G.Malone Interview! Exclusive! "Beach Cruiser" and a whole lot more!

[Lunatic]

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Glasses Malone hooked up with Raptalk.net for this brand new exclusive interview!

 

This is a long one, so sit tight and read the entire thing.

 

ofcourse, we touch on his highly anticipated debut album "The Beach Cruiser" and the reason for it's push back - Learn about the new release date, the status of the 2nd single "Haters" which features Lil Wayne and Birdman plus a lot more regarding the album.

 

Go on to learn about the upcoming "Malone and Mack" duo album from ofcourse, G.Malone and his Ho--Bangin boss, Mack 10, plus the latest on the Mack 10 solo, "Soft White."

 

There's a lot more info in this interview, including his current and former label situation, how Malone feels about the west coast, the current state of the industry and yes you guessed it, loads more!

 

Enjoy...

Q: We're here with Glasses Malone, how you doing right now?

It's all good man, I'm just watching American Pie - this is the first time I've seen it (laughs).

 

Q: (Laughs) I see that. Let's get right into it if we can, what was the reason that "Beach Cruiser" was pushed back even after "Certified" was doing so well?

It did have a lot of success. Baby felt like you need to have two singles out for you to sell some records. "Certified" was big, but Baby felt like I could have a better Cash Money look before I put out the album; he wanted everybody in the streets and in the music world to know that I'm signed to Cash Money.

 

That is why we decided to put "Haters" out first and I can respect that. I think "Certified" surprised everybody, I don't think anyone thought it was going to be that big.

 

Q: I see where Baby is coming from. With the "Haters" single, everybody will know you're signed to Cash Money.

That's exactly what Baby said and plus everybody who was going to buy the album for "Certified" will still buy the album regardless; we have our own fan base as well; and then a whole bunch of people will buy it because of Cash Money as well. I'm not in a rush; I've been waiting all this time, why not get it right?

 

Q: So is there a new release date for "Beach Cruiser" in place?

October, you know what I mean? I don't want to say an exact date because we're trying to decide.

 

Q: OK, but sometime in October?

Yeah, definitely sometime in October.

 

Q: Is a video going to be shot for "Haters?"

Yeah, sometime next week actually.

 

Q: OK, so you're getting the details ironed out right now?

Yeah, they're finishing up the details. I was just talking to them about the date and all; I should all the details within the next day or two.

 

Q: And that is going to be a BET type video?

They're even doing Access Granted on that for sure; everything is going to be alright.

 

Q: Will have to look for that. How do you feel about the response "Haters" is getting so far?

I appreciate it everybody liking it, I'm getting a lot of great responses - I think it's going to do really good for me.

 

Being from the west coast, we have a knack of selling records regardless of how big the single is. This gives me a good opportunity to let people know about my affiliation with Cash Money, people like the record. It's starting to get the clubs crunk, I can't complain - from my understanding everybody likes it, so I can't complain.

 

Q: It sounds like it's going to be a club record.

I hope so.

 

Q: That's the route you have to take now in days, get you a big club record.

It's funny when I made it; I was just talking shit on the record. I didn't think it was going to be what it is, thank God though. I pray it does the most and puts me where I need to be at.

 

Q: It's getting a very good response from my understanding.

It's been incredible but I don't want to get ahead of myself; I want to wait to see what the spins are going to be at. They think it's going to double what "Certified" did which was 2400 a week at its peak; they think it's going to double so if it hits 4800 I will just be ecstatic, I'll probably lose my mind and jump off a cliff or something.

 

Q: Have you revised the tracklisting for "Beach Cruiser" at all since the push back?

I just went in and remixed a couple of records. I defined some skits because the way that "Beach Cruiser" is a story I had to define some situations. I like it how it is.

 

I've actually been working really hard on a duo album with Mack 10 and I've just been onto that. "Beach Cruiser" is pretty much done and will drop bottom of the third quarter or top of the fourth.

 

Q: Does the Mack 10 duo have a title at this time?

Nope, just Mack and Malone - that's what we're doing. We haven't even named it anything yet.

 

Q: So "Beach Cruiser" is 100% done and you're working on the Mack 10 duo?

Yeah. I'm happy with how it is; I've actually started working on Beach Cruiser 2 which will drop fourth quarter next year.

 

Q: How deep are you into the Mack 10 duo project?

We've already done about twenty records for it.

 

Q: Can we expect anything to leak from that soon?

Actually "Big Ballers" was a song off of there but I think we're going to use that as the Mack 10 single, we haven't made up our minds yet. After we drop my album, we don't know if we're going to drop "Soft White" or come back with our group album.

 

I'm not really worried about it. Either way we've got some great records on the Mack 10 solo and on our duo album. We've also got some great mixtapes coming out.

 

Q: And will the Mack 10 duo album also be coming out through Hoo-Bangin/Cash Money?

It's about money to Mack 10. A couple of people are trying to vibe with us on the low key. Will see how everything goes.

 

I think it'll come out on Hoo-Bangin/Cash Money, but I don't know. I don't want to speculate, I just want to get money - I don't like getting into that politic shit.

 

Q: What's the latest on "Soft White" right now?

That motherfucker is ridiculous. Mack has some incredible records; he's spitting like Mack of '96; he's way colder and wiser. He's coming up with some big shit; people are going to be really impressed with "Soft White." Look out for this record he has with Anthony Hamilton, its crazy.

 

Q: You're raising the bar saying he spitting like Mack of '96.

I told him that's what he needs to get on. My boy Bishop (Lamont) is taking Dre back to DJ Dr. Dre and I'm taking Mack 10 back to Crenshaw Mack 10.

 

Q: We can't wait to hear that; the Mack 10 duo and the "Soft White."

The Mack 10 duo is going to really surprise people. It will surprise some people what I got mack 10 spitting on; the songs are Mack 10 but the sound that we've created is different than what you're used to hearing Mack (10) and me on. I went really hip-hop and just real crazy. A lot of people are really going to appreciate it because we really went in.

 

Q: Back to "Beach Cruiser" for now. Which types of artists and producers can we expect to hear on it?

DJ Toomp and Tha Bizness. Those two did the majority of it. Of course I have the Mannie Fresh cut and I also have a lot of up and coming west coast dudes.

 

Q: So you didn't feel the need to conform and work with the regular names?

I worked with those dudes too but they didn't really have what I was looking for in "Beach Cruiser" that's all. This album had to have a certain vibe to it in order to work out.

 

Q: Will the "Certified" remix with Wayne, Bun B and Kam be appearing?

On the album?

 

Q: Yeah.
Nope, I was just having some fun with it.

 

Q: That was a big remix. Is a "Haters" remix in the works right now?

I got something special for it. I don't really want anyone to bite my concept for it. I am doing a rock style remix for that. It's going to be like a diss record on a rock type of feel; it's "Haters" just rocked out, it's really different.

 

Q: Is anyone appearing on that?

Just me; it's going to kill you whose playing the instruments on the remix. I wanted to do something different. When I do this remix I didn't want it to be like your regular remix.

 

Q: When do you think we can expect to hear that?

I don't know, will figure that out. I want to get this record played on K-Rock, you feel me?

 

Q: Good luck with that, it would be a big achievement.

Yeah.

 

Q: How do you feel about the new west movement at this moment?

You look at Bishop (Lamont) and you look at me, you look at anybody that's coming into the game. We're doing our thing and it's going down. I think it's working out exactly how we planned it out. As long as we stay focused and do what we're supposed to do, I don't think we can really go wrong.

 

Look at everybody that's representing for the west coast that's coming into the game - Me, Bishop Lamont and Jay Rock; those are definitely the front-runners that we have, Crooked I as well. We just have to stay focused and not buy into the hype and bullshit and just perform.

 

At the end of the day we understand what it takes to sell records because we've been around long enough already to understand the importance of touring, the importance of representing for your coast, and the certain way that you need to tap into everything. As long as I do all that and keep my ear to the streets, I feel like I can't lose.

 

Q: It's all a matter of getting the projects out there; they will do well.

At the end of the day the west coast has a history of selling records; look at the Snoop Dogg's and Dr. Dre's; even if they didn't have a hit single. People are infatuated with the lifestyle of the west coast. I hear a lot of people saying they don't want that gangsterism and everybody is different; but none of that sounds like us.

 

You look at the dudes that have sold a ton of records and they're influenced by a lot of west coast artists.

 

Q: It's just a matter of getting it out there.

That's all it comes down to. Once people have heard that somebody from the west coast is coming out with some stuff, people go to the store.

 

Q: as you said just look at the Dre's, Quik's, Snoop's and so on.

They've sold tons of records.

 

Q: in a time where it's become difficult to sell records with all the bootlegging going on, does seeing a label mate in Lil Wayne sell a million in his first week give you the confidence needed to sell records?

I was never worried about that. I don't really think that's something people should worry about, it's not an issue. A lot of people are going crazy over it but that's just some bullshit. Everybody buys music, I buy music - I have to believe that there's enough people out there still like me. It's just a matter of promotion.

 

Allow a person to know that you're album is out and you give them a choice to buy the record in stores. I think everybody right now is doing such a good job of selling ring tones that they don't care bout selling an album anymore.

 

Q: I know what you're saying it's like a get-rich quick mentality with ring tones.

I never really worried about that. I never cared about what other people had going on. There's too many people selling records for me to think that I can't do it. I study the sound scans and all of that. I see what people are selling digitally and selling physically. Machines like the label; when they're pushing to sell digital goods, you sell them.

 

Look at the Flo-Rida situation. He sold four million digital downloads and two million ring tones but he's under 400,000 records. I have to believe the label is satisfied because that dude should be selling two million records.

 

Q: To be honest, I think he's under 300,000 album sales right now.

You look at that and you have to believe his record was so strong; but they only pushed "Low" as the song - "Buy low, buy low" not buy his album; I don't even know the name of his album because they didn't promote that to me; I only know "Low" with T-Pain and "Elevator" because that's what they sold me. I didn't really have to know who made the songs, it was just buy low. That's what there selling so that's what we're buying.

 

If they put as much work into selling his album as they did into his ring tone, I have to believe that dude would have sold a million albums already.

 

Q: That's real talk.

It's about doing home work. You look at somebody like Nas, they're not even worried about putting his ring tone out, and they're selling his album. When it's all said and done being that his music has always kept a certain integrity level, he'll sell albums.

 

Q: Real talk.

I just do a lot of home work on it. I don't believe that the next man's success or the next man's failures has to do with mine; that's two different worlds.

 

Q: That's true. If we can take you back in time a bit, what do you feel went wrong at Sony Records?

I don't feel nothing went wrong, they closed down that department. There is no more Sony Urban. All the acts were transferred over. It was a choice, do I went to go over to Epic or Columbia; I was looking at the certain situation and it just didn't look promising to me. I didn't know anyone over there at Columbia or Epic.

 

It was already a lot of work trying to work with people over at Sony Urban because they didn't know what I was working with; I was in LA and they're in New York. It just didn't make sense to go to a Columbia or an Epic and just hope they know what they're doing.

 

I knew at that time that my buzz was still decent and I could still go to another place and get a deal. I was trying to get out of that situation and I was able to maneuver out of it.

 

Q: Who approached you first over you got out of Sony, Mack 10 or Baby?

I was actually in Mack 10's office so it was Mack 10 first. Mack 10 wouldn't let me leave his office until I fucked with him. Baby had heard that Mack 10 had me and heard two of my records - that's how the Cash Money thing came about. Baby and Lil Wayne felt like I was what they needed to make Cash Money west coast work.

 

Q: That's some different business practices used by Mack 10; not letting you leave until you sign (laughs).

That's how it really went down; if you ever interview him he'll be honest and let you know that's how it went down. He was just like "what is it going to take to make it happen?" I was like shit, let's do it dog. I was blessed to get with a real dude from the west coast like Mack 10 who held me down from the start.

 

Q: Your also the head of your own label, Blu Division. Do you ever find it difficult to balance the business side of things and the artist side of things seeing as you're on both sides?
It's a ton of work and I can't do it alone; I have a whole team of people who make it easier for me. We're still working out a lot of things. We're still new to it being as my project is the first major project to be released on Blu Division with the logo on there and everything. It's a lot of work but I have a great staff of people that hold me down. Yeah the work is hard but we're on the right track to make it happen.

 

Q: What's next for Blu Division? Any mixtapes in the works?

We have the "Gangsta's Don't Dance" mixtape dropping any day. Everybody is just getting ready for the "Haters" video shoot and working on they're solo stuff. As you know, K-Boy has a tape with Sept 7th that is about to circulate right now. Quiz has his "Before Taxes" mixtape which just dropped. Conflict is dropping his mixtape as well which I think is called "Crack Kills" and it's really nice.

 

Q: I know Ludeboi is working.

Ludeboi is working on his project; he is so crazy because he works like in a bat cave. You never know what he's doing until he surprises you with shit. I did some stuff for his record so I know he's over there in the bat cave but I know he'll come out with some shit.

 

Q: I know he's working.

Ludeboi is a dude I met through Conflict and we signed him quick. Lude is a really warm and funny dude. We always joke with him about that demeanor but it makes him cool. I and Lude have spent a lot of time on the road and he's become like my little brother in a lot of ways.

 

Q: Where do you see yourself in five years?

Done rapping for damn sure; not putting out my own albums as much. I have a pretty good plan to amass a pretty good catalogue over the next five years. I want to release twelve projects that I'm involved with whether it's duo albums or solo's; I really want go to work with the music industry.

 

I want to go straight DMX or Jay-Z. What I respect the most about Jay-Z seven year run from 1997-2003 is the catalogue he amassed in that time. I feel like as MC's and as employees of hip-hop we get lazy and don't treat this as a job as well as art.

 

That's one thing that hanging out with Baby and Slim has made me appreciate; they look at it as work; they put in eight years every day. Those eight hours could be rapping. As long as I'm rapping eight hours a day or doing business with someone related to what I'm doing to further my progress - even hopping out and giving n*ggas my cd's til this day, I feel like I put in my work.

 

I feel like music shouldn't take as long as it's taking right now. "Beach Cruiser" 2 is going to take me a year because "Beach Cruiser" is a story and "Beach Cruiser 2" is the continuation of that story and it's about perfecting that story and getting it right. It's going to take me time but I have roughly 355 days from the time "Beach Cruiser 1" is released until the time that "Beach Cruiser 2" is turned in. If we add 90 days from now til then, we're talking about 400-something days to put together "Beach Cruiser 2" and not to mention doing the Mack 10 record.

 

There's no reason I can't have two projects done in that time. I feel like we have to really push the envelope with this music and creativity as a whole. It's easy for me to make forty songs and pick out ten; I can do that. It's hard as hell to keep coming up with the stories.

 

The first "Beach Cruiser" was so much work to make it sound believable, and sound crazy with a touch of reality; putting a twist on the story, it's like making a movie at the same time of an album.

 

Doing the Mack 10 project is a bit easier but what makes it hard is that I'm trying to stick to a formula. The Mack & Malone project has a certain sonic to it. When you hear it you'll be like "wow this sonic is different for something for Mack to be on." It's going to surprise people like I said; the types of records that I have Mack 10 rhyming on.

 

Then to continue the first "Beach Cruiser" and have my mind set to get "Beach Cruiser 2" finished is crazy. That's the envelope of music I want to make, I want to get the full art of this shit. When people go back and look at the catalogue I amassed over time they be like "that nigga went and did it for five years" so that's why I feel like if I do it all for five years I could put together some shit that will make my contributions to the west coast and music as a whole; people will appreciate it.

 

I don't want to stay around this industry for ten years. You have to stay current with dressing and shit. I don't want to be thirty-five years old and still be wearing a white t-shirt. I want to grow the fuck up. I feel like in hip-hop, it's hard to do it. I don't want that white tee to be me at thirty-five. For some people, that's really them. Mack 10 is like that; he's so young at heart. That nigga will come outside with a white t-shirt, some khaki shorts and some vans and look totally comfortable in it; that's Mack being Mack, he's a young nigga at heart. But me, I want to grow up.

 

I want to BBQ for my family and have an old school union with all the old school rappers and have a BBQ. I want to challenge Big Boy to a BBQ over at Power 106. I know it sounds crazy but I have an old soul. I can't wear vans at thirty-six; I don't think that's me I should say.

 

But right now I'm twenty-eight I want to smash and go to work by giving the world what I have to give them by dealing with dudes like Quiz, Conflict, Ludeboi, The Bloc Boyz, Stage and all the people that I'm with because those dudes are the future of hip-hop. It's very few rappers that people could stay relevant without trying to stay with the trends and the times.

 

Q: You're thinking outside the box.

I always talk to Mack 10 about this. I can't just turn this strictly into a business where I just make ten songs and release it because I need to eat. I listen to my music so many times before I put it out. I listened to "Electric Chair" a million times before I threw it out because I'm so critical about what I let the world hear.

 

I hear people taking my accapella's and putting them on other beats and I'm ready to actually kill them; not playing, like ride to their house with a pistol, draw it out and blow they're fucking head off because I'm so serious about my music. It's all kinds of stuff that I hear about my music that is too serious for me to be playing; this shit isn't a joke, this is serious.

 

Especially the message that I'm trying to convey to the youth, that is important. I don't smoke or drink, that's not something I do.

 

I'm really trying to make money by being me. It has it's limitations but yet I still feel like I could do it; make great money being me because there's so many people that can relate to you just being you. You don't have to compromise to sell records.  I think that the people that sell ten-twenty million records, there's some compromising involved. I think that the level that I'm trying to get at which is that Ice Cube and Eazy-E level of just doing what I do, I feel like I could sell five million records by doing what I do every time I put out a project because my music can relate to people that well.

 

Q: A battle rapper by the name of Nocando won the best in the west freestyle event. The prize he won was to tour with you; how does it make you feel that the prize they gave out had to do with you?

That got out of control because that wasn't the case; that was not what the prize was supposed to be.

 

To be honest, Nocando is so ill though that when I do something like that, I want to take him. That nigga is an ill nigga. That nigga is fresh and original. It's hard to find niggas like that, his style is nice.

 

I had a great idea with what to do to sell a battle rap nigga but the problem with Nocando is that he's so much colder than a battle rapper. That nigga is nice. I don't know what his hustle game is like but his talent is superior.

 

I haven't even spoken to Nocando in about five-six months. I have been trying to further my career with this shit and getting ready for a tour. It wasn't supposed to be a prize like that, which got so misconstrued. But he's so nice that I want to fuck with him. I feel like I need to really take him out because that nigga is ill and so motherfucking nice.

 

Q: So did any music come out with Nocando?

Not yet. We lost contact because I've been on the run and I never saved his number.

 

As a matter of fact, if he's reading this interview Nocan, find my number dog and reach out to me, let's do something. I really want to hear this cat, I need to put something up on this nigga, this nigga is amazing dog. He battled all kinds of rap niggas that was like Cassidy and his style was so original that he was so nice on the mic. His shit is classic that is a classic nigga.

 

Nocan, reach out to your nigga. He got my digits and he was supposed to send me a record which I didn't get and he never called me back. I haven't talked to him. I spoke about him earlier today with this cat that shot the Big Wy music video. That nigga is really nice.

 

Q: Thanks for your time Malone. Do you have any last words for the fans before I let you go?

Check this out, www.myspace.com/GMalone and glassesmalone.com will be up next week as well as fuckglassesmalone.com.

 

Be on the lookout for the "Fuck Glasses Malone" mixtape, that's how I cater to the haters in 2008. The DVD is coming out and the "Gangsta's Don't Dance" mixtape is going to drop soon; I have some Blu Division exclusives.

 

The 300 series is about to drop which is a mixtape series with west coast street artists and you won't be able to find it on the internet -  only on the streets so I hope your our there to get a hold of this classic.

 

Blu Division in 2008, 2009 and the third. Hoo-Bangin/Cash Money, west coast it's our turn - let's do it.



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[westsiderider323]

dope interview
that mack/malone album sounds dope i hope it drops

[Fatdodger]

Oh i just watched American Pie the other whats up lunatic and glasses

[AnybodyKilla]

Oh i just watched American Pie the other whats up lunatic and glasses

Wtf did u just say LOL!!!

Propz Luna, dope ass interview!!!

[Fatdodger]

I said i just watched that shit the other day like glasses did you read the interview

[Blood$]

dope interview, looking forward to everything coming out that was mentioned 

[Lunatic]

blunt: thx a lot and yea that cd will be fire!
dodger: lol props!
johnny: props!
money: thanks a lot and it all should be great!

[soopadoopaflykid]

dope interview!

[D~Nice]

Dope interview Luna, props for this. Mack and Malone duo album? 

[Laconic]

Nice interview, J.  Although I'm not a big fan of Malone I'll probably check the album when it drops.  And Cash Money should be fired for not placing Malone on Wayne's CD cause that would of been a huge benefit for him and his future. 

And I'm curious to hear that Mack Dime solo.  Wasn't too impressed with HH.

[dubsmith_nz]

cheers for the link yo

[Lunatic]

soopadoopa: props!
D: Thanks a lot and yes imagine that album
Laconic: Thanks a lot! J, I like that   check it when it drops! yeah, he shoulda been on there! same with Mack Maine, Currency, Gudda, etc. - they put none of their new artists on there! Cant wait for Mack! HH was DOPE
smith: props

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[Styles1]

^ I fixed all of that....

[Lunatic]

^props

y'all see, styles is the don of all this   for real, much love to styles the reason i am doin this!

ohh and styles - malone says what up, call him   (i forgot 2 tell u lol)