual album. It’s produced completely by Canadians, and they alternate the producers. We’re shooting the first video it’s gonna be called “Any Way You Want” produced by Quest of the Toy Box Crew, that’s the name of the squad. Working on an album with Knoc-Turn’Al. It’s me, Knoc-Turn’Al and his brother Jag. I’m featured on Jimi Kendrix’s album, I’m featured on Knoc-Turn’Al’s album, I’m featured on Charlie Clip’s mixtape from the Dipset. I just got so many different things, me and Jimi Kendrix are doing a whole album together. Sneak preview, me and Focus might be doing a whole project together too.

Dubcnn: Speaking on producers, who are some of the producers that you linked up with for the album, and just in general that you’re working with?

Noah: I got pretty much local producers except for a couple, like I got JImi Kendrix. He produced for Kay Slay, he did the Blockstars record, he’s produced “My Way” for Jay-Z on the Blueprint 2. He produced for 50 Cent, so he got a record on there called “Recession”, and we got Focus who did a joint called “G Shit”, and I got Kashmir Royale on there. I got DJ Nice on there. I got Quasi Win on there, mostly a couple of local cats. Give them some shine, just 2 big name producers.

Dubcnn: Alright so what should people expect from your LP music wise, style wise?

Noah: My album’s crazy, it’s like a fusion of East Coast West Coast music, not only that I'm working very hard. It’s only the 2nd month of this year and I've already done over 20 records already so I'm going crazy when it some to the features recording, and I’m really really working hard, the music, the music’s gonna speak for itself.

Dubcnn: So how’s the support been as far as other artists and just people on the west and everywhere else?

Noah: It’s been crazy. A lot of people have been wanting to work with me and its like just people from across the United States. I get emails and messages and text messages from all kinds of people, cause I put my number out there so anybody that wants to work with me they can just contact me directly and just hit me up and do music or whatever you wanna do. So the support is crazy especially the local support where I’m from it’s just been nuts and the people back home in New York they really rootin’ for me cause where I’m from not too many people have made it. So for me to be able to come out here to California in a whole different environment and a whole different situation in general with the gang violence and all that and for me to still be out here and workin’ hard and succeed and it’s been great, it’s been fantastic.

Dubcnn: Ok since we’re in a record store right now tell us, this is the desert island question, if you could only bring 5 records with you what would they be?

Noah: 5 records. Slaughterhouse record, I’d probably bring like 2 of 50 Cent’s records, his new one and his first one, that’s 3 right there right? Shit what else, I’d probably bring the Drake “So Far Gone” with me. 5th record, 5th record, I’ll bring my record too, cause I gotta have some kind of history of my music too, which is a landmark for me, gotta whole lot of big name artists with the West Coast on it and I’m from the East Coast, so that’s crazy how that worked out.

Dubcnn: So now that the records out, what’s your next move? What are you gonna be doing other than just promoting the record?

Noah: I’m gonna do as many things as possible. I’m trying to get in film, whatever I can get my hands on actually. Whatever I can get my hands on trying to get into some video editing, movies, everything. I already engineer, I already do the recording aspect, so whatever the music leads me to.

Dubcnn: So let everyone know where we can find your record, where can we check you out online.

Noah: You can check me out, Noah Jones, which is basically just myspace.com/noahjones, twitter.com/noahjones714, you can call my cell phone number which is (714) 553-3112. That’s my direct line I’ve had it for like 8 years you can call me there if you wanna chop it up. You can get my record “The Incerator” on amazon.com itunes.com. It’s all over the internet its killin’ the internet. You know just hit me up we’ll talk business, make it happen.

Part 2: Record Shopping With Noah Jones

Noah: Back once again in the CD section. We gonna go over a couple of these artists. Got your boy Plies right here, you know the realest, but if you ask 40 Glocc I guess he’s not the realest cause he got ran into the bathroom with the jewelry, so he’s not the realest. Ok let’s see, who else we got, this is a West Coast legend, my hats off to DJ Quik. I came to a couple of your venues, those Quik’s Groove concerts you have are the business my friend, I’ve been to like 3 of them. I give you a lot of respect. Let’s see what we got here, you got your boy Raekwon. This right here is already a classic album, because he moved units without no real radio play, none of that shit so I gotta give Raekwon a whole lotta props. He still did numbers without the industry machine pushing his project. Big shout out to Raewkon. Ricky Ross, Ricky Ross, now why is this nigga still makin’ music? I don’t understand. What else we got, I see something else. Not even gonna lie this is one of my favorite albums, Rich Boy goes in. If ya’ll haven’t heard any of Rich Boy’s music you need to pick it up. This album right here is crazy, you can listen to it from the the front all the way to the back. Big shout out to Rich Boy I really like the music, I really do. Throw Some D’s on That Bitch. Soulja Boy, there’s some controversy behind that.

(Picks up Timbaland’s Shock Value 2) I haven’t got the chance to really check this album out, but the couple of singles I heard so far off this record were crazy. The Joint with Drake is nuts. Ya’ll know Drake is one of my favorite artists. The joint he got with Drake is crazy, “Say Something”. That’s what it’s called, “Say Something”. The joint with Justin Timberlake is good too. Timbaland always goes in; he’s on some different vibe type of shit which I like. I think we need this type of music in hip-hop because it’s completely different. It’s not the same exact type of stuff you know, it’s different vibe, you might wanna pick that up too. I’m trying to find records that not everybody’s gonna talk about you know what I mean I’m trying to find something different. We all know (Picks up Tupac’s All Eyez On Me) this is a classic record we already know, everybody talks about records like this, I’m trying to find something different. Mike Jones, what’s good man? We’ll give you some props just cause we got the same exact name and I like some of your music. What I’d really like to do is one day I wanna do a big record with everybody that has the last name Jones. Nasir Jones, Mike Jones, Jim Jones, Noah Jones. I think that would be a crazy record, I think we should set that up. What else, what else, who else got a hot record, or a whack one?

Noah: You can’t find an LL record, cause LL got like 30 of them. LL got like 30 records, so you can’t pick which is the best LL record, cause they got a lot of them. You know what; I wonder do they have Big Daddy Kane’s record? That’s what I wanna see, I wanna see a Big Daddy Kane record. Big shout out to Maino. I got a chance to open up for him. Hung out with him backstage in the Green Room at the Key Club. He heard me on the song I did onstage and he gave me props and he gave me his number, so I still gotta call you, my fault I been kinda busy. But big shout out to Maino he’s a real cool dude, definitely one of the realest cats in the industry. Big shout out to Maino. (Picks up a Mac Dre album) Now everybody in the Bay knows who this man is right here, everybody in California knows who this man is right here. Rest in peace big homie, your music is timeless my friend, your legacy will live on. Let’s see what else we got. There’s gotta be something else. (Picks up God’s Stepson album) Fantastic producer, get familiar with this dude’s music, get familiar with this dude.(Skims through random albums, picks up Pete Rock & CL Smooth) One of the best old school albums of all time, Pete Rock and CL Smooth, you can’t mention New York Hip Hop without mentioning these cats right here. Pete Rock and CL Smooth look them dudes up. That’s pretty much it man, my little review on what I like, what I don’t like. Just my opinion, don’t take it personal, it’s just how I feel. Some people may like my shit, some people may not like my shit. It’s just a matter of opinion. It’s not a fact just a matter of opinion. This your boy Noah Jones right here with Dubcnn, exclusive. Holla at your boy.

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Noah Jones // Video Interview // Dubcnn