C-San (Inglewood) (Mixtape Downloads + Extra Tracks)

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"Late Night" - C-San
http://limelinx.com/files/e2611be966d444c8f165d64009416c0e

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"Late Night" - C-San
http://limelinx.com/files/e2611be966d444c8f165d64009416c0e

From His Mixtape "I Wanna Work With DJ Quik" Coming Soon
 

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BUjSZT8IAW8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/BUjSZT8IAW8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1</a>
"Floss Angeles" - Convinced, El Prez, Dale Danja, DNEZ, C-San, Chris Focus
http://limelinx.com/files/6e6cd1a23156933a75ee74de41e88e4f

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"Floss Angeles" - Convinced, El Prez, Dale Danja, DNEZ, C-San, Chris Focus
http://limelinx.com/files/6e6cd1a23156933a75ee74de41e88e4f 
(Live Version)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/BUjSZT8IAW8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/BUjSZT8IAW8&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1</a>

more dope shit

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"Can You Work With That" - C-San & Casey Veggies
http://limelinx.com/files/db6c90153b7fee91dcde0b645996eaca
 

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www.myspace.com/csanmusic - www.youtube.com/Csan1988 - www.csanmusic4life.blogspot.com - www.twitter.com/csan88

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Soprupradio.com:.How did you get in the game

C-San:I started rapping when I was in the 8th grade and started pursuing rap and taking it serious in 11th grade. Im 20 going on 21 now and kanye touch the sky tour was the moment I realized I wanted to do this with my life and take my passion serious. Ive always had love for it but that was just like a defining moment.
 
Soprupradio.com:.What was the process like for putting together The Birth

C-San:The birth was my 3rd mixtape and I realized everything before was a fail and I didn’t have direction with my music and I felt like It was something I was doing for friends so I needed a fresh start and recreate myself so I felt it was “The birth” of my career. I got with my main producer uncledave and worked with everyone in my camp and I like the way everything came out. But it still was the birth or the start of my career and direction im still growing and learning.
 
Soprupradio.com:.Were you happy with how The Birth turned out and the feedback on it

C-San:Yes the birth got me noticed as an up and coming artist in LA and I WORKED REALLY hard getting it out there by myself no management or anything of that sort. Honestly I have gotten a lot better since the birth so im happy with the feedback but I know im still growing and I have evolved since then but it served its purpose.
 
Soprupradio.com:.What made you decide to do this Quik Project

C-San:SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS! My respect for quik and his contribution to the game and I really like the way he carries himself as far as never being flashy and if you listen closely his positive message in the music that he tries to reach the people in my community and ones like his and mine all across the globe. I feel he would be a great mentor. Plus I feel like this new west coast is being recognized for other things besides being real LA Music its hard to explain but I just want people to know that we still are WEST COAST artist and I want the people IN THE STREETS to connect with us and let the streets define what this is not the internet and other cities.
 
Soprupradio.com:.What made you decide the quik beats that you picked because their is so many dope records that he has done

C-San:Just ones I was feeling that I could get my hands on or ones that fit the mood I was in when I was writing. BUT I REFUSED TO TOUCH “TONIGHT” one of his biggest classics.
 
Soprupradio.com:.Will the Quik Project have features on it like your previous project The Birth or will it just have you on it
 
C-San:It will have a few features but nothing to much. From other local LA artist that I work with.

Soprupradio.com:.Has Quik’s people reached out to you or have you reached out to them about doing some work together
 
C-San:Not yet what I want is for the project to have a impact first and have him see the impact and realize what im trying to do with this project and then take it to him or reach out and let him know where I am coming from. Everything will work out.

Soprupradio.com:.Is it harder for a artist like yourself coming out of LA to make it big compared to these other rappers that get more noticed because of gang affilation that they rep

C-San:Umm I don’t want to knock anyone so its not harder its just all about working and doing stuff the right way. NIPSEY HAS THE STREETS ON LOCK and honestly no offense to any other gang affiliated rappers in LA but  I feel like he is the first one that really is the model of a true LA Gang banger atleast on the WESTSIDE OF LA which is different from Compton and watts the eastside and he is from the largest black gang in LA so when you have thousands of dudes behind you from jump the buzz is already huge. But I don’t bang and I want that clear but that doesn’t mean im not from the same streets and that’s what I feel like the world is viewing this new west as a bunch of Hollywood and Melrose type of rappers.
 
Soprupradio.com:.What do you think the west needs in order to be successful again on a mainstream level

C-San:Just real genuine music. Not selling out if we do what we do and work hard the success will come.
 
Soprupradio.com:.Any shoutouts or last words to conclude this interview

C-San:CASEY VEGGGIES, THREE-1-zero, OVERDOZ, K-mak, Uncledave, Josh peas and anybody else I work with or I am cool with. HI MOM lol.

http://www.soprupradio.com/?p=1070

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"Starter Jackets" - C-San, Three-1-Zero, Convinced, Tiron, El Prez, Chris Focus, DNEZ
http://limelinx.com/files/4a3857172e5f690f4e71e3e25a29ae5c  

"Young Man" - C-San, Chris Focus, Three-1-Zero, Casey Veggies
http://limelinx.com/files/f4681dfcc2b18e6eb4dbf9f7f468c8f4

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“We aren’t gang bangers so we will not be looked at as that,” says 20 year old Chris ‘C-San’ Sanford, referring to the new crop of MCs emerging around Los Angeles. “But that doesn’t mean we should go away from what we are and where we are from.” He’s right. The gangsta rap archetype has long eclipsed local rappers’ attempts to offer the masses anything but tales of police brutality, gang life, and lowriders—a brash, menacing (albeit street-smart) sound popularized by groups like N.W.A. But times have changed. And C-San is part of a new generation on the rise within city limits. A student of Biggie’s versatile flow and DJ Quik’s brazen candor, C-San recently spoke with Format about creating unity among new MCs, his forthcoming mixtape—“I Want To Work With DJ Quik”—and what sets him apart from the pack. Welcome to his L.A.

“I want the world to know where I am from and what I grew up on. And just because I dress a certain way doesn’t mean I’m not from here…”

Format: On your MySpace page under ‘Sounds Like’ you wrote: Fatburger, Ramona’s, Westchester High, and Darby Park, to name just a few. These are all L.A. spots; do you consider yourself a quintessential L.A. rapper?
C-San: Yes I do. Everything I represent is nothing short of what L.A., or my L.A., really is. I was born and raised in Los Angeles and have lived all over, from South Central to Hawthorne to the Valley, where I go to school, and now Inglewood. Through my music, I want people from all over to be familiar with the culture, lifestyle, struggles, and joy that Los Angeles has to offer.

Format: What sets you apart from others burgeoning acts like Nipsey Hussle, Jay Rock, Dom Kennedy and the like?
C-San: What sets me apart from Nipsey Hussle and Jay Rock would have to be the gang culture, lifestyle, and in some cases lyrical content. That is something that I have had to deal with all my life, through friends and family and my surroundings, but it is something I never actually did myself. Me and Dom are both from areas that are known for gang activity but we have a different side of the story to tell than what the world already knows from rappers like Snoop, Dre, Game, and now Jay Rock and Nipsey. We all have are own stories to tell, and each one is unique. I have a lot to say and examples to set; one day my message will be heard through my music and my actions.

Format: L.A. is such a sonic melting pot, who influenced your sound growing up?
C-San: I am actually fairly young as far as hip-hop goes, and music period, so I feel older heads should respect what I came up on. But my first ever album that I had was in the second grade and it was Busta Rhymes “When Disaster Strikes”. He was my favorite rapper until Eminem came on the scene. Major albums I remember growing up on were “Chronic 2001,” Wyclef’s “The Carnival,” “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” “Life After Death,” the whole Death Row movement and plenty of others. More recently though, I would have to say Kanye, Little Brother, Royce Da 5’9, Joe Budden and, of course, Jay-Z. People often get mad because I don’t mention albums like “Doggystyle,” “Reasonable Doubt” and “Illmatic,” but you have to understand I wasn’t old enough nor did I have the understanding to really value or appreciate those albums. I had to go back more recently and listen to them and understand them and see the value of those classics. I listen to R&B and rock also, but it’s nothing like hip-hop.

Format: You grew up in L.A. during what many consider the golden era of West Coast rap. From your perspective, how has the game changed?
C-San: The West dominated in my younger years! Now it’s like the only one really making noise is Game, no disrespect. As far as actually selling albums and being on a worldwide stage; he is all we have right now and I feel the West is waiting on a new generation to take over.

Format: In a previous interview I did, one rapper compared the current L.A. music scene, particularly hip-hop, to a renaissance. What’s your take on that?
C-San: One hundred percent true! It is almost scary how much talent is out here and on the rise. People on a national scale don’t realize what we have over here and how different it is than what they are used to. When it all hits it is going to be crazy! If I sat here and shouted out names of artist this would take all day and I would forget people who would get mad because it’s too many. I just hope everyone will stay grounded and stay away from the b.s. and push this movement to the fullest.

Format: Before, you mentioned you were a big fan of West Coast vet DJ Quik, so much so you have a mixtape coming out titled “I Want to Work With DJ Quik.” Talk about that a little bit.
C-San: Huge fan! Like I said before, I grew up on “Rhythm-al-ism” and “Balance and Options,” which are the newer albums, but I still have appreciation for the classics and his older material. He is the most underrated West Coast artist. He gets a lot of respect on the West but I feel like on a national scale people just think of Dr. Dre, and [Quik] and Battlecat get left out. So I want to pay respect to a legend. Quik has always been a positive person to me and has made efforts through his music to set an example for the younger generation.

Also a big reason I am doing this is because in starting this ‘new West’ movement; I feel the roots of West Coast hip-hop, from the sound and culture, have been detached from the new movement. The average fan, not homies or around the way people, always tell me ‘I love what you guys do the—fresh Melrose kids rap. You and Pac Div and U-N-I are kinda like The Cool Kids and blah blah blah.’ I can’t stand that. All the [elements] in my sound are what I grew up on, and the only difference between me and the older generation is the gang banging. I want the world to know where I am from and what I grew up on. And just because I dress a certain way doesn’t mean I’m not from here. I want to bridge the gap and create unity between the vets and the rookies because we all represent the same thing and I feel like that’s not happening.

Format: What new approach did you take to this mixtape than you took to “The Birth,” your previous effort?
C-San: “The Birth,” although it wasn’t my first release, I felt was the start of my music career because I was just an infant learning and growing into what I wanted to be. Then, I didn’t know my direction and what I truly wanted to do as an artist and I am still finding that out now. I’m growing as a person and artist. This Quik mixtape will be what this new West is, with the sounds from a West Coast legend.

Format: You also had something going on with The Hundreds—the L.A. street wear brand, right? What was the extent of that partnership?
C-San: I met Bobby Hundreds at the store one day and gave him my music and we talked a bit and he said he would check it out. I saw him a few weeks later and he said he loved it and wanted to put me on the site, and since then he has showed me a lot of love on the site. I appreciate that because it was a lot of exposure because of the huge following they’ve created. The brand is dope, no denying it, and I’m glad that they support me.

Format: In terms of marketing these days, rappers have to be able to spit more than a hot sixteen. What plans do you have in terms of expanding the C-San brand?
C-San: Just using all the outlets I can to reach the masses. Because of blog sites and YouTube or MySpace I can reach the world and let them all hear my music and learn what is going on down here all the way in Australia. I can shoot a video and get 100,000 hits, which means that’s an audience of 100,000 or so people that know who C-san is. Also, I feel like this Internet thing is making rappers forget about the streets. Hope I don’t offend anyone, but the average person off the streets of L.A. or the streets period don’t go on HipHopDX or WorldStarHipHop, and when I see a rapper like Nipsey just take over the streets then have the Internet come it’s like, ‘damn that’s some good shit.’

Format: If I could only print one thing, what would you want Format readers to know?
C-San: That overall I am a genuine, real, hard working person from Los Angeles, California. My music reflects the hardships, happiness, struggles, and personal experiences that I have been through. People from every city and every hood can identify with me.

http://www.formatmag.com/features/c-san/

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Ht21LEB_t0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/9Ht21LEB_t0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1</a>
"L.A Life" (Remix) - C-San, Three-1-Zero, Casey Veggies
http://limelinx.com/files/0d4c16ff144631a95d0d3e6c7e5f6d30

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"Cold World" - C-San, Casey Veggies, K-Mak
http://limelinx.com/files/8397f5a0c87a73eb96478fa77742c861

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"Hold It Down" - C-San, Casey Veggies
http://www.zshare.net/audio/6085517700189ca5/

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Trailer For The Video "Floss Angeles"

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"Dreams" C-San, Kevin Mak
http://limelinx.com/files/133c3386dbdb9a68ccc4bd67bbf62ccc