Dubcnn.com had the opportunity to briefly talk to D-Block/The Lox soldier Styles P. He told us about his album "Time Is Money" dropping this summer, the "Fuck 50" mixtape, the new Lox album, the days on Bad Boy & working with Biggie. As always we have both the transcript and the audio for you to check and please feel free to send any feedback regarding the interview to - rud@dubcnn.com / nima@dubcnn.com

Huge thanks to Styles P for taking time out to answer the questions fans wanted to know! (Interview was done by phone in March 23th 2005)

Questions Asked By : Nima

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dubcnn.com: What's up, we're here with Styles P. Let everybody know what's cracking wit you right now mayne!

Time Is Money the album! It'll be out around June.


dubcnn.com: Who do you have on there as far as production?

I got Hi-Tek, Pharell, Scott Storch, Cocoa Chanel, Dame Grease, Divine, Vinnie Idol, Bink, and that's about it!


dubcnn.com: Any guest appearances?

Oh guest appearances I got Talib Kweli, Sizzla, Floetry and Jagged Edge.


dubcnn.com: Tell us a little bit about the track with Talib!

It's called "Testify", we both just spit about a bunch of shit, about how it is..


dubcnn.com: Are we going to see a video to I'm Black?

Yeah, it should be out within a few weeks, we about to shoot it.


dubcnn.com: Are you happy with the ammount of spins "I'm Black" got?

Hell no!


dubcnn.com: Why didn't it get more spins?

Why do you think it didn't get more spins?


dubcnn.com: Maybe because it's too real?

Too conscious, too real.. But I contributed and did the best I can on my part, so thats all I could do.


dubcnn.com: Do you have a second single picked out yet?

Yeah, it's called "Favorite Drug".


dubcnn.com: What's up with a new LOX album?

We workin' on it, it should be out around next winter. We started on it already.


dubcnn.com: Are we going to see that Fuck 50 mixtape?

Yeah you might... You might or you might not. We waitin' to see...


dubcnn.com: What can we expect from it?

Hard shit. It'll depend on how things go wether we put it out or not.


dubcnn.com: What are you thought on the state of Hip-Hop in 2005?

It sucks! Not enough real shit!


dubcnn.com: Who you feelin' right now?

Me. Besides myself... I feel a couple people... But I don't wanna say who I'm feelin' right now, cause it might change up tomorrow. *laughs*


dubcnn.com: How was it different in '96 when yo u first came out?

MC's back then were alot better..


dubcnn.com: Is it true that before you signed with Bad Boy, Suge Knight had offered you a deal?

Yeah, yeah, he was at the table offering some things.. We thought about it, but we wanted to stay home.


dubcnn.com: Was Pac still alive at that time?

I'm not even sure, you'd have to ask Sheek or Kiss, they'd know better.


dubcnn.com: Tell us abit about the days with Bad Boy..

It was aight, we went through alotta shit, learnt alot, and just took it from there. We had ups and downs, we wasn't happy while we was there so we got off, it was a good learning process.


dubcnn.com: What was it like to record with Biggie?

That was the most amazing thing, he was the greatest to ever do it. He was just a beautiful dude, a cool dude, stayed gettin' high, he was always up on everybody elses shit, he made beautiful music.


dubcnn.com: What made you squash the Jay-Z/State Property beef?

I mean, it was over with. We used to be cool with him before, a nigga just trying to get money, you know?


dubcnn.com: That's about it for the questions, let us know again what you have on the table for 2005.

I got Time Is Money, then you'll see me on the Sheek album, Jae Hood album, D-Block compilation, and then the Lox album.


dubcnn.com: What's up with the Ruff Ryders?

Working, that's where the Lox album is coming out on.


dubcnn.com: Is there anything else you wanna pump up or let everybody know?

Time Is Money, make sure you cop it!


dubcnn.com: Aight man, good luck for the record.

Aight, one.

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