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Knoc-turn'al - "Knoc's Landin"
Murrow:
^ Scratch that. Looks like Knoc is re-doing his whole fuckin album. Now the date is somewhere in the fall.
LyRiCaL_G:
i think this shits gonna cost him a bomb, cuz first he got bootlegged badly, everyone had his fuckin album like february time when it was coming out in april!! though the only song i heard so far is nite and day n knock, he probably also then realised that his shit wudnt sell as much he was hoping for and electra and then he probably also got sum feedback that alot of ppl think his flow n lyrics be wack, so he probably gone back to fix up and n come back alot sharper and if his shit dont sell when he comes back, his fucked. lets hope he releases summat good cuz he seems real arrogant, so lets hope he shows why n sells somes units for the west coast!
peace
Biron:
he seems real arrogant.TRUE
Jome:
--- Quote ---he seems real arrogant.TRUE
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Myrealname with his 436th alias?
Clown
Murrow:
ThaFormula.com - Were the Dre tracks on your album done by Mel-Man and Dre or just Dre?
Knoc - Dr. Dre and Scott Storch did one, Dre did the other one and another one Mel did by him. I got some production by Timbaland on the album, Fred Wreck, and me and L.A. Confidential Productions.
ThaFormula.com - What made you decide to hook up with Timberland?
Knoc - He's dope. He got the second most sold records producer wise besides Dr. Dre so you tell me what's wrong with that. I don't hate, I just say “hey records sold, is records sold.”
ThaFormula.com - Did you choose to go with Timbaland because of the records sold?
Knoc - I choose to go with him because he's dope. I told you that.
ThaFormula.com - Why do you think the Knocturnal album is dropping now, but the Hittman is not?
Knoc - You have to ask Aftermath that. That's none of my business. I'm signed to L.A. Confidential.
ThaFormula.com - Why do you think you have received so much love from Dre?
Knoc - Oh man, I have no idea man. When I go in there and he needs me to do something for him, I just try to do my job and do it the best I can.
ThaFormula.com - It's just that it's rare for Dre to back somebody up so much, especially because you’re not even on Aftermath?
Knoc - That's true. I guess he appreciates my talent. I appreciate him giving me that type of love and doing that for me.
ThaFormula.com - So how exactly is it set up between you and Elektra?
Knoc - It's 50/50. It's a real label deal. I'm signed to L.A. Confidential and distributed by Elektra.
ThaFormula.com - Did Elektra approach you to try and sign you as one of their artists first?
Knoc - Nah, never. They went through us straight as a label.
ThaFormula.com - Do you think that what you have done is the future of what artists will be doing?
Knoc - No I don't. I think that that's a rarity. It's not easy man. It's a lot of business involved, not just talent. Everybody can't be a boss.
ThaFormula.com - Now what about your budget? Is it smaller when you’re distributed by a major instead of actually being signed?
Knoc - Of course not. It's bigger.
ThaFormula.com - So what exactly does L.A. Confidential do?
Knoc - Come up with all the music. Get all the production out the way as far as we do the footwork on the album on what needs to be done. Markets and gets us around and stuff like that to different retails, promoters and radio stations to get it out.
ThaFormula.com - How has everything changed since "Bad Intentions" dropped?
Knoc - Man, let me tell you like this. I went to 40 something states in six weeks and I been on 30 something planes.
ThaFormula.com - Who pays for all those expenses?
Knoc - Both. Like I told you, it's a 50/50 split all the way around.
ThaFormula.com - How was it for you recording that video for Knoc?.
Knoc - It was tedious, but you know I rather be tired then bored. It was a real hard process.
ThaFormula.com - Were you happy with the results of that video?
Knoc - Of course because it looked real and convincing instead of looking like it's a bunch of computer generated shit and it's something that is kind of hard for you to catch at first until you actually pay attention to the video. It looks natural.
ThaFormula.com - Mostly everybody follows whatever is hot at the moment. Your album was surprising to me because it was nothing like the single.
Knoc - Yeah, but you know that's all apart of me trying to be true to myself. I can't rap like nobody from the East Coast because that ain't me. I didn't come from there and I'm not trying to be accepted. I'm trying to be me and see that all comes with being signed to L.A. Confidential. My boss gave me total creative control. He just tried to come in sometimes to tell me and find ways to do it better. He didn't discourage me, he just let me keep making music.
ThaFormula.com - How many tracks did you record for this album?
Knoc - A little over 300 in 3 years. I narrowed it down to like 14.
ThaFormula.com - Yeah, because I remember seeing poster for your album about a year and a half ago up in Compton and Long Beach. What are the plans for the 280 tracks that didn't make the album?
Knoc - Man, they probably will just sit there. It's on to a new day man. Those 300 tracks are what it took for me to make my album. It's out with the old and in with the new.
ThaFormula.com - Who did you have doing production on those other tracks that didn't make the cut?
Knoc – A lot of people man. Battlecat, Budda, Jazzy Pha, me, L.A. Confidential. I got songs with Sticky Fingaz, Ms. Roc, and a lot of songs with other people that I'm not even using, and it's not because it wasn't dope, I just was looking for a complete vibe on my album.
ThaFormula.com - Do you plan on releasing those at any time?
Knoc - Nah, like I said out with the old and in with the new. I'm just gonna move forward and make new songs. Dr. Dre made a hundred and something songs for the chronic 2001 album. You thinkin’ he is going to release the ones he didn't use? Nope! He don't. It's like you gotta keep on movin’ forward man. If you start doing that, you will start getting lazy. You don't wanna get lazy because then you will start slippin’ and thinkin’ everything that you’re doing is good.
ThaFormula.com - So you don't plan on doing anything with those tracks at all?
Knoc - No, I really don't. Unless somebody comes in and want a mixtape, but I'm not trying to put it on no album or nothin’ like that.
ThaFormula.com - How has the response been in the East Coast?
Knoc - The East Coast response has been wonderful. Actually it picked up a lot faster then I thought it would.
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