Dubcnn sat down with possibly the hottest producer in the game right now, DJ Khalil for an in-depth 2-part interview. In this first part, we discuss DJ Khalil’s upbringing, being the son of a NBA player and how he first got introduced to music. Khalil tells us about his inspirations and his first steps as a musician and how he ended up meeting his partner-n-rhyme Chace Infinite to form Self Scientific.
We then get into his relationship with Dr. Dre and Aftermath, on which we tried to get Khalil to talk as much as possible.
As you know, it’s hard to find out what’s really going on in the Aftermath studios, but Khalil opens up about the recent Detox leaks and Dre’s reaction to them, what he thinks of fans criticizing Dre’s perfectionism and why he admires his mentor as much as he does.
Check out Part 1 of the interview:
Exclusive Interview With DJ Khalil (Part 1) (July ’09)
Look out for Part 2 dropping on Monday, where Khalil describes a typical studio session with Dre, talks about Bishop Lamont, and his current projects. We talk about the Slaughterhouse album, producing the Clipse & Kanye West track “Kinda Like A Big Deal”, Khalil’s group the New Royales, and what else we can expect from DJ Khalil in the times to come.
