king of tha west coast interview with yukmouth

[STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER]

AllHipHop.com: I've got a two part question that kinda ties into that. In a recent issue of Murder Dog magazine, X-Raided wrote a piece regarding the Jay-Z/Nas beef, and how they're battling for the title "King Of New York," yet there's no one on the West Coast stepping up to claim the throne in Cali since Pac passed. When he mentioned names of possible heirs to the throne, your name came up. So why don't yourself and other West Coast artists "start asserting your dominance" as he states?

Yukmouth: Man, I love that nigga X-Raided for that! A lot of people had called me and told me about that article and I respect him for that. It's hard to fill them shoes because I know a lot of hot motherfuckers in the West, that's just hot and ain't even known. I feel like I'm part of helping keep that Pac legacy alive and keep the West Coast alive definitely. 'Cause it's a lot of bullshit that's out and they think the West Coast is only that and it's not. The West Coast is way harder than the shit that's out.

In the same piece, X-Raided goes on to suggest that you and artists like Ras Kass are lyrically capable, but that you would be out of the running for "king" because of "inferior production." If you read the entire piece, he doesn't seem to be suggesting that your tracks are wack, but that they don't have the broader commercial muscle that Pac's had, that they're too regional.

I mean, Yukmouth, my shit was just underground. I wanted the underground. I never wanted to make a hit single. I wanna make underground music and that was my whole focus and I was gonna let the Luniz shit be the commercial shit. But now I see I've got to put this shit into the Yukie, so this next Yuk album, Godzilla, I'ma have the commercial shit and everything. I'ma do it big, that's by the next album gon' be called Godzilla 'cause it's gonna be bigger than ever. It's gonna be done the right way. Not just thugged the fuck out, not the whole album. It's gonna stay fire, but I'ma have some shit up in there for the radio to bump.

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i was just about to post this    good interview

[S.G.V.]

It's hard to fill them shoes because I know a lot of hot motherfuckers in the West, that's just hot and ain't even known

thats a fuckin great statement...i wish more people thought like that....props to yuk...

[STILLDRE IS THE GODFATHER]

It's hard to fill them shoes because I know a lot of hot motherfuckers in the West, that's just hot and ain't even known

thats a fuckin great statement...i wish more people thought like that....props to yuk...

yup i agree to that